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• Plasmacytoid dendritic cells and IFNα/β in host defense and autoimmunity
• Innate immune mechanisms in Alzheimer`s disease and neurodegeneration

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• Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) phenomenology
• Novel treatments for TRD
• Neuroimaging of mood disorders
• Bipolar disorders

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• Dendritic spine morphology and dynamics
• Synaptic morphology and dynamics
• Actin polymerization, assembly and turnover

Keywords: Pathogenesis and experimental therapies for lysosomal storage disorders

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• Circuit wiring
• Optical tool design
• Human neurophysiology

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• Transcriptional networks in the retina
• Mechanistic basis of color vision
• Cis-regulatory basis of human uniqueness and neuropsychiatric disease

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• Neuroactive steroids
• Neuroprotective steroids
• Cholesterol homeostasis
• Steroid effects on the physical properties of cellular membranes

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• Sleep
• Circadian Rhythms
• Psychopathology

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• Deficits in agency and moral reasoning in people with amnesia
• Nature of scientific explanation
• The norms of progress for experimental instruments and techniques
• Difference between modeler’s and maker’s knowledge of the brain

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• Neuromodulation of neural circuit function

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• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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• Inflammation and demyelination in the central nervous system
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

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• Genetic basis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, stroke and other neurodegenrative disorders

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• Molecular basis of electrical signaling in normal and diseased cardiovascular and nervous systems
• Design ultrasound protocols for drug & gene delivery

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• Brain development
• Neurovascular coupling

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• Intracerebral microcirculation
• Colloid cysts of the third ventricle
• Intracranial aneurysms
• Intra-operative imagine in neurosurgery

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• Biophysics of polymers for controlling gene regulation

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• Functional heterogeneity of microglia and macrophages in pediatric brain tumors

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• How perceptual and cognitive abilities interact to determine relative benefits of sensory devices for children with moderate to profound sensorineural hearing loss

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• Molecular and cellular mechanisms of protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson Disease

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• Identifying diagnostic measures to aid in the early and accurate diagnosis of patients with rapidly progressive dementias
• Characterizing the spectrum of sleep disorders

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• Neurocritical care
• Cerebral ischemia
• Cerebral edema

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• Neural circuits in development and disease
• Nerve regeneration
• Axon degeneration
• Neurodegeneration

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• Pathogenesis and therapy development for central nervous system disease due to mucopolysaccharidosis

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• Neuronal and glial cell degeneration

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• Impact of therapeutic regimes on cerebrovascular hemodynamics and metabolism

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• Targeting lysosomal pathway in Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid cardiomyopathy
• Regulators of lysosome machinery

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• RNA metabolism and gene regulation pathways

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• Interaction of Episodic Memory and Decision-Making

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• Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Studies of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure

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• Outcomes and value assessment in neurosurgery
• Evaluation of the role of the vestibular system in the development of spinal deformity
• Innovations in patient safety

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• Brain development
• Neuroplasticity
• Pediatric stroke

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• Neurodevelopmental Disorder
• Transcription Regulation
• Translation Regulation
• Behavior

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• Outcomes of surgical treatments for pain, movement disorders, and epilepsy

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• Psychiatric epidemiology
• Obesity and eating disorders
• Substance use and related disorders
• Child abuse and neglect
• Behavior genetics

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• Movement and Neurodegenerative Disease

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• Movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease)
• Gait
• Rehabilitation

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• Metabolism
• Epigenetics
• Alcohol
• Addiction
• Neurodegeneration
• Alzheimer’s

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• Mapping of brain function especially in autism spectrum disorder, Parkinson’s, bedside imaging in ICU
• Hardware development
• Software and algorithm development
• Applications from basic science to clinical care

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• Evaluation and treatment of adults with epilepsy including diagnosis, pharmacological treatment and intensive evaluation for surgical treatment including video/EEG monitoring

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• D2 dopamine receptor and reward-related behavior in obesity and schizophrenia
• Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus on mood in Parkinson disease
• Pharmacological/neurobiological bases for comorbidity of substance abuse and mental health disorders

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• Medicinal chemistry of nuclear hormone receptors

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• Socio-cultural and situational influences on emotion regulation
• Adult development in emotion and emotion regulation
• Consequences of emotion regulation for social functioning, psychological well-being, and physical health

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• Molecular mechanisms of anesthetic action – Proteomics of GABAA receptors

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• Cell death
• Psychosis
• Depression

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• Role of autophagy in the pathogenesis of eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other retinal degenerative diseases

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• Translating pathomechanism into therapeutic strategies for hereditary and age associated muscle disorders

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• Bilateral and unilateral cochlear implants in adults and children
• Asymmetric hearing and unilateral hearing loss
• Speech recognition
• Behavioral and electrophysiologic measures with electrical stimulation and optimization of speech processor mapping

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• Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and related developmental disabilities

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• Etiology and maintenance of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating

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• Cerebral ischemia
• Neurological complications of Sickle Cell disease
• Carotid atherosclerosis