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Faculty Name |
Research/Clinical Interest Title |
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| ALEXANDER, MATTHEW PHD |
Epigenetic and Genetic Modifiers of Muscular Dystrophies |
non-coding RNA, muscular dystrophy, zebrafish, therapy, epigenetics |
| ALLENDORFER, JANE B. PHD |
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| ANDRABI, SYED SHAIDA A. PHD |
Cell Death Mechanisms and Cellular Bioenergetics |
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| AROKE, EDWIN N. PHD |
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| ARRANT, ANDREW E. PHD |
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| ARTHUR, EDMUND PHD |
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| BAILEY, MARK DO, PHD |
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pain, medical, management |
| BALL, KARLENE K. PHD |
Director, UAB Roybal Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility |
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| BARKER, ANDREW B. MD |
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| BASHIR, KHURRAM MD |
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Multiple Sclerosis; Neuromyelitis Optica; Transverse Myelitis; Optic Neuritis; Vasculitis |
| BEAS PARODI, SOFIA PHD |
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| BEBIN, MARTINA MD |
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| BECKER, BRYAN PHD |
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| BENTLEY, JESSICA N. MD |
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| BENVENISTE, ETTY PHD |
Immune/nervous system interactions |
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| BEVENSEE, MARK O. PHD |
Cellular and Molecular Physiology of Acid-base Transporters and pH Regulation |
acid-base, bicarbonate, transporter, brain, fluorescence dyes, glia , heart, intracellular pH, microelectrodes, neuron, Xenopus oocyte, neuronal firing, kidney, polycystic kidney disease, epithelial sodium channel |
| BLOUNT, JEFFREY P. MD |
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| BOLDING, MARK S. PHD |
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| BOULTON, MICHAEL E. PHD |
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| BRADY, LILLIAN J. PHD |
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| BRITT, WILLIAM J. MD |
Human Herpesviruses, Molecular Virology and Pathogenesis |
cytomegalovirus, perinatal infections, virus assembly |
| BRUNNER, ROBERT C. MD |
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| BUFORD, THOMAS PHD |
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aging, exercise, physical function, disability, RAS, hypertension, microbiome |
| CALDWELL, GUY A. |
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| CALDWELL, KIM A. |
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| CARTER, ANGELA PHD |
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| CHAMBERS, MELISSA R. MD, DVM |
Auburn University, Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital Halsted Internship, Vanderbilt University Hospital Neurosurgical Residency |
glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, meningioma |
| CHANG, CHENBEI PHD |
Growth Factor Signaling and Transcription Regulation in Vertebrate Development |
TGF-beta, neural induction, BMP, ErbB, gastrulation, cell movement |
| CHATHAM, JOHN C. PHD |
Cardiomyocyte function and survival in ischemia/reperfusion and the impact of diabetes: |
Myocardial ischemia, diabetic cardiomyopathy, O-GlcNAc, STIM1, Ca2+-signaling |
| CHE, PULIN PHD |
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| CHEN, SHU G. PHD |
Basic and translational research on neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Dementia, ALS) |
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia, ALS, alpha-synuclein, Tau, biomarkers |
| CHEN, YU-YING MD, PHD |
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| CHRISTY, JENNIFER B. PHD |
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| CLAY, OLIVIO J. PHD |
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| COMBA, ANDREA PHD |
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| COOK, EDWIN W. PHD |
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| COWELL, RITA PHD |
Cellular Vulnerability in Development and Aging: Using the Molecular Phenotype of Neurons to Elucidate Mechanisms of Disease and Identify Targets for Intervention |
Transcription, Parkinson Disease, ALS, frontotemporal dementia, movement disorders, Neuroanatomy, Metabolism, Mitochondria, Neurobiology, Mouse models |
| CROOKS, ELIZABETH A. PHD |
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| CROPSEY, KAREN L. PHD |
Substance Abuse |
Criminal justice, substance abuse, tobacco, opiates, HIV |
| CROWDER, CAMERRON M. PHD |
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| CROWE, MICHAEL PHD |
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Neuropsychology, aging, dementia |
| CRUIKSHANK, SCOTT J. PHD |
Cortical Control of the Thalamus |
