Neuropharmacology, Neurochemistry and Neuroendocrinology

Alexandre Bonnin

Tito Borner

  • Food intake and body weight regulation
  • Hindbrain
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Neuroanatomy and circuits
  • Nausea and Emesis
  • Anorexia and cachexia
  • Chemotherapy
  • Cancer
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity

Christopher Ching

  • Neuropsychiatric disorders
  • Multimodal neuroimaging
  • Machine learning, deep learning for clinical neuroscience
  • Large-scale consortium neuroscience
  • Neuroimaging genetics
  • Neurodegeneration and aging

Cornelius Gati

  • Structural Biology
  • G protein coupled receptors
  • Neurotransmitter transporters
  • Cellular signaling assays
  • Single molecule FRET

Joel D. Hahn

  • The structural organization of brain circuits
  • The neurobiology of aggression
  • Additional collaborative research:
    • 1) The neurobiology of ingestive behavior (with Dr. Scott Kanoski)
    • 2) Mouse brain architecture (with Dr. Hongwei Dong)

Mark S. Humayun

  • Electrical stimulation of the retina
  • Retinal prosthesis
  • Retinal disease
  • Instrumentation for vitreoretinal surgery

Michael W. Jakowec

  • Animal models of Parkinson’s disease
  • Molecular mechanisms of exercise-induced neuroplasticity in the basal ganglia
  • Interactions between dopamine and glutamate within the basal ganglia and their role in control of motor behavior
  • Development of new therapeutic modalities for Parkinson’s disease

Anna Kamitakahara

  • Gut-Brain Axis
  • Interoception
  • Neural Development
  • Neural Control of Feeding Behavior and Metabolism
  • Impact of Early Life Environment on Neural Development

Scott E. Kanoski

  • Food intake and body weight regulation
  • Learning and memory
  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Neuroanatomy and circuits
  • Cognitive Impairment / Alzheimer’s

Changhan David Lee

  • Metabolism
  • Mitochondrial biology
  • Cellular homeostasis and stress response

David McKemy

John R Monterosso

  • Decision Making
  • Impulsivity
  • Self-control
  • Neuroeconomics

Christian J. Pike

  • Regulation of Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis
  • The role of sex steroid hormones in Alzheimer’s disease
  • Relationships between obesity, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease
  • Signaling pathways regulating neuronal apoptosis and neuroprotection

Lindsey Schier

  • Gut-brain axis, neural-metabolic interactions, gustatory system, chemical senses, dietary learning and memory

Larry Swanson

  • Learning & Memory

Alan G. Watts

  • Systems neuroscience
  • Neural control of metabolism
  • Ingestive behaviors
  • Diabetes & Obesity

Ruth I. Wood

  • Sex: androgen control of male sexual behavior, sex differences in brain & behavior
  • Drugs: anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse; ethanol and social behavior
  • Cooperation: behavioral endocrinology of cooperative behavior