Levine lab
Image of an embryonic mouse eye at the beginning of retinal neurogenesis. The red boundary is the developing retinal pigmented epithelium. The red cells in the retina are newly specified neurons and cone photoreceptors and the turquoise cells are differentiating ganglion cells. The developing lens is the circular tissue in the "cup" of the eye.
Fuhrmann lab
Conditional disruption of B-catenin in the embryonic mouse RPE leads to a loss of pigmentation (B; arrow) and abnormal thickening of the dorsal RPE (B; arrowhead),
an initial sign of defective RPE formation. A,C: control.
Jensen lab
Representative photo of luciferase-expressing intracranial tumors after injection of firefly D-Luciferin. Mouse #3 is the untreated control showing highest radiance compared to the mice #1 and #2 treated with an siRNA directed against HIF-1 demonstrating little or no expression of luciferase.
Chien lab
Confocal projection through a day 5 wholemounted zebrafish embryo, double-labelled with diI (red) and diO (green) in both eyes.
Baehr lab
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Cone photoreceptors (green) of a normal 24 year-old human donor are contrasted by immunolabeling for ELOVL4 (elongation of very long chain fatty acids 4; red). Gene mutations of ELOVL4 cause Stargart-like macular dystrophy, a dominantly inherited juvenile macular degeneration leading to photoreceptor cell death.
Tian lab
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An image of three-dimensional reconstruction of a mouse retinal ganglion cell.
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Jeffrey Anderson | Neuroradiology | Neurophysiology of distributed brain networks, brain synchrony, functional connectivity. New fMRI, diffusion tensor, and magnetoencephalography methods for diagnosing and understanding neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, autism, and Alzheimer Disease. | ||
| Alessandra Angelucci | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Structure and function of the visual cerebral cortex | ||
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| Wolfgang Baehr | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Phototransduction, the Retinoid Cycle, and Inherited Retinal Disease | ||
| Kuberan (Kuby) Balagurunathan | Medicinal Chemistry | Determining biological roles of heparan sulfate (HS) at the molecular level in the CNS. Designing new carbohydrate-based drugs to tackle CNS diseases | ||
| Brenda L. Bass | Biochemistry | Determining the roles of RNA editing in the nervous system, using C. elegans as a model system | ||
| Michael Bastiani | Biology | Development of neuronal connections | ||
| Steven L. Bealer | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Investigating the effects of epilepsy on the cardiovascular system and on control of reproductive hormones | ||
| Josh Bonkowsky | Pediatrics | Axon pathfinding and development of basal ganglia; function of language genes in CNS development | ||
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| Mario R. Capecchi | Biology and Human Genetics | Gene manipulation in mammalian and other eukaryotic cells | ||
| 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 | ||
| Donnell J. Creel | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Sensory anomalies associated with hypopigmentation and diagnostic use of electrophysiological tests in patients | ||
| Sarah Creem-Regehr | Psychology | Cognitive neuroscience; visual perception; visual-motor control; spatial cognition | ||
| William R. Crowley | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Neuroendrocrine and neurochemical factors that regulate the secretion of anterior and posterior pituitary hormones | ||
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| Richard Dorsky | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Signaling pathways in zebrafish neural cell fate determination | ||
| 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 | ||
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| Annette E. Fleckenstein | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Neuropharmacology, neurochemistry and aminergic transporters | ||
| Jeanne Frederick | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Investigating the pathogenesis of mutant protein expression in retina neurons | ||
| Frances J. Friedrich | Psychology | Cognitive neuropsychology; language processes and spatial attention | ||
| Yingbin Fu | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Photoreceptor transduction and macular degenration | ||
| Sabine Fuhrmann | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Regulation of eye development | ||
| Robert S. Fujinami | Pathology | Neurovirology | ||
| Daniel W. Fults | Neurosurgery | Genetic abnormalities that cause human brain tumors | ||
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| Franz Goller | Biology | Behavioral physiology of sound production and song learning in songbirds | ||
| Bradley Greger | Bioengineering | Systems level physiology & Neural prosthetics | ||
| David J. Grunwald | Human Genetics | Tissue specification during zebrafish embryogenesis | ||
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| Glen R. Hanson | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Interaction between neuropeptide and biogenic amine transmitter systems in the central nervous system | ||
| John M. Hoffman | Radiology and Neurology | Modern imaging techniques including positron emission tomography (PET), MRI, and autoradiography to understand clinically relevant brain related problems and biologic processes | ||
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| Randy Jensen | Neurosurgery | Neuro Oncology. Hypoxia and angiogenesis in brain tumors, Calcium channel antagonist mediated growth inhibition of brain tumors | ||
| Erik M. Jorgensen | Biology | Mechanisms of synaptic function | ||
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| Kristen A. Keefe | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Pharmacology of neuropsychiatric disorders | ||
| Raymond P. Kesner | Psychology | Neurobiological basis of learning and memory | ||
| Julie R. Korenberg | Pediatrics | Neurobiology of human neurodevelopmental disorders, using mouse models and mapping gene expression in primate brain | ||
