Projects

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There are 5 current projects in the NDRC.

Functional Neuroimaging of Psychopharmacologic Treatment for Autism
Gabriel Dichter
Neuroimaging techniques may provide insights into dysfunctional brain circuits in autism as well as clues for developing new treatments for this disorder. The purpose of this proposal is to use stat... [More Info]
Funding Support: NIH/Dana Foundation

Role of GGF in Radial Glial Development
Eva Anton
Radial glial cells play a critical role in the construction of the mammalian brain, initially, by providing a permissive and instructive scaffold for neuronal migration and eventually, by contributing... [More Info]
Funding Support: NIMH/NIH

Synapses, Glia, and NRG1 signaling in schizophrenia
John Gilmore
The purpose of this project is to model gene-environment interactions that contribute to abnormal brain development and risk for schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Exposure to infe... [More Info]
Funding Support: NIMH

Maternally Administered Interventions for VLBW Infants
Diane Holditch-Davis
Although many in-hospital interventions to reduce the incidence of developmental problems in preterm infants have had positive short-term effects, relatively little is known about their long-term effe... [More Info]
Funding Support: NINR

A Novel Molecular Site for Antidopaminergic Action
Richard Mailman
A major aim is to map functionally important sites of D1 like receptors. Structural data will be developed by creating selected site-directed D1 and D5 mutant receptors, and using structurally rigid d... [More Info]
Funding Support: NIMH