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Alphabetically, or by department
Paul A. Liebman, MD
Visual
receptor transduction biochemistry and related neural receptor signalling
systems William M. Armstead, PhD
Control of cerebral hemodynamics during physiologic and pathologic
conditions such as traumatic brain injury and cerebral
ischemia/reperfusion
Kathryn Commons, PhD
Neurochemical architecture, function and plasticity of brain circuits influencing pain perception
Richard O. Davies, DVM, PhD
Neural control of respiration; upper airway function; sleep apnea; motor
control Steven J. Fluharty, PhD
Regulation of neuropeptide receptor gene expression and signal transduction
in cultured neuronal cells and behaving animals Leszek K. Kubin, PhD
Arousal; motor control; neural control of breathing; neurophysiology
of sleep; raphe nuclei; REM sleep; serotonergic and adrenergic
receptors
Richard R. Miselis, VMD, PhD
Neuroanatomy; visceral neuraxis; ingestive behaviors; homeostasis Adrian R. Morrison, DVM, PhD
Neural control of sleep and wakefulness Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet, PhD
Regulation of cell diversity in the developing
spinal cord
Roland G. Kallen, MD, PhD Ion
channel mediated transmembrane signal transduction. What do channels
look like, how do they work in the presence and absence of modifiers
and what regulates their expression of voltage-sensitive sodium channels
in normal and pathologic states? Gershon Buchsbaum, PhD
Visual signal processing and image coding, modeling of retinal and visual
system architecture and function, computational neuroscience and neural
networks
Leif Finkel,
MD, PhD Computer neuroscience and neuroengineering
Kwabena A. Boahen, PhD
Designing mixed
analog-digital, multichip, microelectronic systems that model the
structure and function of early
stages of the visual and auditory pathways
Ted Abel, PhD
Genetic approaches to study the molecular basis of
synaptic plasticity, learning and memory
Nancy Bonini, PhD
Molecular genetics of neurodegenerative disease
Dorothy L. Cheney, PhD
Social behavior and vocal communication of free-ranging
birds and mammals, especially nonhuman primates.
Marc Schmidt, PhD
Encoding of complex motor behaviors; auditory/motor
integration; neural basis of vocal learning
Michael Granato, PhD
Genetic control of axonal guidance and neural
circuit formation in the zebrafish embryo
Daniel S. Kessler, PhD Vertebrate development; signal transduction; transcriptional regulation; primary germ layers; Spemann's organizer. Patricia A. Labosky, PhD Development
of the mammalian embryo, genes that control neuronal patterning, gastrulation
and neural crest specification. Thomas D. Parsons, VMD, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release Nader Engheta, PhD
Biologically inspired polarization imaging and
applications, electromagnetics, optics, electromagnetic aspects of brain
cortical potentials
Nabil H. Farhat, PhD
The focus of my research is in Corticonics where I am applying
concepts and tools from nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation theory,
self-organized criticality, complexity, and chaos to the modeling and
study of the cortex. In corticonics (echoing electronics) I am
concerned with developing a dynamical approach to understanding the
cortex and its collective codes for information processing.
