Pilot Projects
Pilot projects provide opportunities for early career faculty and fellows to engage in exploratory science relevant to the central Conte Center hypothesis. Projects are expected to influence the future trajectory of Center science and/or lead to attractive spin-offs.
2018
Prenatal Kynurenine Treatment in Mice: Effects on Neurogenesis
Gloria Hoffman
Acute Effects of Kynurenine in Miniature Pigs: Exploring a New Translational Model
Peter Kochunov
Inter-hemispheric Transmission in Mice with Genetic Elimination of Distinct Kynurenine Pathway Enzymes
Paul Shepard
Pilot Projects Archive
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2017
“Double-hit” Effects in Rats Treated Prenatally with THC
Sarah Beggiato
Efficacy of NAC for Cognitive Enhancement in Early Phase Schizophrenia
Laura Rowland
SNPs of Selected Kynurenine Pathway Genes: Relationship to Kynurenic acid Levels and Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase Activity in the Human Brain
Korrapati Sathayasaikumar
2016
Effect of Prenatal THC Treatment on KYNA Levels in utero
Sarah Beggiato
Effects of Acute Tryptophan Depletion on Reinforcement Learning in Schizophrenia
James Waltz
Relationship of Peripheral Cytokines to Neurobiology in Schizophrenia
Joshua Chiappelli
2015
Impact of Prenatal Kynurenine Exposure on Mismatch Negativity (MMN) Production
Molly Erickson
Attentional Effects of Embryonic Treatment with Kynurenine
Britta Hahn
Effect of Probiotic Treatment on Kynurenine Pathway Metabolism
Francesca Notarangelo
2014
Relationship between Sleep Disturbance and Kynurenic Acid
Ana Pocivavsek
Stress Biomarkers in Schizophrenia: Kynurenic Acid Response to Somatic versus Psychological Stressors
Joshua Chiappelli