Neurobiology of cocaine addiction
Gene therapies to promote the regrowth of axons in the injured spinal cord and brain
Central mechanisms of energy regulation through serotonin and/or neuropeptide interactions and feeding behavior
Dr. William E. Cullinan, Professor/Dean of the College of Health Sciences
Stress neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neuroendocrinology
How environmental and genetic factors affect circadian clock function
Neurobiology of stress; Cellular mechanisms underlying stress hormone action
Synaptic transmission and plasticity in drug abuse
Dr. Marieke Gilmartin, Associate Professor/Associate Chair for Research
How prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala functionally interact to form, store, and retrieve emotional memory.
How modifications of cellular dynamics and synaptic strength can control behavior in normal and diseased states.
Examine the evolution of human and primate life histories, sociality, and food ways through collaborative skeletal analysis
Mechanisms of cell death in neurodegenerative diseases, neurotrophic factors, stroke
Dr. Khadijah Makky, Clinical Associate Professor and Director
Molecular and Cellular Core facility
Molecular mechanisms underlying alcohol-induced regulation of the NMDA receptor
How interactions between GABAergic stellate and basket cells, Bergmann glia astrocytes, and monoamines shape cerebellar signaling
Interactions of fibrin(ogen) with other proteins of the coagulation cascade
Neural regulation of affect and motivated behavior
