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

Spatial cognition, individual differences, STEM learning, neural basis of spatial thinking.

Physiology of reproduction

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

Neural networks and modeling; computational neuroscience

Hyperplastic and neoplastic cholangiocyte proliferation; autocrine signaling; in vitro models

Spinal cord injury; neural stem cell transplantation; connectivity mapping

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying biological clocks; rodent models and cell culture

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

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

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

Neural systems for emotion, learning, and memory; fear and anxiety; rodent models

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

Psychoneuroimmunology; pain; stress and disease in humans and animal models

Neuroergonomics; work-related musculoskeletal disorders; obesity and aging in humans

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

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

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

Hormonal regulation of behavior; sex differences; fear and anxiety; neurosteroids; rodent models

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

Human motor neuroscience; neural control of locomotion; mobile brain and body imaging; high-density electroencephalography.

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

Neurobiology of memory; multiple memory systems; rodent models

Developmental biology; glycosylation and cell interactions

Integrated neuroprosthesis; ​Neuromodulation; Artificial sensory feedback; Rehabilitation

Molecular and functional characterization of receptors in insects

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 mechanisms underlying drug addiction and relapse; 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

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

Obesity, diabetes, aging and Alzheimer's disease

Environmental psychophysiology in humans; non-invasive physiological recording techniques

Language in humans; neuropsychological and cognitive aspects of bilingualism

Neural circuit mechanisms of drug and alcohol addiction; 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

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