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The following faculty have labs that focus on Developmental, Evolutionary approches to neuroscience.

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.

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

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

Colleen C. Hegg
Ph.D., 1996, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Elucidating the mechanisms of neuroregeneration.

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.

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.

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

Nigel S. Paneth
M.D. 1972, Harvard Medical School
M.P.H. 1978, Columbia University School of Public Health

Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics
- Brain damage in premature infants, prediction through ultrasound.

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.

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

 

 

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