Neurosciences at University of Minnesota

Leads a grant in this department

39 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. Paul G Mermelstein

   Leads 5 awards · $3,936,492

   • 5P30DA048742-07Department: NIH department code

     Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anna Zilverstand (contact PI), Kevin D Wickman (contact PI), Mark John Thomas (contact PI), Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Timothy J Ebner (contact PI)

     $2,962,387

     award amount
   • 5T32DA007234-40Department: NIH department code

     Neuroscience Training in Drug Abuse Research

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

     $361,801

     award amount
   • 2R25NS117356-06Department: NIH department code

     A Longitudinal Mentoring Approach to Increase Diversity-Renewal

     Principal investigators: Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Angeline Joan Dukes

     $269,246

     award amount
   • 5R25DA057802-04Department: NIH department code

     Minnesota Inclusive Neuroscience Development Scholars (MINDS) doctoral readiness program

     Principal investigators: Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Angeline Joan Dukes, Julia C Lemos, Patrick Rothwell

     $240,886

     award amount
   • 5R25DA038880-10Department: NIH department code

     Enhancing Student Diversity in Drug Addiction Research
     $102,172

     award amount

2. Anna Zilverstand

   Leads 1 award · $2,962,387

   • 5P30DA048742-07Department: NIH department code

     Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anna Zilverstand (contact PI), Kevin D Wickman (contact PI), Mark John Thomas (contact PI), Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Timothy J Ebner (contact PI)

     $2,962,387

     award amount

3. Kevin D Wickman

   Leads 1 award · $2,962,387

   • 5P30DA048742-07Department: NIH department code

     Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anna Zilverstand (contact PI), Kevin D Wickman (contact PI), Mark John Thomas (contact PI), Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Timothy J Ebner (contact PI)

     $2,962,387

     award amount

4. Mark John Thomas

   Leads 1 award · $2,962,387

   • 5P30DA048742-07Department: NIH department code

     Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anna Zilverstand (contact PI), Kevin D Wickman (contact PI), Mark John Thomas (contact PI), Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Timothy J Ebner (contact PI)

     $2,962,387

     award amount

5. Timothy J Ebner

   Leads 1 award · $2,962,387

   • 5P30DA048742-07Department: NIH department code

     Center for Neural Circuits in Addiction

     Principal investigators: Anna Zilverstand (contact PI), Kevin D Wickman (contact PI), Mark John Thomas (contact PI), Paul G Mermelstein (contact PI), Timothy J Ebner (contact PI)

     $2,962,387

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01AG075809-05, led by Dezhi Liao; 2R01NS109077-06A1, led by Marija Cvetanovic; 5R21NS143157-02, led by Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah; 5R25NS083059-13, led by Alfonso Araque.

6. Marija Cvetanovic

   Leads 3 awards · $1,242,264

   • 2R01NS109077-06A1Department: NIH department code

     Etiology of cognitive decline in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

     Principal investigators: Marija Cvetanovic (contact PI), Timothy J Ebner

     $599,140

     award amount
   • 5R01NS134916-03Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 5R21NS145182-02Department: NIH department code

     Understanding SCA1 pathogenesis in human cerebellar organoids

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

     $188,125

     award amount

7. Patrick Rothwell

   Leads 2 awards · $1,197,224

   • 1R01DA065635-01Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of nucleus accumbens microcircuitry by exogenous opioid exposure
     $673,724

     award amount
   • 5R01DA056675-03Department: 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

     $523,500

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R25DA057802-04, led by Paul G Mermelstein.

8. Madhuvanthi Kannan

   Leads 1 award · $1,159,362

   • 1R56EY038275-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Voltage dynamics of local and long-range circuits in visuomotor integration
     $1,159,362

     award amount

9. Esther Krook-Magnuson

   Leads 2 awards · $1,159,066

   • 5R01NS112518-07Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount
   • 5R01NS139469-03Department: NIH department code

     Inhibitory hippocampal projections to the Supramammillary area
     $565,552

     award amount

10. Lyudmila H Vulchanova

    Leads 2 awards · $1,095,519

    • 1R01DK147762-01Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of interoception by TRPV1-expressing renal afferent nerves

      Principal investigators: Lyudmila H Vulchanova (contact PI), John W Osborn, Prakash Kara

      $694,934

      award amount
    • 1R21AA032119-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of tactile hypersensitivity induced by chronic alcohol consumption
      $400,585

      award amount

11. A David Redish

    Leads 2 awards · $994,193

    • 5R01MH112688-10Department: NIH department code

      Testing hybrid theories of action-selection
      $576,640

      award amount
    • 5T32NS105604-09Department: NIH department code

      Predoctoral Training of Neuroscientists
      $417,553

      award amount

12. Benjamin Thomas Saunders

    Leads 2 awards · $992,302

    • 5R01MH129370-04Department: NIH department code

      Functional architecture of striatal networks in cue-reward learning
      $587,740

      award amount
    • 5R01DA057292-03Department: NIH department code

      Basolateral amygdala dopamine in addiction-related learning strategies
      $404,562

      award amount

13. Gordon Brawn Smith

    Leads 2 awards · $948,609

    • 5R01EY030893-07Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms governing development of large-scale networks in visual cortex
      $561,109

      award amount
    • 5R01NS147764-02Department: NIH department code

      CRCNS: Mapping and modeling multiscale lateral interactions in cortex
      $387,500

      award amount

14. Dezhi Liao

    Leads 1 award · $767,250

    • 5R01AG075809-05Department: 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

      $767,250

      award amount

15. Michael K Lee

    Leads 1 award · $764,792

    • 5R01AG077743-05Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of human tau expression and tauopathy by alpha-synuclein
      $764,792

      award amount

16. Rocio Gomez-Pastor

    Leads 1 award · $574,149

    • 5R01NS110694-07Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction and cognitive decline in Huntington's disease
      $574,149

      award amount

17. Martha L Streng

    Leads 2 awards · $573,941

    • 5R34NS143677-02Department: 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

      $324,941

      award amount
    • 5R00NS121274-05Department: NIH department code

      Cerebellar computations in health and epilepsy
      $249,000

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R21NS143157-02, led by Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah.

