CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Areas Of Concentration - Cortical Circuits

Marlene Behrmann
Visual cognition in normal and brain-damaged humans.
Carol L. Colby
Cortical mechanisms of memory, attention, and spatial representation in primates.
Justin C. Crowley
Development of visual system structure and function.
G. Bard Ermentrout
Computational and theoretical models of neural and muscle physiology.
Erika Fanselow
Inhibitory circuitry of the neocortex.
Kenneth N. Fish
Functional consequences of altered connectivity in schizophrenia; the early secretory pathway’s role in neurodevelopment and synaptogenesis
Neeraj J. Gandhi
Neural control of coordinated oculomotor and skeletomotor movements.
Anthony A. Grace
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia system related to psychiatric disorders.
Robert E. Kass
Statistical analysis of neural data.
David A. Lewis
Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.
Beatriz Luna
Brain basis underlying the transition from adolescent to adult level voluntary control of behavior (working memory, response inhibition, reward processing, arousal). fMRI, DTI and oculomotor methods are used.
Bita Moghaddam
Cellular basis of goal-directed behavior and animal models of schizophrenia.
Monica A. Perez
Motor control in humans.
Andrew B. Schwartz
Cerebral basis for volitional movement and cortical neural prosthetics.
Susan R. Sesack
Functional neuroanatomy of cortical and brainstem monoamine systems.
Daniel J. Simons
Sensory physiology of the cerebral cortex.
Marc Sommer
Neuronal circuits mediating perception, cognition, and action in primates.
Peter L. Strick
CNS circuits of motor and cognitive functions; motor skill acquisition and retention; functional imaging.
Robert A. Sweet
Mechanisms of psychosis in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.
Robert S. Turner
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia-cortical networks in health and disease.