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.

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

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

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

Neurophysiology, K+ Channels; Oxytocin and Vasopressin; Somatodendritic Exocytosis; Calcium Signaling; Heart Failure

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, developmental origins of health across the lifespan, 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

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

Developmental biology; glycosylation and cell interactions

TBI, edema, and spreading depolarization mechanisms studied using electrophysiology.

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

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

Molecular mechanisms and neurocircuitry underlying substance use disorders; rodent models

Higher-order cognitive functions across adulthood, brain and cognitive aging, Alzheimer’s disease, non-pharmacological interventions, neuroimaging

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

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