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Zheng Li
Research TopicsThe research interest of Dr. Zheng Li is the molecular and cellular mechanisms of synapse development and plasticity in normal brains and psychia…
Zu-Hang Sheng
Research TopicsMitochondria supply ATP essential for neuronal growth and function. Neurons face exceptional challenges to maintain energy supply in distal axons…
Zayd M. Khaliq
Research TopicsDopamine-releasing neurons located in the midbrain play an essential role in movement and reward-based behaviors. Dysfunction of these neurons ha…
Yeka Aponte
Research TopicsOur interest is to understand how genetically-identified cell types and their projections drive behaviors essential for survival. Using the mouse…
Weidong Wang
Research TopicsThe Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section (GICRS), led by Weidong Wang, focuses on three main projects: (1) a DNA/RNA dual-activity…
Timothy James Petros
Research TopicsProper brain function requires a balance between excitatory projection neurons and GABAergic inhibitory interneurons. Interneurons are an extreme…
Tonya White
Research TopicsEach individual is unique. Children or adolescents with the same psychiatric diagnosis can have varying degrees of core and co-morbid symptoms. E…
Victor Pike
Research TopicsDr. Pike’s Section is focused on developing novel radioactive probes (radiotracers) for the investigation of neuropsychiatric disorders with PET.…
Veronica Alvarez
Research TopicsResearch in the Alvarez laboratory is focused on understanding the effects of drugs of abuse on synapses and neuronal connectivity with the purpo…