Santosh S. Venkatesh, PhD
Neural networks; statistical pattern
recognition; computational learning theory; information and complexity
theory
Robert W. Neumar, MD, PhD Mechanisms
of neuronal injury after cardiac arrest and stroke. Current research
projects include investigation of: 1) the mechanism and consequences
of disrupted calcium homeostasis in post-ischemic neurons, 2) the role
of calpain and caspase proteolytic cascades in post-ischemic neuronal
death. Peter S. Klein, MD, PhD
Mechanism of lithium action in behavior and development, Wnt signaling
in vertebrate embryogenesis and neuronal signal transduction
Scott A. Mackler, MD, PhD Molecular
mechanisms of cocaine addiction Allan I. Pack, MD, PhD Neural
control of respiration; effect of sleep on neural control of respiration,
sleep apnea syndrome Nigel W. Fraser, PhD
Mechanisms of Herpes Simplex Virus latency and
reactivation: application to gene transfer and cancer therapy
Mark I. Friedman, PhD Metabolic
control of feeding behavior; overeating and obesity John H. Teeter, PhD
Chemosensory transduction; synaptic organization of taste buds; pheromone
communication; orientation to chemosensory cues
Arthur Asbury, MD
Peripheral nerve disorders - clinical and
experimental
Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD
Developmental and Molecular Neuroscience, Epilepsy
Mark J. Brown, MD Peripheral
nerve structure and function; diabetic and other peripheral neuropathies
Anjan Chatterjee, MD
The cognitive neuroscience of spatial attention and
representation, the neural basis of language, and the relationship of
space and language
Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD Cortical maldevelopment as it relates to epilepsy, mental retardation, and autism; The Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Brain tumors Edward C. Cooper, MD, PhD Regulatory
mechanisms of ion channels; localization of ion channels in the mammalian
CNS; molecular mechanisms through which abnormalities of CNS ion channels
contribute to neurological disease John A. Detre, MD
Cerebral blood flow and metabolism under normal
and pathophysiological conditions; functional activation of human
brain; cerebrovascular disease and stroke modeling
Marc A. Dichter, MD, PhD Epilepsy;
cortical physiology; regulation of synaptic function; Francisco A. González-Scarano, MD
Viral determinants of neurotropism in two systems: human immunodeficiency
virus and La Crosse Bunyavirus Joel H. Greenberg, PhD
Cerebrovascular physiology in both normal states
and pathophysiological states; positron emission tomography;
metabolic tissue changes during cerebral ischemia; activation-flow
coupling
Judith B. Grinspan, PhD
Origin and development of oligodendroglia and
synthesis of myelin; control of proliferation, differentiation and
survival of the oligodendroglial lineage; plasticity of
oligodendroglia; programmed cell death in myelinating cells.
Murray Grossman, MD, EdD Evaluating
the cognitive and physiological basis for language and communicative
processing in humans David R. Lynch, MD
NMDA receptors
David E. Pleasure, MD
Biochemical studies of glial membrane structure and function
Martin Reivich, MD Cerebral
blood flow and metabolism and their regulation; cerebrovascular disorders;
positron emission tomography; neuroreceptors Michael E. Selzer, MD, PhD Spinal
cord regeneration in lamprey David Solomon, MD, PhD Vestibular
ocular motor neurophysiology, clinical neuro-otology, kinematics and
biomechanics of human gaze control, turning and circular locomotion
Steve Scherer, MD, PhD Axon-Schwann
cell interactions in developing and regenerating peripheral nerve Rita Balice-Gordon, PhD
Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity during neural development,
using neuromuscular and cns synapses as model systems; neurotrophic
and other cell-cell signaling mechanisms underlying synapse formation
and maintenance
Robert Barchi, MD, PhD Molecular
characterization of ion channels in excitable membranes Diego Contreras, MD, PhD
Representation of information in corticothalamic networks. Epilepsy.
Bryan Crenshaw, PhD Analysis of the role of developmental regulatory factors during mouse embryonic development Matthew Dalva, PhD Cellular and molecular mechanisms guiding the process of synapse formation between CNS neurons; Roles of activity-dependent and activity-independent cues in cell-cell interaction in synapse development. Marco Frank, PhD Dept of Neuroscience:
The function of sleep in developing and adult animals. Alan Gelperin, PhD Synaptic plasticity and learning. Olfactory information processing in the CNS. Electronic olfaction. Computational neuroscience. George L. Gerstein, PhD Representationof information in auditory and visual systems, particularly with reference to function of assemblies of neurons; models of neuronal networks Joshua Gold, PhD How the brain
forms decisions about sensory stimuli: What are the underlying neural
computations? Where are the circuits that perform these computations?
