Project Grant R21NS137110
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853), provides $525,912.00 to Pennsylvania State University to investigate the neurobiological mechanisms of the ventral claustrum-dorsal endopiriform nucleus (VCLA-EPD) and its role in regulating social behavior. The research aims to understand how the VCLA-EPD, which expresses high levels of...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under CFDA Program 93.310 - Trans-NIH Research Support provides funding of $1,340,637 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the development of social behaviors in mammalian infants. The project aims to genetically identify sensory neurons that attach positive valence to maternal olfactory cues, and use spatial transcriptomics to map...
- This federal Project Grant award of $377,602 was made on September 1, 2025 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program. The award supports research by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Office of Sponsored Programs to investigate the circuit mechanisms of sensorimotor predictive processing for active touch. The project aims to enhance understanding of...
- This federal Project Grant award of $813,406 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports research to investigate the role of the neuropeptide oxytocin in modulating the activity of the supramammillary nucleus (SUM) and its impact on social recognition memory. The research, to be conducted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, aims to elucidate the cellular, synaptic, and circuit mechanisms through which...
- This federal Project Grant award of $718,146, provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), supports research on the role of oxytocin and social bonding in facilitating the extinction of amphetamine reward in the prairie vole animal model. The research aims to investigate how social connection and social interaction can prevent and reduce drug use and dependence, as well as facilitate drug reward extinction. Using the...
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $566,382 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) to Temple University. The 5-year grant, effective August 15, 2025, will support research to investigate novel therapeutic strategies for restoring sensory connections in the spinal cord after dorsal root injuries. The research aims to determine if specific subtypes of sensory axons prematurely...
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $125,724 project grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) on January 23, 2025. The project, titled "Hypoxia-Induced Misdirection: Understanding Postnatal Inhibitory Interneuron Migration in Neonatal Hypoxic Injury", aims to use computational approaches to identify altered...
- This $14.48 million cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will fund research into the neural dynamics driving affiliation and attachment. Awarded to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853), the project aims to examine how the neurobiology underlying affiliative behaviors in mice is adapted to support more...
- This federal Project Grant award of $738,566 was provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program. The award supports research by The Salk Institute for Biological Studies to define circuit mechanisms for the regulation of somatosensory feedback, with a focus on understanding how sensory signals are dynamically modulated in the dorsal column nuclei to...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $151,040 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct research on the neural mechanisms regulating affiliative social behaviors in mice. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) utilize optogenetics to manipulate oxytocin-responsive neurons in the medial amygdala and their projections to other brain regions involved in...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $413,694 Project Grant under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) to Florida State University (FSU) to investigate the role of oxytocin receptors on peripheral sensory neurons in the development of the hypothalamus during the infant attachment sensitive period. The research aims to understand the neural mechanisms by which social touch is encoded in the brain and its implications for species-typical social behavior. The award period is from August 15, 2025 to July 31, 2027. The proposed experiments will utilize transcriptomics and circuit-based activity measurements in infant mice to determine how peripheral sensory oxytocin receptor activity influences the development of the hypothalamus in response to social touch during this critical developmental window.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $413.7k | 8/14/25 |