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List of Funded USC Neuroscience Projects (Based on Current Funding)

USC School of Medicine:

Blake, Charles         Toxic and Estrogenic Actions of PCR=s in Reproduction -Benedict College

 Bowers, William      Ocular Dendritic Cells: Role in Pathogenesis of Uveitis - National Eye Institute

Jerrell, Jeanette      Comparative Effectiveness of Antipsychotic Medications Among African Americans - Lilly Research Laboratories

McDonald, Alex       Synaptic Organization of the Basolateral Amygdala -National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

 Reagan, Lawrence   Glucose transporter trafficking in hippocampus of dIabetic rats  - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

 Wilson, Marlene      Amygdalar Neuropeptides and Anxiety -National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Wilson, L. Britt         Spinal Modulation of the Nociceptive Pressor Reflex -SC Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund

Wright, Harry           Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Autism -    Duke University/NIH

Hunt, Margaret        Vitreous Modulation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells -    National Eye Institute

Dorn VA Research

Powell, Donald        Prefrontal Control of Associative Learning   -Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Research Program

Lin, Tu                      Human Nerve Grown Factor (rhNGF) in  Diabetic Neuropathy-Genentech Inc

                                  Zenerestat in the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy -        Pfizer

USC Psychology Department  

Booze, Rosemarie HIV/Cocaine Neurotoxicity in Femalees-National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH

                                     HIV/Cocaine Neurotoxicity in Females -  National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH

                                       Neurodevelopment Basis(es) of Nicotine Sensitization -National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 Mactutus, Charles  Prenatal Cocaine Exposure & Attentional Dysfunction -Cornell Univ/National Institute on Drug Abuse

                                     Maternal HIV: Developmental Neurotoxicity-NIH

Coleman, James     GABA Receptor Subunits and Neural Excitability - EPSCoR-BRIN Collaborative Research Program/NIH

Kelly, Sandra           Alcohol Exposure, Social Behavior and Development - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

Lugo, Joaquin         Alcohol Exposure, Social Behavior and the Amygdala - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

Richards, John       Development of Sustained Attention in Infants -  National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

Bayliss, Gordon      Perceptual Extinction Following Stroke - National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)

Prinz, Ronald          Risk Reduction via Promotion of Youth Development - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/NIH

Wedell, Douglas     Reducing Contextual Bias in Performance Appraisal - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health

Davis, J. Mark       Dietary supplements that delay fatigue, enhance physical stamina & mental alertness        Clemson- DOD

Hand, Gregory      Acupunture & Stress-induced Oral disease in HIV+ individuals   -  National Inst. Nursing Research

Hebert, James       Maintaining Alzheimer's Disease Registry  - SC Dept Health & Human Services

McKeown , Robert    Epidemiology of ADHD in Young Children - Centers for Disease Control

 USC College of Nursing

Andrews, Jeannette  Sister to Sister: Helping Low-Income Women Quit Smoking -  National Institute of Nursing Research

Boyd, Mary               Women=s Experiences as Survivors of Violence -       National Institute for Nursing Research/NIH

 Kaye, J.                     Predictors of Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes in  Low-Income Rural Adults -

 Murdaugh, Carolyn  Health Promotion/Risk Reduction in Special Populations - National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH

Phillips, Kenneth    Psychoneuroimmunological Correlates of Sleep in PWHIV -  National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH 

USC College of Pharmacy

Dickson, W. Michael   SC MEdicaid & Schizophrenia Data   -CareScience

Shim, J         Computational Modeling Studies of the Brain Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor -North Carolina Central Univ/NIH

 Zhu, Bao                  Tea Polyphenolics & bioavailability of Levodopa -American Parkinson Disease Association 

 USC Biology Department

DeCoursey, Pat         Circadian Pacemaker dletions in wild population of rodents      -NSF

Dewey, Michael       Mouse Models of Longevity Genes - University of Kentucky/NIH

                            Peromyscus Laboratory Models for Biomedical Research -National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

 Mousseau, Timothy Physiological Mechanisms of Muscle Histolysis- EPSCoR-BRIN Collaborative Research Program

 Patel, Rekha        Regulation of Smooth Muscle Proliferation - National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute/NIH

 Felder, Michael  Alcohol Metabolism Genes in Transgenic Mice -National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA)

 Vogt, Richard       Olfactory SNMPs in Dorsophila and Manduca -  National Science Foundation

USC Salkehatchi

Refinetti, Roberto   Circadian Rhythms: Photic Sensitivity and Behavior - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)/NIH