How are these circuits shaped by experience Phil Haydon, PhD
The regulation of synaptic transmission. In particular we are interested in the reciprocal signaling between synapses and astrocytes that is mediated by the release of chemical transmitters and how astrocytes regulate synapse development and function. Irwin B. Levitan, PhD
Modulation of neuronal activity and neuronal ion channels
Jon M. Lindstrom, PhD The structure of nicotinic acetylocholine receptors from muscles and nerves; the autoimmune response to muscle nicotinic receptors in myasthenia gravis Minghong Ma, PhD Cellular and molecular
mechanisms underlying the sense of smell (olfaction) in mammals. Michael Nusbaum, PhD
Neural
network modulation; motor pattern selection from multifunctional networks;
local, presynaptic influences; neuropeptide function Ana Lia Obaid, PhD
Optical
measurements of electrical activity; excitation-secretion coupling; simple
nervous systems in vitro; enteric nervous system Larry A. Palmer, PhD
Cortical circuits mediating direction and orientation selective
responses and responses from outside the classical receptive field in
visual cortex. Jonathan A. Raper, PhD
Developmental
neurobiology; growth cone guidance; cell recognition; cell motility; and
regeneration Alan C. Rosenquist, PhD
Anatomy and physiology of the visual system Brian Salzberg, PhD
Optical
probes of membrane potential Amita Sehgal, PhD
Genetic
and molecular mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms in
Drosophila Robert G. Smith, PhD
Understanding how the structure and biophysical
properties of a neuron influence the signal processing function of the
surrounding neural circuit Peter Sterling, PhD
Microcircuitry
of the visual system Noga Vardi, PhD Retinal processing
- how anatomical and chemical circuit architecture code and transfer
information Gordon H. Baltuch, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Novel surgical strategies for the treatment of epilepsy and degenerative
diseases; the biology of glia in disease Peter D. LeRoux, MD, FACS Dissociated and organotypic culture, immunohistochemistry,
cell biology, protein biochemistry Tracy McIntosh, PhD Molecular
and cellular sequelae of central nervous system injury; Cell death/survival
pathways and DNA damage/repair mechanisms; Neuroprotective treatments
including gene therapy and stem cell transplantation. Frank A. Welsh, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of ischemic brain damage.
Treatment of the ischemic brain. Role of stress proteins in the cellular
defense against ischemia. Development of RNA therapy to overexpress
specific proteins in the brain.
Jean Bennett, MD, PhD Genetics,
pathology and treatment of inherited retinal degenerations Evan B. Dreyer, MD, PhD Elucidating
the role of glutamate mediated, i.e. excitotoxic damage to retinal ganglion
cells in glaucoma, and in particular the site of glutamate transporter
malfunction in this disease; establishing the role of zinc chelation
in exacerbating excitotoxicity; exploring pharmacologic and gene therapy
approaches to retard ganglion cell loss from excitotoxicity; identifying
the role of glutamate receptors in proliferative vitreoretinopathy and
retinal pigment epithelium Joshua Dunaeif, MD, PhD Age-related
macular degeneration (AMD), oxidative stress in retinal disease, retinal
iron metabolism, apoptosis in the retina.
