Senior Investigator Awards

1997-1999 William A. Catterall, Ph.D., University of Washington Functional Significance of Neuromodulation of Brain Sodium Channels Peter Dallos, Ph.D., Northwestern University Motility Motors of Cochlear Outer Hair Cells Norman Davidson, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Adenovirus Mediated Gene Transfer and the Study of Synaptic Plasticity Richard H. Goodman, M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University Transcriptional Signal Integration in Drosophila Eric I. Knudsen, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Mechanisms of Learning in the Auditory System of the Owl Lynn T. Landmesser, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University Adhesion Molecules and Synaptic Plasticity in Mammals Irwin B. Levitan, Ph.D., Brandeis University Association of Ion Channels with Signaling Proteins: Role in Neuronal Plasticity Fernando Nottebohm, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University Genes that Determine Memory Duration Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine Development of an Interneuronal Cholinergic Synapse: Bridge from Neuromuscular Junction to Brain Brian A. Wandell, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Plasticity in Visual Cortex 1994-1996 Denis A. Baylor, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Molecular Mechanism of Visual Transduction Seymour Benzer, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Neurogenetics of Degeneration in the Drosophila Brain William A. Harris, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego Molecular Pathways of Neurogenesis Stephen F. Heinemann, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies The Role of Glutamate Receptor Activation in Long-term Potentiation and Learning Arthur Karlin, Ph.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Structures of the Channel and Gate in Ionotropic Neurotransmitter Receptors Story C. Landis, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University Cell-Cell Interactions that Modulate Synaptic Function and the Molecules Mediating Them Ken Nakayama, Ph.D., Harvard University Visual Memory and Saccadic Eye Movements Elio Raviola, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School Genetic Histochemistry of Neural Networks David L. Sparks, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Signal Transformations in the Oculomotor System Richard W. Tsien, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Expression of Cloned Ca 2+ Channels with Altered Functional Properties in Neurons 1991-1993 Seymour Benzer, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Neurogenetics of Degeneration in the Drosophila Brain Pietro De Camilli, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine Pathophysiology of GABA-secreting Cells Claude P.J. Ghez, M.D., Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Sensory Mechanisms in Multijoint Movement Control Stephen F. Heinemann, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Glutamate Receptors Bertil Hille, Ph.D., University of Washington School Medicine Modulatory Actions of Neurotransmitters David H. Hubel, M.D., Harvard Medical School Studies of Area 18 (V-2) in Normal and Visually Deprived Primates Uel J. McMahan, II, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine Formation and Maintenance of Postsynaptic Apparatus in the Central Nervous System Ricardo Miledi, M.D., University of California, Irvine Structure and Function of GABA Receptors from Brain and Retina Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego The Anatomy of Memory: An Animal Model of Ischemia in the Monkey Nobuo Suga, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine Cortical Processing of Biologically Important Complex Sounds 1988-1990 Ira B. Black, M.D., Cornell University Medical College Neurotransmitter Plasticity at the Molecular Level Joseph T. Coyle, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine TS-16 Mouse: Genetic Model for Down's Syndrome/Alzheimer's Disease Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine Synapse Formation: Induction of Postsynaptic Chemoreceptors Bertil Hille, Ph.D., University of Washington Medical School Modulatory Actions of Neurotransmitters Masakazu Konishi, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Neural Correlates of Birdsong Learning Paul Patterson, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology The Molecular Determinants of Axon Growth and Differentiation Michael G. Rosenfeld, M.D., University of California, San Diego Molecular Mechanisms of Regulated Gene Expression in the Brain Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital Beta-amyloid Precursors in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego The Anatomy of Memory: An Animal Model of Ischemia in the Monkey Richard F. Thompson, Ph.D., University of Southern California Mammalian Brain Substrates of Associative Learning and Memory 1985-1987 Ira B. Black, M.D., Cornell University Medical College Neurotransmitter Plasticity at the Molecular Level Joseph T. Coyle, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine TS-16 Mouse: Genetic Model for Down's Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease James Douglass, Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University Development of Gene Transfer Methods to Study Expression of Neuropeptide Genes and Receptor Genes Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine Synapse Formation: Induction of Postsynaptic Chemoreceptors Ann M. Graybiel, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Functional Studies of the Striatum in Relation to Its Dopamine-containing Innervation and Modular Architecture Marek-Marsel Mesulam, Ph.D., Beth Israel Hospital Intracortical Distribution of Cholinergic Innervation Paul H. Patterson, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology The Molecular Determinants of Axon Growth and Differentiation Michael G. Rosenfeld, M.D., University of California, San Diego Molecular Mechanisms of Regulated Gene Expression in the Brain Charles F. Stevens, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine Neuromodulatory Mechanisms of Information Storage Richard F. Thompson, Ph.D., University of Southern California Mammalian Brain Substrates of Associative Learning and Memory 1984-1988 Robert D. Terry, M.D., and Peter Davies, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine Biochemical and Immunocytochemical Studies of Alzheimer's Disease 1981-1983 Robert D. Terry, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine Human Brain Neuropeptides and Memory Dysfunction 1980-1985 Samuel H. Barondes, M.D., University of California, San Francisco Role of Lectins in Nervous System Differentiation Paul Greengard, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University Phosphorylated Proteins and Brain Function Eric Kandel, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons A Cell Biological Approach to the Study of Memory and Learning Fred Plum, M.D., Cornell University Medical College To Coordinate, Intensify, and Enlarge Clinical and Fundamental Studies on Memory and Cognition Disorders Michael L. Shelanski, M.D., Ph.D., New York University Medical Center Biochemical Studies on Human Dementing Illnesses Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Neurotransmitter Disposition and Basic Mechanisms Underlying Learning and Memory 1977-1980 Samuel H. Barondes, M.D., University of California, San Diego Role of Lectins in Nervous System Differentiation Paul Greengard, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University Phosphorylated Proteins and Brain Function Eric Kandel, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons A Cell Biological Approach to the Study of Memory and Learning James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Relationship of Brain State to Facilitation and Disruption of Learning and Memory Fred Plum, M.D., Cornell University Medical College To Coordinate, Intensify, and Enlarge Clinical and Fundamental Studies on Memory and Cognition Disorders Victor E. Shashoua, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital Biochemical Basis of Memory Michael L. Shelanski, M.D., Ph.D., New York University Medical Center Biochemical Studies on Human Dementing Illnesses Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Neurotransmitter Disposition and Basic Mechanisms Underlying Learning and Memory Thoralf M. Sundt, Jr., M.D., Mayo Medical School Biochemical and Structural Approach to Dementia

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