Thalamus, Cortex, Neocortex, Reticular, Thalamocortical, Corticothalamic, Optogenetics, Neurophysiology, Circuitry |
| CULLINAN, JAMES T. DO |
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| CUMMINGS, KIRSTIE A. PHD |
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| DARLEY-USMAR, VICTOR M. PHD |
Mitochondrial Health; Bench to Bedside |
mitochondria, nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species, bioenergetic dysfunciton, translational research |
| DAY, JEREMY J. PHD |
Neurobiology of motivated and learned behaviors |
Epigenetics, addiction, memory, molecular mechanisms, optogenetics |
| DE MIRANDA, BRIANA PHD |
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| DEBERRY, JENNIFER PHD |
Mechanisms underlying pathological changes in visceral sensation and organ function |
pain, viscera, inflammation, diabetes, spinal cord injury |
| DEL BENE, VICTOR A. PHD |
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| DEWOLFE, JENNIFER L. DO |
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| DING, QIANG PHD |
Molecular mechanisms of organ fibrosis |
Signal Transduction; Cell Physiology, Adhesion & Migration Signaling; Molecular Genetics & Disease; Gene Regulation and Expression |
| DOBBINS, ALLAN C. PHD |
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| DOWNS, J. CRAWFORD PHD |
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| DREER, LAURA E. PHD |
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| DURE, LEON S. MD |
Inherited neurologic disease, movement disorders |
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| DWIVEDI, YOGESH PHD |
Elucidating molecular mechanisms associated with mood disorders and suicide. |
Mood Disorders, Suicide, Signal Transduction, Gene Regulation, Epigenetics |
| EDWARDS, LLOYD J. PHD |
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| FANG, YU-HUA PHD |
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| FARGASON, RACHEL E. MD |
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| FATHALLAH-SHAYKH, HASSAN MD |
Computational Personalized Medicine and Mathematics |
Glioma, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Multiple Sclerosis, Image Segmentation, Motility, Modeling, Dynamical Systems, Chaos, Networks, Circadian Clocks, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations |
| FILIPPOVA, NATALIA PHD |
HuR oncogenic role in gliomas. |
HuR, glioma heterogeneity, drug discovery, transcrptome profile, glioma microenvironment, tunneling tubes |
| FINDLEY, HARRY L. |
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| FOBIAN, AARON PHD |
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cognitive behavioral treatment; obesity; sleep; psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; PNES; functional neurological disorder; FND |
| GALLI, AURELIO A. PHD |
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| GAMBLE, KAREN L. PHD |
NIH funded projects (active): Circadian dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease; The nigral molecular clock and vulnerability to neurodegeneration |
circadian rhythms, biological clocks, shift work, entrainment, suprachiasmatic nucleus |
| GAMLIN, PAUL D. PHD |
Studies of the Neural Bases of Vision & Eye Movements |
pupil, vergence, gene therapy, fMRI |
| GAMPHER, JOHN PHD |
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| GARNER, MARY A. PHD |
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| GAVIN, CRISTIN F. PHD |
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| GAWNE, TIMOTHY J. PHD |
Information Processing in the Central Nervous System |
EEG, MEG, myopia, schizophrenia, cerebral cortex, vision, retina |
| GELDMACHER, DAVID MD |
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Alzheimer's disease, dementia, visual processing |
| GHOSH, SADASHIB PHD |
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| GLASGOW, JOEL N. PHD |
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Gene Therapy, Adenovirus, Vector Targeting |
| GOLDBERG, MATTHEW S. PHD |
Molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease pathogenesis |
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| GRANT, MERIDA M. PHD |
Depression and Early Life Trauma; Mood Disorders |
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| GRAY, MICHELLE PHD |
Pathogenesis of Huntington's Disease |
Huntington's disease, neurodegeneration, neuroscience, astrocytes |
| GROPEN, TOBY I. MD |
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| GROSS, ALECIA K. PHD |
GPCR trafficking in neurons and rhodopsin-mediated retinal degenerations |
rhodopsin, autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, GPCR trafficking, rab11, nudC, MKS proteins, NPHP proteins, BBS proteins, retinal degeneration, inflammatory response in retina, cilia, protein trafficking |
| GU, JIANGUO PharmD, PHD |
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| HAN, XIAOSI MD, PHD |
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| HAN, XIAOSI MD, PHD |
Epigenetic Regulation in Glioblastoma |
glioblastoma, protein argine methyltransferase-5, glioma stem cell, epigenetics |
