Neuroscience research at RFUMS includes investigations into:
- Molecular approaches towards the treatment of deafness,imbalance, and vision (Michelle Hastings)
- Recruitment of adult endogenous stem cells to generate replacement neurons for brain repair (Dan Peterson)
- The role of glutamate receptor trafficking in addiction-related plasticity using rodent models of cocaine addiction to examine glutamate receptor redistribution following invivo treatments (Marina Wolf)
- The role of the amygdala in mediating the influence of emotion on behavior, memory, learning, and psychiatric disorders (J. Amiel Rosenkranz)
- How changes in dopamine neuron activity contribute to drug addiction liability (Michela Marinelli)
- The cellular mechanisms underlying age-dependent modulation of cortical activity, and its relevance to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia (Kuei Tseng)
- How neural networks process information, store memory, and generate behavior (William Frost)
- The functional organization of the basal ganglia especially with regard to the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the regulation of basal ganglia-cortical interactions (Heinz Steiner)
- The structural neurobiology of processing enzymes. (Marc Glucksman)
- The pathways and mechanisms in the brain involved in the generation of stress resilience which likely will prove useful for preventive and therapeutic treatment of anxiety-related disorders (Janice Urban).
- Mechanisms that underlie structural plasticity in basal ganglia and amygdalar circuits following manipulation of dopaminergic pathways (Gloria Meredith).
- Discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics targeting novel targets or mechanisms in addiction (Russell Dahl).