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Agarwala, Seema Associate Professor in Neurobiology Email web site video link	During embryogenesis, neurons learn of their cell-fates and are assigned to specific brain nuclei (nucleogenesis), which organize brain connectivity and function. Little is known about how such complex patterni...

Aldrich, Richard Professor and Chair of Neurobiology Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research II The National Academy of Sciences, member Email web site	Ion channels are the molecular units of electrical signaling in cells. They are proteins that regulate the movement of ions--such as sodium, calcium, and potassium--into and out of cells. They are responsible f...

Atkinson, Nigel Professor in Neurobiology Email web site	The fundamental question that drives us is: How are ion channel genes regulated and what are the consequences of this regulation? To address this question we have been using the slowpoke gene of Drosophila as a...

Bittner, George Professor in Neurobiology Email web site	We research cellular/molecular mechanisms of plasmalemmal repair and nerve regeneration. That is, we examine various biophysical, biochemical, or molecular mechanisms by which lesioned neurons repair lesions ...

Fiete, Ila Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Email web site

Forrest, Hugh Professor Emeritus, DSC Email	I have not been active in lab research since I retired around 2000. I have continued to be active in research however as Editor (for the last 40 years) of the international journal "Biochemical Genetics". M...

Golding, Nace Associate Professor in Neurobiology Email web site video link	Neuronal dendrites are elaborate, tree-like structures that receive up to thousands of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connections. The morphology and electrical properties of the dendrites strongly influenc...

Harris, Adron M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair In Molecular Biology Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research Email web site video link	This laboratory is investigating molecular mechanisms responsible for alcoholism and drug dependence. We are defining actions of alcohol and other drugs on brain cells as well as the long-term changes in gene e...

Harris, Kristen Professor of Neurobiology Email web site	Knowing the dimensions and connectivity of synapses is fundamental to understanding function. In the brain, more than 90% of synapses occur on dendritic spines. These tiny protrusions from the surface of dendri...

Huk, Alexander C. Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Email web site	Research in our lab focuses on how the primate brain processes visual motion, with the general goals of understanding: (1) how the nervous system represents and transforms information, and (2) how this neural p...

Johnston, Daniel Director; Ctr for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Email web site	Research in my laboratory is primarily directed towards understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic integration and long-term plasticity of neurons in the medial temporal lobe. We have ...

Koester, Helmut Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Email	In the mammalian brain information is encoded by the activity of many neurons. These neurons are part of neuronal networks that consist of a large number of highly interconnected neurons. These networks are hig...

Lagowski, Jeanne M. Professor, Ph.D. Email

Mauk, Michael Professor of Neurobiology Email web site	We investigate information processing and learning in the cerebellum and prefrontal cortex. The levels of analysis are: 1) behavioral studies, reversible lesions and in vivo recordings of neural activity relate...

Mihic, S. John M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Fellow In Molecular Biology Associate Professor Email web site video link	Research in my laboratory is focused on characterizing the molecular mechanisms of action of alcohol, inhaled solvents, sedatives and anaesthetics on glycine, GABA-A and serotonin-3 receptors. We combine the te...

Morikawa, Hitoshi Associate Professor in Neurobiology M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Fellow In Molecular Biology Email web site	A large amount of knowledge has accumulated over the past decades implicating the central dopaminergic system in reward-based reinforcement learning, motivated behaviors and locomotion, as well as its dysfuncti...

Nishiyama, Hiroshi Assistant Professor in Neurobiology Email web site	The synaptic connections between neurons undergo continuous structural remodeling even in the adult brain. However, we still have not largely understood the structural plasticity of neural circuitry in the con...

Pierce-Shimomura, Jonathan Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Email	Our lab seeks to identify genetic mechanisms that govern behaviors. We approach this complex subject by studying how conserved genes contribute to behaviors in the simple but powerful model nematode C. elegans...

Poldrack, Russell Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology Director; Imaging Research Center Email web site	My research interests are very generally centered around the questions of how new skills are acquired, how existing skills are expressed, and how people exert executive control during thought and behavior. We e...

Pollak, George Professor in Neurobiology Email web site video link	My principal interests are in elucidating how circuits in the mammalian brain transform information in sensory systems and how populations of neurons then represent features of the external world. Specifical...

Priebe, Nicholas Assistant Professor in Neurobiology Email web site	The massive expansion of cerebral cortex is a hallmark of the human brain. We know that the cortex plays an essential role in our perceptions and actions. Sensory inputs from the periphery are transformed in ...

Raab-Graham, Kimberly Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Email web site	My current research has focused on identifying synaptic mRNAs and developing tools to characterize the local translation of these transcripts. I now plan to use these tools to address the questions of what mRNA...

Ress, David Associate Director Email web site	Mission: to develop new neuroimaging methods that permit precise quantitation of brain function and structure, with particular emphasis on the study of vision and visual cortex. The research falls into three ar...

Riggs, Austen Professor of Biology Email web site	Interactions between and within macromolecular assemblages are frequently the key to understanding many complex cellular processes. I am particularly interested in the molecular mechanisms responsible for pr...

Thompson, Wesley Professor in Neurobiology Email web site video link	My lab is interested in the role of glial cells in the formation and maintenance of synapses in the nervous system. For this purpose we study the simplest of all synapses, the neuromuscular junction where our ...

Zakon, Harold Professor in Neurobiology Email web site video link	Ion channels are fundamental for the workings of the nervous system. We study the function, regulation, and evolution of voltage-dependent ion channels. Our main focus has been to study the regulation of sodium...