Division of Basic Science Research

This division focuses on understanding mechanisms of brain function and behavior in the context of psychiatric disease.

Division Director

Alexxai Kravitz

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-7956
• Email: alexxai@nospam.wustl.edu

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Muhammad Ali

Instructor in Psychiatry

• Phone: 774-823-8562
• Email: m.ali@wustl.edu

Anil Cashikar

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Neurology

• Phone: 314-273-1863
• Email: cashikar@wustl.edu

Douglas Covey

Andrew C. and Barbara B. Taylor Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-362-1726
• Email: dcovey@wustl.edu

Carlos Cruchaga

Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-286-0546
• Email: cruchagac@wustl.edu

Joseph Dougherty

Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-286-0752
• Email: jdougherty@wustl.edu

Abdallah El-Thaileb (Eteleeb)

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-1560
• Email: eteleeb@wustl.edu

Laura Ibanez

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-3641
• Email: ibanezl@wustl.edu

Sayaka Inoue

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-362-3142
• Email: sayaka@wustl.edu

Abhirami Kannan Iyer

Instructor in Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-362-8745
• Email: iyera@wustl.edu

Yukitoshi Izumi

Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-747-2987
• Email: izumiy@wustl.edu

Celeste Karch

Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-747-3161
• Email: karchc@wustl.edu

Adam Kepecs

Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-2205
• Email: akepecs@wustl.edu

Alexxai Kravitz

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-7956
• Email: alexxai@wustl.edu

Federica Lucantonio

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-3733
• Email: federica@wustl.edu

Susan Maloney

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-940-6008
• Email: maloneys@wustl.edu

Dario Maschi

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-362-5518
• Email: dario.maschi@wustl.edu

Steven Mennerick

Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-747-2988
• Email: menneris@wustl.edu

Miguel Minaya

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

• Phone: 314-273-8145
• Email: miguel.minaya@wustl.edu

Current Research Publications

• 25-hydroxycholesterol promotes brain cytokine production and leukocyte infiltration in a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation
  December 1, 2024
  25-hydroxycholesterol promotes brain cytokine production and leukocyte infiltration in a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammationRomero, J., Toral-Rios, D., Yu, J., Paul, S. & Cashikar, A. G., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21, 1, 251.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Single cell transcriptome analysis of the THY-Tau22 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease reveals sex-dependent dysregulations
  December 1, 2024
  Single cell transcriptome analysis of the THY-Tau22 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease reveals sex-dependent dysregulationsAli, M., Garcia, P., Lunkes, L. P., Sciortino, A., Thomas, M., Heurtaux, T., Grzyb, K., Halder, R., Coowar, D., Skupin, A., Buée, L., Blum, D., Buttini, M. & Glaab, E., Dec 2024, In: Cell Death Discovery. 10, 1, 119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Comprehensive blood metabolomics profiling of Parkinson’s disease reveals coordinated alterations in xanthine metabolism
  December 1, 2024
  Comprehensive blood metabolomics profiling of Parkinson’s disease reveals coordinated alterations in xanthine metabolismde Lope, E. G., Loo, R. T. J., Rauschenberger, A., Ali, M., Pavelka, L., Marques, T. M., Gomes, C. P. C., Krüger, R., Glaab, E., Acharya, G., Aguayo, G., Alexandre, M., Ali, M., Ammerlann, W., Arena, G., Balling, R., Bassis, M., Batutu, R., Beaumont, K. & Becker, R. & 118 others, Bellora, C., Berchem, G., Berg, D., Bisdorff, A., Boussaad, I., Bouvier, D., Brockmann, K., Calmes, J., Castillo, L., Contesotto, G., De Bremaeker, N., Diederich, N., Dondelinger, R., Ramia, N. E., Esteves, D., Fagherazzi, G., Ferrand, J. Y., […]
• Baseline levels and longitudinal changes in plasma Aβ42/40 among Black and white individuals
  December 1, 2024
  Baseline levels and longitudinal changes in plasma Aβ42/40 among Black and white individualsXiong, C., Luo, J., Wolk, D. A., Shaw, L. M., Roberson, E. D., Murchison, C. F., Henson, R. L., Benzinger, T. L. S., Bui, Q., Agboola, F., Grant, E., Gremminger, E. N., Moulder, K. L., Geldmacher, D. S., Clay, O. J., Babulal, G., Cruchaga, C., Holtzman, D. M., Bateman, R. J. & Morris, J. C. & 1 others, Schindler, S. E., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 5539.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Sertraline modulates hippocampal plasticity via sigma 1 receptors, cellular stress and neurosteroids
  December 1, 2024
  Sertraline modulates hippocampal plasticity via sigma 1 receptors, cellular stress and neurosteroidsIzumi, Y., Reiersen, A. M., Lenze, E., Mennerick, S. & Zorumski, C., Dec 2024, In: Translational psychiatry. 14, 1, 474.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review