studies neuro-immune interactions and the neural circuits underlying sickness symptoms.
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Dr. Rocio Servin
studies the roles of mechanotransduction in gastrointestinal function
Dr. Elizabeth Heller
studies the gene regulatory mechanisms that underlie psychiatric disease using rodents models of drug use and chronic stress
Dr. Janine Kwapis
studies the epigenetic and molecular basis of long-term memory, particularly how these mechanisms are altered in the aging brain and how epigenetic regulation of circadian genes might contribute to age-related memory decline.
Dr. Andrea Gomez
studies the role of RNA splicing in synaptic plasticity
Dr. Z Yan Wang
studies the neurobiology of aging, senescence, and death
Dr. Yarimar Carrasquillo
studies the molecular and neural mechanisms of pain perception in the amygdala
Dr. Silvana Valtcheva
studies the synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying maternal behavior and physiology
Dr. Caroline Palavicino-Maggio
studies neural circuits of aggression and their perturbations in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases
Dr. Kaela S. Singleton
studies Menke's diesease and neurodevelopment using molecular approaches.
Dr. Farah Lubin
studies the molecules that control gene expression and their roles in learning and memory in the brain
Dr. Kara Marshall
studies how the body and brain percieve and respond to internal stimuli
Dr. Talia Lerner
studies the neural circuits basis of motivation, reward learning and habit formation
Dr. Maria Lehtinen
studies cerebrospinal fluid signaling in health and disease
Dr. Marina Picciotto
studies how single molecules control complex behaviors related to addiction, depression, feeding and learning
Dr. Lisa Giocomo
studies how cell biophysics and network dynamics interact to mediate spatial memory and navigation
Dr. Stacey Dutton
studies ion channels and sexual behavior
Dr. Charisse Winston-Gray
studies blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Elizabeth Tunbridge
studies links between genes and brain dysfunction in psychiatric illness
Dr. Elena Blanco-Suárez
studies astrocytes and their influence on neuronal vulnerability to stroke