Research Awards

Federal Funding

• Neuropeptide VGF in Antidepressant-Induced Neurogenesis and Mood Disorders
  J. Alder, RWJMS; National Institute of Mental Health

• Growth and Development of the Nervous System: Molecular Mechanisms (Subproject I Regulation of Neuronal Mitosis)
  E. DiCicco-Bloom, RWJMS; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

• PACAP Regulation of Neurogenesis and Survival
  E. DiCicco-Bloom, RWJMS; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

• Developmental Ah Receptor Activity in the CNS: Neurogenesis & Neurotoxicity
  E. DiCicco-Bloom, RWJMS; University of Rochester; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• Growth and Development of the Nervous System: Molecular Mechanisms
  C. Dreyfus (Program Director and PI Subproject V The Role of Growth Factors in Brain Development), RWJMS; National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development

• The Role of Neurotrophins in Oligodendrocyte Function
  C. Dreyfus, RWJMS; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

• Factors Influencing Regulation of the Dynamics of the Actin Filament Pointed End
  A. Kostyukova, RWJMS; National Institute of General Medical Sciences

• Molecular control of Shh-Gli signaling by Gli factors
  M. Matise, RWJMS; National Institutes of Health/NICHD

• Molecular Regulation of Hedgehog Signaling in the Vertebrate CNS
  M. Matise, RWJMS; National Science Foundation

• A Mouse Knock-in Model for EN2 Autism Susceptibility
  J. Millonig; RWJMS; National Institutes of Health

• Elucidating the Role of mRNA Dysregulation in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
  J. Millonig; RWJMS; National Institutes of Health

• Parenteral Nutrition: Intestinal Metabolism/Adaptation
  J. Pintar, RWJMS; The University of Wisconsin Madison, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

• Opioid Activity in Endothelium in Sickle Cell Disease
  J. Pintar, RWJMS; University of Minnesota, National Institutes of Health

• Neuropeptides, Processing Enzymes, and Drug Abuse
  J. Pintar, RWJMS; Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, NIH-National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Neural and Behavioral Impact of T Cell Activation
  J. Pintar, RWJMS; Rutgers University, National Institutes of Health
  

• Molecular Control of Corticospinal System Formation
  M-R. Rasin, RWJMS; National Institutes of Health

• Regulation of Dendritic Differentiation by BDNF-Induced Neuropeptide Nociceptin
  S. Thakker-Varia, RWJMS; National Science Foundation

Other Governmental

• Molecular Mechanisms of Delayed Axonal Damage in Traumatic Brain Injury
  D. Crockett, RWJMS; The New Jersey Commission of Brain Injury Research

• EN2 Regulates Forebrain Monoamines and Behavior
  E. DiCicco-Bloom, RWJMS; Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism

• Signaling pathways regulating Axon Remyelination
  M. Matise, RWJMS; New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research

• Genetic and Epigenetic ENGRAILED 2 ASD Risk Factors
  J. Millonig, RWJMS; New Jersey Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism

• Orphan GPCR, Gpr161, and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
  J. Millonig, RWJMS; New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research
  
  Role of IGF Binding Proteins in Response to Brain Injury
  J. Pintar, RWJMS; New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research
  

• Role of BDNF Signaling in Traumatic Brain Injury
  S. Thakker-Varia, RWJMS; New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

• Plasticity of Amnion-Derived Stem Cells (ADSCs) in Vitro and in Vivo
  D. Woodbury, RWJMS; New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology

Non-Governmental Non-Profit Sponsors

• The Role of BDNF on Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells in Cuprizone Model of MS
  C. Dreyfus, RWJMS; National Multiple Sclerosis Society

• Tropomyosin in Health and Disease: Bioinformatics and Biophysical Approaches
  S. Hitchcock-DeGregori, RWJMS; Muscular Dystrophy Association

Private Industry

• Golgi Analysis and BrdU Analysis of Brain
  J. Alder and S. Thakker-Varia, RWJMS; Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine-J & J Subsidiary

• Support for Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Neuroscience
  J. Alder, M. Matise, J. Millonig, RWJMS; Schering-Plough Pharmaceutical Corp.

• Effect of ATRM Cells and BDNF Neutralizing Antibodies on Dendritic Differentiation
  J. Alder and S. Thakker-Varia, RWJMS; Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine - J & J Subsidiary
  

Internal UMDNJ

• Neuropeptide VGF in Antidepressant-Induced Neurogenesis and Mood Disorders
  J. Alder, RWJMS; Foundation of UMDNJ

• Regulation of Neuronal Mitosis
  E. DiCicco-Bloom, RWJMS; Foundation of UMDNJ

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