Center For Neuroscience

Recipients of the 2019-2020 CNUP Research Excellence Awards

• Cynthia M. Arokiaraj (Mentor: Rebecca Seal)

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  Study of the cholesystokinin (CCK) molecular subsets in the mouse and macaque dorsal horn

• Mark T. Curtis (Mentor: Dean Salisbury)

  National Institute on Mental Health
  Cortical network underlying executive control of auditory attention in early psychosis

• Eileen Nguyen (Mentor: Sarah Ross)

  National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  Cellular basis for morphine-induced itch

• Emily M. Parker (Mentor: Rob Sweet)

  National Institute of Mental Health
  CACNB4 overexpression and a mechanism for dendritic spine loss in schizophrenia

• Matthew Phillips (Mentor: Jon Johnson)

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  Structural determinants of Ca (2+)- dependent inhibition of NMDA receptors by memantine