Neurosciences at University of Minnesota

Leads a grant in this department

38 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. Benjamin Thomas Saunders

   Leads 3 awards · $2,362,554

   • 4RF1MH129320-04Department: NIH department code

     Circuit-level neurodevelopmental trajectories of decision-making computations across adolescence

     Principal investigators: Benjamin Thomas Saunders (contact PI), Stephanie Mary Groman

     $1,364,862

     award amount
   • 5R01MH129370-03Department: NIH department code

     Functional architecture of striatal networks in cue-reward learning
     $597,040

     award amount
   • 5R01DA057292-02Department: NIH department code

     Basolateral amygdala dopamine in addiction-related learning strategies
     $400,652

     award amount

2. Gordon Brawn Smith

   Leads 3 awards · $1,343,833

   • 2R01EY030893-06Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms governing development of large-scale networks in visual cortex
     $553,202

     award amount
   • 1R01NS147764-01Department: NIH department code

     CRCNS: Mapping and modeling multiscale lateral interactions in cortex
     $401,000

     award amount
   • 5R01NS123842-05Department: NIH department code

     Flexible normalization in ferret V1: computational modeling and 2-photon imaging

     Principal investigators: Gordon Brawn Smith (contact PI), Audrey Sederberg, Cheryl A. Olman

     $389,631

     award amount

3. Esther Krook-Magnuson

   Leads 2 awards · $1,171,230

   • 2R01NS112518-06Department: NIH department code

     Hippobellum: Cerebellar influence on the hippocampus and temporal lobe seizures
     $593,514

     award amount
   • 5R01NS139469-02Department: NIH department code

     Inhibitory hippocampal projections to the Supramammillary area
     $577,716

     award amount

4. Jan Zimmermann

   Leads 2 awards · $1,029,727

   • 5R01MH128177-04Department: NIH department code

     Neural basis of behavioral timescale coordination
     $521,538

     award amount
   • 5R01EB031765-04Department: NIH department code

     Connectome style neuroimaging in non human primates via novel integrated RF platforms
     $508,189

     award amount

5. A David Redish

   Leads 2 awards · $989,216

   • 5R01MH112688-09Department: NIH department code

     Testing hybrid theories of action-selection
     $576,640

     award amount
   • 5T32NS105604-08Department: NIH department code

     Predoctoral Training of Neuroscientists
     $412,576

     award amount

6. Jocelyn M Richard

   Leads 2 awards · $785,435

   • 5R01AA028770-05Department: NIH department code

     Glutamatergic basal forebrain neurons in aversion-resistant drinking
     $436,685

     award amount
   • 5R01DA053208-04Department: NIH department code

     Neural basis of incentive and expected value representations
     $348,750

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5T32DA007234-39, led by Paul G Mermelstein.

7. Thomas P Naselaris

   Leads 2 awards · $776,898

   • 5R01EY023384-09Department: NIH department code

     Seen and mental images in visual cortex

     Principal investigators: Thomas P Naselaris (contact PI), Dora Hermes

     $391,898

     award amount
   • 1R01EY038606-01Department: NIH department code

     CRCNS Data Sharing Proposal: One hundred thousand mental images
     $385,000

     award amount

8. Rocio Gomez-Pastor

   Leads 2 awards · $758,359

   • 2R01NS110694-06A1Department: NIH department code

     Molecular mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction and cognitive decline in Huntington's disease
     $564,609

     award amount
   • 5R21NS136971-02Department: NIH department code

     White matter-associated striatal astrocytes and their role in apathy in Huntington's disease
     $193,750

     award amount

9. Dezhi Liao

   Leads 1 award · $751,906

   • 5R01AG075809-04Department: NIH department code

     Using a novel mTBI model to investigate phosphorylation dependent common mechanisms in tauopathies

     Principal investigators: Dezhi Liao (contact PI), Michael D Koob, Timothy J Ebner

