Summer Undergraduate Program:
Training Faculty
Alison Barth, Ph.D.
Plasticity in developing and adult neocortex.
Aaron Batista, PhD
Sensory-motor integration and neural prosthetics
Carol L. Colby, Ph.D.
Cortical mechanisms of memory, attention, and spatial representation in primates.
Brian M. Davis, Ph.D.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of central and peripheral nervous system development and plasticity.
C. Edward Dixon, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of post-traumatic memory deficits, models of traumatic brain injury, and functional outcomes.
G. Bard Ermentrout, Ph.D.
Computational and theoretical models of neural and muscle physiology.
Michael S. Gold, Ph.D.
Peripheral mechanisms of pain.
Gregg E. Homanics, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of alcohol and anesthetic action.
Jon W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Biophysics, pharmacology, and regulation of glutamate receptors.
Anthony E. Kline, Ph.D.
Pharmacological and environmental approaches for neurobehavioral and histological recovery after experimental traumatic brain injury.
H. Richard Koerber, Ph.D.
Development, plasticity and pain processing in sensory neurons and in the spinal dorsal horn.
Cynthia Lance-Jones, Ph.D.
Motoneuron development and spinal cord patterning.
William R. Lariviere, Ph.D.
Genetics of individual variability in pain and analgesia; interactions between stress and pain systems.
David A. Lewis, M.D.
Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia.
Beatriz Luna, Ph.D.
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.
Stephen D. Meriney, Ph.D.
Regulation and modulation of presynaptic ion channels and transmitter release.
Ruth G. Perez, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms underlying normal functions of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.
Ian F. Pollack, M.D.
Signal transduction pathways in glioma growth, molecular markers of glioma prognosis.
Jonathan Rubin, Ph.D.
Theoretical and computational modeling of dynamics in neuronal networks.
Susan R. Sesack, Ph.D.
Functional neuroanatomy of cortical and brainstem monoamine systems.
Joel R. Stiles, M.D. Ph.D.
Spatially realistic simulations of neurotransmitter release, synaptic transmission and plasticity.
Alan F. Sved, Ph.D.
Central neural control of the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular function; neurobiology of nicotine pharmacology.
Edda Thiels, Ph.D.
Behavioral, biochemical, and physiological analysis of learning and memory.
Robert S. Turner, Ph.D.
Neurophysiology of basal ganglia-cortical networks in health and disease.
Ronald B. Wetzel, Ph.D.
Assembly, structure and cytotoxicity of pathological protein aggregates associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
Clayton A. Wiley, M.D. Ph.D.
Examining mechanisms of neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s Disease, AIDS, West Nile Virus and influenza infection.
Bill J. Yates, Ph.D.
Vestibular influences on autonomic control and navigation.
