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Benjamin Philip, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
The interaction between hand dominance, brain lateralization, and rehabilitation following unilateral impairment such as stroke, amputation, or nerve injury

Key words

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Marco Pignatelli, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Understanding the synaptic mechanisms by which emotional experiences lead to maladaptive plasticity and the impact of neurotherapeutic drugs on those maladaptive synaptic neuroadaptations

Key words
synaptic plasticity, Optogenetics, cell-type specific pharmacology, patch clamp electrophysiology, rapid-acting antidepressants, motivated behavior, drug addiction and affective disorders

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Elizabeth Ann Pollina, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Molecular Mechanisms of Nervous System Longevity and Rejuvenation

Key words
epigenetics, nervous system, DNA repair, aging, rejuvenation

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Amynah Pradhan, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
My lab studies the molecular mechanisms of migraine chronicity, with an emphasis on opioid receptors

Key words
Opioids, pain, migraine, mouse models, neuroplasticity, addiction

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John Pruett, Jr., MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
The neuroscience of ASD, social cognition and comparative cognition

Key words
fcMRI, fMRI, infant, autism, face perception, visual attention, psychophysics, social cognition, comparative cognition

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Marcus Raichle, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Functional brain imaging with positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance

Key words
imaging, behavior, cognition, fMRI, PET

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Baranidharan Raman, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Systems analysis of neural information processing; bio-inspired sensors and algorithms

Key words
mathematical modeling, neurobiology, neurophysiology, sensory systems, smell, systems neuroscience

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Maria Remedi, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Channels: diabetes, obesity and brain disorders

Key words
Diabetes, disease, channels, brain, neurons, hormones, growth, death, obesity, physiology

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Felipe Ribeiro, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Neurosciences

Research summary
Understanding the neuroimmune basis of infectious and non-infectious diseases

Key words
Pain and sensory disorders; Infectious diseases; Neuroimmunology; Host-microbe interactions

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Linda Richards, AO, FAA, FAHMS, PhD

Edison Professor of Neuroscience & Head of the Department of Neuroscience

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
The Brain Development and Disorders Laboratory investigates how long-range neural circuits are established in the brain, and how neural circuit plasticity affects the function of the cerebral cortex.

Key words
cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, developmental neurobiology, molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurogenetics, cerebral cortex, corpus callosum, glial development, neuronal development, brain wiring, agenesis