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Research

Cell Signaling & Communications
Processes and mechanisms underlying intracellular messaging, excitable membranes, and synaptic and non-synaptic transmission of neural information.
Active Research Laboratories
- Bidlack Lab Pharmacology of Brain and Lymphocytic Opioid Receptors
- Brown Lab Multiphoton Laser-Scanning Microscopy
- Dickerson Lab CGRP Signal Transduction
- Dirksen Lab Calcium Channel Structure and Function
- Freeman Lab Molecular Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Neurons
- Goldman Lab Cell & Gene Therapy
- Halterman Lab Vulnerability and Delayed Neuron Loss After Stroke
- Holt Lab Synaptic Pharmacology of the Vestibular Apparatus
- Libby Lab Molecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
- Majewska Lab The Functional Synapse Group
- O Labs CNS Neuroinflammation Research
- Schor Lab Targeted Therapy for Neural Crest Tumors; Cell Signaling in Neurodegenerative Disease
- Shrager Lab Neuron-Neuroglia Interactions
Learning, Memory, & Adaptive Plasticity
Processes and mechanisms underlying how early and adult experience modifies behavior and its underlying neural processes.
Active Research Laboratories
- Freedman Lab Neural Control of Coordinated Movements
- Goldman Lab Cell & Gene Therapy
- Haber Lab Basal Ganglia and Degenerative Diseases
- Huxlin Lab Behavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
- Majewska Lab The Functional Synapse Group
- Newport Lab Acquisition of Language
- Nordeen Lab Neural Mechanisms Underlying Vocal Learning and Plasticity in Songbirds
- O Labs CNS Neuroinflammation Research
- Paige Lab Spatial Orientation Research
- Pasternak Lab Cortical Circuitry Underlying Memory-Guided Sensory Decisions
- Romanski Lab Prefrontal Cortex Research
- Schieber Lab Control of Fine Finger Movements
- Shrager Lab Neuron-Neuroglia Interactions
- Tadin Lab Adaptive Spatial Interactions in Motion Perception
Neurobiology of Disease
Fundamental pathologic, translational, and clinical processes and genetic predispositions that afflict the nervous system.
Active Research Laboratories
- Bidlack Lab Pharmacology of Brain and Lymphocytic Opioid Receptors
- Crane Lab Motion Perception & Spatial Orientation
- Dirksen Lab Calcium Channel Structure and Function
- Freeman Lab Molecular Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Neurons
- Fudge Lab Anatomy and Neurochemistry of Major Psychiatric Illnesses
- Gan Lab Developing Therapies for Blindness and Deafness via Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Replacement
- Gelbard Lab Glial and Immune Effector Cell Interactions with Synapses During Neuroinflammation
- Goldman Lab Cell & Gene Therapy
- Haber Lab Basal Ganglia and Degenerative Diseases
- Halterman Lab Vulnerability and Delayed Neuron Loss After Stroke
- Hayden Lab Reward and Decision Making
- Huang Lab Brain, Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair
- Huxlin Lab Behavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
- Johnson Lab Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
- Libby Lab Molecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
- Majewska Lab The Functional Synapse Group
- Mink Lab Basal Ganglia in Normal Control of Movement
- O Labs CNS Neuroinflammation Research
- Paige Lab Spatial Orientation Research
- Portman Lab Sex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
- Romanski Lab Prefrontal Cortex Research
- Schor Lab Targeted Therapy for Neural Crest Tumors; Cell Signaling in Neurodegenerative Disease
- Shrager Lab Neuron-Neuroglia Interactions
- White (Patricia) Lab Regeneration After Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Neurodevelopment & Aging
Neural development and aging, including neurogenesis, differentiation, cell death, synaptic specification, and changes in neural organization and function that accompany senescence.
