The following faculty have labs that focus on Behavior, Integrative approches to neuroscience.

Susan M. Barman
Ph.D., 1976, Loyola University Medical Center
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Central neural control of the cardiovascular system; sympathetic rhythms.

Andrea Bozoki
M.D. 1993, SUNY-Brooklyn
Assistant Professor, Depts. Radiology, Neurology & Radiology
- Effects of aging and dementia on the memory networks of the brain, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).

S. Marc Breedlove
Ph.D. 1982, UCLA
Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience, and Professor of Psychology and Zoology Departments.
- Sexual differentiation of the brain and spinal cord; effects of hormones and experience on plasticity in the developing and mature nervous system.

Lynwood G. Clemens
Ph.D., 1966, University of California
Professor, Dept. of Zoology
- Hormones and behavior, neuroendocrinology and behavior, neuroecology, neurotoxicology and behavior.

Anne McLaren Dorrance
Ph.D., 1997, University of Glasgow
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Cerebral ischemia and cerebral vessel structure and function.

Heather L. Eisthen
Ph.D., 1992, Indiana University
Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology
- Neuroethology, comparative and developmental vertebrate neurobiology.

Gregory D. Fink
Ph.D., 1975, Tulane University
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Neural control of blood pressure and body fluid homeostasis, autonomic nervous system; neuropeptides.

Lauren J. Harris
Ph.D., 1965, University of Minnesota
Professor, Dept. of Psychology
- Neuropsychology of motor and cognitive functions, especially handedness and face perception.

John I. Johnson
Ph. D., 1957, Purdue University
Professor, Dept. of Radiology
- Evolution of brains in relation to behavioral adaptations and phylogenetic origins, particularly in mammalian sensory systems.

Cynthia L. Jordan
Ph.D. 1988, UCLA
Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience & Psychology
- Steroid regulation of cellular development; cellular and molecular mechanisms of steroid action on behavior; neuronal plasticity and development.

Florian A. Kagerer
Ph.D. 1991, Ludwig-Maximilians – University Munich
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology
- Sensorimotor integration, adaptive motor control, motor development, brain-behavior relationship

Weiming Li
Ph.D., 1994 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Associate Professor, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, CNAR.
- Pheromone regulation of behavior and neuroendocrine olfaction, functional genomics.

Joseph S. Lonstein
Ph.D., 1997, Rutgers University
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
- Neural, sensory, and hormonal control of parental and emotional behaviors during lactation.

Devin McAuley
Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology
-Auditory perception, attention, and cognition, timing and rhythm, relationship between music and language processing, computational modeling, and neuroimaging

Carrie Northcott
Ph.D. 2008, Michigan State University
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Neural control and intracellular signaling mechanisms involved in blood pressure regulation.

Joseph L. Nuñez
Ph.D., 2000, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience
- Effect of steroid hormones and GABAergic systems in a model of early brain injury, behavioral outcomes and neuroprotection.

Karim G. Oweiss
Ph.D., 2002, University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Depts. Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Neural integration and coordination in sensorimotor systems, Brain Machine Interfaces, multiscale signal processing in the nervous system.

Susan M. Ravizza
Ph.D., 2000, University of California-Berkeley
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
- Cognitive processes necessary to achieve goals in a constantly changing environment.

Cheryl L. Sisk
Ph.D., 1980, Florida State University
Director, Neuroscience Program
Professor, Dept. of Psychology
- Neuroendocrinology, neural development during puberty and adolescence, steroid hormone regulation of neural development and behavior.

Laura Smale
Ph.D., 1987, University of California-Berkeley
Professor, Depts. of Psychology & Zoology
- Neural mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms in nocturnal and diurnal animals.

Laura Symonds
Ph.D., 1982, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Depts. of Psychiatry & Radiology
- Magnetic resonance imaging, functional neuroimaging, brain correlates of psychiatric disturbance, brain correlates of normal aging, neural circuits underlying cognitive abilities.

Juli S. Wade
Ph.D., 1992, University of Texas-Austin
Professor, Depts. of Psychology & Zoology
- Neuroendocrine regulation of sex differences in brain and behavior.

Donna H. Wang
M.D., 1984, Sun Yan-sen University of Medical Sciences
Professor, Dept. of Medicine and Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying salt sensitive hypertension.

Hongbing Wang
Ph.D., 1998, UCLA
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
- Cyclic AMP signaling and neuroplasticity.

Juyang (John) Weng
Ph.D., 1989, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
- Computational modeling of nervous systems, mental architectures, neural networks, development, and learning.

Lily Yan
M.D., Ph.D., 2000, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
- molecular, cellular and neural mechanisms underlying circadian rhythm regulation

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