There are 3 main areas of specialization within the Department. You will find that several faculty participate in interdisciplinary teams that work on multiple problems.

• Neural Systems of Sensation and Cognition
• Neural Survival in Development, Aging and Injury
• Functional and Structural Imaging

Neural Systems of Sensation and Cognition

Neuronal Basis of Auditory Behavior

Ramnarayan Ramachandran

Neural Mechanisms of Multisensory Integration and Cross-Modal Perceptual Processes

• Benjamin Rowland
• Thomas J. Perrault
• Barry E. Stein
• Terrence R. Stanford
• J. William Vaughan

Subcortical Modulation of Sensory Processing:

• Dwayne W. Godwin
• Huai Jiang
• John G. McHaffie

Central Nervous System Mechanisms of Pain

• Robert C. Coghill (Lab)
• John G. McHaffie

Neural and Pharmacological Modulation of Cognitive Changes During Aging

• David R. Riddle
• Mary Lou Voytko

Development and Shaping of Auditory Circuitry

Craig K. Henkel

Visuomotor Integration

Terrence R. Stanford

Memory and Cognitive Function

• Christos Constantinidis (Lab)
• Emilio Salinas

Memory, Synaptic Plasticity and Olfaction

Ashok Hegde

Computational Neuroscience

• Benjamin Rowland
• Emilio Salinas

Neural Survival in Development, Aging and Injury

Role of Trophic Factors in Neuronal and Glial Survival, Activity, and Plasticity

• Judy K. Brunso-Bechtold
• James E. Johnson
• Ronald W. Oppenheim
• David R. Riddle

Regulation and Effect of Stress Response in the Mediation of Neuronal Survival

• Carolanne E. Milligan
• Michael Tytell

Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Death

• Carolanne E. Milligan
• Ronald W. Oppenheim

Role of Glia in Mediating Neuronal Plasticity and Survival

• John G. McHaffie
• Carolanne E. Milligan
• David R. Riddle

Neuronal Precursor Cells in the Mature CNS

David R. Riddle

Neuroprotection and Calcium Dynamics During Development

Christopher Turner

Functional and Structural Imaging

Functional Imaging of Human Brain Mechanisms Supporting the Pain Experience

• Robert C. Coghill
• John G. McHaffie

Functional Imaging of Neurobiological Changes During Aging

Mary Lou Voytko