Neurodegeneration & Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Joshua Grill

Joshua Grill, PhD

For any new Alzheimer’s disease drug to achieve FDA approval and widespread clinical use, it must be tested in human

Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt, PhD

My lab focuses on conditions of brain development and injury where a treatment does not yet exist. We are creating

Kim Green

Kim Green, PhD

Since starting my own lab in 2011, I have focused on microglia, the immune cell of the brain. We discovered

Al La Spada, PhD

Al La Spada, PhD

Dr. La Spada’s research is focused upon neurodegenerative disease and neurotherapeutics, and he is seeking the molecular events that underlie

Edwin Monuki

Edwin S. Monuki, PhD

My research focus is the human choroid plexus. The choroid plexus is a secretory machine that makes the cerebrospinal fluid

John H. Weiss, PhD

John H. Weiss, MD, Ph.D., ProfessorDr. Weiss received his BS, MS, MD, and Ph.D. (in Neuroscience) degrees as well as

Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD

Our past experiences influence who we are.  In the Baram lab we focus on early-life events, and especially early-life adversity

Momoko Watanabe

Momoko Watanabe, PhD

Our project focuses on the development of highly efficient and reproducible brain organoid methods to investigate the origins of neural

Marcelo Wood

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

Javier Diaz Alonso

Javier Diaz Alonso, PhD

Throughout the brain, neurons communicate with each other through synapses, where neuronal specializations—presynaptic terminals, equipped with neurotransmitter release machineries, and

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