Amanda Fakira
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Disciplines
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Research Interests
- Neuropsychiatric illness
- opioid use disorders and pain
Browse Collaborators
Darren Boehning
Administrative Head, Biomedical Sciences and Assistant Dean for Research; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Disciplines
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Research Interests
- calcium
- signaling
- inositol
Thomas Ferraro
Professor of Biomedical Sciences; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Disciplines
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology
- Pharmacology
- Medical Genetics
Research Interests
- neurological and psychiatric illnesses
- Current projects involve genetic mouse models of epilepsy, opioid addiction and neurodevelopmental disorders such as Rett Syndrome
- DNA alterations in the brain of individuals with schizophrenia and another to study similar genetic alterations in individuals with cocaine addiction