Marc H. Schieber, M.D., Ph.D.

• Neuronal synchrony and the acquisition of skilled finger movements
• Cortical participation in the free choice of hand and target
• Re-acquisition of finger and wrist movements after hand transplantation
• Recovery of finger movements in hemiplegia
• Functional organization of multi-tendoned finger muscles

Edward Freedman, Ph.D.

• Brainstem control of eye-head coordination
• The role of cerebellum in visual orienting movements
• Interactions between cerebellum and brainstem during gaze shifts

Daeyeol Lee, Ph.D.

• Cortical basis of sequence learning
• Role of prefrontal cortex in decision making
• Mechanisms of dynamic cortico-cortical communication

Martha Johnson Gdowski, Ph.D.

• Neural consequences of sensory cues and behavioral context in the basal ganglia
• The role of the globus pallidus in eye-limb coordination
• Functional neural connectivity of the basal ganglia

Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D.

• Changes in basal ganglia neuronal activity that underlie the movement disorders of parkinsonism and dystonia
• Pathophysiology and kinematics of chorea in human movement disorders
• Basal ganglia neuronal activity in a primate model of chorea
• Pathophysiology and kinematics of dystonia and voluntary movement in children with cerebral palsy
• Basal ganglia neuronal activity in voluntary limb movements

Greg Gdowski, Ph.D.

• Vestibular, multisensory, and Adaptive control of Spatial Orientation and Navigation