The research of the department's faculty addresses fundamental gaps in knowledge relevant
to the treatment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses such as: Parkinson’s
Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, Schizophrenia,post-traumatic stress disorder ADHDattention deficit hyperactivity disorder, PTSD and drug addiction.
Model systems and state-of-the-art experimental approaches assist graduate students,
post-doctoral fellows, and staff scientists research basic neurobiology and clinical
neuropathology.