Neurobiology
Neurobiological Diseases
- ADHD
- Alzheimer's
- Anophthalmia & glaucoma
- Attention deficit
- Autisms
- Bipolar disorder
- Brain tumors (medulloblastoma)
- Childhood neuropsychiatric disorders
- Developmental brain anomaly
- Hyperactivity disorder
- Nasal cancers
- Neurodegenrative diseases
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 & 2
- Obessive-compulsive disorder
- Odor dysfunctions
- Olfactory losses
- Optic nerve aplasia/hypoplasia
- Parkinson's
- Schizophrenia
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Substance abuse
- Tourettes syndrome
- Traumatic brain injury
View a complete list of the diseases that our students and faculty are fighting.
Research in this area focuses on the development of the peripheral and central nervous systems and how intrinsic and extrinsic factors cause disease and influence human behavior.
Our neurobiological research is leading to a better understanding of diseases affecting the CNS and PNS.
Faculty
- Nadean Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Transcription factors required for specification of retinal progenitor cells into neurons [Visit the Brown Lab]
- Kenneth Campbell, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Cellular and molecular control of vertebrate forebrain development
- Chiou-Fen Chuang, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Molecular mechanisms of neural circuit development by gap junction networks [Visit the Chuang Lab]
- Tiffany Cook, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Molecular basis of eye development [Visit the Cook Lab]
- Steve Danzer
- Elucidating the role of neurogenesis in the development of epilepsy. [Visit the Danzer Lab]
- Brian Gebelein, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Patterning of the nervous and digestive systems during development [Visit the Gebelein Lab]
- Chia-Yi (Alex) Kuan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Understanding the regulation of neuronal cell death and neurogenesis during development and in ischemic brain injury
- Masato Nakafuku, MD, PhD, Professor
- Molecular control of neural stem cells in development and regeneration of mammalian central nervous system [Visit the Nakafuku Lab]
- Sarah Pixley, PhD, Associate Professor
- Neurogenesis and neurotrophic interactions in olfactory neuron cultures and in vivo; neuronal stem cells
- Nancy Ratner, PhD, Professor
- The peripheral nerve in development and disease [Visit the Ratner Lab]
- David Repaske, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
- Molecular basis of endocrine disorders; control of signal transduction
- Randy Sallee, MD, PhD, Professor
- Molecular pharmacology and pharmacogenetics as it impacts neuropsychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's and substance abuse
- Charles Vorhees, PhD, Professor
- (1) Determine the mechanism of action of substituted amphetamines on brain development and (2) use of gene targeting to determine how deletion of specific brain proteins affect learning and memory [Visit the Vorhees Lab]
- Michael Williams, PhD, Research Assistant Professor
- Interaction of stress-induced hormones and drugs of abuse on adult learning and memory abilities; physiological responses to later stressors; behavioral and physiological consequences of drug reexposure. [Visit the Michael Williams Lab]
For more information about the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati, email mdbprog@cchmc.org or call 513-636-4545. You can also apply online at our application page.
