Faculty (All Tracks)

• Paul Abbas Ph.D.
  
  Physiology of electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve
• François M. Abboud M.D.
  
  Neural regulation of the circulation
• Michael Anderson Ph.D.
  
  Mechanisms contributing to glaucomatous neurodegeneration
• Steven Anderson Ph.D.
  
  Human higher cortical functions (frontal lobe)
• Nancy C. Andreasen M.D., Ph.D.
Brain imaging in the major psychoses
• Christopher Benson M.D.
  
  Molecular mechanisms of cardiac sensation
• Daniel Bonthius MD, Ph.D.
  
  Neurological Birth Defects
• Timothy Brennan Ph.D., M.D.
  
  Understanding persistent pain mechanisms
• Kevin Campbell Ph.D.
  
  Neuromuscular Disease: Biology of Muscular Dystrophy and Associated CNS Abnormalities
• Martin Cassell Ph.D.
  
  Delineating the microcircuitry of brain systems involved in emotion
• Mark W. Chapleau Ph.D.
  
  Neural mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation. Baroreflex function in health and disease.
• Kelly Cole Ph.D.
  
  Control of posture and movement
• Robert Cornell Ph.D.
  
  Neural crest patterning in zebrafish
• Michael Dailey Ph.D.
  
  Development and Remodeling of Neurons and Glia in Mammalian Brain Tissues
• Warren Darling Ph.D.
  
  Control of posture and movement
• Beverly Davidson Ph.D.
  
  Gene therapy for neurological diseases
• Natalie Denburg Ph.D.
  
  Prefrontal Brain Structures, Aging, and Decision-Making
• Daniel Eberl Ph.D.
  
  Auditory mechanisms in Drosophila
• Frank Faraci M.D.
  
  Vascular biology; regulation of cerebral circulation
• Robert Felder M.D.
  
  Role of the central nervous system in heart disease
• Robert Franciscus Ph.D.
  
  My research program is focused on the origins of modern humans and the broader Middle and Later Pleistocene periods of genus Homo evolution that provide the framework for this dynamic
• John Freeman Ph.D.
  
  Neurobiology of learning and memory
• Minnetta Gardinier Ph.D.
  
  CNS myelination and oligodendroglial cell biology
• Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre M.D.
  
  Neurobiology of diseases of the basal ganglia
• Jean K. Gordon Ph.D.
  
  Lexical Access in Normal and Disordered Systems
• Thomas Grabowski M.D.
  
  Physiologic correlates of normal and defective cognition
• Steven Green Ph.D.
  
  Intracellular signaling: signal transduction for neurotrophic stimuli
• Jeremy Greenlee M.D.
• Donna L. Hammond Ph.D.
  
  Neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of central nervous system (CNS) pathways that convey pain; bulbospinal pathways that mediate the production of analgesia
• Charles Harata M.D., Ph.D.
• Eliot Hazeltine Ph.D.
  
  Representing and Selecting Action
• Donald Heistad M.D.
  
  Regulation of the circulation
• Johannes Hell Ph.D.
  
  Synapse, glutamate receptors, Calcium channels, protein kinases, PKA, CaMKII, Pyk2, Src, PSD-95, postsynaptic, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, Huntington’s disease, epilepsy assembly of postsynaptic signaling complexes and neurodegenerative diseases
• Mary Horne Ph.D.
  
  Novel Cyclin Functions in Cell Cycle Arrest, Differentiation and Programmed Cell Death
• Douglas W. Houston Ph.D.
  
  Molecular mechanisms involved in the control of cell fate determination and pattern formation in early vertebrate nervous system development.
• Matthew Howard M.D.
  
  Neural basis of audition
• Richard Hurtig Ph.D.
  
  Invariant properties of human perception and information processing, with an emphasis on the underlying neural mechanisms
• Jean Jew M.D.
  
  Sympathetic and peptidergic control of gut motility
• Alan Johnson Ph.D.
  
  Neural control of body fluid balance and cardiovascular homeostasis
• Wayne Johnson Ph.D.
  
