Neurodegenerative Diseases

David R. Sibley

Research TopicsThe long-term goal of the Molecular Neuropharmacology Section is the characterization of neurotransmitter receptor-mediated information transduct…

David Leopold

Research TopicsThroughout his career, Dr. Leopold has been interested in the large-scale organization of brain activity that underlies aspects of visual percept…

David C. Klein

Research TopicsPineal Gland, Chronobiology, and NeuroepigeneticsThe Section on Neuroendocrinology studies the pineal gland and regulation of the pineal hormone …

Claire Eliane Le Pichon

Research TopicsOur work is dedicated to advancing our understanding of common molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, with the ultimate goal of …

Carl R. Lupica

Research TopicsThe research in my laboratory is primarily focused upon determining the acute mechanisms through which abused drugs alter neuronal activity in th…

Bruno Averbeck

Research TopicsThe section on Learning and Decision making studies the neural circuitry that underlies reinforcement learning. Reinforcement learning (RL) is th…

P. Boon Chock

Research TopicsKey metabolic processes and cell signaling in biological systems are mediated by multiple well-regulated enzymatic activities. Dr. Chock’s labora…

Barry Horwitz

Research TopicsThe major research focus of the Brain Imaging and Modeling Section concerns ascertaining how interacting brain regions (i.e., neural networks) im…

Bechara Kachar

Research TopicsThe Laboratory of Cell Structure and Dynamics (LCSD) seeks an integrated molecular understanding of the architecture, dynamics, function, and ren…

Avindra Nath

Research TopicsThe overarching goal of our laboratory is to understand how the human brain adapts to invasion by viruses and if failure of this adaptation leads…