Thomas W. Abrams,
Ph.D. 
410-706-5837
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synaptic changes during learning.
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Eugene Albrecht,
Ph.D.
410-706-3391
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Research: Pregnancy, placental and fetal development, reproductive endocrinology
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Edson X. Albuquerque,
M.D., Ph.D.
4l0-706-7333
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Effects of endogenous substances, toxins and clinically relevant drugs on nicotinic receptor function and expression, synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity in the brain.
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Bradley E. Alger,
Ph.D.
410-706-3350
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research: We study the 'brain's own marijuana', the endogenous system that uses the same receptors that marijuana affects, to regulate neuronal communication in the hippocampus. Our current focus is on LTP, LTD and theta rhythms.
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Karen Anderson,
M.D.
410-328-7809
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology
Research: Behavioral symptoms in patients with movement disorders (Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease); Deep brain stimulation therapy for movement disorders brain imaging; Clinical trials for neurological symptoms of Huntington's disease; Clinical trials for behavioral symptoms in movement disorders.
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Vanessa C.Z. Anseloni,
Psy.D., Ph.D.
410-706-3673
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: My research focus is on understanding the neurobiology of neonatal pain.
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Guang Bai,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-2082
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: Genetic Regulation of the Glutamate Receptor Genes; Signal Transduction and Nuclear Targets
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Linda Bambrick,
Ph.D.
410-706-3418
Anesthesiology Research
Research: Free radical generation and neuroprotection.
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Rita Sloan Berndt,
Ph.D.
410-706-5874
Department of Neurology
Research: My research interests focus on the representation of language processes in the brain.
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Steven Bernstein,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-3712
Opthalmology and Visual Sciences
Research:
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Thomas Blanpied,
Ph.D.
410-706-4769
Department of Physiology
Research: Protein trafficking mechanisms underlying synaptic function and synapse plasticity.
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Mordecai P. Blaustein,
M.D.
410-706-3345
Department of Physiology
Research: My research concerns the regulation of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration and its role in normal and pathological cell signaling, especially in vascular smooth muscle (with a focus on the pathogenesis of salt-dependent hypertension) and in the nervous system.
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Robert J. Bloch,
Ph.D.
(410)706-3020
Department of Physiology
Research: Membrane Domains and Membrane Organization in Nerve and Muscle; Postsynaptic Membrane Domains; Organization of Intracellular Membranes; Organization of the Sarcolemma into Costameres; The Role of Obscurin in Striated Muscle; Studies of Muscular Dystrophy
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Neville Brookes,
Ph.D.
410-706-3565
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our laboratory studies how brain cells integrate and coordinate the various membrane transport activities controlling the fluxes and compartmentation of amino acid neurotransmitters and their metabolic precursors.
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Robert Buchanan,
410-402-7876
Medicine
Research: neurobehavioral and neuroanatomical investigation of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia to the investigation of novel pharmacological approaches for negative symptoms, cognitive impairments and treatment-resistant patients with schizophrenia.
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Norman F. Capra,
Ph.D.
410-706-4219
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Research in my laboratory is directed toward understanding the neural basis for perception of jaw position and changes in jaw position (mandibular kinesthesia).
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Joseph F. Cheer,
Ph.D.
410-706-0112
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Research in my lab is aimed at understanding the physiological function of the endogenous cannabinoid system with a particular emphasis on normal motivated behaviors as well as its potential therapeutic role in pathological states such as addiction.
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Dean Dessem,
Ph.D.
410-706-7257
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: neuronal circuits involved in proprioception and kinesthesia; neural control of movement
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Susan G. Dorsey,
410-706-7250
Organizational Systems and Adult Health
Research: Neurotrophin receptor signaling mechanisms underlying neuronal plasticity.
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Greg Elmer,
Ph.D.
410-402-7576
Department of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: The primary objective of our laboratory is to better understand the behavior neurogenetics of drug abuse and schizophrenia and to understand the neurobiological factors integral to the comorbidity of these psychiatric illnesses.
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Reha Erzurumlu,
Ph.D.
410-706-7401
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying axon-target interactions in mammalian sensory pathways
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Paul Fishman,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-605-7000
Department of Neurology
Research: Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Diseases and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases; Botulinum Toxin Treatments; Experimental Therapy Development; Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
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Gary Fiskum,
Ph.D.
