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NIH Funding
The basic neuroscience community is currently ranked in the top 15% in the country for NIH funding. Many of the investigators in the Translational Neuroscience Center have research budgets in excess of $500,000/year.
Collaboration welcome
Our research efforts coordinate and/or parallel with many National Institutes of Health studies. We welcome inquiries from potential collaborators.
Innovative Research Investigation
Center investigators use genetic, cellular and molecular analyses to investigate the ways in which the nervous system processes information and what dysfunctions result in neurological diseases and conditions of many kinds, including:
  • Stroke
  • Brain tumors
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Alzheimer’s disease

Current research includes explorations into the topics below.
  • In models of stroke, researchers have identified new molecules in the brain that have a neuroprotective function.  These, or related molecules, might prove useful in future stroke treatment.
  • Researchers have discovered that drugs used for other treatments stop the growth of some brain tumor cells.  They are now developing clinical trials to test these drugs in patients.
  • Investigators in the Center are developing new insights into how to maintain viable neurons after ischemic insults. Several new targets have been identified and will be developed to determine whether they are drugable.
  • A novel project defining the responses of the embryonic and newborn brain to inflammation, prematurity,  and ischemia, is identifying new strategies for treating babies with these problems.
  • Stem cell therapies for multiple sclerosis and stroke  are in development.