NIH awarded Dr. Benedict J Kolber with $2,631,263 for his project on the Impact of Amygdala Lateralization on Processing and Modulation of Bladder Pain.
March 6th, 2024
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February 14th, 2024
Dr. Muhammed Saad Yousuf Awarded Over $3,000,000 from the NIH
NIH awarded Dr. Muhammad Saad Yousuf $3,143,587 for his research on Targeting Methylglyoxal-induced Diabetic Neuropathic Pain via the Integrated Stress Response.
January 31st, 2024
Dr. Michael Derek Rugg Obtains Over $3,000,000 From NIH
NIH awarded Dr. Michael Derek Rugg $3,305,350 for his research on Neural Selectivity, Retrieval-Related Reinstatement, and Age-Related Memory Decline.
August 29th, 2023
Dr. Theodore J. Price receives over $500,000 from the University of Cincinnati
Dr. Price’s research will focus on the neuromodulatory regulation of synaptic plasticity in spinal nociceptive circuits.
August 30th, 2022
Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés awarded over $600,000 from the NIH
Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés has been awarded $642,500 from the National Institutes of Health for her research on Environmental Modulation of Maternal Behavior and Mesolimbic DA Function. This application will examine the impact of postpartum adversity on motivated maternal behaviors and mesolimbic dopamine function in the rat dam by employing an integrated approach.
July 26th, 2022
Dr. Sven Kroner awarded $1.9 million from the NIH
Dr. Sven Kroner has been awarded $1,966,165 from the National Institutes of Health for his research on how Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Synaptic Plasticity in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex during the Extinction of Drug-seeking. The experiments in this project will use an animal model of cocaine-seeking to study maladaptive changes in synaptic plasticity that drive drug-seeking and they will determine …read more
July 19th, 2022
Dr. Christa McIntyre lands over $2 million from the NIH
Dr. Christa McIntyre has been awarded $2,164,934 from the National Institutes of Health for her research Vagus Nerve Stimulation Targets Fear Pathways to Enhance Extinction of Conditioned Fear. Dr. McIntyre proposes behavioral experiments designed to evaluate whether vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) produces more persistent and generalized extinction memories, which would provide important preclinical evidence that VNS could …read more
July 12th, 2022
Dr. Meghan Swanson earns $3.7 million from the NIH
Dr. Meghan Swanson has earned $3,723,932 from the National Institutes of Health for her research on Caregiver Speech and Brain-Behavior Development in Infants At-Risk for ASD. The overall goal of the proposed longitudinal study is to enable and inform presymptomatic infant interventions for autism by examining the relationships between infant vocalizations, caregiver speech, and brain-behavior development in infants at high familial risk …read more
July 5th, 2022
Dr. Yune Lee receives $200,000 from Digisonic
Dr. Yune Lee has been awarded $200,000 from Digisonic for his research on Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Using a Novel 3D Sound Therapy. This project aims to explore how non-invasive 2D and 3D binaural beats would lead to enhanced cognitive and sensory functioning using state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods.
May 31st, 2022
Dr. Kelly Jahn awarded over $360,000 from the NIH
Dr. Kelly Jahn has been awarded $368,700 from the National Institutes of Health for her research on Neural Signatures of Enhanced Central Auditory Gain in Hyperacusis. Dr. Jahn proposes a training plan to develop objective, non-invasive physiological biomarkers that can quantitatively dissociate complaints of enhanced loudness perception and sound-evoked distress in individuals with hyperacusis, and which have the …read more