Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research

 

 

 

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 disorders
Y. 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

Research