NEUROBIOLOGY

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Mechanisms of neurogenesis, neural development, and synaptic transmission
Raj Awatramani, PhD Cell fate specification in the mammalian CNS
Anjen Chenn, MD, PhD Regulation of Cell Fate and Proliferation in Mammalian CNS
Christine DiDonato, PhD Molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
Jaime García-Añoveros, PhD Genetic dissection of hearing, touch and pain in mammals and in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Vladimir Gelfand, PhD Cytoskeleton, microtubules, and intracellular transport
Xiaolin He, PhD Structural mechanisms used by neuronal receptors
Kouichi Iwasaki, PhD Molecular biology and genetics of a rhythmic behavior
John A. Kessler, MD Stem cell biology and regenerative neuroscience
Jhumku Kohtz, PhD Sonic Hedgehog Signals involved in forebrain development
Honglin Li, PhD The roles of caspase and Bcl-2 family members in regulation of apoptosis
Jill Morris, PhD Molecular basis of schizophrenia
Eugene Silinsky, PhD Mechanisms of synaptic transmission and its modulation
Warren G. Tourtellotte, MD, PhD Immediate Early Gene Function in the Nervous System
Pharmacology of receptor-mediated signal transduction
Margarita Dubocovich, PhD Neuropharmacology of G-Protein Coupled Receptors and Circadian Rhythms
Toshio Narahashi, PhD Pharmacology of neuroreceptors and ion channels
Murali Prakriya, PhD Calcium signaling mechanisms in health and disease
Geoffrey Swanson, PhD Glutamate receptors in neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity
D. Martin Watterson, PhD Neuropharmacology and neurochemistry
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders
Lester Binder, PhD The role of the cytoskeleton in neurodegeneration
Martha C. Bohn, PhD Neurotrophic factors and Gene Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Adriana Ferreira, MD, PhD Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurite elongation in central neurons
Rosario Hernandez, DDS Axonal degeneration in glaucoma
Laura Herzing, PhD Epigenetic control of gene expression in neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and seizure disorders
William Karpus, PhD The role of chemokines and cytokines in a mouse model of MS
Richard Miller, PhD Calcium channels in nerve communication and neurodegenerative disease
Puneet Opal, MD, PhD Cellular basis of neurodegeneration
Teepu Siddique, MD Molecular basis of neurodegeneration and ALS
Greg Smith, PhD Herpesvirus transport in the nervous system
Linda Van Eldik, PhD Brain inflammation, molecular glial biology, and neurodegenerative disorders
Robert Vassar, PhD Molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease
Mark Wainwright, MD, PhD Mechanisms of acute brain injury
Jane Wu, MD, PhD Pre-mRNA splicing defects in neurodegenerative disorders

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