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Alessandra Angelucci |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Structure and function of the visual cerebral cortex |
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Wolfgang Baehr |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Phototransduction, the Retinoid Cycle, and Inherited Retinal Disease |
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Kuberan (Kuby) Balagurunathan |
Medicinal Chemistry |
Determining biological roles of heparan sulfate (HS) at the molecular level in the CNS. Designing new carbohydrate-based drugs to tackle CNS diseases |
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Brenda L. Bass |
Biochemistry |
Determining the roles of RNA editing in the nervous system, using C. elegans as a model system |
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Michael Bastiani |
Biology |
Development of neuronal connections |
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Steven L. Bealer |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Investigating the effects of epilepsy on the cardiovascular system and on control of reproductive hormones |
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Paul Bressloff |
Mathematics |
Theoretical neuroscience |
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Mario R. Capecchi |
Biology and Human Genetics |
Gene manipulation in mammalian and other eukaryotic cells |
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Chi-Bin Chien |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Axonal pathfinding in zebrafish mutants |
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Gregory A. Clark |
Bioengineering |
Electrophysiological, cellular, and computational analyses of neuronal plasticity in simple systems (Aplysia and Hermissenda); neural information processing; bio-based neuroprostheses |
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Maureen L. Condic |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Interactions of sensory neurons with extracellular matrix |
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Donnell J. Creel |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Sensory anomalies associated with hypopigmentation and diagnostic use of electrophysiological tests in patients |
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Sarah Creem-Regehr |
Psychology |
Cognitive neuroscience; visual perception; visual-motor control; spatial cognition |
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William R. Crowley |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Neuroendrocrine and neurochemical factors that regulate the secretion of anterior and posterior pituitary hormones |
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Richard Dorsky |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Signaling pathways in zebrafish neural cell fate determination |
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Ed Dudek |
Physiology |
Mechanisms of neuronal communication under normal developmental conditions and in models of epilepsy using electrophysiological techniques in brain slices as well as in behaving animals |
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Kevin M. Flanigan |
Neurology and Human Genetics |
Genetic and molecular characterization of inherited neuromuscular diseases |
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Annette E. Fleckenstein |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Neuropharmacology, neurochemistry and aminergic transporters |
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Jeanne Frederick |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Investigating the pathogenesis of mutant protein expression in retina neurons |
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Frances J. Friedrich |
Psychology |
Cognitive neuropsychology; language processes and spatial attention |
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Yingbin Fu |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Phototransduction in rods, cones and the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells |
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Sabine Fuhrmann |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Regulation of eye development |
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Robert S. Fujinami |
Pathology |
Neurovirology |
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Daniel W. Fults |
Neurosurgery |
Genetic abnormalities that cause human brain tumors |
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Franz Goller |
Biology |
Behavioral physiology of sound production and song learning in songbirds |
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Bradley Greger |
Bioengineering |
Neural Prosthetics, Neural Interfaces, Neural Plasticity |
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David J. Grunwald |
Human Genetics |
Tissue specification during zebrafish embryogenesis |
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Glen R. Hanson |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Interaction between neuropeptide and biogenic amine transmitter systems in the central nervous system |
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John M. Hoffman |
Radiology and Neurology |
Modern imaging techniques including positron emission tomography (PET), MRI, and autoradiography to understand clinically relevant brain related problems and biologic processes |
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Randy Jensen |
Neurosurgery |
Neuro Oncology. Hypoxia and angiogenesis in brain tumors, Calcium channel antagonist mediated growth inhibition of brain tumors |
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Erik M. Jorgensen |
Biology |
Mechanisms of synaptic function |
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Kristen A. Keefe |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Pharmacology of neuropsychiatric disorders |
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Raymond P. Kesner |
Psychology |
Neurobiological basis of learning and memory |
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David Krizaj |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Calcium regulation and synaptic communication in the vertebrate retina |
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Janet E. Lainhart |
Psychiatry |
Neurobiology of autism |
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Edward Levine |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Development and regeneration in the mammalian central nervous system |
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Alan R. Light |
Anesthesiology |
Neurobiology of pain and fatigue enhancement caused by injury and in Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia syndromes |
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Mary T. Lucero |
Physiology |
Olfactory physiology |
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Suzanne Mansour |
Human Genetics |
FGF signaling and ear development |
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Robert E. Marc |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Retinal Circuitry and Rewiring Induced by Neurodegenerative Disease |
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Andres Villu Maricq |
Biology |
The workings of synapses: molecular mechanisms regulating neurotransmission in C. elegans |
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J. Michael McIntosh |
Psychiatry and Biology |
Molecular Pharmacology of CNS receptors and ion channels |
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William C. Michel |
Physiology |
Olfactory and gustatory physiology |
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Richard A. Normann |
Bioengineering |
Information processing in the vertebrate retina; phototransduction |
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Shannon J. Odelberg |
Internal Medicine |
Molecular basis of regeneration and cellular plasticity |
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Baldomero M. Olivera |
Biology |
Ion channels, membrane receptors and sensory transduction |
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Tatjana Piotrowski |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Sensory organ formation in zebrafish |
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Richard D. Rabbitt |
Bioengineering |
Micro-electric impedance spectroscopy of auditory and vestibular hair cells |
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Scott W. Rogers |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Molecular biology and neurobiology of ligand-activated receptors |
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Gary Rose |
Biology |
Information processing in the auditory and electrosensory systems |
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Yukio Saijoh |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Pattern formation of vertebrates |
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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Molecular basis of metazoan regeneration |
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Michael C. Sanguinetti |
Physiology |
Ionic basis of cardiac excitability; mechanisms of ion channel gating; mechanisms of channel block by drugs |
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Aloisia Schmid |
Human Genetics |
Drosophila in the study of human disease and in drug screens |
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Kimberly D. Statler |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Clinical and translational research in traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic epilepsy, and both pathophysiology and management aspects of pediatric neurointensive care |
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Patrick A. Tresco |
Bioengineering |
CNS Response to Implanted Materials |
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Monica Vetter |
Neurobiology & Anatomy |
Retinal neurogenesis |
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Neil Vickers |
Biology |
Neuroethology of olfaction |
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Trent Volz |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Bioanalytical chemistry, neuropharmacology, and enzyme kinetics to study neurotransmitter transporter proteins |
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Jason M. Watson |
Psychology |
Experimental investigation of reading, remembering, executive functions, and other brain-behavior relationships |
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H. Steve White |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Neuropharmacology; anticonvulsant drug mechanisms; genetics of audiogenic seizures |
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John A. White |
Bioengineering |
Hippocampal neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, real-time instrumentation |
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Karen S. Wilcox |
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Electrophysiological mechanisms of action of novel anticonvulsant drugs |
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Qiang Wu |
Human Genetics |
Characterization of neural protocadherin in gene clusters in the brain |
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Doju Yoshikami |
Biology |
Cellular and molecular physiology of ion channels |
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Kang Zhang |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences |
Molecular genetics and functional investigations of retinal diseases |
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