CNUP: Center for Neuroscience

Development/Plasticity/Repair

Kathryn M. Albers
Growth factors and sensory neuron function in pain and nerve injury.
Brian M. Davis
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of central and peripheral nervous system development and plasticity.
Yan Dong
Cellular and circuitry mechanisms underlying pathological neural plasticity
Kirk I. Erickson
Neuroimaging and cognitive studies of age and health.
Kenneth N. Fish
Functional consequences of altered connectivity in schizophrenia; the early secretory pathway’s role in neurodevelopment and synaptogenesis
Willi M. Halfter
Axonal pathfinding in the developing chick visual system.
Tija C. Jacob
Regulation of GABAergic inhibition in development and mental disorders
Karl Kandler
Development and plasticity of inhibitory circuits.
H. Richard Koerber
Development, plasticity and pain processing in sensory neurons and in the spinal dorsal horn.
Carl F. Lagenaur
Neurite outgrowth and synaptogenesis.
Cynthia Lance-Jones
Motoneuron development and spinal cord patterning.
Laura E. Lillien
CNS stem cells.
Stephen D. Meriney
Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release in healthy and diseased synapses.
A. Paula Monaghan-Nichols
Genetic analysis of vertebrate CNS development.
Anne-Marie Oswald
Contributions of cortical microcircuit properties to information processing and coding in the olfactory system.
Martin Oudega
Cellular transplants for spinal cord repair. Development of combinatorial spinal cord repair strategies.
Sarah E. Ross
The goal of our research is to functionally dissect the neural circuits that underlie pain and itch.
Jonathan Rubin
Theoretical and computational modeling of dynamics in neuronal networks.
Maria E. Rubio
Ultrastructure and the chemical nature of the tripartite synapse
Dandan Sun
Ion transporters in neurological diseases.
Edda Thiels
Behavioral, biochemical, and physiological analysis of learning and memory.
Amy K. Wagner
The impact of gender and changes in neurochemistry on rehabilitation and treatment outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Joseph W. Yip
Molecular control of neuronal migration.