Neurosciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Leads a grant in this department

43 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

1. Nestler, Eric J.

   Leads 6 awards · $5,473,081

   • 5P50MH096890-08Department: NIH department code

     Epigenetic Mechanisms of Depression
     $2,000,000

     award amount
   • 1P01DA047233-01Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction
     $1,781,200

     award amount
   • 5R37DA007359-31Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Studies of Cocaine Action in Brain
     $601,830

     award amount
   • 2R01MH051399-28Department: NIH department code

     Pharmacological Actions of Stress and Antidepressants
     $569,568

     award amount
   • 5R01DA014133-20Department: NIH department code

     Neurotrophic Mechanisms in Cocaine and Opiate Action
     $511,432

     award amount
   • 3P01DA047233-01S1Department: NIH department code

     Transcriptional Mechanisms of Drug Addiction
     $9,051

     award amount

2. Ehrlich, Michelle E

   Leads 2 awards · $4,927,412

   • 1RF1AG062661-01Department: NIH department code

     VGF peptide TLQP-21, a novel microglial C3aR1 modulator in Alzheimer's disease
     $4,083,855

     award amount
   • 5R01AG062355-02Department: NIH department code

     Systems modeling of shared and distinct molecular mechanisms underlying comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer's disease
     $843,557

     award amount

3. Cai, Denise Jade

   Leads 1 award · $2,542,497

   • 1DP2MH122399-01Department: NIH department code

     How does the brain maximize storage capacity?
     $2,542,497

     award amount

4. Kenny, Paul J.

   Leads 5 awards · $2,151,244

   • 5R01DA045649-02Department: NIH department code

     Habenular immune signaling and addiction
     $588,716

     award amount
   • 5R01MH112168-03Department: NIH department code

     MicroRNAs in schizophrenia
     $421,237

     award amount
   • 5R01AA024292-04Department: NIH department code

     Nicotinic receptors and alcohol reinforcement
     $381,375

     award amount
   • 5R37DA020686-12Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of nicotine reinforcement
     $381,375

     award amount
   • 5R01DA025983-09Department: NIH department code

     Role of MicroRNAs in the Mechanisms of Drug Dependence
     $378,541

     award amount

5. Kamenecka, Theodore M

   Leads 1 award · $1,972,485

   • 5UG3DA048385-02Department: NIH department code

     Development of novel therapeutics for opioid dependence
     $1,972,485

     award amount

6. Raj, Towfique

   Leads 2 awards · $1,634,115

   • 5R01AG054005-03Department: NIH department code

     The role of peripheral myeloid cells in Alzheimers disease
     $830,565

     award amount
   • 1R56AG055824-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The Role of Alternative Splicing in Neurodegeneration
     $803,550

     award amount

7. Russo, Scott James

   Leads 3 awards · $1,616,775

   • 2R01MH104559-06Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of stress-induced neurovascular damage promoting immune infiltration and depression-like behaviors
     $666,089

     award amount
   • 5R01MH114882-03Department: NIH department code

     Role of lateral habenula orexin receptor signaling in aggressive social behavior
     $526,936

     award amount
   • 5R01MH090264-09Department: NIH department code

     Role of thalamic versus cortical inputs to nucleus accumbens in stress-related disorders
     $423,750

     award amount

8. Goate, Alison M

   Leads 4 awards · $1,559,522

   • 5U01AG058635-02Department: NIH department code

     Genomic approach to identification of microglial networks involved in Alzheimer’s disease risk
     $844,934

     award amount
   • 3U01AG058635-01S1Department: NIH department code

     Genomic approach to identification of microglial networks involved in Alzheimer’s disease risk
     $361,706

     award amount
   • 5R21AA026388-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of genomic imprinting in the etiology of Alcohol Dependence
     $243,656

     award amount
   • 3U01AG058635-02S1Department: NIH department code

     Genomic approach to identification of microglial networks involved in Alzheimer’s disease risk
     $109,226

     award amount

9. Maze, Ian S.

   Leads 4 awards · $1,419,563

   • 5DP1DA042078-04Department: NIH department code

     Roles for histone monoaminylation in cocaine-induced transcriptional and behavioral plasticity
     $508,500

     award amount
   • 1R01MH116900-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Molecular studies of neural histone monoaminylation in normal and aberrant brain plasticity
     $423,750