     $751,906

     award amount

10. Michael K Lee

    Leads 1 award · $749,496

    • 5R01AG077743-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of human tau expression and tauopathy by alpha-synuclein
      $749,496

      award amount

11. Marija Cvetanovic

    Leads 2 awards · $681,138

    • 5R01NS134916-02Department: NIH department code

      Astrocyte dysfunction in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1)
      $454,999

      award amount
    • 1R21NS145182-01Department: NIH department code

      Understanding SCA1 pathogenesis in human cerebellar organoids

      Principal investigators: Marija Cvetanovic (contact PI), James R. Dutton

      $226,139

      award amount

12. Paul G Mermelstein

    Leads 2 awards · $624,531

    • 5T32DA007234-39Department: NIH department code

      Neuroscience Training in Drug Abuse Research

      Principal investigators: Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Jocelyn M Richard

      $522,359

      award amount
    • 5R25DA038880-09Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing Student Diversity in Drug Addiction Research
      $102,172

      award amount

13. Mark John Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $587,479

    • 5R01AG070296-03Department: NIH department code

      Decision-making alterations in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease
      $587,479

      award amount

14. Martha L Streng

    Leads 2 awards · $549,551

    • 1R34NS143677-01Department: NIH department code

      High speed voltage imaging of Purkinje cells for the interrogation of cerebellar circuit dynamics

      Principal investigators: Martha L Streng (contact PI), Ganesh Vasan

      $325,450

      award amount
    • 5R00NS121274-04Department: NIH department code

      Cerebellar computations in health and epilepsy
      $224,101

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R21NS143157-01, led by Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah.

15. Patrick Rothwell

    Leads 1 award · $532,385

    • 4R01DA056675-02Department: NIH department code

      Domain-specific inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme as a therapeutic strategy for opioid use disorders

      Principal investigators: Patrick Rothwell (contact PI), Swati S More

      $532,385

      award amount

16. Prakash Kara

    Leads 1 award · $486,110

    • 1R01NS140244-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Determining the spatial limits and strengths of neurovascular coupling across layers of the cerebral cortex by using three-photon imaging of synapses, neurons and blood vessels
      $486,110

      award amount

17. Lyudmila H Vulchanova

    Leads 1 award · $421,437

    • 1R21NS145148-01Department: NIH department code

      Sex-dependent functions of spinal dopamine 1 receptors in neuropathic pain

      Principal investigators: Lyudmila H Vulchanova (contact PI), George Latimer Wilcox, Laura S Stone

      $421,437

      award amount

18. Yi-Mei (amy) Yang

    Leads 1 award · $387,500

    • 5R01MH129300-04Department: NIH department code

      Neurobiology of stress in the cerebellar circuitry
      $387,500

      award amount

19. Eric A Newman

    Leads 1 award · $385,573

    • 5R01NS126166-04Department: NIH department code

      Astrocyte regulation of cerebral blood flow during hypoglycemia
      $385,573

      award amount

20. Aaron Michael Kerlin

    Leads 1 award · $337,677

    • 5R01NS127902-03Department: NIH department code

      A dendritic nexus in the circuits that coordinate learning
      $337,677

      award amount

21. Anthony David Umpierre

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS126417-04Department: NIH department code

      Microglial P2Y6 receptor calcium signaling as a core regulator of epileptogenesis
      $249,000

      award amount

22. Emilia M Lefevre

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00DA052624-04Department: NIH department code

      Nucleus accumbens fast-spiking interneurons regulate opioid reward and addiction
      $249,000

      award amount

23. Jean-Paul Noel

    Leads 1 award · $224,101

    • 4R00NS128075-03Department: NIH department code

      Neural and Computational Architecture for Complex Navigation and Subjective Self-Location
      $224,101

      award amount

24. Mark A Masino

    Leads 1 award · $193,750

    • 5R21NS134170-02Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the roles of glutamatergic receptor subtypes in spinal locomotor circuit function
      $193,750

      award amount

25. Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah

    Leads 1 award · $183,751

    • 1R21NS143157-01Department: NIH department code

      Cerebellum wide imaging of neural activity in freely behaving animals

      Principal investigators: Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah (contact PI), Martha L Streng, Timothy J Ebner

      $183,751

      award amount

26. Sabrina Marie Scroggins

    Leads 1 award · $150,525

    • 5K01HL155240-05Department: NIH department code

      Testing the efficacy of regulatory dendritic cell treatment in the prevention of preeclampsia
      $150,525

      award amount

27. Alfonso Araque

    Leads 1 award · $135,000

    • 5R25NS083059-12Department: NIH department code

      University of Minnesota Summer Research in Neuroscience

      Principal investigators: Alfonso Araque (contact PI), Angeline Joan Dukes, Robert L Meisel, Timothy J Ebner

