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Primary and Adjunct Faculty

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Primary Faculty

Bagrat Amirikian, Ph.D.
Neural networks and motion.

James Ashe, M.D.
Neural control of movement.

Dale Branton, Ph.D.
Molecular basis of synaptic transmission.

Matthew Chafee, Ph.D.
Neural basis of spatial cognition and working memory, cortical system dysfunction in psychiatric disease.

Janet Dubinsky, Ph.D.
Neurotoxicity.

Timothy J. Ebner, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurophysiology of cerebellum and motor cortex.

Robert P. Elde, Ph.D.
Neuropeptides in central and peripheral nervous systems.

William C. Engeland. Ph.D.
Neuroendocrinology of stress.

Martha Flanders, Ph.D.
Neural control of movement.

Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurophysiology of motor control and cognition.

Glenn J. Giesler, Jr. Ph.D.
Somatic sensory processing, pain.

Geoffrey Ghose, Ph.D.
Strategies in visual cortex.

Christopher N. Honda, Ph.D.
Peripheral mechanisms of nociception and analgesia.

Paulo Kofuji, Ph.D.
Ion channels.

Lorene Lanier, Ph.D.
Growth cone motility and axon guidance.

Paul C. Letourneau, Ph.D.
Developmental neurobiology.

Arthur Leuthold, Ph.D.
Magnetocardiography studies.

Dezhi Liao, Ph.D.
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity.

Mark A. Masino, Ph.D.
Functional organization of spinal networks.

Steven C. McLoon, Ph.D.
Developmental neurobiology.

Robert L. Meisel, Ph.D.
Neural and hormonal bases of social and reproductive behaviors in animals.

Paul G. Mermelstein, Ph.D.
Calcium signaling and cellular excitability.

Robert Miller, M.D
Physiology and neuroscience of vision.

Yasushi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain development and plasticity.

Eric A. Newman, Ph.D.
Physiology and function of glial cells.

Teresa Nick, Ph.D.
Neural plasticityand its roles in the modulation of behavior.

Giuseppe Pellizzer, Ph.D.
Neural control of cognitivo-motor behavior.

A. David Redish, Ph.D.
Spatial reasoning and navigation:  From neurons to behavior.

Virginia S. Seybold, Ph.D.
Cellular mechanisms underlying hyperalgesia.

John F. Soechting, Ph.D.  
Motor control neurophysiology.

Mark Thomas, Ph.D.
Neurobiology of drug-induced plasticity and addiction, behavioral neuroscience.

Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D.
Brainstem control of spinal function:  Methods of fluorescence microscopy.

George L. Wilcox, Ph.D.
Neurotransmission of pain.

LiLian Yuan, Ph.D.
Dendritic function in neuronal information processing.

Lance Zirpel, Ph.D.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of activity-dependent neural development and survival.

Adjunct Faculty

Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D.
Alzheimer's disease and aging: animal and cellular models.

Marilyn E. Carroll, Ph.D.
Behavioral pharmacology, drug dependence, behavioral economics--animal models.

Esam E. El-Fakahany, Ph.D.
Neuronal receptor regulation, receptor coupling to second messengers, aging.

Carolyn Fairbanks, Ph.D.
Spinal delivery of analgesics.

S. Hossein Fatemi, M.D., Ph.D.
Molecular causes of schizophrenia and autism.

Jonathan Gewirtz, Ph.D.
Biological basis of learning, memory and fear.

Steven Juhn, M.D.
Biochemical pathology of inner ear disorders, effects of aging on auditory system.

Alice A. Larson, Ph.D.
Substance P and excitatory amino acids in pain.

Allen S. Levine, Ph.D.
Energy intake and energy expenditure.

Linda Kirschen McLoon, Ph.D.
Neuro-ophthalmology--muscle development, injury and regeneration.

Karen A. Mesce, Ph.D.
Neural systems and neurodevelopment.

Peter A. Santi, Ph.D.
Inner ear anatomy, molecular composition and function.

Donald A. Simone, Ph.D.
Neural mechanism of pain sensation.

Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy studies in cerebral function and metabolism.

Emeritus Faculty

Richard E. Poppele, Ph.D.
Neurophysiology of sensory-motor functions.

 

 

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