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Tianyi Huang
Research TopicsThe Sleep Health and Aging-Related Phenotypes (SHARP) Unit is dedicated to investigating how sleep and circadian rhythms influence physical, ment…
Susan Harbison
Research TopicsSleep is an enduring biological puzzle in that it appears to lack an adaptive advantage; a sleeping animal cannot forage for food, mate, or defen…
Samer Hattar
Research TopicsFor many years, it was assumed that rods and cones are the only photoreceptors capable of detecting light in the mammalian retina. However, resea…
Quan Yuan
Research TopicsProper functions of neuronal circuits rely on the fidelity of their assembly, while adaptive modifications are also essential. Our research objec…
Nora Volkow
Research TopicsMy laboratory uses brain imaging (PET and MRI) to study the neurocircuitry that underlies the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and of natural …
Kathleen Merikangas
Research TopicsThe major areas of Dr. Merikangas' research are: (1) studies of the patterns and components of familial aggregation of mental disorders and …
Joshua Denny
Research TopicsDr. Denny's laboratory seeks to discover gene-disease relationships by gathering, assessing, and analyzing the human phenome across genomics…
Jozef (Jeff) H. Duyn
Research TopicsIn addition to providing structural information, MRI has the potential to non-invasively map physiologic parameters and function. Our research fo…
David C. Klein
Research TopicsPineal Gland, Chronobiology, and NeuroepigeneticsThe Section on Neuroendocrinology studies the pineal gland and regulation of the pineal hormone …