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Interdepartmental Faculty
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Vincent Aloyo, PhD
(University of Tennessee)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Associate Research Professor.
Regulation of serotonin
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Peter W. Baas, PhD
(Michigan State University)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
To elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which the microtubule arrays of the neuron are established.
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Manuel A. Castro-Alamancos, PhD
(Complutense University and Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
Dynamics of thalamo-cortico-thalamic synaptic networks.
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Timothy Cunningham, PhD
(University of Washington School of Medicine )
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
Neural cell survival and death.
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Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies, Ph.D.
(Reading University)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Associate Professor.
Calcium signaling in cells.
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Itzhak Fischer, Ph.D.
(University of California, Irvine)
Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
Cellular and molecular strategies in promoting regeneration; structure and function of neuronal cytoskeleton.
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Gianluca Gallo, Ph.D.
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Professor.
Cell biology of axon extension and guidance.
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Wen-Jun Gao, M.D., Ph.D.
(Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yale University School of Medicine)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Professor.
Synaptic signaling and regulation of prefrontal neuronal circuitry and neurobiology of schizophrenia.
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Simon Giszter, Ph.D.
(University of Oregon)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Associate Professor.
Spinal cord organization and control of limb biomechanics.
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John A. Harvey, Ph.D.
(University of Chicago)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Professor.
The endogenous transmitter systems and molecular cascades that are involved in learning and memory.
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Joel Horwitz, Ph.D.
(University of Chicago)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Associate Professor.
The effects of long-term ethanol exposure on signal transduction in neuronal systems.
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John D. Houle, Ph.D.
(Purdue University )
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
Neurotransplantation strategies to promote structural and functional recovery after spinal cord injury.
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Christos Katsetos, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPATH
(St. George's University School of Medicine; The Gade Institute, University of Bergen)
Research Professor.
Brain tumors, perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, cerebrovascular disease, demyelinating and immune-mediated diseases of the CNS/PNS, autopsy neuropathology, and skeletal muscle pathology.
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John Kounios, Ph.D.
(University of Michigan)
Professor.
Cognitive neuroscience, especially creativity semantic information processing, memory, comprehension, and problem solving.
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Michel Lemay, Ph.D.
(Case Western Reserve University)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Professor.
The effects of spinal injury on the spinal motor ouput, and the interactions between intraspinal microstimulation, neural transplants promoting regeneration, and sensorimotor training aimed at shaping the regenerating pathways.
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Olimpia Meucci, M.D., Ph.D.
(University of Naples)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Associate Professor.
Intracellular mechanisms that regulate neuronal survival and differentiation, and the events that underlie the neuropathogenesis of AIDS and neuroinflammatory diseases.
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Karen Moxon, Ph.D.
(University of Colorado)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Professor.
Computational modeling, neural modeling, neurorobotics, neuromimetics, neurocontrol, multi-unit neural recording.
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E. Hazel Murphy, Ph.D.
(University of London)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
Central nervous system (CNS) development and mechanisms that control the effects of in utero drug exposure on the developing CNS.
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Marion Murray, Ph.D.
(University of Wisconsin)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
The basic mechanisms of neural plasticity that underlie the recovery of function after injury to the central nervous system (CNS).
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Robert A. Nichols, Ph.D.
(Stanford University)
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology,
Associate Professor.
Presynaptic regulation via ligand-gated ion channels; beta amyloid and presynaptic regulation via nicotinic receptors on nerve terminals in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.
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Jonathan Nissanov, Ph.D.
(University of Colorado)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Associate Professor.
Imaging and computer vision methods for neuroinformatics and neurocartography.
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Robin R. Preston, Ph.D.
(University of Nottingham)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Associate Professor.
Function and physiology of excitable membranes, using Paramecium as a model organism.
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Ramesh Raghupathi , Ph.D.
(Virginia Commonwealth University )
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Professor.
Cellular neurobiology of brain injury: mechanisms of cell dysfunction/death and plasticity.
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Paul E. Rapp, Ph.D.
(Cambridge University)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Professor.
The application of nonlinear dynamical analysis (a form of mathematical analysis derived from dynamical systems theory) to problems of cognitive psychophysiology.
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Lise Rioux, Ph.D.
()
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Associate Research Professor.
Imaging and computer vision methods for neuroinformatics and neurocartography.
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Anthony G. Romano, Ph.D.
(Ohio University)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Assistant Professor.
Characterizing the influence of the serotonergic system on associative learning; delineating the long-term behavioral and cognitive consequences of prenatal exposure to cocaine.
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Francis Sessler, Ph.D.
(University of Pierre & Marie Curi, Paris, France)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Associate Professor.
The effects of monoamines and drugs of abuse on local brain circuits and neurons.
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Jed Shumsky, Ph.D.
(University of Pennsylvania)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Research Professor.
Behavioral assessment of recovery of function from spinal cord injury.
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Kenny J. Simansky, Ph.D.
(University of Iowa)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Professor.
Analyzing the neural pathways, neurochemical mechanisms and physiological processes responsible for the behavioral actions of drugs.
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Young-Jin Son, Ph.D.
(University of Texas at Austin)
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Assistant Professor.
Plasticity and repair of synaptic connections in muscle and spinal cord.
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Melanie K. Tallent, Ph.D.
(University of Pennsylvania)
Department of Phamacology and Physiology,
Assistant Professor.
The regulation of neurotransmission by neuropeptides in normal and diseased brain.
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Alan R. Tessler, M.D.
(New York University )
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy,
Professor.
Neural transplants to enhance both neuron survival and regeneration.
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Barry D. Waterhouse, Ph.D.
(Temple University )
Associate Dean, Biomedical Graduate, Postdoctoral, and Professional Studies, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy ,
Professor.
The anatomy and physiology of the brainstem noradrenergic and serotonergic efferent systems as they relate to the sensory processing capabilities of the organism.
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Brian Wigdahl, Ph.D.
(The Medical College of Wisconsin)
Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Professor.
Molecular pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease caused by human retroviruses and herpesviruses.
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