Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders

Facilitating research collaborations on neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's, autism, epilepsy, depression, and schizophrenia

Neuronal tubulin (green) and glial membranes (red) immediately after severing of the neural axon (arrow). Image courtesy of Bernhard Luscher.

The Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders (CMIND) facilitates research collaborations among its researchers and university wide.

Research laboratories include state of the art instrumentation for electrophysiology, imaging, molecular and cell biology, and behavioral analysis of mice.

Mission

The Center's mission is to use the latest and most appropriate tools to advance the understanding of molecular, cellular and system wide function of the nervous system, with special emphasis on mechanisms that regulate neural excitability, synaptic transmission and intracellular mechanisms of signal transduction that are relevant for understanding of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's, autism, epilepsy, depression, and schizophrenia.

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