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Parkinson's Disease
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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…
Richard Leonard Proia
Research TopicsOur primary aim is to understand the normal and pathological roles of sphingolipids and to develop effective therapies for diseases related to sp…
Richard J. Youle
Research TopicsPart of the Surgical Neurology Branch, the Biochemistry Section, led by Dr. Youle, currently focuses on discovering the functions and interrelati…
Nigel H. Greig
Research TopicsThe Drug Design and Development Section (DDDS) is focused to identify drugs that improve brain function and/or forestall the neurodegenerative pr…
Mark R. Cookson
Research TopicsParkinson's disease is one of the major age-related neurodegenerative disorders and is characterized by the progressive loss of neurons over…
Judith R. Walters
Research TopicsThe goal of the Neurophysiological Pharmacology Section is to elucidate the function of specific neuronal systems in regulating information proce…
John D. Heiss
Research TopicsDr. Heiss is actively involved in clinical and translational research to improve the treatment of degenerative brain diseases, brain tumors, canc…
Jennifer Lee
Research TopicsDr. Lee’s laboratory integrates a variety of biophysical and biochemical techniques to understand the molecular mechanisms of amyloid formation. …
Jau Shyong Hong
Research TopicsThe Neuropharmacology Group is involved in a number of projects to elucidate the mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's dise…