Cellular Neuroscience

Cellular Neuroscience focuses on the behavior of whole cells in the nervous system and their role in information processing. At Utah, particular strength is found in the area of sensory neuroscience. Sensory systems provide the interface between an organism and the environment. Sensory receptors are composed of specialized cells or nerve endings which transduce internal and external stimuli into encoded neural messages which are interpreted by the central nervous system and then acted upon by the organism. At the University of Utah there are scientists interested in all aspects of sensation and strong research groups working in vision, chemoreception, sematosensation and audition. Recently, vision scientists and molecular biologists at the University identified a malfunctioning gene in the retina, which is responsible for some types of a retinal disease called macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. Chemosensory research in our program is directed towards understanding the basic function of olfactory, vomeronasal and arterial chemosensory systems.

Faculty doing cellular research and their departmental affiliation are:

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Department

Research Interest

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Michael Bastiani Biology Development of neuronal connections
Chi-Bin Chien Neurobiology & Anatomy Axonal pathfinding in zebrafish mutants
Gregory A. Clark Bioengineering Electrophysiological, cellular, and computational analyses of neuronal plasticity in simple systems (Aplysia and Hermissenda); neural information processing; bio-based neuroprostheses  
Maureen L. Condic Neurobiology & Anatomy Interactions of sensory neurons with extracellular matrix

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Ed Dudek Physiology Mechanisms of neuronal communication under normal developmental conditions and in models of epilepsy using electrophysiological techniques in brain slices as well as in behaving animals
Annette E. Fleckenstein Pharmacology & Toxicology Neuropharmacology, neurochemistry and aminergic transporters
Sabine Fuhrmann Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Regulation of eye development

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Erik M. Jorgensen Biology Mechanisms of synaptic function
Kristen A. Keefe Pharmacology & Toxicology Pharmacology of neuropsychiatric disorders
David Krizaj Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Calcium regulation and synaptic communication in the vertebrate retina
Edward Levine Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Development and regeneration in the mammalian central nervous system
Alan R. Light Anesthesiology Neurobiology of pain and fatigue enhancement caused by injury and in Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia syndromes
Mary T. Lucero Physiology Olfactory physiology

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Suzanne Mansour Human Genetics FGF signaling and ear development
Robert E. Marc Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Retinal Circuitry and Rewiring Induced by Neurodegenerative Disease
J. Michael McIntosh Psychiatry and Biology Molecular Pharmacology of CNS receptors and ion channels
William C. Michel Physiology Olfactory and gustatory physiology
Richard A. Normann Bioengineering Information processing in the vertebrate retina; phototransduction
Shannon J. Odelberg Internal Medicine Molecular basis of regeneration and cellular plasticity

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Tatjana Piotrowski Neurobiology & Anatomy Sensory organ formation in zebrafish
Richard D. Rabbitt Bioengineering Micro-electric impedance spectroscopy of auditory and vestibular hair cells
Scott W. Rogers Neurobiology & Anatomy Molecular biology and neurobiology of ligand-activated receptors

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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado Neurobiology & Anatomy Molecular basis of metazoan regeneration
Trent Volz Pharmacology & Toxicology Bioanalytical chemistry, neuropharmacology, and enzyme kinetics to study neurotransmitter transporter proteins
John A. White Bioengineering Hippocampal neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, real-time instrumentation  
Karen S. Wilcox Pharmacology & Toxicology Electrophysiological mechanisms of action of novel anticonvulsant drugs
Doju Yoshikami Biology Cellular and molecular physiology of ion channels
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