Research Areas
Behavioral Neuroscience
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George D Bittner Professor Cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. |
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Michael Drew Associate Professor To understand how adult hippocampal neurogenesis influences learning and cognition. |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Michael Mauk Department Chair, 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, Associate Professor of Psychiatry Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual events and motor plans are represented and processed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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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, Associate Professor of Psychiatry 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 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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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 Research Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor (Affiliated) Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry 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 Professor To understand how adult hippocampal neurogenesis influences learning and cognition. |
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Alexander C Huk Professor Focuses on how we see things move using electrophysiology, functional magnetic resonance imaging, psychophysics, and computational modeling. |
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Jarrod A Lewis-Peacock Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Interactions between memory, attention, and learning; neural decoding & neurofeedback |
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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual events and motor plans are represented and processed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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Computational & Theoretical Neuroscience
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Nicholas J Priebe Associate 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 events and motor plans are represented and processed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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Functional & Molecular Imaging
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Alexander C Huk Professor Focuses on how we see things move using electrophysiology, functional magnetic resonance imaging, psychophysics, and computational modeling. |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry 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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Eyal Seidemann Professor How perceptual events and motor plans are represented and processed 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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Kristen M Harris Professor To elucidate structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory. |
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R A Harris Professor, Professor of Psychiatry Investigating molecular mechanisms responsible for alcoholism and drug dependence. |
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Mackenzie A Howard Research Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor (Affiliated) Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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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, Associate Professor of Psychiatry Neurobiology of reward learning and addiction |
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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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 Professor To understand how adult hippocampal neurogenesis influences learning and cognition. |
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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 Research Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor (Affiliated) Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Daniel Johnston Professor Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Michael Mauk Department Chair, 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, Associate Professor of Psychiatry 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 Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy. |
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Neuroethology
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor The genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors and contribute to neurological disorders. |
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Neurogenetics
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Michael Drew Associate Professor To understand how adult hippocampal neurogenesis influences learning and cognition. |
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R A Harris Professor, Professor of Psychiatry 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 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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Laura L Colgin Associate Professor 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 Research Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor (Affiliated) Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Hitoshi Morikawa Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Psychiatry 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 Associate Professor Investigate how brain rhythms affect memory operations, using multisite tetrode recordings from behaving animals. |
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Michael Drew Associate Professor To understand how adult hippocampal neurogenesis influences learning and cognition. |
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Mackenzie A Howard Research Assistant Professor, Research Assistant Professor (Affiliated) Discovering cellular and circuit mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders |
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Alexander C Huk Professor Focuses on how we see things move using electrophysiology, functional magnetic resonance imaging, psychophysics, and computational modeling. |
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Jarrod A Lewis-Peacock Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Interactions between memory, attention, and learning; neural decoding & neurofeedback |
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Michael Mauk Department Chair, Professor To understand what brain systems compute, how learning contributes, how circuits, cells and synapses mediate this learning and computation. |
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Jonathan Pierce Associate Professor 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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Nicholas J Priebe Associate 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 events and motor plans are represented and processed in the primate cerebral cortex. |
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