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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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