  Molecular mechanisms of sensory signal transduction

• Alan Kay Ph.D.
  
  Firing dynamics of neurons in the mammalian cerebral cortex
• Toshihiro Kitamoto Ph.D.
  
  Genetics of complex behavior
• Michel Ladouceur Ph.D.
  
  Neuro-rehabilitation of walking
• Gloria Lee Ph.D.
  
  Neuronal cytoskeleton, signal transduction, and neurodegenerative diseases
• Inah Lee Ph.D.
  
  Neural mechanisms of event memory and goal-directed behavior.
• Vince Magnotta Ph.D.
  Structural and functional imaging to study brain disorders
• D.P. Mohapatra, Ph.D
• Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
• Steven A. Moore M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Muscular dystrophy and developmental neurobiology
• David Moser Ph.D.
  
  Vascular disease and cognition in the elderly
• Peg Nopoulos M.D.
  
  Brain Structure / Function Relationships using MRI and cognitive/behavioral assessment
• M. Sue O'Dorisio M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Role of neuropeptides in development of neural crest and cerebellum.
• Daniel O'Leary Ph.D.
  
  Human cognitive function and its neural basis; neuroimaging
• Nicholas J. Pantazis, Ph.D.
  
  Fetal alcohol syndrome: mechanisms and prevention of detrimental effects of ethanol on the developing nervous system, Neuronal development
• Sergio Paradiso M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Relationship between emotion processing and psychopathology, and between neuropsychological functioning and mood, in neuropsychiatric disorders and late-life.
• Jane Paulsen Ph.D.
  
  Neural basis of cognition; preclinical deficits in dementia gene-carriers; frontal subcortical deficits, particularly Huntington's disease
• Stanley Perlman M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Localization of virus and cell-mediated immune response in mice developing demyelination after infection with mouse hepatitis virus
• Robert Philibert M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Behavioral genetics
• Amy Poremba Ph.D.
  
  Neurobiology of learning and memory; auditory system and multisensory interactions
• Herbert Proudfit Ph.D.
  
  Neural circuits that control pain
• Kamal Rahmouni, Ph.D.
• Neurobiology of Metabolism and Cardiovascular Function
• Matthew Rizzo M.D.
  
  behavioral neurology, cognitive neuroscience, vision, neuroergonomics
• Robert Robinson M.D.
  
  Neuropsychiatry/neurobehavior
• Andrew Russo Ph.D.
  
  Neuronal control of gene expression
• Erwin Shibata Ph.D.
  
  Caveolae-dependent regulation of ion channels
• Curt Sigmund Ph.D.
• Neural Control of Blood Pressure Regulation
• Kathleen Sluka P.T., Ph.D.
  
  Somatosensory system; neuropharmacology of pain
• Christopher Stipp Ph.D.
  
  Cell surface interaction maps and neuronal cell motility and function
• Stefan Strack Ph.D.
  
  Protein phosphatase 2A in neuronal signal transduction
• William Talman M.D.
  
  Central neurotransmitters
• Daniel Tranel Ph.D.
  
  Neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates of complex human behavior
• Christopher Turner Ph.D.
  
  Auditory perception and hearing loss
• Ergun Uc M.D.
  
  Driving and cognitive function in Parkinson's disease; Body composition in Parkinson's disease; Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia; Investigational drugs in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.
• Shaun Vecera Ph.D.
  
  Visual cognition
• Michael Wall M.D.
  
  Neuro-ophthalmology/vision; Motion perception in health, aging and disease
• Edward Wasserman Ph.D.
  
  Biology of learning and memory in pigeons
• Joshua Weiner Ph.D.
  
  Cell Adhesion Molecules in Nervous System Development and Function
• Michael Welsh M.D.
  
  Ion channels and their abnormalities in disease
• John Wemmie M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Role of acid sensing ion channels in fear related behavior.
• Chun-Fang Wu Ph.D.
  
  Ion channels, activity-dependent neural plasticity, and learning behavior in Drosophila