410-706-4711
Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms responsible for neurodegeneration with emphasis on ischemic and traumatic brain injury and Parkinson's Disease.
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Douglas O. Frost,
Ph.D.
410-706-0413
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Anesthesiology
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying normal neural development and the perturbation of these mechanisms in disease states or by drugs. We also study how these mechanisms can be harnessed for brain repair.
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Sharon Gordon,
D.D.S, M.P.H., Ph.D
410-706-1656
Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery
Research: My research interest is injury and its clinical sequela--pain and wound healing--and the interaction of the inflammatory response and nervous system in pain.
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Todd Gould,
M.D.
410-706-5585
Department of Psychiatry
Research: My research uses molecular, cellular, and behavioral approaches to study the pharmacology of psychotropic medications and the underlying pathophysiology of mood disorders.
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Joel D. Greenspan,
Ph.D.
410-706-7090
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Investigating the neural processes underlying human somesthetic perception, including pain
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Charlene Hafer-Macko,
M.D.
(410) 706-6689
Neurology
Research:
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John Hamlyn,
Ph.D.
410-706-3479
Department of Physiology
Research: In contemporary thinking, our research might be termed: OUABAINOMICS.
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Henry H. Holcomb,
M.D.
410-402-6817
Department of Psychiarty, MPRC
Research: The primary focus of my funded work concerns the question of perceptual learning in volunteers with schizophrenia.
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M. Samir Jafri,
Ph.D.
410-706-2384
Neurology
Research: 1) Organotypic nigrostriatal cultures to study neurodegeneration and neuroprotection 2) Translational neurosurgical project using novel optical imaging to target stem cell and gene therapy delivery.
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Lauren M. Jones-Lush,
Ph.D.
410-706-5490
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Dr. Jones-Lush uses robotics, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and functional imaging (fMRI) to study neuroplasticity, and is applying advanced methods in complex systems analysis to problems of motor rehabilitation after stroke.
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Susan I. V. Judge,
Ph.D.
410-706-4481
Department of Neurology
Research: Biophysical and molecular studies of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels as potential therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative diseases (focus on multiple sclerosis).
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Joseph Kao,
Ph.D.
(410) 706-4167
Medical Biotechnology Center and Department of Physiology
Research: Developing Molecular Probes for Physiology and Neuroscience Research;
Calcium Regulation of Neuronal Excitability;
In Vivo Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging (EPRI)
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Sergei Karnup,
MD, PhD, DSc.
410-706-3563
Dept. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics
Research: My principal research interests are cell-to-cell interactions and integrating mechanisms in the brain microcircuits.
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Asaf Keller,
Ph.D.
410-706-7307
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Research: Our laboratory's research focuses on information processing by local neuronal networks.
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Deanna Kelly,
BCPP
(410) 402-6861
Medicine
Research: sexual functioning and prolactin side effects, metabolic side effects and treatment, drug-interactions, suicide and mortality and dual diagnosis recognition and treatment.
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Tami Kingsbury,
Ph.D.
410-706-7687
Research:
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James I. Koenig,
Ph.D.
410-402-7319
Department of Psychiatry
Research: Neurobiology of stress and its relationship to neuropsychiatric diseases; environmental influences on the developing brain.
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Bruce K. Krueger,
Ph.D.
410-706-5065
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research: The principal research interests of this laboratory are the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie brain development and cognitive behavior.
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W. Jonathan Lederer,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-8181
and Department of Physiology
Research: Ca2+ signaling in living cells.
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Iris Lindberg,
Ph.D.
410-706-4778
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Protein Structure-Function Efforts; The Cell Biology of the Convertase-binding Protein Interaction; Proteomics of Neuropeptide Production
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David Litwack,
Ph.D.
410-706-8824
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Neurogenesis, cell migration, and axon guidance during development of the pontine nuclei
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Paul W. Luther,
Ph.D.
410-706-4166
Department of Physiology
Research: How nerve and muscle cells form the synaptic membranes that enable them to communicate
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Frank L. Margolis,
Ph.D.
