Neuroscience
Advancing Neuroscience Research at Michigan Medicine
Unlocking the complexities of the brain and reducing the impact of brain-related illnesses.
The brain regulates the body’s organ systems and helps us interact with the world. Understanding how the brain coordinates signals from inside and outside of the body and drives our health and behavior is the focus of Michigan Medicine’s world-renowned neuroscientists.
Our researchers are quickly advancing knowledge within the field, from understanding diseases of the brain, such as cancer, epilepsy and depression arise to unraveling the brain’s immense complexity.
The Fundamentals
Today on The Fundamentals is Dr. Maria Castro, the R.C. Schneider collegiate professor of neurosurgery, and a professor of cell and developmental biology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research program aims to develop immunotherapies for primary and metastatic brain cancer, studying basic immune biology mechanisms leading to clinical implementation. She has been inducted into the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the Latin American Academy of Sciences, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. She has won numerous awards for her contributions to basic science and cancer research and is a diversity ambassador for the Cancer Biology Graduate Training Program.
You can learn more about Dr. Castro here, and you can follow her @castro2355_mg, the Rogel Cancer Center @UMRogelCancer, the department of neurosurgery @umichneuro, Michigan Neurscience Institute @UM_MNI and the department of cell and developmental biology @UMCDB on X
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Research Assistant Professor
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Co-Director
CNS Tumor Registry
Co-Director
CNS Tumor Registry
Theophile Raphael M.D. Collegiate Professor of Neurosciences
Executive Director
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Professor of Anesthesiology
Executive Director
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Professor of Anesthesiology
Rowena G Matthews Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Holtom-Garrett Family Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurology and Section Head
Multiple Sclerosis
Associate Professor of Neurology and Section Head
Multiple Sclerosis
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Christin Carter-Su Collegiate Professor of Physiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Director Graduate Studies, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Director Graduate Studies, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Dr Robert C and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Director of the A Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at Michigan Medicine
Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Director of the A Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at Michigan Medicine
Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Research Assistant Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Research Assistant Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Collegiate Professor of Basic Radiological Sciences
Professor of Radiology and Program Assistant
Lab Supervisor, Radiology
Professor of Radiology and Program Assistant
Lab Supervisor, Radiology
Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Director
Pain and Opioid Research
Translational Research
Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Director
Pain and Opioid Research
Translational Research
Department of Anesthesiology
Applications of oxetanes in drug discovery and medicinal chemistry
Huang, G,
Hucek, D,
Cierpicki, T,
Grembecka, J,
Eur J Med Chem, 2023 Dec; DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115802 Refractory generalized myasthenia gravis with myasthenic incomplete ophthalmoplegia successfully treated with eculizumab
Weidmayer, SL,
Gallagher, G,
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 2023 Dec; DOI:10.1016/j.ajoc.2023.101925 Optoα1AR activation in astrocytes modulates basal hippocampal synaptic excitation and inhibition in a stimulation-specific manner
Courtney, CD,
Sobieski, C,
Ramakrishnan, C,
Ingram, RJ,
Wojnowski, NM,
DeFazio, RA,
Deisseroth, K,
Christian-Hinman, CA,
Hippocampus, 2023 Dec; DOI:10.1002/hipo.23580 Predicting Neurologically Intact Survival for Advanced Age Adults After Successful Resuscitation of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Adams, D,
Nathanson, BH,
White, CN,
Jackson, EA,
Mader, TJ,
Coute, RA,
CARES Surveillance Group, Array,
Am J Cardiol, 2023 Nov; DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.108 Neuropeptide Y signaling regulates recurrent excitation in the auditory midbrain
Silveira, MA,
Drotos, AC,
Pirrone, TM,
Versalle, TS,
Bock, A,
Roberts, MT,
J Neurosci, 2023 Nov; DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0900-23.2023 Magnetic resonance fingerprinting in multiple sclerosis
Ontaneda, D,
Gulani, V,
Deshmane, A,
Shah, A,
Guruprakash, DK,
Jiang, Y,
Ma, D,
Fisher, E,
Rudick, RA,
Raza, P,
Kilbane, M,
Cohen, JA,
Sakaie, K,
Lowe, MJ,
Griswold, MA,
Nakamura, K,
Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2023 Nov; DOI:10.1016/j.msard.2023.105024 Inhibition of dopamine neurons prevents incentive value encoding of a reward cue: With revelations from deep phenotyping
Iglesias, AG,
Chiu, AS,
Wong, J,
Campus, P,
Li, F,
Liu, ZN,
Bhatti, JK,
Patel, SA,
Deisseroth, K,
Akil, H,
Burgess, CR,
Flagel, SB,
J Neurosci, 2023 Nov; DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0848-23.2023 Directed evolution unlocks oxygen reactivity for a nicotine-degrading flavoenzyme
Dulchavsky, M,
Mitra, R,
Wu, K,
Li, J,
Boer, K,
Liu, X,
Zhang, Z,
Vasquez, C,
Clark, CT,
Funckes, K,
Shankar, K,
Bonnet-Zahedi, S,
Siddiq, M,
Sepulveda, Y,
Suhandynata, RT,
Momper, JD,
Calabrese, AN,
George, O,
Stull, F,
Bardwell, JCA,
Nat Chem Biol, 2023 Nov; DOI:10.1038/s41589-023-01426-y Department of Biological Chemistry
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Department of Learning Health Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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The findings may support the immune pathway as a bridge between diet and neurologic disease
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A Michigan Medicine neurologist explains more about frontotemporal dementia.
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Using neuropsychology to heal from cancer treatment: A multidisciplinary clinic uses this method to help patients after oncology treatments