     award amount
   • 1R01HD097088-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Aberrant chromatin regulatory mechanisms in Down syndrome brain
     $360,188

     award amount
   • 3DP1DA042078-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Roles for histone monoaminylation in cocaine-induced transcriptional and behavioral plasticity
     $127,125

     award amount

10. Rajan, Kanaka

    Leads 1 award · $1,198,188

    • 1R01EB028166-01Department: NIH department code

      Multi-region 'Network of Networks' Recurrent Neural Network Models of Adaptive and Maladaptive Learning
      $1,198,188

      award amount

11. Clem, Roger L

    Leads 3 awards · $1,110,905

    • 5R01MH105414-05Department: NIH department code

      Noradrenergic circuit mechanisms of persistent fear
      $477,793

      award amount
    • 5R01MH116445-02Department: NIH department code

      Prefrontal circuit mechanisms of threat conditioning
      $421,237

      award amount
    • 5R21MH114170-02Department: NIH department code

      Cellular substrates of early life trauma
      $211,875

      award amount

12. Ellis-Davies, Graham

    Leads 2 awards · $1,102,598

    • 1R35NS111600-01Department: NIH department code

      Light-driven control of neurons in vitro and in vivo
      $593,252

      award amount
    • 5R01GM053395-22Department: NIH department code

      Photochemical regulation of calcium in cell physiology
      $509,346

      award amount

13. Cruchaga, Carlos

    Leads 2 awards · $1,099,008

    • 5U01AG052411-04Department: NIH department code

      Identification and characterization of AD risk networks using multi-dimensional "omics" data
      $762,158

      award amount
    • 3U01AG052411-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Identification and characterization of AD risk networks using multi-dimensional "omics" data
      $336,850

      award amount

14. Rudebeck, Peter

    Leads 2 awards · $1,043,241

    • 1R01MH118638-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Neural mechanisms of affective processing in prefrontal-limbic circuits
      $619,491

      award amount
    • 5R01MH110822-04Department: NIH department code

      A new approach to the role of prefrontal-limbic circuits in anxiety disorders
      $423,750

      award amount

15. Zachariou, Venetia

    Leads 2 awards · $904,437

    • 1R56NS111351-01Department: NIH department code

      A Female Specific Role of RGSz1 in Modulation of Chronic Pain
      $516,975

      award amount
    • 2R01NS086444-06Department: NIH department code

      Cellular mechanisms of antidepressant drug actions in neuropathic pain models
      $387,462

      award amount

16. Benson, Deanna L

    Leads 2 awards · $803,079

    • 1R01NS107512-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Impact of human disease-causing mutation on striatal synaptic and behavioral plasticity
      $421,704

      award amount
    • 5R01MH104491-04Department: NIH department code

      Cdh8-dependent circuit development in autism
      $381,375

      award amount

17. Cropper, Elizabeth C

    Leads 2 awards · $741,562

    • 2R01NS066587-36Department: NIH department code

      Neural Basis of Behavioral Arousal
      $370,781

      award amount
    • 5R01NS070583-09Department: NIH department code

      Neural Basis of Behavioral Flexibility
      $370,781

      award amount

18. Slesinger, Paul A

    Leads 2 awards · $646,557

    • 5R01AA018734-09Department: NIH department code

      Structural analysis of alcohol-dependent activation of GIRKs
      $392,307

      award amount
    • 1R21DA048623-01Department: NIH department code

      Determination of the GIRK channel proteome
      $254,250

      award amount

19. Hurd, Yasmin L.

    Leads 1 award · $563,709

    • 2R56DA015446-16A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Neurobiology of Human Drug Abuse
      $563,709

      award amount

20. Bartolomucci, Alessandro

    Leads 1 award · $556,723

    • 5R01DK117504-02Department: NIH department code

      Neural mechanisms for VGF regulation of energy balance
      $556,723

      award amount

21. Mobbs, Charles V.

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R01AG062303-02Department: NIH department code