| David Krizaj | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Calcium regulation and synaptic communication in the vertebrate retina | ||
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| Janet E. Lainhart | Psychiatry | Neurobiology of autism | ||
| 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 | ||
| Gholson J. Lyon | Psychiatry | Genetics, pathophysiology and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, including Tourette Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, autism and mental retardation | ||
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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 | ||
| Andres Villu Maricq | Biology | The workings of synapses: molecular mechanisms regulating neurotransmission in C. elegans | ||
| J. Michael McIntosh | Psychiatry and Biology | Molecular Pharmacology of CNS receptors and ion channels | ||
| William C. Michel | Physiology | Olfactory and gustatory physiology | ||
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| Richard A. Normann | Bioengineering | Information processing in the vertebrate retina; phototransduction | ||
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| Shannon J. Odelberg | Internal Medicine | Molecular basis of regeneration and cellular plasticity | ||
| Baldomero M. Olivera | Biology | Ion channels, membrane receptors and sensory transduction | ||
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| Tatjana Piotrowski | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Sensory organ formation in zebrafish | ||
| Stefan-M. Pulst | Neurology | Inherited diseases of the nervous system with an emphasis on spinocerebellar ataxias and Parkinson's disease | ||
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| Richard D. Rabbitt | Bioengineering | Inner ear biophysics and physiology | ||
| Perry F. Renshaw | Psychiatry | In vivo neurochemical changes associated with mood and drug abuse disorders; natural products as novel treatments | ||
| Scott W. Rogers | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Molecular biology and neurobiology of ligand-activated receptors | ||
| Gary Rose | Biology | Information processing in the auditory and electrosensory systems | ||
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| Yukio Saijoh | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Pattern formation of vertebrates | ||
| Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Molecular basis of metazoan regeneration | ||
| Michael C. Sanguinetti | Physiology | Ionic basis of cardiac excitability; mechanisms of ion channel gating; mechanisms of channel block by drugs | ||
| Aloisia Schmid | Human Genetics | Drosophila in the study of human disease and in drug screens | ||
| Kimberly D. Statler | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Clinical and translational research in traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic epilepsy, and both pathophysiology and management aspects of pediatric neurointensive care | ||
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| Sharif Taha | Physiology | Neural control of reward-directed behaviors; role of opioid signaling in modulating food intake; impulsivity and alcohol consumption | ||
| Ning Tian | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Development of retinal synaptic circuitry | ||
| Patrick A. Tresco | Bioengineering | CNS Response to Implanted Materials | ||
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| Monica Vetter | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Retinal neurogenesis | ||
| Neil Vickers | Biology | Neuroethology of olfaction | ||
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| Yong Wang | Otolaryngology | Cellular physiology of neurons in the normal and dysfunctional mammalian central auditory system | ||
| Jason M. Watson | Psychology | Experimental investigation of reading, remembering, executive functions, and other brain-behavior relationships | ||
| H. Steve White | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Neuropharmacology; anticonvulsant drug mechanisms; genetics of audiogenic seizures | ||
| John A. White | Bioengineering | Hippocampal neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, real-time instrumentation | ||
| Karen S. Wilcox | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Electrophysiological mechanisms of action of novel anticonvulsant drugs | ||
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| Jun Yang | Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Pathogenetic mechanisms of retinal degeneration and cell biology of photoreceptors | ||
| Doju Yoshikami | Biology | Cellular and molecular physiology of ion channels | ||
| Deborah Yurgelun-Todd | Psychiatry | Application of MR imaging methods to understand emotional processing and cognitive changes associated with behavioral disorders |
Associate Faculty members:
Neuroscience faculty who teach, and participate in program activities.
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
Name | Department | Research Interest | ||
| John F. Ash | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Molecular physiology of membrane transport | ||
| Byron D. Bair | Internal Medicine and Psychiatry | Disruptive behaviors in geriatric populations and impact on health | ||
| Paul Bressloff | Mathematics | Theoretical neuroscience | ||
| Salvatore J. Fidone | Physiology | Neurobiology of mammalian arterial chemoreceptors | ||
| James W. Gibb | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Neurotransmission in the brain | ||
| John E. Greenlee | Neurology | Remote effects of cancer on the nervous system. Viral infections of the nervous system | ||
| Bernard I. Grosser | Psychiatry | Elucidation of the effects of psychotropic agents on normal and abnormal human behavior | ||
| Thomas N. Parks | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Development of nerve cells and neurobiology of the auditory system | ||
| Awais Riaz | Neurology | Epilepsy and general neurology | ||
| Gary C. Schoenwolf | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Pattern formation during early embryogenesis of vertebrates | ||
| Sheryl A. Scott | Neurobiology & Anatomy | Development of sensory neurons | ||
| Bert N. Uchino | Psychology | Influence of social factors on the aging process | |
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