Neuroscience

Ai, Huiwang

Spatiotemporal Regulation of Biological Signaling; Protein Engineering for Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics

Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons

Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy

Studies of various aspects of epilepsy using anatomy and in vivo and in vitro physiology.

Epigenetic Silencing Mechanisms-Implications in Breast Cancer and Rett Syndrome

Pathogenic mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

Exploring new therapeutics avenues to treat Multiple Sclerosis.

Immune response to infectious disease in the CNS

Pathophysiology of Status Epilepticus; Mechanisms and pathways of seizure spread

The role of glia in the development, maintenance and regeneration of the nervous system

Neuronal Vulnerability: A Study of Cellular Mechanism

Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate

Molecular Mechanisms of Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

Identification of Novel Biomarkers for Inflammatory Myopathies

Modulation of sodium channel gating by beta subunits and novel sodium channel blockers; Synaptic transmission in dorsal horn neurons

Apoptotic cell clearance mechanisms in health and disease

Molecular Mechanisms of Early Vertebrate Development and Morphogenesis. Application to Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Development of the nervous system: cytoskeleton and membrane traffic in axon and dendrite growth.

Analytical Neurochemistry; Dopamine and Serotonin Neurotransmission in Drosophila; Mechanisms of rapid adenosine signaling in rodents

Neural Circuits in Healthy and Diseased Brains