Neurodegenerative Diseases

Ralph F. Nelson

Research TopicsOne of the more spectacular feats of nerve cells is extracting information from light. The retina is a light sensitive neural tissue at the back …

Peter R. Rapp

Research TopicsModels of Neurocognitive Aging: Age-related deficits in cognitive function compromise the quality of life and are among the most troubling conseq…

Priyanka Sivakami Narayan

Research TopicsNeurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease are a growing public health concern. The extended and devastating course of these diseases, t…

Nicholas Ryba

Research TopicsThe senses provide a faithful internal representation of the external world. Dr. Ryba is interested in basic questions of sensory perception and …

Miguel Holmgren

Research TopicsNeurons contain a variety of membrane proteins responsible for the continuous traffic of ions and molecules across the cell membrane. Our main go…

Mioara Larion

Research TopicsAs head of the the Cancer Metabolism Research Program at the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB), Dr. Larion observes the direct impact that cancer metab…

Naoko Mizuno

Research TopicsThe laboratory of Structural Cell Biology aims to understand the molecular mechanisms governing specialized cell shapes, such as those of neurons…

Michael J. O'Donovan

Research TopicsDr. O'Donovan's research focuses on the development and operation of circuits in the spinal cord. He currently devotes most of his effo…

Mark Hoon

Research TopicsDr. Hoon studies, at a molecular and cellular level, the basic neuroscience underlying the sense of somatosensation (hot, cold, pain, itch and th…

Mark Andrew Stopfer

Research TopicsAll animals need to know what is going on in the world around them; thus, brain mechanisms have evolved to gather and organize sensory informatio…