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Elizabeth Avegno, PhD
School of Medicine
Physiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Alcohol Dependence Neurocircuitry Synaptic Transmission





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Adolescent Alcohol Electrophysiology Models, Animal Neurosciences

Last Updated: 02/26/2019

Hamilton Farris, PhD
School of Medicine
Otorhinolaryngology / Neuroscience Center of Excellence

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Auditory Perception
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Sensory Gating



Unique Equipment Used:
	Electrophysiology
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Hearing Neurophysiology Psychophysics

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Nicholas Gilpin, PhD
School of Medicine
Physiology / Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Addiction Pain Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Last Updated: 03/27/2024

Si-Qiong Liu, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Electrophysiology Neuronal Plasticity Receptors, AMPA Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors, Kainic Acid Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Synaptic Transmission
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cerebellum



Unique Equipment Used:
	Electrophysiology
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Neuronal Plasticity Receptors, AMPA Receptors, Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors, Kainic Acid Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Synaptic Transmission

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

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

Matthew Whim, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy / Anatomy and Cell Biology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Adrenal Medulla Autonomic Nervous System Hypoglycemia Sympathetic Nervous System
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Adrenal Cortex Macrophages Neuroendocrine Cells



Unique Equipment Used:
	Electrophysiology Fluorescence microscopy
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Adrenal Medulla Diabetes Complications Epinephrine Fasting Hypoglycemia Insulin Ketone Bodies Mice, Transgenic Neuropeptide Y

Last Updated: 02/25/2021