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Committee on Neuroscience Research
NAME Research Interest
Geoffrey Ahern, M.D., Ph.D. Behavioral Neurology; Dementia; Alzheimer's Disease; Wada Test
Gene Alexander, Ph.D. Brain function and structure in cognitive aging and neurodegenerative disease
John Allen, Ph.D. Human psychophysiology: emotion, cognition, memory and amnesia
E. Fiona Bailey, Ph.D. Voluntary and respiratory-related neuromuscular control of upper airway muscles
Julie Barkmeier, Ph.D. Neurolaryngology and behavioral issues in human voice production.
Carol Barnes, Ph.D. Neurobiological correlates of age-related declines in spatial cognition
Thomas Bever, Ph.D. Interactions of cognition and neurology in humans and animals
Richard Bootzin, Ph.D. Sleep and sleep disorders
Michael Brown, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry; Biophysics; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Membranes
Gail Burd, Ph.D. Development of the olfactory system; genes involved in neural development
Barbara Cone-Wesson, Ph.D. Auditory system development in humans
Bruce Coull, M.D. MR imaging, vascular biology, genetic epidemiology related to stroke
Bud Craig, Ph.D. Neurobiology of Pain and Temperature
Thomas Davis, Ph.D. The delivery of neuropharmaceuticals across the Blood Brain Barrier
Velma Dobson, Ph.D. Vision in Infants and Young Children
Carsten Duch, Ph.D. Development and function of central neurons
Gregory Dussor, Ph.D.

Mechanisms of sensory signaling from the skin; Ion channels involved in nociceptive signaling

Jean-Marc Fellous, Ph.D. Computational neuroscience, learning and emotional memory, neuromodulation
Aurelio Figueredo, Ph.D. Evolutionary psychology and behavioral development of life history strategy, sex, and violence in human and nonhuman animals
Ralph Fregosi, Ph.D. Regulation of Breathing
Andrew Fuglevand, Ph.D. Sensorimotor neurophysiology
Merrill Garrett, Ph.D. Real-time language processing
Ted Glattke, Ph.D. Auditory physiology
Sourav Ghosh, Ph.D. Regulation of cell polarity in development and disease
Herman Gordon, Ph.D. Molecular basis of synaptogenesis
Katalin Gothard, M.D., Ph.D. The neural basis of emotion and social behavior
Wulfila Gronenberg, Ph.D. Neuronal control of complex behavior; multimodal information processing and brain plasticity
Allan Hamilton, M.D. Cutting-edge technology in the area of stereotactic and computer guidance for neurosurgery
Charles Higgins, Ph.D. Computational neuroscience, biologically-inspired engineering
John Hildebrand, Ph.D. Structure, function, and development of the insect olfactory system
Jeannette Hoit, Ph.D. Speech physiology
Victor Hruby, Ph.D. Peptide hormome and neurotransmitter conformation-activity relationships
Alfred Kaszniak, Ph.D. Clinical neuropsychology of aging, dementia, self-awareness, and emotion
Hemant Kudrimoti, M.D, Ph.D. Animal models of hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy
Josephine Lai, Ph.D. Molecular pharmacology of neuropathic pain
Richard Lane, M.D., Ph.D. Functional neuroanatomy of emotion and emotion regulation in normative and clinical contexts
Richard Levine, Ph.D. Development, steroid hormones, cell culture, voltage clamp, neural circuits, neuropeptides
Ronald Lukas, Ph.D. Nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor biology;
T. Philip Malan, M.D., Ph.D. Molecular neuropharmacology of pathologic pain states
Alan Marmorstein, Ph.D. Etiology and mechanisms of age-related macular degeneration
Lihua Marmorstein, Ph.D. Molecular basis of macular degeneration, especially age-related macular degeneration
Nathanial McMullen, Ph.D. The development of neuronal circuitry in the cerebral cortex
Bruce McNaughton, Ph.D. Neurobiological and computational bases of spatial learning and memory
Richard Michod, Ph.D. Evolution of interactions among individuals and how these interactions may create new kinds of evolutionary individuals
Lynn Nadel, Ph.D. Brain mechanisms of spatial memory; hippocampal function and clinical relevance
Vinodh Narayanan, M.D. Clinical pediatrics
Alan Nighorn, Ph.D. Signal transduction underlying neuronal communication in the olfactory system
Janko Nikolich-Zugich, M.D., Ph.D. The biology of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in health, infection and aging
Lynne Oland, Ph.D. Neuron-glia interactions in the development of the nervous system
Robin Polt, Ph.D. New Methods for Organic Synthesis
Frank Porreca, Ph.D. Central autonomic regulation; opioids
Naomi Rance, M.D., Ph.D. Sex steroid modulation of neuronal morphology and gene expression in the human hypothalamus
John Regan, Ph.D. Molecular studies of the structure and function of G-protein coupled receptors
Linda Restifo, M.D., Ph.D. Genetics of brain development and neuronal plasticity; genetics of mental retardation; drug discovery for developmental brain disorders
William Roeske, M.D. Mechanisms of drug action at receptors
T. Lee Ryan, Ph.D. The neural basis of memory, memory and aging, and functional MRI
Alan Sanfey, Ph.D. Neural basis of human judgment and decision-making
Scott Sherman, M.D., Ph.D. Development of viral vectors designed to modify the expression of voltage-gated channels in brain
Robert Sloviter, Ph.D. Hippocampal network structure and function in temporal lobe epilepsy
Paul St. John, Ph.D. Neurotransmitter receptors on developing vertebrate neurons
Daniel Stamer, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie the regulation of aqueous humor outflow in the human eye
Nicholas Strausfeld, Ph.D. Visual system neurobiology, learning and memory, brain evolution, nervous system database
Doug Stuart, Ph.D. Properties of the segmental motor control system; muscle fatigue and spasticity
Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D. Neuron-neuron and neuron-glia interactions during development; development of olfactory system in insect model
Todd Vanderah, Ph.D. Understanding the neural-mediated mechanism underlying opioid tolerance and opioid-induced pain
Colin Willis, Ph.D. Mechanisms of Glial/endothelial cell/extracellular matrix interactions at the blood-brain barrier and effect on vascular permeability in acute and chronic disease states.
Jean Wilson, Ph.D. Cell biology of epithelial tissues; Regulation of membrane trafficking in polarized and non-polarized cells
Russell Witte, Ph.D. Novel imaging of the central nervous system; smart contrast agents
Daniela Zarnescu, Ph.D. Neural development, neural polarity, molecular mechanisms for synaptic growth and plasticity, Fragile X syndrome
Konrad Zinsmaier, Ph.D. Synaptic transmission, neurotransmitter exocytosis, presynaptic calcium signaling, membrane fusion, synaptic vesicle recycling, synaptic vesicle genesis
 
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