Joseph Farley
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Mechanisms of nicotine addiction: desensitization and upregulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). Alzheimer’s disease: mechanisms of beta-amyloid peptide modulation of voltage-  (e.g., Kv1.1) and ligand-dependent (alpha-7 nAChR) ion channel activities.

Laura L. Murray
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Research Lab
Acquired communicative and cognitive disorders related to stroke, traumatic brain injury, and progressive neurological disease.

Brian O'Donnell
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Cognitive and neural mechanisms affected by schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

George Rebec
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Research Lab
Electrophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative disease and relapse to drug-seeking behavior.

Cara Wellman
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Research Lab
Stress effects on corticolimbic morphology and physiology; transgenic models of psychopathology.