Research Overview

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

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

• 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

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