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Neuroscience Faculty A to Z

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Name/Email	Title	Area of Specialty	Research Description
Althoff, Robert, MD PhD	Assistant Professor	Developmental Disorders	Genetic and environmental basis of behavior disorders
Ballif, Bryan, PhD	Assistant Professor	Development	Signal transduction pathways regulating mammalian brain development
Berger, Christopher, PhD	Associate Professor	Molecular Physiology	Molecular motors in axonal transport, ,
Bongard,Josh,Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Computer Science	Evolutionary robotics, evolutionary computation, physical simulation
Bouton, Mark, PhD	Professor	Behavior	Mechanisms of learning, memory, and emotion in classical conditioning
Brayden,Joseph,PhD	Professor	Neurovascular Physiology	Ionic mechanisms of communication between smooth muscle and endothelial cells in cerebral arterioles
Brewer, Matthias, PhD	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Organic chemistry, synthetic methods, total synthesis, natural products
Brown,Stephen,MD	Associate Professor	Development & Developmental Disorders	Role of the zic2 transcription factor in holoprosencephaly
Cannizzaro,Michael,PhD	Assistant Professor	Plasticity	Interrelationship of language and cognition in normal and brain-injured adults
Cipolla,Marilyn,PhD	Professor	Neurovascular Physiology	Stroke, hypertension, vascular function and cerebral circulation
Delay,Eugene,PhD	Associate Professor	Behavior	Taste transduction, perception, and behavior,
Delay,Rona,PhD	Associate Professor	Cell Signaling	Olfactory transduction, perception and behavior,
Diehl,Sean,PhD	Assistant Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Genetic basis of demyelinating disease; function of histamine receptors in brain
Dostmann,Wolfgang,PhD	Professor	Cell Signaling	Regulation of cerebral vascular function by cyclic GMP- dependent kinase
Dumas,Julie,PhD	Assistant Professor	Behavior	Neurobiology, endocrinology, and transmitter systems in age related cognitive aging
Ebert,Alicia,PhD	Assistant Professor	Development	Genetic and molecular basis of development of the eye in zebrafish
Eckenstein,Felix,PhD	Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Molecular mechanisms of repair after nervous system injury; neurodegeneration
Falls,William,PhD	Professor, Chair	Behavior	Behaviors, neurotransmitters, and neural circuits underlying fear and anxiety
Forehand,Cynthia,PhD	Professor	Development	Molecular and cellular mechanisms of axonal pathfinding during development
Francklyn,Christopher,PhD	Professor	Development & Developmental Disorders	Molecular basis of neurodegeneration in genetically transmitted disease
Freeman,Kalev,MD/PhD	Assistant Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Traumatic brain injury: effects on vasculature; cognitive therapy for TBI
Garavan,Hugh,PhD	Associate Professor	Behavior	Cognitive neuroscience; behaviors and circuits underlying addiction; functional imaging
Green,John,PhD	Assistant Professor	Behavior	Neurobiology of learning and memory; impact of exercise; neural mechanisms and circuits
Hammack,Sayamwong (Jom),PhD	Assistant Professor	Behavior	Neurobiological mechanisms of stress, emotion, and resilience
Henry,Sharon,PT, PhD, ATC	Professor	Movement Science	Neuromotor coordination and cortical control of posture in people with and without lower back pain
Higgins,Stephen,PhD	Professor, Associate Chairperson	Behavior	Elucidation of behavioral and pharmacological processes in substance abuse
Holmes,Gregory,MD	Chair	Neurological Sciences
Howe,Alan,PhD	Assistant Professor	Cancer	Molecular mechanisms underlying axonal pathfinding and cell migration
Hudziak,James,MD	Professor	Development & Developmental Disorders	Genetics of psychiatric disorders in children; application of studies to treatment
Jacobs,Jesse,PhD	Assistant Professor	Movement Sciences	Neural mechanisms that underlie human posture and movement
Jaworski,Diane,PhD	Professor	Cancer	Extracellular matrix proteolysis in normal and diseased nervous system; glioma
Langevin, Helene, MD	Professor	Plasticity	Mechanisms of acupuncture; interaction of connective tissue with nervous system
Li,Dawei,PhD	Assistant Professor	Behavior	Genetics of human substance abuse and alcohol dependence
Lounsbury,Karen,PhD	Associate Professor	Cell Signaling	Signal transduction pathways underlying cancer,
Mawe,Gary,PhD	Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Neural regulation of digestive tract and gall bladder in normal and diseased tissue
May,Victor,PhD	Professor	Behavior	Molecular mechanisms and neurochemistry of stress and anxiety
Morielli,Anthony,PhD	Associate Professor	Plasticity	Potassium channel trafficking and neural plasticity
Naylor,Magdalena,MD/PhD	Professor	Plasticity	Structural and functional changes caused by coping with chronic pain; fMRI & MRI
Nelson,Mark,PhD	Professor, Chair	Cell Signaling & Neurovascular Physiology	Control of vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cell function by ion channels and calcium
Nishi,Rae,PhD	Professor	Cancer and Development	Nicotinic signaling in cancer and neural development
Parsons,Rodney,PhD	Professor, Chair	Plasticity	Mechanisms of synaptic integration and signaling in cardiac ganglion and response to injury
Potter,Alexandra,PhD	Assistant Professor	Behavior	Nicotinic receptor systems in cognition and disorders of impulse control
Prelock,Patricia,PhD	Professor, Dean	Developmental Disorders	Interventions for autism, communication disorders, and language learning disabilities
Schermerhorn,Alice,PhD	Assistant Professor	Development & Developmental Disorders	Neural processes underlying stress adjustment problems in children
Sibold,Jeremy,ATC, EdD	Associate Professor	Movement Science	Effects of exercise on mental health and well being
Sigmon,Stacey,PhD	Associate Professor	Behavior	Behavioral and pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence
Spees,Jeffrey,PhD	Associate Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Role of neural stem cells in repair of CNS after stroke
Teuscher,Cory,PhD	Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Nonclassical immune response genes in demyelinating disease; genetic of sexual behavior
Toufexis,Donna,PhD	Assistant Professor	Behavior	Sex hormone effects on emotional learning and anxiety behaviors
Van Houten,Judith,PhD	Professor	Cell Signaling	Molecular mechanisms of chemoreception in Paramecium and murine olfaction
Vizzard,Margaret,PhD	Professor	Degeneration, Regeneration & Plasticity	Neural control of urinary bladder and response to injury and disease
Wellman,George,PhD	Associate Professor	Cell Signaling & Neurovascular Physiology	Neurovascular control of cerebral blood flow; changes following subarachnoid hemorrhage

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