University of Michigan Neuroscience

Current Neuroscience Students
Student	Research Interests
Alison Althaus
Graham Atkin
Shelley Batts	Hair cell regeneration in the mammalian cochlea
Deborah Bauer	The role of EAAT interacting protiens in schizophrenia.
Melisa Carrasco	Neural mechanisms underlying fear and anxiety
Bradley Carter	Neuroanatomy of miRNA expression patterns
Ashley Chen	Socio-emotional neurocircuits abnormality and general cognitive impairment in schizophrenia.
Jennifer Chikar	The efffect of post-deafening treatments on cochlear implant function
Travis Dickendesher	Mammalian Nervous System Development and Regeneration
Matt Elrick	Neurodegenerative disorders
Catherine Evans	Using brain imaging to determine the role of genetic and personality factors in vulnerability to addiction
Cole Ferguson	Genetics of human neurodegenerative disease
Elizabeth Gibbs	Role of membrane trafficking in myopathy and neuropathy
Howard Gritton	Cortical aspects of sound localization
Megan Greenwald-Yarnell
Edny Gula	Role of growth factors and early life stress in development of depression
Megan Hagenauer	Changes in the body's internal clock during puberty
Shanna Harkey
Trace Henry
Woody Hoerauf	Discovering and clarifying the role of various presynaptic proteins in neurotransmitter exocytosis using biochemistry, FRET imaging, and electrophysiology
Holly Huang	Gene expression changes during neuronal development.
Adam Iliff	Investigating the mechanisms of homeostatic and Hebbian synaptic plasticity
Christy Itoga	Basal ganglia electrophysiology
Agnes Jasinska	Functional imaging and genetics of affective processing in decision-making
Jakub Jedynak	Ability of drugs of abuse to alter neuronal morphology
Stephanie Jimenez
Alana Kirby	Plasticity of auditory cortex after deafening and cochlear implantation.
Michelle Kron	Understanding the function of neural stem cells in the postnatal mammalian brain and their response to brain injury
Youngbin Kwak	Neural basis of motor disorder in Parkinson's disease
Yasuhiro Kyono	The effect of early life stress on development
Alice Lam	Molecular and cellular regulation of neurotransmitter release
Chen-Chung Lee	Cortical Processings for the Spacial information in the Auditory Cortex
Tiffany Love	Stress, Drugs, and Neurochemistry
Michael Manookin	Mechanisms of contrast processing in mammalian retina
Amber McCartney
Darren Opland	Leptin Action in the Mesolimbic Dopamine System
Lawrence Own	Epigenetic Mechanisms of Regulation in Neurons
Gustavo Patino	Neurobiology of disease
John Perkowski	Molecular Genetics of Learning and Memory
Jamie Perryman	Sleep and stress
Christine Quinn-Walsh	The effect of age and REM sleep on learning
Aaron Reifler	Neuronal Regeneration, Development and Differentiation
Cindy Schoen	Genetics of neurological disorders
Natela Shanidze	Vestibular Processing of Gravity vs. Linear Acceleration
Kaia Skaggs	None Specified
Shawn Sprague
Colin Stoetzner	Corical and basal ganglia electrophysiology
Keith Sudheimer	Neurobiology of stress, depression and functional neuroanatomy of emotion
Blair Sutton
Ashley Talsma
Ken Wakabayashi	Neurochemical mechanisms of drug addiction and reward
Adrienne Wang	Neurodegenerative mechanisms and disease
Alex Ward	Signaling in the cellular energy response pathways
Seth Wescott	Monoamine Transmitters in Psychostimulant Addiction
Samantha Zhang	Circadian Rhythms
Joshua Zimmerman	Neural systems and cellular mechanisms of emotional learning and memory

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Current Neuroscience Students