410-706-8913
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Research: One of the major goals of my laboratory is to identify and characterize the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulating olfactory neuron gene expression, and to learn how they contribute to the formation, organization and function of this critical chemosensory system.
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Margaret M. McCarthy,
Ph.D.
410-706-2655
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research:
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Mary McKenna,
Ph.D.
410-706-1990
Pediatrics
Research:
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Istvan Merchenthaler,
MD, PhD, DSc
410-706-1350
Department of Epidemiology and Anatomy/Neurobiology
Research: The role of estrogen and estrogen receptors as central regulators of reproduction and their role in neuroprotection (focal and global ischemia, aging, Alzheimer's disease).
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Andrea Meredith,
Ph.D.
410-706-5991
Department of Physiology
Research: Contribution of specific ion channels to information encoding in the brain and physiology. In my lab, we combine the genetic manipulation of ion channels with electrophysiology and systems physiology.
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H. Miso Misono,
Ph.D.
410-706-7168
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Dynamic regulation of neuronal ion channels
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Jessica Mong,
Ph.D.
410-706-4295
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: My laboratory is interested in the effects of gonadal steroids on neuronal-glial interactions in the developing and adult brain
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Mervyn J. Monteiro,
Ph.D.
410-706-8132
Medical Biotechnology Center & Neurology
Research: Molecular genetics of proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Steven D. Munger,
Ph.D.
410-706-5851
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Molecular basis of odor and taste transduction; structure/function of odor and taste receptors
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Norbert R. Myslinski,
Ph.D.
410-706-7258
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: Sensory-motor integration of the human oral-facial region especially pain and mastication.
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Patricio O'Donnell,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-6411
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Our research is directed to understanding the neurobiology of schizophrenia and related neuropsychiatric disorders, as well as on the neurobiological changes during adolescence. We specifically focus on the role of dopamine in mesocorticolimbic circuits.
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Brian Polster,
Ph.D.
410-706-3418
Anesthesiology
Research: Our lab focuses on unraveling the biochemical mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction that contribute to acute and chronic neurotoxicity in neurodegenerative disorders.
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Teodor Postolache,
M.D.
(410)706-2323
Department of Psychiatry
Research: The main focus of our group is the interaction between the environment and endogenous biological rhythms.
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Elizabeth Powell,
Ph.D.
410-706-8189
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Forebrain development and the roles of inhibitory neurons in cognition and behavior, particularly epilepsy and autism
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Adam Puche,
Ph.D.
410-706-3530
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: changes in morphology, electrophysiology, and gene expression in these neurons as they develop using neuroanatomical, neurophysiology and molecular biology techniques
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William Randall,
Ph.D.
410-706-7530
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Gene expression, molecular neurobiology of cholinergic proteins, synapse formation, synaptic protein targeting, synaptic protein turnover, cytoskeletal assembly of synaptic proteins, transcriptional control of acetylcholinesterase.
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James A. Reggia,
M.D., Ph.D.
301-405-2686
Department of Neurology
Research: Our research group focuses on studying and understanding 1) the underlying principles of biological computation, and how these principles can be adopted or modified to extend contemporary computer science methods, and 2) automated causal reasoning, such as abductive inference and Bayesian/belief networks.
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Ke Ren,
Ph.D.
410-706-3250
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: The mechanisms that underlie the development and maintenance of persistent pain and hyperalgesia
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Mark Rizzo,
Ph.D.
410-706-2421
Department of Physiology
Research: Our group studies regulation of insulin secretion by G-protein coupled receptors, and release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum. We also use a structural biology-based approach for rational bioengineering of novel fluorescent proteins.
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Jin Y. Ro,
Ph.D.
410-706-6027
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: To elucidate neurophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms of acute and persistent craniofacial muscle pain
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Terry B. Rogers,
Ph.D.
410-706-3169
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: We study the fundamental properties of heart cells and the impact of intracellular signaling mechanisms on the regulation of cardiac myocyte function.
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Christopher Rowe,
Ph.D.
(410) 326-7227
Environmental Chemistry/Toxicology, Chesapeake Biological Lab, UMCES
Research: Environmental toxicology and ecology; physiological and reproductive ecology; bioenergetics; marine ecology; life history theory.