| HARDAWAY, JAMES A. PHD |
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| HARMS, ASHLEY PHD |
Neuroimmunology of Alpha-Synucleinopathy Disorders |
Neuroimmunology, Neuroscience, Immunology, Neurodegeneration, Aging, Glia |
| HARRIGAN, MARK R. MD |
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| HEINSBROEK, JASPER PHD |
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| HERNANDEZ, ABIGAIL L. PHD |
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| HERNANDEZ, CAESAR PHD |
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| HERSKOWITZ, JEREMY H. PHD |
Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease |
Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, signaling, plasticity, behavior, neuroscience, cell biology |
| HJELMELAND, ANITA B. PHD |
Targeting Brain Tumor Initiating Cells and the Tumor Microenvironment |
Brain Tumor, Tumor Microenvironment, Tumor Initiating Cell, Cancer Stem Cell |
| HOLLAND, MARSHALL MD |
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| HOLMES, JEFFREY W. MD |
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| HOUSTON, JAMES T. MD |
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| IANOV, LARA PHD |
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| JABLONSKI, RITA A. PHD |
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| JORDAN, JEREMY PHD |
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| KADISHA, INGA PHD |
The role of white matter changes in aging and Alzheimer's disease |
Alzheimer's Disease, Aging, Cognition |
| KANA, RAJESH K. PHD |
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| KANO, SHINICHI MD |
Immunology of brain homeostasis and disease |
Neuroimmunology, Glia, Cytokine, Epigenetics, Extracellular vesicles, Schizophrenia |
| KHANAL, SAFAL PHD |
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| KIMBERLY, ROBERT P. MD |
Autoimmunity, Molecular Mechanisms and Genetic Risk |
autoimmunity, immune-mediated inflammatory disease, Fc receptors, single nucleotide polymorphisms, immunogenetics, functional genomics |
| KING, PETER H. MD |
1) RNA Regulation of Inflammation in ALS and other Neurodegenerative Disorders, 2) Smads as Biomarkers of ALS Disease Progressionh |
RNA stability; AU-rich elements; cytokines and chemokines; glioblastoma; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury, HuR, KSRP |
| KNIGHT, DAVID C. PHD |
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| KRAFT, TIMOTHY W. PHD |
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Photoreceptors |
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| LAHTI, ADRIENNE C. MD |
Neuroimaging |
psychiatry, schizophrenia, research, lahti |
| LASSEIGNE, BRITTANY N. PHD |
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| LAZAR, RONALD M. PHD |
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Neurovascular Neuropsychology, Cerebrovascular Disease, Cardiac Disease, Cerebral Hemodynamics |
| LEAVENWORTH, JIANMEI W. MD, PHD |
Cancer-Immune cell Crosstalk: Discovery of new targets for cancer immunotherapy |
Immunology, Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, Treg, NK cells, glioma |
| LEE, JUNGHEE PHD |
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| LEWIS, TYLOR R. PHD |
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| LI, LI MD, PHD |
Mood Disorders, Opioids Dependence |
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| LI, WEI PHD |
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| LIMDI, NITA A. PHD |
Pharmacogenomics research and Implementation Science |
Personalized Medicine, Precision Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Implemental Science, Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics, Warfarin , Antiplatelet drugs, Antithrombotic, comparative effectiveness |
| LIN, CHEN MD |
Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation: the impact of mental health on stroke recovery including veterans |
stroke, stroke rehabilitation, stroke recovery, neuroimaging, quality of life, mental health |
| LIPTRAP, ELIZABETH J. MD |
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| LIU, RUI-MING MD, PHD |
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Oxidative stress, Aging, Lung fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease |
| LUBIN, FARAH D. PHD |
Molecular genetic mechanisms in learning and memory |
Epigenetics, signal transduction, gene transcription, CRISPR-dCas9, neurology, neuroscience, learning and memory, aging, epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease |
| LUCAS, ELIZABETH PHD |
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| LUTHER, LAUREN PHD |
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| MACALUSO, MATTHEW DO |
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| MACHADO COSTA, KAUE PHD |
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| MARK, VICTOR W. MD |
Associate Professor |
aphasia, unilateral spatial neglect, executive dysfunction, Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy, paralysis, stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, rehabilitation, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech |
| MARKERT, JAMES M. MD |
Engineering Herpes Simplex Viruses for the Therapy of Cancer |
glioma, gene therapy, brain tumors, herpes simplex, cancer therapy, immunotherapy, anti-angiogenic therapy |
| MARTIN, ROY C. PHD |
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| MCGREGOR, KEITH PHD |
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| MCRAE, ELIZABETH M. PHD |
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| MILLER, C. RYAN MD |
Glioma pathogenesis and preclinical experimental therapeutics |
glioma, glioblastoma, mouse models, genomics, proteomics |
| MIRBOZORGI, SEYEDABDOLLAH PHD |
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| MISHRA, VIRENDRA R. PHD |
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| MORRIS, DAVID M. PHD |
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| MRUG, SYLVIE PHD |
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| MUELLER, STEPHANIE PHD |
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| NABORS, LOUIS B. MD |
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| NATELSON LOVE, MARISSA C. MD |
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| NELSON, MATTHEW J. PHD |
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| NEWSOM, CASSANDRA PHD |
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| NICHOLAS, ANTHONY P. MD |
Parkinson’s Disease, Citrullinated Proteins, Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia, Adrenergic Receptors |
Parkinson's disease, protein deimination (citrullination), levodopa-induced dyskinesia, cervical dystonia |
| NIWA, MINAE PHD |
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| OWSLEY, CYNTHIA PHD |
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| PATTON, RITA W. MD |
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| PETERS, JAMIE PHD |
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| PETERSON, COURTNEY M. PHD |
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| PILONIETA, GIOVANNA DDS |
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| PITTLER, STEVEN J. PHD |
Basic and Translational Studies of Photoreceptor Metabolism and Retinal Degeneration |
retinitis pigmentosa, phosphodiesterase, cGMP-gated cation channel, photoreceptor, phototransduction |
| POWELL, CRAIG M. MD, PHD |
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| POWELL, DANIELLE K. MD |
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| PRUETT, BRANDON S. MD |
Intracellular compartmental disruptions of pH in Schizophrenia |
schizophrenia, pH, Na+-H+ Exchangers (NHEs) |
| PUGA, FRANK PHD |
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| QIN, HONGWEI MD, PHD |
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| QUINET, JULIE PHD |
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| RAMAN, CHANDER PHD |
Lymphocyte activation, immunopathogenesis of systemic and neuroimmune autoimmune disease, inflammatory diseases of the skin. |
Autoimmunity, Multiple Sclerosis, Skin inflammatory diseases |
| REDWINE, MADISON B. MD |
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| REED, WILLIAM R. PHD |
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| REN, BIN MD, PHD |
Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation of Functional Angiogenesis and Arteriogenesis in Cancer, Heart and Vascular Diseases, Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes. |
Endothelial cells, Angiogenesis, Arteriogenesis, Molecular and cellular biology, Cancer, Ischemic heart and vascular diseases, Diabetes, Alzherimer's disease |
| RICHARDS, J S. PHD |
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| RICHTER, CAROLINE G. PHD |
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| RILEY, KRISTEN O. MD |
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| RINKER, JOHN R. MD |
A pilot trial of lithium in progressive multiple sclerosis |
Multiple sclerosis, clinical trials |
| RIZZARDI, LINDSAY F. PHD |
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| ROBEL, STEFANIE PHD |
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| ROBERSON, ERIK MD |
Neurobiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia |
Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, tau, progranulin, excitability, signaling, plasticity, behavior |
| SAMAL, JUHI PHD |
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| SAXENA, ANKUR PHD |
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| SCHOONOVER, KIRSTEN PHD |
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| SHACKA, JOHN J. PHD |
Targeting the Autophagy-Lysosome Pathway for Therapeutic Benefit in Parkinson's Disease |
Autophagy; Lysosome; Parkinson's; Synuclein; Alpha-Galactosidase |
| SHELTON, RICHARD C. MD |
Mood Disorders |
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| SINCICH, LAWRENCE C. PHD |
Functional organization of retina and visual cortex |
retina, cortex, neuron, thalamus, signal processing, ophthalmology, spike |
| SLOANE, MICHAEL E. PHD |
