CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Areas Of Concentration - Plasticity of Circuits and Synapses

German Barrionuevo
Synaptic integration and plasticity in hippocampal area CA3.
Alison Barth
Plasticity in developing and adult neocortex.
Guo-Qiang Bi
Development and plasticity of neural circuits.
Justin C. Crowley
Development of visual system structure and function.
Kenneth N. Fish
Functional consequences of altered connectivity in schizophrenia; the early secretory pathway’s role in neurodevelopment and synaptogenesis
Anthony A. Grace
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia system related to psychiatric disorders.
John P. Horn
Synaptic integration in sympathetic ganglia and in midbrain dopamine neurons.
Jon W. Johnson
Biophysics, pharmacology, and regulation of glutamate receptors.
Karl Kandler
Development and plasticity of inhibitory circuits.
Seong-Gi Kim
Functional imaging methods and biophysics.
H. Richard Koerber
Development, plasticity and pain processing in sensory neurons and in the spinal dorsal horn.
Stephen D. Meriney
Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release.
Derek C. Molliver
Molecular mechanisms regulating sensory neuron function and phenotype during development and disease.
Paul W. Munro
Adaption, learning, and plasticity in simulated neural networks.
Martin Oudega
Cellular transplants for spinal cord repair. Development of combinatorial spinal cord repair strategies.
Monica A. Perez
Motor control in humans.
Steven A. Prescott
Computational neuroscience, neuronal excitability, and central mechanisms of pain.
Jonathan Rubin
Theoretical and computational modeling of dynamics in neuronal networks.
Daniel J. Simons
Sensory physiology of the cerebral cortex.
Joel R. Stiles
Spatially realistic simulations of neurotransmitter release, synaptic transmission and plasticity.
Edda Thiels
Behavioral, biochemical, and physiological analysis of learning and memory.
Thanos Tzounopoulos
Cellular mechanisms for learning and memory and their role in auditory processing.
Bill J. Yates
Vestibular influences on autonomic control and navigation.