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 Mechanisms of Multisensory Integration and Cross-Modal Perceptual Processes
Subcortical Modulation of Sensory Processing:
Central Nervous System Mechanisms of Pain
Neural and Pharmacological Modulation of Cognitive Changes During Aging
Development and Shaping of Auditory Circuitry
Craig K. Henkel
Visuomotor Integration
Terrence R. Stanford
Memory and Cognitive Function
Memory, Synaptic Plasticity and Olfaction
Ashok Hegde
Computational Neuroscience
Neural Survival in Development, Aging and Injury
Role of Trophic Factors in Neuronal and Glial Survival, Activity, and Plasticity
Regulation and Effect of Stress Response in the Mediation of Neuronal Survival
Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Death
Role of Glia in Mediating Neuronal Plasticity and Survival
Neuronal Precursor Cells in the Mature CNS
David R. Riddle
Functional and Structural Imaging
Functional Imaging of Human Brain Mechanisms Supporting the Pain Experience
Functional Imaging of Neurobiological Changes During Aging
Mary Lou Voytko