In addition to the project research funded by grants to individual members of the Institute, several collaborative research projects are supported by program and center grants assigned to the Brain Research Institute. A number of broadly interdisciplinary research activities are being pursued by members of the Institute.

BRI Initiatives:

· The Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research at UCLA
· Center for Gene-Environment Studies in Parkinson's Disease
· Plasticity of GABA Receptors
· Laboratory of Neuromuscular Plasticity Programs
· Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology (LNE)
· Neuroscience History Archives
· BRI Microscopy Cores

UCLA Neuroscience Research Centers:

· Brain Mapping Center
· Center for Sleep Research
· Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI)
· Mental Retardation Research Center (MRRC)
· Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
· Quantitative EEG Labs