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James Russell,
M.D.
410-706-6689
Departments of Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Dr. Russell's laboratory focus is (1) understanding molecular mechanisms regulating mitochondria, signaling, and survival in neurons and glia (2) development of new therapies for neuropathy and neurodegenerative disorders.
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Martin F. Schneider,
Ph.D.
410-706-7812
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Generation of the Ca2+ transient in skeletal muscle; Molecular basis of skeletal muscle fiber types;Calcium signalling in neurons; Calcium homeostasis in dystrophic muscle fibers
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Geoff Schoenbaum,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-3814
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: The lab studies the cognitive basis of goal-directed behavior using behavioral, pharmacological and neurophysiological techniques in rats.
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Robert Schwarcz,
Ph.D.
(410) 402-7635
Department of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: My laboratory is concerned with the molecular and cellular mechanisms which underlie nerve cell death in the central nervous system.
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Paul D. Shepard,
Ph.D.
410-402-7753
Department of Psychiatry
Research: Our research focuses on the physiological properties of midbrain dopamine neurons and their role in psychiatric and neurological disorders.
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Michael T. Shipley,
Ph.D.
410-706-3590
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Our research centers on understanding the organization, function and development of neural networks.
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J. Marc Simard,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-328-0850
Department of Neurosurgery
Research: The laboratory is dedicated to studying the regulation of ion channels in the two major systems that support central neuronal function: astrocytes and cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells.
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Maureen L. Stone,
PhD
410-706-1269
Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: The tongue and vocal tract during speech, swallowing and breathing
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Malle Tagamets,
Ph.D.
410-402-6028
Deptartment of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: Development of large - scale quantitative models of human brain imaging data
Experimental fMRI research into reading and language
fMRI studies of semantic disturbances in schizophrenia
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Cha-Min Tang,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-2347
Department of Neurology
Research: Our lab has two areas of interest: dendritic function and developing better tools to study brain function.
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Scott M.1 Thompson,
Ph.D.
410-706-5817
Department of Physiology
Research: We study synaptic transmission in the CNS, including both its normal regulation and its alteration under pathological conditions, such as epilepsy, depression and chronic pain.
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Leonardo Tonelli,
Ph.D.
410-706-2323
Psychiatry
Research: Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology
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Richard J. Traub,
Ph.D.
410-706-5117
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Spinal processing of visceral pain: sex differences and the role of gonadal hormones; differential modulation of spinal circuitry underlying pain and hyperalgesia.
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Matthew Trudeau,
Ph.D.
410-706-5551
Department of Physiology
Research: My lab investigates the molecular specializations underlying ion channel function in potassium channels activated by voltage and cation channels activated by intracellular cyclic nucleotides.
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Michael W. Vogel,
Ph.D.
410-402-7756
Department of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: Basic Developmental Neurobiology Research; Preclinical Schizophrenia Research
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Jordan E. Warnick,
Ph.D.
410-706-3026
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Medical Education, Pharmacology, Toxicology
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Daniel Weinreich,
Ph.D.
410-706-5833
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research goal is to understand how the immune and nervous systems communicate with each other at the cellular level.
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Withrow Gil Wier,
Ph.D.
410-706-3349
Department of Physiology
Research: Vascular biology; calcium signaling in smooth muscle; alpha adrenoceptors in smooth muscle; purinergic receptors in smooth muscle
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George Wittenberg,
M.D., Ph.D.
410-706-4456 (BRB) or 410-605-7000 ext. 4128
Neurology, VA Baltimore GRECC
Research: transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional imaging; cortical reorganization following stroke; designing/testing new methods for neurorehabilitation, including robotic rehabilitation.
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Austin Yang,
Ph.D.
410-328-7588
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: The primary interest of my laboratory is to understand the molecular and biochemical events leading to pathological aging and the early development of cancer.
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Paul J. Yarowsky,
Ph.D.
410-706-3134
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Interests of this laboratory are concerned with understanding how cognitive and neurodegeneration disorders such as Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer's disease may result from abnormal brain development and increased apoptosis.
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Yonathan Zohar,
Ph.D.
410-234-8803
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Neuroendocrinology and physiology of reproduction in marine models; Functional significance of GnRH multiplicity in vertebrates |