Ralph Joseph DiLeone PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology

Departments & Organizations

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | DiLeone Lab

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Neurobiology: Kavli Institute for Neuroscience

Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Molecular Psychiatry | Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program

Research Interests

Addictions; Animal Behavior; Ethology; Animal Nutrition; Diseases and Disorders; Drug Abuse; Eating Disorders; Etiology; Evolution; Genetic Manipulation; Natural History; Obesity; Psychiatry

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Education

B.A., Skidmore College , 1992
Ph.D., Stanford University , 1998

Selected Publication

Naryanan, N.S., Land, B.B., Solder, J.E., Deisseroth, K., and R.J. DiLeone (2012) Prefrontal D1 dopamine signaling is required for temporal control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(50) 20726-31.

Articles

July/August 2011

A crash course in real-world research

John Solder, a 17-year-old who will be a senior at Staples High School, in Westport, Conn., this fall, has a summer...

How bad timing befalls the brain

In patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), carefully timed actions, such as the coordinated behaviors that make up body...