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Research and Graduate Education

Neuroscience Graduate Faculty

Aric Agmon, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Development of synaptic connections in neocortex.
Steve Alway, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M. Professor	Effects of innervation, peripheral neuropathies, and loading on apoptosis of aging skeletal muscle.
Albert Berrebi, Ph.D., Professor	Anatomy and Physiology of auditory stem cells.
Cathrin Butefisch, M.D., Asst. Professor	Movement disorders; neuroplasticity and functional recovery of movement following stroke in humans; functional MRI .
Richard Dey, Ph.D., Professor and Chair	Neuroanatomical organization and neuronal mediators in the lung.
Robert Goodman, Ph.D., Professor and Chair	Hypothalmic regulation of reproductive function; physiological infertility in seasonal breeders.
Steven Graber, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Molecular biology of G protein-mediated signal transduction.
Stanley Hileman, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Neuronal pathways controlling food intake, nutrition, and fertility.
Jason Huber, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Pharmacology; blood brain barrier; diabetes.
Greg Konat, Ph.D., L.Med. Professor	Molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress-induced neurodegeneration and neoplasia.
James Lewis, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Integration of auditory information with other modalities.
Jia Luo, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Growth factor regulation and ethanol effects on brain development.
Peter Mathers, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Molecular genetics of visual and auditory development.
James O'Donnell, Ph.D., Professor	Pharmacology; phosphodiesterases and depression.
Giovanni Piedimonte, M.D., Professor & Chair	Viral respiratory infections; neuroimmunomodulation; asthma pathogenesis; lung development; airway neurobiology; cystic fibrosis.
Visvanathan Ramamurthy, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Biochemical mechanisms behind gene mutations that result in photoreceptor cell death; lipid modifications of proteins in photoreceptors; novel treatment for blinding diseases.
Benjamin Ramsden, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Organization of cortical function; visual processing; and combined optical imaging and electrophysiology in mammalian sensory cortex.
Charles Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Neuroprotective agents for stroke; traumatic brain injury; neurodegenerative disease.
Adrienne Salm, Ph.D., Professor	Neurobiology of anxiety disorders: interactions of adverse early life experience and brain plasticity.
Bernard Schreurs, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Learning and memory, synaptic plasticity, functional imaging, psychoneuroimmunology.
Maxim Sokolov, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Biochemistry of vision and molecular control of vision-related proteins.
George Spirou, Ph.D., Professor	Neural feedback circuits mediating selective attention to sounds.
William Wonderlin, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor	Ion channel physiology and biophysics.
Sepideh Zareparsi, Ph.D., Asst. Professor	Genetic analysis of complex ophthalmic disorders; gene-expression analysis of retinal aging and age-related retinal disorders.