Principal Investigators (Alphabetical)

Bruno Averbeck

Chief
Unit on Learning and Decision Making
Laboratory of Neuropsychology

Christopher Baker

Chief
Unit on Learning and Plasticity
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition

Peter Bandettini

Chief
Section on Functional Imaging Methods
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition

Carolyn E Beebe

Chief
Section on Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism

Karen Faith Berman

Chief
Section on Integrative Neuroimaging
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch

James Blair

Chief
Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience

Heather Cameron, PHD

Chief
Unit on Neuroplasticity

De-Maw Chuang

Chief
Section on Molecular Neurobiology

Maribeth Eiden

Chief
Section on Direct Gene Transfer
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation

Lee Eiden

Chief
Section on Molecular Neuroscience
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation

Charles R Gerfen

Chief
Section on Neuroanatomy
Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience

Jay Giedd

Chief
Section on Brain Imaging
Child Psychiatry Branch

Christian Grillon

Chief
Section on Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety

Miles Herkenham

Chief
Section on Functional Neuroanatomy
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation

Robert Innis

Chief
Section on PET Neuroimaging Sciences
Molecular Imaging Branch

Barry Kaplan

Chief
Section on Neurobiology
Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Ellen Leibenluft

Chief
Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Emotion and Development Branch

David Leopold

Chief
Unit on Cognitive Neurophysiology and Imaging
Laboratory of Neuropsychology

Zheng Li, PHD

Chief
Unit on Synapse Development Plasticity
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch

Sanford Markey

Chief
Section on Analytical Biochemistry

Laboratory of Neurotoxicology

Alex Martin

Chief
Section on Cognitive Neuropsychology
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition

Francis Mcmahon

Chief
Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Section
Human Genetics Branch

Kathleen R Merikangas

Chief
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch

Mortimer Mishkin

Chief
Section on Cognitive Neuroscience
Laboratory of Neuropsychology

Dennis Luke Murphy

Chief
Section on Clinical Neuropharmacology

Laboratory of Clinical Sciences

Betsy Murray

Chief
Section on Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Laboratory of Neuropsychology

Kazu Nakazawa

Chief
Unit on Genetics of Cognition and Behavior

Victor Pike

Chief
Section on PET Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
Molecular Imaging Branch

Daniel Pine

Chief
Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience
Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch

Chief
Emotion and Development Branch

Dietmar Plenz

Chief
Section on Critical Brain Dynamics
Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience

Judy Rapoport

Chief
Section on Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Child Psychiatry Branch

Barry Richmond, MD

Chief
Section on Neural Coding and Computation
Laboratory of Neuropsychology

Juan Saavedra, MD

Chief
Section on Pharmacology

Peter Schmidt

Chief
Section on Behavioral Endocrinology
Behavioral Endocrinology Branch

Jun Shen

Chief
Section on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Imaging Branch

Susan Swedo

Chief
Section on Behavioral Pediatrics

Pediatric and Developmental Neuroscience Branch

Leslie Ungerleider

Chief
Section on Neurocircuitry
Laboratory of Brain and Cognition

Ted Usdin

Chief
Section on Fundamental Neuroscience

Kuan Hong Wang

Chief
Unit on Neural Circuits and Adaptive Behaviors
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch

Benjamin White

Chief
Section on Neural Function
Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Yin Yao

Chief
Unit on Human Genomics

Scott Young

Chief
Section on Neural Gene Expression
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation

Carlos Zarate Jr

Chief
Section on Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch