Neurodegenerative Diseases

Mario Penzo

Research TopicsOur mission is to identify the molecular, cellular, and neural circuit mechanisms underlying emotional and motivated behaviors. To fulfill this m…

Marisela Morales

Research TopicsWe are investigating the molecules, cells and neuronal pathways central to the neurobiology of drug addiction. Towards this end, we apply anatomi…

Ling-Gang Wu

Research TopicsExocytosis and endocytosis are two fundamental cellular processes in nearly all cells, including neurons. They underlie many important functions,…

Lisa L. Cunningham

Research TopicsResearch in the Section on Sensory Cell Biology is focused on the mechanosensory hair cells that are the receptor cells of hearing and balance. H…

Leandro Vendruscolo

Research TopicsThe research interest of the Stress & Addiction Neuroscience Unit (SANU) involves investigations of the neurobiology that underlies drug- and…

Lei Shi

Research TopicsMembrane proteins (MP) initiate intracellular signaling pathways, control the flow of energy and materials in and out of the cell, and thereby ac…

Lee Eiden

Research TopicsThe overall goal of the Section on Molecular Neuroscience is to identify the cellular signaling components that allow neuropeptide GPCRs to contr…

Kenton J. Swartz

Research TopicsThe research focus of the laboratory is to understand how ion channel proteins sense critical biological stimuli, including membrane voltage, tem…

Katherine W. Roche

Research TopicsGlutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system, and in addition to its central role in fast excitator…

Juan S. Bonifacino

Research TopicsWe investigate the molecular mechanisms by which transmembrane proteins (referred to as cargo) are sorted to different compartments of the endome…