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Michael Salling, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Alcohol Use Disorders Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Cognitive Neuroscience Drug Development Electrophysiology Emerging Technologies in Neuroscience Frontal Cortex Neural Circuits
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Amygdala Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders Deep Brain Stimulation Hallucinagens Protein Design Proteomics Receptors, GABA Receptors, GABA-A Receptors, GABA-B Substance Use Disorders Thalamus

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Activity-dependent labeling of neurons Deep brain stimulation in NHPs Focused ultrasound stimulation in NHPs FosTRAP Genetically encoded voltage imaging Photoactivatable Cre recombinase
Unique Equipment Used:
	dendritic spine analyses fiber photometry fluorescence microscopy models of binge alcohol drinking mouse operant self-administration chambers Slice electrophysiology rig stereotaxic surgery stereotaxic surgery touchscreen-based learning in rodents viral vectors
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Adolescence Alcohol Self-Administration Animal Models of Alcohol Dependence Cerebral Cortex Deep Brain Stimulation Electrophysiology HCN channels Learning and Memory Mediodorsal Thalamus Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Mouse Behavior Neurobiology Neuroplasticity Non-Human Primate Models of Alcohol Dependence Prefrontal Cortex Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

Last Updated: 01/28/2021