Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

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Murtaza Akhter, MD
- Department of Emergency Medicine - Associate Professor
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Associate Professor
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Associate Professor
Person: Academic
20082025
Amy Arnold, PhD
Person: Academic
20082026
Colin Barnstable, DPhil
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Professor
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Professor
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Person: Academic
19762025
Alfredo Bellon, MD, PhD
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Associate Professor
- Division of Adult Inpatient Services (Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute)
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - AssociateProfessor
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Person: Academic
20032025
George Blackall, PsyD, MS, MBA
- Penn State College of Medicine - Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
- Department of Pediatrics - Professor
- Division of Hematology and Oncology
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Professor
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Professor
- Department of Humanities - Professor
Person: Academic
19942025
Timothy Brearly, PsyD, MA
- Department of Neurology - Associate Professor
- Division of Neuropsychology
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Associate Professor
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Person: Academic
20162025
Kirsteen Browning, PhD
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Professor
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Person: Academic
19942025
Christopher Chen, PhD
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Assistant Professor
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Person: Academic
20102023
Matthew Coates, MD, PhD
- Department of Medicine - Peter and Marshia Carlino Professor
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Director of Research
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Professor
- Center for Cannabis and Natural Product Pharmaceuticals (CCNPP)
Person: Academic
20042025
James Connor, MS, PhD
- Department of Neurosurgery - Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy and Vice Chair for Research
- Department of Pediatrics - Professor
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - Professor
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
- Cancer Institute, Next-Generation Therapies
Person: Academic
19802025

Acute stress uncovers latent β2-adrenergic receptor and Corticotropin Releasing Factor interactions in the ventral Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis critical for long-term stress-avoidance behavior
Showemimo, O., Snyder, A. E., Tariq, A., Bingaman, S. S., Arnold, A. C., Paul, A., Ploski, J. E. & Silberman, Y., Mar 2026, In: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 136, 104069.
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The need to incorporate polysubstance use in neuropsychopharmacology research: Biological lessons and new opportunities
Joffe, M. E., Ferguson, S. M., Gilpin, N. W., Herman, M. A., Knackstedt, L. A., Randall, P. A., Schindler, A. G., Torregrossa, M. M. & Rinker, J. A., Mar 2026, In: Addiction Neuroscience. 18, 100246.
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Open Access
A Call for Change: Updating the Operational Definition for Dementia in Parkinson's Disease
International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society PD-MCI Study Group, Mar 2025, In: Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 12, 3, p. 296-301 6 p.
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Open Access

4 Scopus citations
A Common Mutation in the Homeostatic Iron Regulatory Gene Alters Astrocyte Migration and Redox Profile
Nolt, M., Neely, E., Kheirabadi, S., Jaberi, A., Sheikhi, A. & Connor, J., Aug 2025, In: FASEB BioAdvances. 7, 8, e70042.
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Acoustic parameter combinations underlying mapping of pseudoword sounds to multiple domains of meaning: Representational similarity analyses and machine-learning models
Kumar, G. V., Lacey, S., Dorsi, J., Nygaard, L. C. & Sathian, K., Dec 1 2025, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 158, 6, p. 4243-4267 25 p.
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Acute and chronic nasal inflammation induces lymphangiogenesis in the olfactory mucosa in mice
Komaki, S., Imai, R., Sugimoto, Y., Settsu, R., Obara, A., Shimada, A., Dantzer, R., Laumet, G., Imamura, F. & Hasegawa-Ishii, S., Nov 2025, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health. 49, 101119.
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Adeno-associated viral vector resource for the RNA-targeting Cas13d: A comparison of high-fidelity variants, DjCas13d and hfCas13d
Back, F., Sandoval, A., Vu, L. M., Hong, V. M., Bhaskara, A., Rodriguez, S. R., O'Brien, J. T., Kolber, B. J., Kroener, S. & Ploski, J. E., Dec 11 2025, In: Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development. 33, 4, 101565.
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A Drd1-cre mouse line with nucleus accumbens gene dysregulation exhibits blunted fentanyl seeking
Montemarano, A., Fox, L. D., Alkhaleel, F. A., Ostman, A. E., Sohail, H., Pandey, S., Murdaugh, L. B. & Fox, M. E., Dec 2025, In: Neuropsychopharmacology. 50, 13, p. 1993-2005 13 p.
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Alcohol consumption confers lasting impacts on prefrontal cortical neuron intrinsic excitability and spontaneous neurotransmitter signaling in the aging brain in mice
Smith, G. C., Griffith, K. R., Sicher, A. R., Brockway, D. F., Proctor, E. A. & Crowley, N. A., Jan 2025, In: Neurobiology of Aging. 145, p. 42-54 13 p.
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1 Scopus citations
Alzheimer's Imaging Consortium
Yang, Q., Elyan, R., Pang, R., Kanekar, S., Will, J., Kalra, D., Eslinger, P., Karunanayaka, P. & Wang, J.-L., Dec 1 2025, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 21, p. e109732
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20 Active
34 Finished

Cocaine Addition and the Need-State Hypothesis
Grigson-Kennedy, P. (PI) & Kim, Y. (CoI)
5/1/25 → 2/28/30
Project: Research project
Neuroanatomy and function of the ventral claustrum-dorsal endopiriform nucleus in mice
Kim, Y. (PI)
1/24/25 → 12/31/29
Project: Research project
Cross Scale Interrogation of NPD Genes (SING) in mice
Kim, Y. (PI), Paul, A. (CoPI) & Kumar, V. (CoPI)
1/15/25 → 11/30/29
Project: Research project
Vagal-hypothalamic modulation of alcohol intake
Silberman, Y. (PI) & Hajnal, A. (CoPI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
9/25/24 → 5/31/26
Project: Research project
Mapping postnatal oxytocinergic system and offspring neurobehavior after induced birth with oxytocin
Palanisamy, A. A. (PI) & Kim, Y. (CoI)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
8/22/24 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
Gut-Brain Mechanisms of Improving Health in an Animal Model of SCI Following Weight Loss Surgery
Hajnal, A. (PI)
5/1/24 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
Cell-type specific risk and resilience in Alzheimer’s disease and aging
Paul, A. (PI) & Kim, Y. (CoI)
National Institute on Aging
5/1/24 → 4/30/26
Project: Research project
Use of a GLP-1 Agonist to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rats and Man
Grigson-Kennedy, P. (PI), Nyland, J. (CoPI), Bunce, S. (CoPI) & Brick, T. R. (CoPI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
5/1/24 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
Angiotensin-(1-7) and Cardiovascular Derangements in Obesity Hypertension
Arnold, A. (PI) & Gamboa, A. (CoPI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
4/15/24 → 3/31/26
Project: Research project
Biomarker and Analytical Chemistry Core
Richie, J. (PI) & Sun, D. (PI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
9/30/23 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project