NEUROBIOLOGY
& BEHAVIOR

The Stella lab studies the impact of cannabis use on the developing brain and in neurodegenerative diseases.

The Bajjalieh Lab studies how synaptic protein interactions modulate neurotransmission and how this can be targeted to treat neurological disorders.

The Yadav lab uses human iPSC derived neurons to investigate mechanisms underlying neurodevelopment disorders.

The Stuber lab adopts multidisciplinary approaches in neural circuits implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders including addiction and anxiety.

The Bruchas lab decodes how neuromodulators act in neural circuits to alter behavior.

The Neumaier lab uses DREADD technology in habenula neurons to understand behavioral despair and depression-like behavior.

Our lab studies how distinct dopamine neurons project to discrete brain regions to regulate reward association, motivation, approach, and avoidance.

Pre-synaptic calcium channel enhances synaptic transmission and is important for encoding information for spatial learning and memory.