18. Jan Zimmermann

    Leads 1 award · $521,538

    • 5R01MH128177-05Department: NIH department code

      Neural basis of behavioral timescale coordination
      $521,538

      award amount

19. Prakash Kara

    Leads 1 award · $486,110

    • 5R01NS140244-02Department: 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

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01DK147762-01, led by Lyudmila H Vulchanova.

20. Julia C Lemos

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 1R21DA064314-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Therapeutic potential of M5 receptor targeting in stress-induced potentiation of drug reward
      $423,500

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25DA057802-04, led by Paul G Mermelstein.

21. Yi-Mei (amy) Yang

    Leads 1 award · $387,500

    • 5R01MH129300-05Department: NIH department code

      Neurobiology of stress in the cerebellar circuitry
      $387,500

      award amount

22. Eric A Newman

    Leads 1 award · $385,573

    • 5R01NS126166-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

23. Thomas P Naselaris

    Leads 1 award · $379,778

    • 5R01EY038606-02Department: NIH department code

      CRCNS Data Sharing Proposal: One hundred thousand mental images
      $379,778

      award amount

24. Aaron Michael Kerlin

    Leads 1 award · $375,196

    • 5R01NS127902-04Department: NIH department code

      A dendritic nexus in the circuits that coordinate learning
      $375,196

      award amount

25. Jocelyn M Richard

    Leads 1 award · $348,750

    • 5R01DA053208-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32DA007234-40, led by Paul G Mermelstein.

26. Laura Ewell

    Leads 1 award · $347,519

    • 7R01NS128222-05Department: NIH department code

      Determining the shared neuronal network mechanisms of focal epileptic discharges and impaired memory processing in temporal lobe epilepsy
      $347,519

      award amount

27. Anthony David Umpierre

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS126417-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

28. Emilia M Lefevre

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00DA052624-05Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

29. Jean-Paul Noel

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00NS128075-04Department: NIH department code

      Neural and Computational Architecture for Complex Navigation and Subjective Self-Location
      $249,000

      award amount

30. Yanaira Alonso Caraballo

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DA060895-02Department: NIH department code

      Mapping the Functional and Anatomical Pathways from the Anterior and Posterior Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus to the Nucleus Accumbens: Implications for Opioid Use
      $249,000

      award amount

31. Suhasa B Kodandaramaiah

    Leads 1 award · $221,988

    • 5R21NS143157-02Department: 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

      $221,988

      award amount

32. Alfonso Araque

    Leads 1 award · $135,000

    • 5R25NS083059-13Department: 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

33. Anisha P Adke

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DA060027-03Department: NIH department code

      VGF in the nucleus accumbens: roles in synaptic and opioid-evoked plasticity
      $55,114

      award amount

34. Megan A Brickner

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DA060004-03Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing BLA dopaminergic and glutamatergic mechanisms of dynamic drug seeking
      $50,114

      award amount

35. Kieran McCluskey

    Leads 1 award · $48,917

    • 1F31EY039097-01Department: NIH department code

      Voltage dynamics of distinct transcriptomic types of cortical layer 1 interneurons in visuomotor integration
      $48,917

      award amount

36. Amy Charlotte Gottschalk

    Leads 1 award · $37,991

    • 5F31MH142051-02Department: NIH department code

      Valuation Mechanisms that Shape the Interaction of Phasic and Tonic Dopamine
      $37,991

      award amount

37. Brandon Hoang

    Leads 1 award · $37,548

    • 1F31NS149569-01Department: NIH department code

      Seizure frequency reduction through Bayesian-optimized cerebellar stimulation and perturbation-based risk modeling
      $37,548

      award amount

38. Louisa Kuper

    Leads 1 award · $37,548

    • 1F31MH141919-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of the parafascicular thalamus in cue-directed attention and action
      $37,548

      award amount

39. Adrine Kocharian

    Leads 1 award · $19,029

    • 5F30MH124404-05Department: NIH department code

      Dopaminergic modulation of nucleus accumbens during prospective and retrospective neuroeconomic decision making
      $19,029

      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.

• Michael D Koob

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG075809-05, led by Dezhi Liao

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• John W Osborn

  Co-investigator on 1R01DK147762-01, led by Lyudmila H Vulchanova

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Minnesota (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Angeline Joan Dukes

  Co-investigator on 2R25NS117356-06, led by Paul G Mermelstein; 5R25DA057802-04, led by Paul G Mermelstein; 5R25NS083059-13, led by Alfonso Araque

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

• Swati S More

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA056675-03, led by Patrick Rothwell

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Ganesh Vasan

  Co-investigator on 5R34NS143677-02, 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 5R21NS145182-02, led by Marija Cvetanovic

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

• Robert L Meisel

  Co-investigator on 5R25NS083059-13, led by Alfonso Araque

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

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