Sean Piantadosi, PhD
Research in my lab focuses on identifying the causal mechanisms – circuits, neural activity patterns, and molecules – that drive […]
Han Tan, PhD
The brain plays a central role in maintaining metabolic homeostasis and regulating aging, and dysfunction in these processes contributes to
Sean Ostlund, PhD
Research Interests: Motivated behavior, Reward, Addiction and Substance Abuse, Dopamine, Decision Making 3111 Gillespie Neuroscience Research FacilityIrvine, Ca. 92697
Shahrdad Lotfipour, PhD
Research objectives are to understand the mechanisms mediating addictive disorders. Special interest is on how gut, genes, brain, and behavior
Rongsheng Jin, PhD
Our research group is dedicated to understand the molecular basis of human diseases using structural biology, which allows us to
Daniele Piomelli, PhD
My lab studies the neurobiology and pharmacology of the endocannabinoids and other bioactive lipids. Our approach combines molecular and cellular
Stephen V. Mahler, PhD
In order to attain a natural reward like food, water, or sex, animals must know what and where rewards are,
Marcelo Wood, PhD
Long-term memory storage is an essential process to human life. Without long-term memory, we would not be able to remember
Emiliana Borrelli, PhD
Our research focuses on the dopaminergic system and in particular on the signaling mediated by one of the dopamine receptor,
Beier, Kevin, PhD
My research is focused on identifying how experience modulates activity dynamics in neural circuits, both acutely and chronically. I aim