Alan M. Laties, MD
Ocular anatomy and physiology; myopia
Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD Molecular bases of inherited retinal degenerations. Edward N. Pugh, PhD
Photoreceptor transduction in rods and cones; early processes
in human color vision; polarization vision in vertebrates; "polarization
contrast" vision Richard A. Stone, MD Ocular pharmacology
and innervation; neural regulation of eye growth and refractive error
Richard L. Doty, PhD
Olfaction; neuro-psychopharmacology;
dementia-related diseases; chemosensory psychophysics
Stephen M. Echteler, PhD
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synapse
formation within the developing ear
Igor L. Kratskin, MD, PhD
Neurobiology of olfaction; centrifugal innervation of the olfactory
bulb; function of taurine in olfactory structures; olfactory bulb in
health and disease James C. Saunders, PhD
Psychobiology and neurobiology of hearing Alan M. Kelly, BVSc, MRCVS, PhD
Development of neuromuscular specialization John H. Wolfe, VMD, PhD Somatic
gene transfer and therapy for the central nervous system Robert W. Doms, PhD Cell
biology of membrane proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease
pathogenesis; Viral neuropathogenesis
Jeffrey A. Golden, MD
Patterning and Cell Migration in the Developing
Nervous System
Nicholas K. Gonatas, MD
Intrinsic membrane proteins
of the neuronal Golgi apparatus; involvement of the organelle in the
pathogenesis of motor neuron disease
Ehud Lavi, MD
Neurovirology, the interaction between viruses and the nervous system;
HIV infection of the brain; the pathogenesis of experimental models of
virus induced demyelination in mice; multiple sclerosis
Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD
Biology of tau, synucleins and amyloid beta precursor proteins (APPs)
in health and disease
John Carl Oberholtzer, MD, PhD
Gene expression of auditory hair cell ion channels; signal transduction
in the auditory receptor epithelium; differentiation and regeneration
of hair cells in the cochlea William W. Schlaepfer, MD
Post-transcriptional regulatory pathways leading to motor
neuron degeneration
John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD
Cytoskeletal protein abnormalities in normal maturing, developing, aging,
and neoplastic neurons Douglas A. Coulter, PhD Epilepsy, neuronal excitability, CNS rhythm generation, GABA receptors, development of neurotransmitter receptors and ion channels, synaptic function Harry Ischiropoulos, Ph.D. Oxidative
stress, post-translational protein modifications and protein aggregation
in neurodegenerative diseases. Non-invasive discovery and validation
of disease biomarkers. Michael Robinson, PhD Signaling pathways that regulate glutamate transporters and the relationship of these transporters to acute brain injury Rita J. Valentino, Ph.D. Neurobiology
of stress and mechanisms of stress-related psychiatric disorders; central
control of visceral functions Julie Blendy, PhD
Molecular basis of drug abuse
Debu Chakravarti, PhD
Molecular mechanisms and regulations of steroid
hormone and vitamin signaling
James H. Eberwine, PhD
Molecular basis of neuronal adaptation with
emphasis on the following adaptive processes; tetanic potentiation, glucocorticoid-induced, age-induced as
well as opiate-induced adaptation
Randall N. Pittman, PhD
Cellular and molecular events in neural apoptosis and polyglutamine repeat
expansion neurodegenerative diseases.
Steven A. Thomas, MD, PhD The
roles of neurotransmission in development, neurophysiology and ultimately
behavior Yanyan Wang, PhD
Synaptic plasticity in learning/memory and in
neurological/psychiatric diseases
Clay Armstrong, MD Ionic channels and their gating mechanisms Stephen M. Baylor, MD Excitation-contraction
coupling in muscle; measurement of intracellular ionic concentrations Paul J. De Weer, MD, PhD Biochemical and biophysical mechanisms, kinetics, thermodynamics, and structure of the electrogenic sodium pump Kevin Foskett, PhD Dept of Physiology:
Molecular physiology of the inositol trisphosphate receptor calcium
release channel and the cystic fibrosis chloride channel Erika Holzbaur, PhD Molecular
and cellular approaches to study microtubule-based motors and their
roles in neuronal transport, vesicular motility, and cell division Toshinori Hoshi, PhD Oxidative regulation of neuronal excitability;
ion channel gating; protein oxidative damage and aging. Zhe Lu, MD, PhD Molecular mechanisms
of potassium channels and retinal cGMP-activated channels Gary Aston-Jones, PhD
Dept of Psychiatry: Neurobiology of attention, affect, motivation and
reward. Focus on neuromodulatory systems of norepinephrine, dopamine,
and cholinergic neurons. Drug abuse, attention deficit disorder and
stress/depression.
