Sensory perception; molecular and neural basis of olfaction and taste in Drosophila

Human visual attention; associative learning; eye movements; addiction; neuroimaging

Cerebellar structure and networks in humans; motor and cognitive behavior; aging; neuroimaging

Neuropsychiatric disorders; physical/emotional stress; development; adolescence; animal models; second messenger systems

Genetics and genomics, impact of viral infection and environmental exposure on neurological diseases, immunology

Developmental affective neuroscience; emotional development; biomarkers of risk for mental illness; transgenerational transmission of risk

Physiology of reproduction

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); neuroimmunology; redox biology; physiology

NMDA receptors, glutamate delta 1-cerebellin1 trans-synaptic signaling; neural circuit analysis, slice electrophysiology, optogenetics, confocal imaging; mouse models of chronic pain, Parkinsonism, autism, drug addiction; biologics, peptide and small molecule drug discovery

Spinal cord injury; neural stem cell transplantation; connectivity mapping

Emotional development; cellular and molecular mechanisms of opiates; adolescent and adult rodent models

Astrocyte function, astrocyte-neuron interactions, molecular mechanisms of synapse development, mood disorders, rodent models.

Spinal cord injury, molecular mechanisms of axon regeneration and aging, cardiometabolic and bowel dysfuntion

Learning, pain modulation, and recovery of function after spinal cord injuries in rodent models

Structure and Measurement of Intelligence, Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Micro/nano systems for cellular and molecular analysis; microfluidics; lab-on-a-chip; organ-on-a-chip

Molecular genetics of biological clocks; Drosophila

Psychiatric genetics; genetic epidemiology of anxiety and depressive disorders.

Recovery of function; spinal cord plasticity; drug addiction; rodent models

Spinal cord injury; plasticity

Neural circuits underlying circadian rhythms in behavior and physiology; in vivo and in vitro imaging; rodent models

Diabetic retinopathy; novel bioactive peptides; circadian regulation of retinal physiology; signal transduction and ion channel regulation

Glial biology; neuron-glia interactions; neuroinflammation; demyelinating diseases; myelin regeneration; mouse models

Sleep and wakefulness regulation, circadian clock, chronic stress, social isolation, learning and memory, genetics and genomics, in vivo imaging, genetic model organisms.

Emotions, stress and stress-related disorders; Regulation and dysregulation of stress response systems; Cognitive, functional neuroimaging, neuroendocrine and genetic approaches.

Emotions in psychiatric health and disease; cognitive factors; neuroimaging and psychophysiology in humans

Stem cells, Prenatal exposures, Sex as a Biological Variable, miRNAs

Disparities in pain in humans; social and cultural factors affecting pain experience and pain physiology

Spinal cord injury; mechanisms of acute inflammation; 3D imaging and circuit mapping

Fetal brain development; microRNAs; stem cells; alcohol; teratology; ovine, murine, zebrafish, neural stem models

Memory systems; psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of emotional memory; rodent models

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; molecular, cellular, and phenotypic characterization; canine models

Voluntary task selection behavior; prefrontal cortex; neuroimaging; addiction and psychosis in humans

Developmental biology; glycosylation and cell interactions

Integrated neuroprosthesis; ​Neuromodulation; Artificial sensory feedback; Rehabilitation

Translational pharmacology and neurotherapeutics for epilepsy and brain disorders; rodent models

Inner ear development in zebrafish; cell-cell signaling and gene interactions

Synapse formation, maintenance, and pathology; neuromuscular junction; mouse molecular genetics

Neuroanatomical, neuropathological, neuroimmune and peripheral contributions to neurodegenerative disorders, traumatic brain injury and epilepsy.

NF-kB regulatory proteins in cancer cells; gliomas; in vitro and animal models

Neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying drug addiction and compulsive drug use; maladaptive behavior; rodent models

Synapse plasticity in drug addiction; reward function in fragile X syndrome and autism; in vitro and animal models

Neurobiology and evolution of animal communication; echolocation in bats; neurocircuitry and behavior

Women's health and aging; hormones; stroke and blood brain barrier function; animal models

Uncovering early aspects of dementia (Alzheimer’s disease) and mechanisms of age-related cognitive impairment.

Neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s disease, astrocytes and nicotine neuroprotection.

Obesity, diabetes, aging and Alzheimer's disease

Environmental psychophysiology in humans; non-invasive physiological recording techniques

Neurocognitive aspects of human language functioning; brain lateralization of language and bilingualism; language disorders

Neural circuit mechanisms of drug (cocaine & opioid) and alcohol addiction and Alzheimer's disease; synaptic transmission and plasticity; slice electrophysiology; basal ganglia; rodent models.

Protein structure and neurological disease; ion channels in animals and bacteria; molecular structure

Neuroimmunology; viral pathogenesis; animal models and therapies for autoimmune diseases

Nicotine; nicotinic receptors; brain development; gene-environment interactions; in vitro and rat models

Human development and learning; biometrics in social and health sciences; self-regulation

Human learning and decision making across the lifespan; motivation and cognition

Glial function in health and disease; astrocyte role in neural circuits; neurodegeneration; anion channels; electrophysiology; rodent models

Gait, balance, dynamic systems theory, biological rhythms, resiliency in aging.

Biological basis of mental illness; PTSD; depression; schizophrenia; autism; clinical populations

Development and function of sensory-motor circuits controlling locomotor behaviors and action selection, Behavioral neurogenetics, Transcriptional regulation of neuronal properties

Developmental neurobiology; synapse development and plasticity; biological clocks; snail and worm models