The following faculty have labs that focus on Imaging, Physiology approaches to neuroscience.
William
D. Atchison
Ph.D., 1980, University of Wisconsin
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Neurotransmitter release and synaptic transmission;
models of human neuromuscular disorders of peripheral and central neurotransmission,
chemical neurotoxicity, ion channel pharmacology.
Rudy A.
Bernard
Ph.D., 1962, Cornell University
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physiology
- Functional neuroimaging of human brain, emphasizing
somatosensory and motor cortical mechanisms underlying finger movements
and localization of pain responses in cortical and subcortical regions.
Andrea Bozoki
M.D. 1993, SUNY-Brooklyn
Assistant Professor, Depts. 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).
Marc
Breedlove
Ph.D. 1982, UCLA
Barnett Rosenberg Professor of Neuroscience, Dept. of Psychology and Dept.
of Zoology.
- Effects of steroids on and the activation of plasticity
in the human nervous system.
Ke
Dong
Ph.D., 1993, Cornell University
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Entomology
- Insect voltage-gated ion channels, interaction
between ion channels and insecticides and other neurotoxins, and molecular
mechanisms of insecticide resistance
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.
James
J. Galligan
Ph.D., 1983, University of Arizona
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Neurophysiology and pharmacology of autonomic
nerves.
Gerard
L. Gebber
Ph.D., 1964, University of Michigan
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Neural oscillators, networks, central autonomic
mechanisms.
Joseph
R. Haywood
Ph.D. 1976, University of Florida
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Sex differences in the neural and endocrine mechanisms
of hypertension.
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
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology
-Steroid regulation of cellular development; Cellular
and molecular mechanisms of steroid action on behavior; Neuronal plasticity
and development.
David I.
Kaufman
D.O., 1978, College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chair, Dept of Neurology and Ophthalmology.
Medical Director, Sparrow Hospital Neurosciences
- Diagnosis, prognosis and treatment strategies
in optic neuropathies, visual electrophysiology in humans, MRI.
David
L. Kreulen
Ph.D., 1974, Wayne State University
Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Center for Clinical
Neuroscience
- Regulation of the sympathetic nervous system;
relationships between sympathetic neuron properties and the regulation
of blood vessels; interactions between sympathetic and sensory neurons.
Joseph L. Nuñez
Ph.D., 2000, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor, Depts. Psychology and Neuroscience
- Effect of steroid hormones and GABAergic system
in 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.
Mary
B. Rheuben
Ph.D., 1971, University of California-San Diego
Professor, Dept. of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
- Synaptic vesicle recycling and endocytosis in
Drosophila neuromuscular junctions.
Sharleen
T. Sakai
Ph.D., 1980, Michigan State University
Professor, Department of Psychology
- Anatomical substrates of the motor control systems.
Laura
Symonds
Ph.D., 1982, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor, Depts. Psychiatry & Radiology
- Magnetic resonance imaging, functional neuroimaging,
brain correlates of psychiatric disturbance, brain correlates of normal
aging, neural circuits underlying cognitive abilities.
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, Depts. Physiology and Neuroscience
- Cyclic AMP signaling and neuroplasticity
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