Active Research Laboratories
- Freeman Lab Molecular Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death in Neurons
- Fudge Lab Anatomy and Neurochemistry of Major Psychiatric Illnesses
- Gan Lab Developing Therapies for Blindness and Deafness via Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Replacement
- Gelbard Lab Glial and Immune Effector Cell Interactions with Synapses During Neuroinflammation
- Goldman Lab Cell & Gene Therapy
- Halterman Lab Vulnerability and Delayed Neuron Loss After Stroke
- Huxlin Lab Behavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
- Libby Lab Molecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
- Majewska Lab The Functional Synapse Group
- O Labs CNS Neuroinflammation Research
- Paige Lab Spatial Orientation Research
- Portman Lab Sex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
- Tadin Lab Adaptive Spatial Interactions in Motion Perception
Neuroengineering
The combination of quantitative method, the physical sciences, and the biological sciences has provided remarkable contributions to our understanding of biomedical phenomena, including pathologic processes.
Active Research Laboratories
- Carney Lab Auditory Neuroscience
- Crane Lab Motion Perception & Spatial Orientation
- Davis Lab Auditory Processing Laboratory
- DeAngelis Lab Visual Neuroscience
- Freedman Lab Neural Control of Coordinated Movements
- Luebke Lab Auditory & Vestibular Efferent Systems
- Paige Lab Spatial Orientation Research
- Schieber Lab Control of Fine Finger Movements
Neurogenetics
Studies the role of genetics in the development and function of the nervous system, including regrowth or repair of nervous tissues, cells or cell products.
Active Research Laboratories
- Gan Lab Developing Therapies for Blindness and Deafness via Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Replacement
- Goldman Lab Cell & Gene Therapy
- Libby Lab Molecular Processes that Lead to RGC Death in Glaucoma
- Portman Lab Sex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
Sensory, Motor, & Integrative Systems Neuroscience
Sensory transduction, central processing and integration of sensory input across modalities, and the neural control of motor output and behavior.
Active Research Laboratories
- Carney Lab Auditory Neuroscience
- Crane Lab Motion Perception & Spatial Orientation
- Davis Lab Auditory Processing Laboratory
- DeAngelis Lab Visual Neuroscience
- Freedman Lab Neural Control of Coordinated Movements
- Haber Lab Basal Ganglia and Degenerative Diseases
- Hayden Lab Reward and Decision Making
- Holt Lab Synaptic Pharmacology of the Vestibular Apparatus
- Huxlin Lab Behavioral Studies and Functional Imaging of Visual Function, Plasticity and Rehabilitation After Brain Damage
- Luebke Lab Auditory & Vestibular Efferent Systems
- Majewska Lab The Functional Synapse Group
- Mink Lab Basal Ganglia in Normal Control of Movement
- Newlands Lab Physiology of the Vestibular System
- Nordeen Lab Neural Mechanisms Underlying Vocal Learning and Plasticity in Songbirds
- Paige Lab Spatial Orientation Research
- Pasternak Lab Cortical Circuitry Underlying Memory-Guided Sensory Decisions
- Portman Lab Sex Differences in the Development and Function of the C. elegans Nervous System
- Romanski Lab Prefrontal Cortex Research
- Schieber Lab Control of Fine Finger Movements
- Tadin Lab Adaptive Spatial Interactions in Motion Perception
- White (Patricia) Lab Regeneration After Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Stem Cells, Neuroregeneration, & Repair
Stimulation of the repair capacity of endogenous neural stem and progenitor cell populations.
Active Research Laboratories
- Gan Lab Developing Therapies for Blindness and Deafness via Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Replacement
- Gelbard Lab Glial and Immune Effector Cell Interactions with Synapses During Neuroinflammation
- Goldman Lab Cell & Gene Therapy
- Halterman Lab Vulnerability and Delayed Neuron Loss After Stroke
- Huang Lab Brain, Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair
- Mayer-Proschel Lab Stem Cells in the CNS
- Noble Lab Stem Cell Biology and Stem Cell Medicine
- O Labs CNS Neuroinflammation Research
- Shrager Lab Neuron-Neuroglia Interactions