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| SMITH, DANIEL L. PHD |
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| SMITH, RACHEL J. PHD |
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| SORGE, ROBERT E. PHD |
Immune system modulation of pain and addiction |
pain, immune, addiction, animal models |
| SRIVASTAVA, OM P. PHD |
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| STANDAERT, DAVID G. MD |
Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases |
Parkinsons Disease, Dystonia, Movement Disorders |
| STAVRINOS, DESPINA PHD |
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| STOVER, NATIVIDAD P. MD |
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| SUN, HAOSHENG PHD |
Transcriptional and Epigenetic regulation of neuronal development and plasticity in C. elegans and rodent models |
Transcription, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Neural development, C. elegans, mouse, neurodevelopmental disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders, genetics, environment |
| SUN, LIOU Y. MD |
Aging, longevity and Alzheimer's Disease |
Aging, longevity and Alzheimer's Disease |
| SUNG, VICTOR W. MD |
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Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Quality improvement |
| SZAFLARSKI, JERZY P. MD |
Use of Neuroimaging (fMRI) for Cortical Mapping |
fMRI, Brain Mapping, Epliepsy, Neuronal Plasticity |
| TANWAR, MANOJ MD |
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| THEIBERT, WILLIS A. PHD |
Role of phosphoinositides in developmental neurobiology |
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| THOMAS, STEPHEN J. PHD |
Mechanisms Underlying Racial Differences in Nocturnal Hypertension and Non-Dipping Blood Pressure |
behavioral sleep medicine, circadian rhythms, ambulatory blood pressure |
| TYLER, WILLIAM J. PHD |
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| TYRRELL, DANIEL J. PHD |
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| USWATTE, GITENDRA PHD |
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| VAN MEIR, ERWIN G. PHD |
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| VANCE, DAVID E. PHD |
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| VENDRELL LLOPIS, NURIA PHD |
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| VER HOEF, LAWRENCE W. MD |
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| VICE, JASON PHD |
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vision, neuroplasticity, rehabilitation, aging, fMRI |
| VISSCHER, KRISTINA M. PHD |
Cognitive Neuroscience |
attention, memory, older adults, aging, training, ongoing activity, EEG, fMRI, human neuroscience |
| VOLPICELLI-DALEY, LAURA A. PHD |
Cognitive impairments in Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementias |
Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementias, synuclein, tau, glucocerebrosidase, cell biology of the neuron, neurodegeneration |
| WADICHE, JACQUES I. PHD |
Cellular and molecular basis of synaptic transmission and neuronal organization of microcircuits |
glutamate transport, synaptic transmission, cerebellum |
| WADICHE, LINDA S. PHD |
The function of adult generated neurons and interneurons in the dentate gyrus |
synapse, neurogenesis, epilepsy, hippocampus, inhibition |
| WAGENER, BRANT M. MD |
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| WALKER, HARRISON MD |
Deep Brain Stimulation |
deep brain stimulation, Parkinson's disease, dystonia, essential tremor |
| WANG, YUCHEN PharmD, PHD |
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| WATTS, RAY L. MD |
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| WICK, TIMOTHY M. PHD |
Orthopaedic and Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine |
Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Cartilage, Bone, Blood Vessel, Bioreactor Technology, Osteoarthritis |
| WILSON, SCOTT M. PHD |
Mouse Models of Neurodegeneration |
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| WINGO, BROOKS PHD |
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| WYSS, JAMES M. PHD |
Neuroplasticity in aging and neuro cardiovascular control |
Alzheimers, hypertension, neuronal plasticity, behavior, blood pressure, botanicals, STEM education |
| YACOUBIAN, TALENE A. MD, PHD |
Role of 14-3-3 proteins in Parkinson’s disease |
Parkinsons disease; Neurobiology; Molecular Genetics & Disease |
| YOON, KARINA PHD |
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cancer metastasis |
neuroblastoma, metastasis, ICAM-2, actin cytoskeleton, solid tumors, animal models of cancer, cancer pharmacology |
| YOUNGER, JARRED W. PHD |
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| ZHANG, JIANHUA PHD |
Mechanisms and regulation of autophagy-lysosomal pathway in health and diseases |
Autophagy, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, lysosomes, mitochondria, redox signaling |
| ZHANG, JIANYI MD, PHD |
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| ZHANG, RUI PHD |
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