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Sarah Elizabeth Allen
Oberlin College |
The role of neuroinflammation in methamphetamine- and HIV-induced neurotoxicity | ||
| Revathi Balasubramanian, M.S. |
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Shiona Biswas, M.S.
Maharaja Sayajirao University |
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Zhuoxun Chen
Sun-Yat Sen University |
Adult neurogenesis in songbirds | ||
| Youngsun Theresa Cho | Biology of psychiatric illnesses | ||
| Anasuya Das | Perceptual Learning of Visual Motion in Cortical Blindness | ||
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Danielle DeCampo
University of Notre Dame |
Functional plasticity in neuronal circuits, effects of stress on neuronal circuits involved in mood disorders | ||
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Lynette Anne Desouza
St. Xavier’s College |
Molecular mechanisms of cell death in the nervous system | ||
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Maria Magdalena Diehl
Emory University |
Neural basis of behavior and social communication; the neural circuit involved in social communication; multisensory integration of faces and vocalizations | ||
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Marina Stoytcheva Dobreva
SUNY Geneseo |
Multisensory integration in spatial Orientation | ||
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Sally Duarte
McMaster University |
Neural circuitry and anatomy in both normal sensory processing and pathological conditions | ||
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Fiona Anne Dubuss
Lehigh University |
Neuroinflammation | ||
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Kimberly Anjali Fernandes
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
Plasticity in the adult brain | ||
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Veena Rajalakshmi Ganeshan
Wright State University |
Cancer chemotherapeutics, ROS production in cells and combination therapy | ||
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Simantini Ghosh
University of Calcutta |
Neuroinflammation under neurodegenerative conditions. More specifically, studying the effects of sustained Interleukin 1 beta overexpression on Alzheimer's disease pathology in transgenic mice | ||
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Molly Elizabeth Gill
University of Washington |
Defining the transcriptional profile of delayed neuronal death after stroke | ||
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Rachael Harms, B.A.
University of California (Santa Cruz) |
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Cory Hussar
Niagara University |
The representation of speed and direction in prefrontal cortex during motion discrimination | ||
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Dana Beth Iorizzo
Union College |
Functional vision and motion perception in the cortically blind | ||
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Michael Simon Jacob
University of California, Berkeley |
Cognitive neuroscience and contextual influences on visual motion processing | ||
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Sarita Anisha Kishore
Wellesley College |
Influence of visual motion cues in response | ||
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Susan Sojung Lee
Pomona College |
Autism, fMRI, mirror neurons, imitation, language | ||
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Daniel Marker
Clarkson University |
Neuro-inflammation | ||
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Rebekka Matheson
Brigham Young University |
Neuroanatomy of Reward Systems | ||
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Sarah Bliss Matousek, M.S.
Houghton College |
Neuroinflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's disease | ||
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Kathleen M. McAvoy
Fairfield University |
Cell signaling pathways involved in neuronal development and cell death | ||
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Crystal Rose McClain
Unviersity of Rochester |
Cellular mechanisms which regulate oligodendrocyte progenitor self-renewal | ||
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Michael James Moravan
Clarkson University |
The role of IL-1 in the effects of gamma radiation on the central nervous system. | ||
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William Ryan Mowrey
SUNY at Buffalo |
Neural and genetic control of sex differences in C. elegans locomotory behaviors | ||
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Adam Pallus
Union College |
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Michael J. Pesavento
UCLA |
Transformations of input signals by cortical circuits | ||
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Susanne Meredith Pritchard
St. Lawrence University |
The effect of different pathological forms of tau protein (phosphorylated or truncated) on mitochondrial morphology, transport, and function using cortical cell culture and C. elegans models | ||
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Imran Punekar
Villanova University |
Movement disorders, specifically in Deep Brain Stimulation recipients suffering from Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. | ||
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Stephen Raiker
La Salle University |
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Molecular mechanisms of plasticity and regenerationin in the central nervous system | |
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Phillip Rappold
Cornell University |
Neurodegenerative diseases | ||
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Danny A. Rogers
Brigham Young University |
NGF signaling pathways and looking at ways to target this pathway in the treatment of neuroblastoma | ||
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Deborah Ryan
Vanderbilt University |
Passive immunotherapeutic approaches to treat Alzheimer's disease | ||
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Michele Lavinia-Ann Saul
Elizabethtown College |
Juvenile stress and the development of the amygdala. | ||
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Katherine Jean Selzler
Bucknell University |
Cognitive and motor effects of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s patients | ||
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Yuriy Shapovalov
Dnepropetrovsk Medical Academy |
Inflammatory changes associated with the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a mouse model of the disease | ||
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Nathan Anthony Smith
Xavier University |
Astrocytes role in synaptic transmission and blood flow | ||
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Irina Statnikova
Moscow State University |
basal ganglia circuitry and function | ||
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Wei Sun, M.D., M.S.
China Medical University |
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Astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease |
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Arnulfo Torres-Peña
Fordham University |
Calcium waves in astrocytes and their mechanism of initiation | ||
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Michael Dacheng Wu
Carnegie Mellon University |
Neuroinflammation | ||
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I-Chen Yu
National Taiwan Univ |