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Eric Reavis, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Assistant Professor in Residence
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Research Interests

My research seeks to understand alterations in perception, cognition, and social information processing that are found in schizophrenia and related conditions. In my work, I use methods such as functional and structural MRI, EEG, eye-tracking, performance-based behavioral assessments, as well as other tools adapted from cognitive neuroscience

 

Austin Coley, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Biography

The Coley laboratory investigates neural populations and dynamics associated with depressive-like behaviors. We apply integrative approaches such as in vivo 2-photon calcium imaging to measure neural activity and population dynamics, and ex vivo electrophysiology to record synaptic properties. We utilize optogenetics techniques to selectively activate neural circuits and assess the response within specific neurons. We also use computer-based tracking systems to monitor behavioral tasks and apply machine learning methods to uncover the relationship between neural activity and behavior. Additionally, we use computational models to further understand neuronal population function in higher-order processing regions.

Publications

Coley, A.A. +, Batra, K., Delahanty, J.M., Keyes, L.R., Pamintuan, R., Ramot, A., Hagemann, J., Lee, C.R., Liu, V., Adivikolanu, H., Cressy, J., Jia, C., Massa, F., LeDuke., D., Gabir, M., Durubeh, B., Linderhof, L., Patel, R., Wichmann, R., Li, H., Fischer, K.B., Pereira, T, Tye, K.M. (2024) BioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.18.629202

Li, H*, Namburi, P*, Olson, J.M.*, Borio, M, Lemieux, M.E., Beyeler, A, Calhoon, G.G., Hitora-Imamura, N, Coley, A.A., Libster, A, Bal, A, Jin, X, Wang, H, Jia, C, Choudhury, S.R., Shi, X, Felix-Ortiz, A.C., De la Fuente, V, Barth, V.P., King, H.O., Izadmehr, E.M., Revanna, J.S., Batra K., Fischer, K.B., Keyes, L.R., Padilla-Coreano, N, Siciliano, C.A., McCullough, K.M., Wichmann, R, Ressler, K.J., Fiete, I.R., Zhang, F, Li, Y, Tye, K.M (2022). Neurotensin orchestrates valence assignment in the amygdala. Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04964-y

Coley, A.A.*, Padilla-Coreano, N*, Patel, R*, Tye, K.M (2021). Valence processing in the PFC: reconciling circuit-level and systems-level views. International Review of Neurobiology. doi.org/10.1016/bs.irn.2020.12.002

McEachern, E.P.*, Coley, A.A.*, Yang, S.S., Gao W.J. (2020). “PSD-95 alters GABAergic inhibition in the medial prefrontal cortex.” Neuropharmacology. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108277

Coley, A. A. and W.-J. Gao (2019). “PSD-95 deficiency disrupts PFC-associated function and behavior during neurodevelopment.” Scientific Reports 9(1): 9486. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45971-w; PMCID: PMC6602948

Hill, S.A.*, Blaeser A.*, Coley, A.A., Xie Y., Shepard K.A., Harwell C., Gao W.J., Garcia A.D.R (2019). Sonic hedgehog signaling in astrocytes mediates cell-type-specific synaptic organization. eLife 8: e45545. doi: 10.7554/eLife.45545; PMCID: PMC6629371

Coley, A. A. and W.-J. Gao (2018). “PSD-95: A synaptic protein implicated in schizophrenia or autism?” Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 82: 187-194. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.11.016; PMCID: PMC5801047

Yang, S.S., Li Y.C., Coley, A.A., Chamberlain L.A., Yu P., Gao W.J. (2018). Cell-type specific development of the hyperpolarization-activated current, Ih, in prefrontal cortical neurons. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience 10(7): doi:10.3389/fnsyn.2018.00007; PMCID: PMC5958189

Monaco, S.A.*, Coley, A.A.*, Gao W.J (2016). The Convergence of Glutamate and GABA Dysregulation in Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Treatment: The New Facets. Ed. Yu-Chih Shen. Book Chapter: 1. PMCID not applicable.

Coley, A.A, Ruffin, V.A, Moss, F., Hopfer, U., Boron, W.F. (2013). Immunocytochemical identification of electroneutral Na+-coupled HCO3– transporters in freshly dissociated mouse medullary raphé neurons. Neuroscience. 246:451-67. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.02.064

Jin Wang, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Assistant Professor
School of Education and Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Moore Hall, Room 3321
2043 Portola Plaza,
Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

Biography

Jin Wang joins the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies as an assistant professor of education. Her research employs a combination of behavioral assessments and neuroimaging techniques (fMRI, MRI, and DTI), using both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs, to examine individual differences in the development of the linguistic brain and its influence on academic achievement. Her research goal is to construct a neurocognitive model that interprets the underlying mechanisms of language (i.e., phonological, semantic, and syntactic) development during children’s first ten years of life and how these various linguistic processes are associated with reading and math skills.