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Brain Disorders
Topics
- Acquired Cognitive Impairment
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Dementia
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)
- Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Anorexia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment & Dementia (VCID)
- Anxiety Disorders
- Aphasia
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Batten Disease
- Bipolar Disorder
- Brain Cancer
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebrovascular Health
- Depression
- Down Syndrome
- Eating Disorders
- Epilepsy
- Fragile X
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Intellectual & Development Disabilities (IDD)
- Migraines
- Parkinson's Disease
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Rett Syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Stroke
- Tourette Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis
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Mark Mayer
Research TopicsDr. Mayer's research interests focused on ion channel biophysics and glutamate receptor structural biology. Ionotropic glutamate receptors (…
Mary Diaz Santana
Research TopicsThe main goal of Dr. Díaz Santana’s research group is to improve risk assessment techniques for precision prevention, to lessen the burden of can…
Mark R. Cookson
Research TopicsParkinson's disease is one of the major age-related neurodegenerative disorders and is characterized by the progressive loss of neurons over…
Mark Knepper
Research TopicsThe Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory (ESBL), headed by Mark Knepper, MD, PhD, exploits a unique combination of high-level experimental and c…
Manfred Boehm
Research TopicsThe Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine has established the Patient-Centered Vascular Translational Program to conduct research on…
Lorna Role
Research TopicsDr. Role’s research focuses on the brain’s cholinergic system over the lifespan. Cholinergic signaling—which is essential for attention, cognitiv…
Lenore Joy Launer
Research TopicsStudies in the Neuroepidemiology Section focus on understanding the contribution of genetic, inflammatory, metabolic, vascular, and hormonal fact…
Lisa D. Boxer
Research TopicsMutations in chromatin regulators underlie many neurodevelopmental disorders. The importance of chromatin regulators may relate to a unique chall…
Lino Tessarollo
Research TopicsNeurotrophins are a highly homologous family of secreted growth factors that have been extensively studied for their roles in the proliferation, …