      $135,000

      award amount

28. Johnathan Borland

    Leads 1 award · $132,268

    • 5K99MH132772-02Department: NIH department code

      Synaptic plasticity underlying sex differences in aggression reward
      $132,268

      award amount

29. Meredith Rose Bauer

    Leads 1 award · $78,520

    • 1F32AA032727-01Department: NIH department code

      Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus and Nucleus Accumbens Neurons in Aversion-Resistant Alcohol Drinking
      $78,520

      award amount

30. Jessica Swanson

    Leads 1 award · $75,052

    • 5F32DA060664-02Department: NIH department code

      Input-specific synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens evoked by inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme
      $75,052

      award amount

31. Anisha P Adke

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30DA060027-02Department: NIH department code

      VGF in the nucleus accumbens: roles in synaptic and opioid-evoked plasticity
      $54,538

      award amount

32. Megan A Brickner

    Leads 1 award · $48,596

    • 5F31DA060004-02Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing BLA dopaminergic and glutamatergic mechanisms of dynamic drug seeking
      $48,596

      award amount

33. Adrine Kocharian

    Leads 1 award · $42,791

    • 5F30MH124404-04Department: NIH department code

      Dopaminergic modulation of nucleus accumbens during prospective and retrospective neuroeconomic decision making
      $42,791

      award amount

34. Nicholas Rozema

    Leads 1 award · $40,290

    • 5F31MH136679-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular and functional implications of thalamo-striatal synapse regulation in learning and memory
      $40,290

      award amount

35. Brianna Dailey-Krempel

    Leads 1 award · $37,104

    • 5F31DK139599-02Department: NIH department code

      Renal Afferent Nerve Circuitry and Pathogenesis on Blood Pressure Regulation
      $37,104

      award amount

36. Adem Selimovic

    Leads 1 award · $37,062

    • 1F31NS143172-01Department: NIH department code

      How does mutant ATXN1 expression in microglia impact Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 pathogenesis?
      $37,062

      award amount

37. Amy Charlotte Gottschalk

    Leads 1 award · $37,062

    • 1F31MH142051-01Department: NIH department code

      Valuation Mechanisms that Shape the Interaction of Phasic and Tonic Dopamine
      $37,062

      award amount

38. Margaret E Stelzner

    Leads 1 award · $29,600

    • 5F31DA060069-03Department: NIH department code

      Resolving the role of VTA dopamine and GABA neurons in associative learning
      $29,600

      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.

• Stephanie Mary Groman

  Co-investigator on 4RF1MH129320-04, led by Benjamin Thomas Saunders

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Timothy J Ebner

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG075809-04, led by Dezhi Liao; 1R21NS143157-01, led by Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah; 5R25NS083059-12, led by Alfonso Araque

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota (no department on record, 1 award)

• Michael D Koob

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG075809-04, led by Dezhi Liao

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Swati S More

  Co-investigator on 4R01DA056675-02, led by Patrick Rothwell

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• George Latimer Wilcox

  Co-investigator on 1R21NS145148-01, led by Lyudmila H Vulchanova

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Laura S Stone

  Co-investigator on 1R21NS145148-01, led by Lyudmila H Vulchanova

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Anesthesiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Dora Hermes

  Co-investigator on 5R01EY023384-09, led by Thomas P Naselaris

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Mayo Clinic (no department on record, 1 award)

• Audrey Sederberg

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS123842-05, led by Gordon Brawn Smith

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Cheryl A. Olman

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS123842-05, led by Gordon Brawn Smith

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Ganesh Vasan

  Co-investigator on 1R34NS143677-01, led by Martha L Streng

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• James R. Dutton

  Co-investigator on 1R21NS145182-01, led by Marija Cvetanovic

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Angeline Joan Dukes

  Co-investigator on 5R25NS083059-12, led by Alfonso Araque

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Robert L Meisel

  Co-investigator on 5R25NS083059-12, led by Alfonso Araque

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota · Neurosciences (NIH department code, 1 award)