      Delay of Alzheimer's phenotypes by interventions that increase lifespan
      $423,750

      award amount

22. Schaefer, Anne

    Leads 1 award · $422,231

    • 1R01MH118329-01Department: NIH department code

      Microglia mediated suppression of dopamine induced neuronal responses and behavior
      $422,231

      award amount

23. Friedel, Roland Horst

    Leads 1 award · $369,219

    • 5R01NS092735-04Department: NIH department code

      Plexin-B2 function in glioma invasion and glioma stem cell maintenance
      $369,219

      award amount

24. Shuman, Tristan

    Leads 1 award · $339,000

    • 1R03NS111493-01Department: NIH department code

      Interneuron and Network Synchrony in Alzheimer's Disease
      $339,000

      award amount

25. De Araujo, Ivan E

    Leads 1 award · $288,150

    • 5R01DC014859-06Department: NIH department code

      Neural circuitry of sweet taste
      $288,150

      award amount

26. Kiraly, Drew

    Leads 1 award · $254,250

    • 1R21DA049568-01Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune modulation of neuronal function during cocaine conditioning
      $254,250

      award amount

27. Yang, Nan

    Leads 1 award · $254,250

    • 1R21MH119580-01Department: NIH department code

      Generation and characterization of MGE-derived GABAergic neurons from human pluripotent stem cells
      $254,250

      award amount

28. Castellano, Joseph Michael

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00AG051711-05Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of hippocampal plasticity and learning and memory by a bloodborne rejuvenation factor
      $249,000

      award amount

29. David-Shternberg, Yael E

    Leads 1 award · $213,252

    • 5R21DA044767-02Department: NIH department code

      Application of intein-based chemical methods to directly manipulate neuronal histone modifications in rodent models of addiction
      $213,252

      award amount

30. Rich, Erin L

    Leads 1 award · $191,680

    • 5K08DA039351-05Department: NIH department code

      Multi-scale Orbitofrontal Networks Underlying Reward Processing
      $191,680

      award amount

31. Walker, Deena M.

    Leads 1 award · $177,930

    • 5K99DA042100-02Department: NIH department code

      A novel role for the medial amygdala in the modulation of sex differences in cocaine reward
      $177,930

      award amount

32. Hamilton, Peter James

    Leads 1 award · $175,770

    • 5K99DA045795-02Department: NIH department code

      Engineering CRISPR constructs to elucidate the causal contribution of cell-type specific, gene-targeted CREB binding to the pathogenesis of drug abuse
      $175,770

      award amount

33. Baxter, Mark G

    Leads 1 award · $172,827

    • 5T32AG049688-05Department: NIH department code

      Research Training in the Neuroscience of Aging
      $172,827

      award amount

34. Cummings, Kirstie Alyssa

    Leads 2 awards · $125,099

    • 1K99MH122228-01Department: NIH department code

      Ventromedial prefrontal cortex regulation of fear memory expression
      $107,885

      award amount
    • 5F32MH115688-02Department: NIH department code

      Circuit plasticity regulation of fear memory expression
      $17,214

      award amount

35. Tcw, Julia

    Leads 1 award · $124,875

    • 1K01AG062683-01Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering isogenic APOE isoform dependent neurodegenerative response in human glia
      $124,875

      award amount

36. Farrelly, Lorna

    Leads 1 award · $90,450

    • 1K99MH120334-01Department: NIH department code

      Studies of histone serotonylation and its role in transcriptional and neural plasticity
      $90,450

      award amount

37. Blaze, Jennifer

    Leads 1 award · $61,610

    • 5F32MH115565-02Department: NIH department code

      RNA cytosine methylation in the rodent prefrontal cortex
      $61,610

      award amount

38. Lepack, Ashley

    Leads 1 award · $44,856

    • 5F31DA045428-02Department: NIH department code

      Functions for histone dopaminylation in cocaine-induced plasticity
      $44,856

      award amount

39. Roman Ortiz, Ciorana

    Leads 1 award · $44,416

    • 1F99NS113458-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of basal forebrain GABAergic neurons in fear expression and inhibition.
      $44,416

      award amount

40. Efthymiou, Anastasia

    Leads 1 award · $43,416

    • 5F31AG059337-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the effect of the MS4A locus on Alzheimer's disease
      $43,416

      award amount

41. Mesias, Roxana

    Leads 1 award · $43,416

    • 5F31MH115541-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of corticostriatal networks in health and disease
      $43,416

      award amount

42. Prytkova, Iya

    Leads 1 award · $43,416

    • 1F31AA027949-01Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the Role of KCNJ6 in a Human Neuronal Model of Alcohol Use Disorder
      $43,416

      award amount

43. Tsai, Eric

    Leads 1 award · $43,416

    • 1F31NS110166-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering the Role of ACTL6a in Central Nervous System Myelination
      $43,416

      award amount