CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive

Carey D. Balaban
Anatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry of vestibular function.
Aaron Batista
Sensory-motor integration and neural prosthetics
Marlene Behrmann
Visual cognition in normal and brain-damaged humans.
Guo-Qiang Bi
Development and plasticity of neural circuits.
Charles W. Bradberry
Neurochemical and cognitive traits in primates associated with chronic exposure to drugs of abuse or a predisposition to self-administer them.
J. Patrick Card
Functional organization of hypothalamus and central autonomic networks.
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.
Julie A. Fiez
Neuroimaging and behavioral studies of language, working memory, motivation, and learning.
Neeraj J. Gandhi
Neural control of coordinated oculomotor and skeletomotor movements.
Peter J. Gianaros
Human imaging neuroscience studies of central autonomic-cardiovascular control and neurobehavioral pathways linking chronic stress and cardiovascular
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.
Robert E. Kass
Statistical analysis of neural data.
Seong-Gi Kim
Functional imaging methods and biophysics.
Anthony E. Kline
Pharmacological and environmental approaches for neurobehavioral and histological recovery after experimental traumatic brain injury.
H. Richard Koerber
Development, plasticity and pain processing in sensory neurons and in the spinal dorsal horn.
William R. Lariviere
Genetics of individual variability in pain and analgesia; interactions between stress and pain systems.
Tai Sing Lee
Computational and electrophysiological study of visual perception, perceptual organization, neural plasticity and neural coding; computer vision.
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.
Paul W. Munro
Adaption, learning, and plasticity in simulated neural networks.
Carl R. Olson
Cortical mechanisms of cognition in primates.
Monica A. Perez
Motor control in humans.
Steven A. Prescott
Computational neuroscience, neuronal excitability, and central mechanisms of pain.
Erik. D. Reichle
Computational models of eye-movement control during reading; the neural systems mediating the "eye-mind" link.
Linda Rinaman
Neural circuits for stress responses and emotional learning: organization and postnatal development.
Jonathan Rubin
Theoretical and computational modeling of dynamics in neuronal networks.
Walter Schneider
Cognitive neuroscience, semantic representation, skill acquisition, connectionist/hybrid modeling, brain imaging.
Andrew B. Schwartz
Cerebral basis for volitional movement and cortical neural prosthetics.
Susan R. Sesack
Functional neuroanatomy of cortical and brainstem monoamine systems.
Etienne L. Sibille
Molecular mechanisms of depression and aging.
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.
Edward M. Stricker
Central control of homeostatic regulatory systems.
Alan F. Sved
Central neural control of the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular function; neurobiology of nicotine pharmacology.
Edda Thiels
Behavioral, biochemical, and physiological analysis of learning and memory.
Robert S. Turner
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia-cortical networks in health and disease.
Nathaniel N. Urban
Physiology imaging and computation in the olfactory system.
Mark Wheeler
Brain imaging and behavioral studies of episodic memory, attentional control, and decision making in memory.
Bill J. Yates
Vestibular influences on autonomic control and navigation.