Neurosciences at University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

10 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. Riqiang Yan

   Leads 3 awards · $2,201,906

   • 5R01AG046929-09Department: NIH department code

     Inhibition of BACE1 for benefiting Alzheimer's patients
     $777,423

     award amount
   • 5R01NS074256-13Department: NIH department code

     BACE1 in neurodegeneration and neurological dysfunction
     $721,345

     award amount
   • 4R01AG058261-04Department: NIH department code

     Role of the CX3CL1 C-terminus in reversing age-dependent Alzheimers neurodegeneration
     $703,138

     award amount

2. Yulan Xiong

   Leads 1 award · $1,815,237

   • 1RF1NS145335-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of β-Glucocerebrosidase in Parkinson's disease and related dementias
     $1,815,237

     award amount

3. Byoung-Il Bae

   Leads 2 awards · $1,099,362

   • 5R01NS140441-02Department: NIH department code

     Unique Role of ASPM in Development of Large and Folded Cerebral Cortex
     $636,412

     award amount
   • 1R21NS153438-01Department: NIH department code

     Brain-Specific Vulnerability to Ubiquitous ASPM Loss in Microcephaly
     $462,950

     award amount

4. Rajkumar Verma

   Leads 2 awards · $932,887

   • 5R01NS140176-02Department: NIH department code

     Developing next-generation RNA inhibitors for stroke therapy

     Principal investigators: Rajkumar Verma (contact PI), Raman Bahal

     $516,637

     award amount
   • 5R01NS125405-05Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic implications of purinergic receptor P2X4 in ischemic stroke
     $416,250

     award amount

5. Timothy Spellman

   Leads 1 award · $780,217

   • 1R01AG102720-01Department: NIH department code

     Longitudinal imaging of prefrontal cholinergic dynamics and cognitive flexibility in an Alzheimer's model
     $780,217

     award amount

6. Zhao-Wen Wang

   Leads 1 award · $551,722

   • 5R01MH085927-15Department: NIH department code

     Synaptic function of BK channel-interacting proteins
     $551,722

     award amount

7. Stephen J Crocker

   Leads 1 award · $504,601

   • 5R01NS131327-04Department: NIH department code

     Role of CD8 T cell-mediated Pathology in Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy
     $504,601

     award amount

8. Feliks Ephraim Trakhtenberg

   Leads 1 award · $416,250

   • 1R01EY038322-01Department: NIH department code

     Nfe2l3-regulated mechanisms of retinal ganglion cell neuroprotection and optic nerve axon regeneration
     $416,250

     award amount

9. Manuel A Castro-Alamancos

   Leads 1 award · $416,250

   • 1R01MH141419-01A1Department: NIH department code

     An Assay of Neural Processes Engaged by Goal Conflict
     $416,250

     award amount

10. Rosaria M. Guzzo

    Leads 1 award · $414,266

    • 5R01AR080131-05Department: NIH department code

      The role of Dot1L activity in chondrogenic differentiation
      $414,266

      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.

• Raman Bahal

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS140176-02, led by Rajkumar Verma

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Connecticut Storrs · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)