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George D Bittner Professor Cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. |
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Margaret (Meg) Donahue Graduate Student Fellow, Graduate Research Assistant INS Graduate Student - Colgin Lab |
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Michael Drew Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor Hippocampal memory, fear learning and extinction of fear memory, adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Jarrod A Lewis-Peacock Associate Professor Cognitive control, memory, functional neuroimaging, real-time neurofeedback |
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Michela Marinelli Associate Professor, Other University Affiliate - Pharmacy neuroscience of addiction and motivation |
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Michael Mauk Professor To understand what brain systems compute, how learning contributes, how circuits, cells and synapses mediate this learning and computation. |
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Robert Messing Department Chair, Neuroscience, Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of addiction and pain |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Max Snodderly Professor Emeritus Early stages of the primate visual pathway from the retina to the cortex. |
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Alexa-Rae Wheeler Research Affiliate - Research Fellow, Graduate Student Fellow INS PhD Candidate - Orsini Lab |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Cell Biology of neurons, muscle & glia
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George D Bittner Professor Cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. |
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Kristen M Harris Professor To elucidate structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory. |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Hiroshi Nishiyama Associate Professor The formation, maintenance, and rewiring of neuronal circuits in the brain |
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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George D Pollak Professor How the auditory system processes species-specific communication signals and the cues that enable association with its location in space. |
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Eric Senning Assistant Professor My research explores how ion channels affect the excitability of sensory neurons with an emphasis on the molecular basis of ion channel func |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Clinical Neuroscience & Pathology
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George D Bittner Professor Cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. |
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Mackenzie A Howard Courtesy Faculty, Assistant Professor of Neurology Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Cognition & Perception
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Michael Drew Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor Hippocampal memory, fear learning and extinction of fear memory, adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
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Jarrod A Lewis-Peacock Associate Professor Cognitive control, memory, functional neuroimaging, real-time neurofeedback |
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Alison R Preston Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Professor Dr. A. Wilson Nolle and Sir Raghunath P. Mahendroo Professorship in Neuroscience |
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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual decisions and motor plans are formed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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Max Snodderly Professor Emeritus Early stages of the primate visual pathway from the retina to the cortex. |
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Computational & Theoretical Neuroscience
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Jarrod A Lewis-Peacock Associate Professor Cognitive control, memory, functional neuroimaging, real-time neurofeedback |
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Alison R Preston Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Professor Dr. A. Wilson Nolle and Sir Raghunath P. Mahendroo Professorship in Neuroscience |
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Nicholas J Priebe Professor Mechanisms underlying response properties of neurons in primary sensory cortex using both electrophysiology and imaging in vivo. |
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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual decisions and motor plans are formed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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Max Snodderly Professor Emeritus Early stages of the primate visual pathway from the retina to the cortex. |
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Functional & Molecular Imaging
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Richard W Aldrich Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research II Molecular mechanisms of ion channels and signaling molecules. |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Hiroshi Nishiyama Associate Professor The formation, maintenance, and rewiring of neuronal circuits in the brain |
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Alison R Preston Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Professor Dr. A. Wilson Nolle and Sir Raghunath P. Mahendroo Professorship in Neuroscience |
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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual decisions and motor plans are formed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Ion Channels, Neurotransmitter Receptors & Molecular Signaling
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Richard W Aldrich Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research II Molecular mechanisms of ion channels and signaling molecules. |
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Nace L Golding Professor, Director, Institute for Neuroscience To understand how sensory systems function and develop |
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Kristen M Harris Professor To elucidate structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory. |
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Robert A Harris Professor Emeritus M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology Investigating molecular mechanisms responsible for alcoholism and drug dependence. |
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Mackenzie A Howard Courtesy Faculty, Assistant Professor of Neurology Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Robert Messing Department Chair, Neuroscience, Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of addiction and pain |
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S J Mihic Associate Professor Developing a better understanding of how ligand-gated ion channels function |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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Eric Senning Assistant Professor My research explores how ion channels affect the excitability of sensory neurons with an emphasis on the molecular basis of ion channel func |
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Harold H Zakon Professor The function, regulation, and evolution of voltage-dependent ion channels. The regulation of sodium and potassium channels by hormones. |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Neural Development & Plasticity
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George D Bittner Professor Cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. |
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Michael Drew Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor Hippocampal memory, fear learning and extinction of fear memory, adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
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Nace L Golding Professor, Director, Institute for Neuroscience To understand how sensory systems function and develop |
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Kristen M Harris Professor To elucidate structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory. |
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Mackenzie A Howard Courtesy Faculty, Assistant Professor of Neurology Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Michael Mauk Professor To understand what brain systems compute, how learning contributes, how circuits, cells and synapses mediate this learning and computation. |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Hiroshi Nishiyama Associate Professor The formation, maintenance, and rewiring of neuronal circuits in the brain |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Neurodegenerative Disease & Injury
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George D Bittner Professor Cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Eric Senning Assistant Professor My research explores how ion channels affect the excitability of sensory neurons with an emphasis on the molecular basis of ion channel func |
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Neuroethology
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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Max Snodderly Professor Emeritus Early stages of the primate visual pathway from the retina to the cortex. |
Neurogenetics
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Michael Drew Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor Hippocampal memory, fear learning and extinction of fear memory, adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
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Robert A Harris Professor Emeritus M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology Investigating molecular mechanisms responsible for alcoholism and drug dependence. |
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Hiroshi Nishiyama Associate Professor The formation, maintenance, and rewiring of neuronal circuits in the brain |
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Synaptic Biology & Small Circuits
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Richard W Aldrich Professor Emeritus Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research II Molecular mechanisms of ion channels and signaling molecules. |
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Laura L Colgin Director, Center for Learning and Memory, Associate Professor Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Investigate how brain rhythms affect memory operations, using multisite tetrode recordings from behaving animals. |
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Kristen M Harris Professor To elucidate structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory. |
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Mackenzie A Howard Courtesy Faculty, Assistant Professor of Neurology Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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George D Pollak Professor How the auditory system processes species-specific communication signals and the cues that enable association with its location in space. |
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Boris Zemelman Associate Professor The role of hippocampal microcircuits in memory formation and recall. |
Systems & Integrative Neuroscience
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Laura L Colgin Director, Center for Learning and Memory, Associate Professor Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Investigate how brain rhythms affect memory operations, using multisite tetrode recordings from behaving animals. |
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Michael Drew Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor Hippocampal memory, fear learning and extinction of fear memory, adult hippocampal neurogenesis |
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Mackenzie A Howard Courtesy Faculty, Assistant Professor of Neurology Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Jarrod A Lewis-Peacock Associate Professor Cognitive control, memory, functional neuroimaging, real-time neurofeedback |
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Michela Marinelli Associate Professor, Other University Affiliate - Pharmacy neuroscience of addiction and motivation |
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Michael Mauk Professor To understand what brain systems compute, how learning contributes, how circuits, cells and synapses mediate this learning and computation. |
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Robert Messing Department Chair, Neuroscience, Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology Neurobiology of addiction and pain |
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Professorships in Molecular Biology The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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George D Pollak Professor How the auditory system processes species-specific communication signals and the cues that enable association with its location in space. |
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Alison R Preston Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Professor Dr. A. Wilson Nolle and Sir Raghunath P. Mahendroo Professorship in Neuroscience |
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Nicholas J Priebe Professor Mechanisms underlying response properties of neurons in primary sensory cortex using both electrophysiology and imaging in vivo. |
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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual decisions and motor plans are formed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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Max Snodderly Professor Emeritus Early stages of the primate visual pathway from the retina to the cortex. |
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