Graduate Theses Select Title to view Theses Student Year Co-mentors Title Schou, Magnus 2006 Victor Pike and Christer Halldin Synthesis and evaluation of new NET radioligands Seneca, Nicholas 2006 Robert Innis and Christer Halldin Pet imaging of two monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems in brain: studies of the norepinephrine transporter and dopamine D2 receptor Ahlqvist, Jenny 2007 Steve Jacobson, Jan Hillert, and Anna Fogdell-Hahn Differences in tropism and viral assembly pathways of human herpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A and 6B) and association of host cell proteins in HHV-6A virions Culp, David 2007 Donita Garland and Pavel Pisa Identifying molecular targets for cancer therapy Bjork, Karl 2008 Wolfgang Sommer and Markus Heilig Variation at candidate gene loci and their functional importance in rodent models of alcohol dependence Blackinton, Jeff 2008 Mark Cookson and Lars Olson Recessive Parkinsonism, mitochondria and translational regulation Bryceson, Yenan 2008 Eric Long and Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren Triggering and mechanisms of natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity Donohue, Sean 2008 Victor Pike and Christer Halldin Development of cannabinoid subtype-1 (CB1) receptor ligands for PET Terry, Garth 2009 Robert Innis and Christer Halldin In vivo imaging of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor using positron emission Karlsson, Rose-Marie 2009 Jackie Crawley, Andrew Holmes, and Markus Heilig Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and glutamate transporter (GLAST) in behavioral models of psychiatric disorders Qi, Hongshi 2009 Alexei Morozov and Per Svenningsson Studies on antidepressant-mediated regulation of signal transduction Skinbjerg, Mette 2009 Robert Innis, David Sibley, and Christer Halldin Dopamine D2 receptor pharmacology: In vitro analyses and in vivo pet imaging Karabanov, Anke 2010 Fredrik Ullén and Mark Hallett The Neural Control of Rhythmic Motor Sequences Kara Lindstrom 2010 Martin Ingvar, Danny Pine Emotional orientation, brain function and genetics in adults and children: Implications for development, and psychopathology Sandebring, Anna 2010 Mark Cookson and Angel Cedazo-Minguez Mechanism of action of autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism gene mutations Schwartz, Catherine 2010 Mark Mattson and Ernest Arenas Derivation, enrichment and characterization of dopaminergic neurons from pluripotent stem cells Soderblom, Cynthia 2010 Craig Blackstone and Oleg Shupliakov Studies on hereditary spastic paraplegia proteins Sundborger, Anna 2010 Jenny Hinshaw and Oleg Shupliakov Molecular mechanisms controlling dynamin recruitment to sites of endocytosis by SH3-domain containing proteins Henriksson, Richard 2011 Georgy Bakalkin, Toni S. Shippenberg Molecular mechanisms underlying increased PDYN and dynorphin expression in the prefrontal cortex of alcoholic men Kannan, Pavitra 2011 Christer Halldin, Robert Innis, Matthew Hall Pharmacological properties of radiotracers that measure P-glycoprotein function and density Petkova, Valeria 2011 Henrik Ehrsson, Leonardo Cohen Do I need a body to know who I am? Neural mechanisms of body ownership Zhang, Keng 2011 Tomas Hokfelt, Zhiqing Xu, Bai Lu The galanin type 2 receptor: molecular, biological, histochemical and electrophysiological studies Sterky, Fredrik Hansson 2012 Barry Hoffer, Nils-Goran Larsson, Lars Olson Mitochondrial dysfunction in dopamine neurons: Implications for Parkinson¹s disease	Program Overview PhD Program Program Funding How to Apply Two Routes of Entry NIH/KI Mentors FAQs and Helpful Links Student Publications Graduate Theses
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