Members of the Center for Neuroscience offering projects for Summer 2009 include:
Anatomical and physiological analysis of auditory brainstem ciruits.
Genetic and molecular analysis of retinal patterning and eye develop-ment in Drosophila
Cathrin M. Buetefisch, MD Department of Neurology
Reorganization of human motor cortex in response to different stimuli
Kevin C. Daly, Ph.D. Department of Biology
Neural-ensemble encoding, olfactory learning and memory, and psychophysics of olfactory acuity
Jason D. Huber, Ph.D. Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Charles L. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery
Characterizing the functional and structural integrity of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease
Using fMRI to identify human brain regions and cortical pathways involved in our ability to recognize different categories of every day sounds
Molecular genetic analysis of visual and auditory development
Field and electrophysiology sleep and sleep disorders
James M. O'Donnell, Ph.D. Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Behavioral effects from antidepressant-induced down-regulation of the serotonin transporter
Visvanathan Ramamurthy, Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology
Biochemical and molecular basis behind blinding diseases in humans
Mario Scuri, MD, PhD Department of Pediatrics
Changes in neurotrophic factor expression following pulmonary exposure to nanoparticulates.
Neural mechanisms for sound localization; synaptogenesis during embryonic development.
Effect of lentivirus-mediated knockdown of the PDE4 enzyme on memory deficit induced by beta-amyloid in rats