Wade Berrettini, MD, PhD Delineating
genetic influences on behavior, including behavioral disorders Maja Bucan, PhD Genetic
dissection of complex behaviors in mice; Functional genomics
Russell J. Buono, PhD
(1) Genetics of complex neurological and psychiatric illness; (2)
oxygen controlled gene regulation
David F. Dinges, PhD Control
of neurobehavioral functions by sleep and circadian processes; neuroendocrine
and neuroimmune functions; sleep disorders Thomas N. Ferraro, PhD
Genetic influences in complex traits and behaviors related to CNS
diseases
Ruben C. Gur, PhD Human neuropsychology,
emotion and cognitive processes, integration of neurobehavioral data
with neuroanatomic and neurophysiologic data on regional brain function
in healthy, neurologic and psychiatric populations; understanding sex
differences in health and disease from a neurodevelopmental perspective
Irwin Lucki, PhD (1) Behavioral
pharmacology; (2) Mechanism of action of antidepressant and antianxiety
medications; (3) Stress neurobiology and psychiatric disorders Caryn Lerman, PhD
Human bio-behavioral studies employing laboratory-based methods, cohort studies, and clinical trials to investigate genotype-environment interactions in nicotine dependence
Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD
Pre-clinical and clinical psychopharmacology; mechanisms of drug dependence;
endogenous opioids; conditioning; pharmacological treatment of addictive
disorders R. Arlen Price, PhD
Genetics of complex human traits, partilcularly
obesity and psychiatric illness
Richard J. Ross, MD, PhD Neuropharmacology
of sleep; basic sleep mechanisms; clinical sleep disorders; post-traumatic
stress disorder; depression Albert J. Stunkard, MD Genetic, psychological, therapeutic and developmental studies of human obesity and eating disorders Steven J. Siegel, MD, PhD Neurobiology
of schizophrenia and development of new treatment modalities including
long term delivery systems
Hans P. A. Van Dongen, PhD
Neurobehavioral performance; circadian and
seasonal rhythms; sleep structure and sleep regulation; sleep inertia;
microsleeps; morningness-eveningness; intra- and inter-individual
variability; unequally spaced time series; neurophysiological systems
analysis
Benjamin T. Backus, PhD Visual perception; space perception; binocular vision, and stereopsis David Brainard, PhD Visual perception
and its neural mechanisms; digital image processing Martha J. Farah, PhD
Neural
bases of vision and visual cognition in humans Lori Flanagan-Cato, PhD
Steroid-induced plasticity of neural circuits to control reproductive
and ingestive behaviors
Harvey J. Grill, PhD Neural control of
nutrient intake; gastrointestinal physiology; pharmacology of intake
and gastrointestinal function Amishi Jha, PhD Neural Basis of
Human Memory and Attention Laura L. Peoples, PhD Behavioral
pharmacology, neuropharmacology; electrophysiological recordings in
freely-moving animals
Robert Rescorla, PhD
Behavioral study of elementary learning processes, especially
Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental training Virginia M. Richards, PhD Auditory
perception; decision processes Robert M. Seyfarth, PhD
Social behavior and vocal communication of
free-ranging birds and mammals, especially nonhuman primates.
Saul Sternberg, PhD
Human experimental and mathematical psychology
Sharon L. Thompson-Schill, PhD
Dept of Psychology: Neural bases of memory and language in humans
Abass Alavi, MD
Neuroimaging with positron emission tomography
(PET); single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); magnetic
resonance imaging and spectroscopy
Hank F. Kung, PhD
Current research interests include
1) developing imaging agents for CNS receptors (dopamine and serotonin
neurotransmitter systems), 2) agents for imaging Alzheimer's disease,
and 3) neuronal functional imaging of the heart
Nigel W. Fraser, PhD Mechanisms
of Herpes Simplex Virus latency and reactivation: application to gene
transfer and cancer therapy Kazuko Nishikura, PhD
Molecular mechanisms and biological significance of A-to-I RNA editing
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