Neuroscience Research/Shadowing Opportunities

Biochemistry

L. M. Feltri, Ph.D.	Myelination	Hunter J Kelly Res Inst
G. Popescu, Ph.D.	Regulation of glutamate receptors	Jacobs School

Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Neurology

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Neurosurgery

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Nuclear Medicine

R. Miletich, MD Ph.D.

Neurodegenerative Disorders

Parker Hall

Ophthalmology

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Pathology and Anatomical Sciences

O. Pletnikova, Ph.D.	Neurodegenerative disorders	Jacobs School
M. Stachowiak, Ph.D.	Molecular mechanisms of gene expression in neural cells; Gene therapies for neurodegenerative and neoplastic CNS diseases using viral and nonviral gene delivery vectors	Jacobs School

Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Physiology and Biophysics

A. Auerbach, Ph.D.	Mechanisms of acetylcholine receptor action	Cary Hall
J. Baizer, Ph.D.	Relationship between handedness, language lateralization, and immunocytochemical localization in human brain; Compartmental organization of vestubular nuclei	Cary Hall
J. Feng, Ph.D.	Molecular mechanisms of Parkinson's disease; function and role of the protein Parkin in Parkinson's disease	Jacobs School
M. Pletnikov, MD, Ph.D.	Neuron-glial interactions in neuropsychiatric disorders	BRB
F. Qin, Ph.D.	Molecular mechanisms of heat gated ion channels	Cary Hall
M. Slaughter, Ph.D.	Regulation of synaptic transmission; Analysis of neurotransmitter-receptor mechanisms; Analysis of retinal pathology using field potentials	BRB
Z. Yan, Ph.D.	Physiological basis of changes in frontal lobe function underlying psychiatric disorders	Jacobs School

Psychiatry

K. Griswold. M.D.	Diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder
B. Willer, Ph.D.	Diagnosis and treatment of concussion and traumatic brain injury	Farber Hall

School of Public Health

K. Personius, Ph.D.

Influence of neuronal activity on synaptic connections

Farber Hall