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Ryan Kovaleski

Ryan Kovaleski, PhD

Data Manager

Key Personnel

Northwestern University

Teams

Nelson

Themes

PD Heterogeneity

Tags

Sleep disorders PD heterogeneity: circuit biology Locus coeruleus Cognitive dysfunction/dementia Electrophysiology Pathology Alpha-synuclein Non-motor symptoms

Recent ASAP Preprints & Published Papers

Thalamus orchestrates local acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release in the learning striatum

Dopamine is essential for basal ganglia function, and the loss of dopamine function during Parkinson’s disease (PD) is fundamental to the motor symptoms of the disease. We studied how dopamine release is regulated in the striatum during motor learning. While dopamine release is usually thought to arise following dopamine neuron…

Team Nelson

Alexandra Nelson

Alexandra Nelson

Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Zayd Khaliq

Zayd Khaliq

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Talia Lerner

Talia Lerner

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Elie Matar

Elie Matar

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Elsa Dean-Muncie

Elsa Dean-Muncie

Project Manager, Trainee
Lachlan Churchill

Lachlan Churchill

Data Manager, Trainee
Ryan Kovaleski

Ryan Kovaleski

Data Manager, Key Personnel

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