Investigators at the Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research are an interdisciplinary group of neuroscientists who bring a broad range of expertise and perspectives to the study of neural development across the lifespan. Ongoing research projects span multiple levels of analysis.
Behavioral Neuroscience
Research on fetal alcohol syndrome
Anna Klintsova, PhD,
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome model: structure and function of prefrontal cortex
Jaclyn Schwarz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
Effects of In Utero Alcohol Exposure on the Immune Cells of the Developing brain Brain development and learning
Brain development and learning
Amy Griffin, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
Role of the rodent medial prefrontal cortex in behavioral plasticity
Jeffrey B. Rosen, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
Oxytocin, learning and anxiety
Tania Roth, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
Epigenetic and behavioral outcomes associated with caregiver experiences
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Neurodegenerative disordersY. Hwan Kim, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University
Assessing mechanisms of Lithium as a potential therapeutic compound in Parkinson's disease
Hakeem Lawal, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University
Using Drosophila to screen the neuroprotective drugs against Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders
Michael Gitcho, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University
TDP-43 and APP processing in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model
Motor system development and disorders
Melissa A. Harrington, PhD Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University
Development of motor neurons and motor neuron pathophysiology in the motor neuron disease spinal muscular atrophy
Harbinder Singh Dhillon, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University
Co-Transmission of Glutamate with Dopamine in C.elegans Movement Based Behaviors
Neural development
Deni Galileo, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Delaware
The study of normal and abnormal migrating cells in the developing brain
Jia Song, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Delaware
Regulatory role of microRNA-124 in neurogenesis and pattern formation
Theresa Szabo-Maas, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Delaware State University
Expression of the novel, membrane-bound estrogen receptor (ER), GPR30 in visual and auditory circuits in the brain of the goldfish, Carassius auratus
Murali Temburni, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Delaware State University
The role of glia in the development of synchronized bursting behavior in neuronal networks in culture
Cynthia van Golen, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Delaware State University
CXCR4 Controls Neurite Extension through Direct Regulation of Actin Dynamics
Cognitive Psychology
Mark E. Stanton, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware
The developmental psychobiology of learning and memory and its applications to developmental neurobehavioral disorders
Rachel Pulverman, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Delaware State University
Identifying Visible Non-Verbal Cues for Verb Learning