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Neurodegenerative Diseases
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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…
Yogita Chudasama
Research TopicsDr. Chudasama has had a long standing interest in functional neuroanatomy, and specifically elucidating the brain mechanisms underlying the contr…
Yavin Shaham
Research TopicsWe use rat models to study the cellular and neuroanatomical mechanisms that underlie relapse to drug and aggression seeking (Yavin Shaham group).…
Yarimar Carrasquillo
Research TopicsBehavioral responses to painful stimuli can be amplified or suppressed by many factors, including expectations, experiences, and context. My lab …
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…
Tamas Balla
Research TopicsPhosphoinositide Messengers in Cellular Signaling and TraffickingThe Section on Molecular Signal Transduction investigates signal transduction pa…
Suzette Alise Priola
Research TopicsResearch in this laboratory focuses on the molecular basis of disease in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) diseases. TSEs are a group…
Susan Amara
Research TopicsWork in Dr. Amara’s laboratory has examined the impact of psychostimulant and antidepressant drugs on the signaling properties, physiology and ac…