Two neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have received grants from the National Institute of Mental Health to support research into memory.
Karyn Frick, a professor of psychology, is studying how estrogens enhance memory. She received a five-year, $1.8 million grant for her research entitled, “Mechanisms underlying memory regulation by 17beta-estradiol, canonical Wnt signaling, and BDNF in male and female mice.”
Frick’s laboratory uses mice and rats to examine questions about memory formation where the effects of aging, hormones, and environmental stimulation are similar to those in humans.
Fred Helmstetter, a professor of psychology, also received a five-year, $1.8 million grant for his research entitled, “Systems and molecular mechanisms of retrieval-dependent memory destabilization.”
The work of Helmstetter’s lab is aimed at understanding the fundamental mechanisms of neural systems underlying complex psychological phenomena such as perception, learning, memory and emotion.
