University of Georgia
Neurophysiology of the hippocampus, cellular mechanisms of learning and memory, neuropharmacology of drugs of abuse and rodent models of addiction.
Sensory organs of taste: development, maintenance, and molecular regulations using genetically modified mouse models.
Behavioral neuropharmacology; neuropeptides and trophic factors; plasticity; stress, depression, and addiction.
Molecular cell biology and biochemistry of proteases associated with isoprenylated protein maturation and amyloidogenic peptide degradation; cancer; Alzheimer’s disease.
Developmental neurobiology: molecular genetic mechanisms of vertebrate eye and forebrain development.
