Faculty

Graduate Training Faculty

Martin Adamo  (Biochemistry) – regulation of insulin-like growth factor-1 gene expression and cellular functions

Tom Boyer (Molecular Medicine) - transcriptional regulation and DNA repair in neuronal cell systems

Robert Brenner (Physiology) – Integrative physiology and biophysics of ion channel structure and cellular signaling

Robin Brey (Neurology) –stroke, lupus erythematosus, autoimmunity and antiphospholipid syndrome

Jose Cavazos (Neurology) – hippocampal plasticity; mechanisms of neuronal hyperexcitability, epilepsy

Robert Clark (Medicine) – Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neutrophil signal transduction and activation; transcriptional regulation of genes relevant to biology of aging

William Clarke (Pharmacology) – molecular and cellular mechanisms of drug efficacy and differential signal transduction

Tom Cunningham (Pharmacology) – neuroendocrine mechanisms of body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure control

Lynette Daws (Physiology) – regulation of monoamine transporters, psychotherapeutic drug effects

Michael Duff Davis (Radiological Sciences) - Chief, Small Animal Imaging Division, Research Imaging Center

Ben Eaton (Physiology) – molecular mechanisms of synaptic stability and neurodegeneration

Charles France (Pharmacology) – behavioral and pharmacological factors influencing the abuse liability of drugs

Alan Frazer (Pharmacology) – mechanisms of action of antidepressant drugs, regulation of serotonin transporter function

Lisa Gerak (Pharmacology) - behavioral pharmacology of the GABAA receptor, with an emphasis on the effects of ethanol and neuroactive steroids

Andrea Giuffrida (Pharmacology) – endocannabinoid regulation of basal ganglia function and dopamine transmission

Randolph Glickman (Ophthalmology) - retinal physiology and neurobiology, biomedical optics

Kenneth Hargreaves (Endodontics) - neuropharmacology of primary nociceptors and pain sensitivity

John Hart  (Biochemistry) – molecular and biochemical basis for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

George Henderson (Medicine) - mechanisms of alcohol- and oxidative stress-induced damage to the developing brain

Michael Henry (Endodontics) - voltage-gated sodium channels in trigeminal pain; electron and confocal microscopy

Julie Hensler (Pharmacology) – cellular and molecular mechanisms in regulation of neurotransmitter receptor function

Syed Imam (Medicine) - therapeutic targeting of novel cell signaling mechanism to mitigate the progression of Parkinson's disease

Nathan Jeske (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery) – biochemical modulation of peripheral pain in nociceptive neurons by regulation of TRPV1 channel function

Jean Jiang  (Biochemistry) – function and regulation of gap junctions; connexins in cell signaling and development

John Johnson (Physiology) – control mechanisms in regulation of cutaneous circulation

Dean Kellogg (Medicine) - physiology and pathophysiology of the peripheral circulation in humans

Wouter Koek (Psychiatry) - animal models of drug abuse, subjective effects and treatments

Eileen Lafer  (Biochemistry) – synaptic vesicle proteins; mechanisms of synaptic vesicle exo- and endocytosis

Richard Lamb (Psychiatry) - behavioral pharmacology and neurobiology of drug addiction and treatment

Robin Leach (Cell and Structural Biology) – human molecular genetics and neural disease mechanisms, 18q-syndrome

James Lechleiter (Cell and Structural Biology)  – mitochondrial calcium regulation in cell death and survival in the aging process

Senlin Li (Medicine) - hematopoietic stem cell-derived macrophage gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases

Xin-Yun Lu (Pharmacology) – interaction of neural circuits regulating appetite and stress responsiveness

Greg MacLeod (Physiology) – molecular and sub-cellular mechanisms that regulate neuronal calcium

Lance McMahon (Pharmacology) - receptor mechanisms of cannabis action, behavioral processes involved in dependence

Steve Mifflin (Pharmacology) – brain regulation of blood pressure and respiration in normal and pathological states

William Morgan (Cell and Structural Biology)  – transgenic studies of the role of endocrine and neurotransmitter systems in aging

David Morilak (Pharmacology) – brain norepinephrine in the stress response, anxiety and antidepressant drug action

Bruce Nicholson  (Biochemistry) – structure of gap junctions; genetic and structural diversity of connexins in disease

Ravi Ranjan (Pharmacology) - genetics of aging in Drosophila and mechanism of neurotransmitter secretion at the synapse

James Roberts (Pharmacology) – steroid-mediated neuroprotection in Parkinson’s Disease; regulation of neuropeptide metabolism

Brad Rothberg (Physiology) – structural and functional investigation of ion channel biophysics

Mark Shapiro (Physiology) – ion channel physiology; regulation by intracellular signaling pathways and excitability

James Stockand (Physiology) – structure, function and regulation of ENaC/Degenerin sodium ion channels

Randy Strong (Pharmacology) – role of catecholamines in aging; regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression

Glenn Toney (Physiology) – cellular, molecular and integrative mechanisms of sympathetic nervous system function

Kristine Vogel (Cell and Structural Biology)  – mechanisms of tumorigenesis and neural development in neurofibromatosis

David Weiss (Physiology) – GABA receptor structure and function

Wei Zhang (Pharmacology) – molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neurodegenerative diseases

 

Affiliated Faculty

Merrill Carolin (Neurology) – cerebrovascular disease, clinical trials of stroke prevention and treatment

Jean-Louis Caron (Neurosurgery) - innovative therapies for neurovascular disorders; radiosurgery and complex spinal surgery

Allan Coop (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) - Biophysically realistic neuronal modeling and information; theoretic analysis of biological processes

Pedro Delgado (Psychiatry) – interaction of stressful environments with genetic risk factors contributing to depression; mechanisms of successful antidepressant treatment

Murat Digicaylioglu (Neurosurgery) - Mechanisms of neuroprotection and neurorestoration in neurodegenerative diseases; role of cytokines and stem cells

Yuchuan Ding (Neurosurgery) – pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion; stroke therapy

Miguel Fernandez (Surgery) - Snakebites, poisonings, trauma related to poisoning or poisoning treatment

David Glahn (Psychiatry) – neural basis of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia, neuroimaging via fMRI

Robert Hart (Neurology) - Stroke prevention and treatment; clinical trials and their methodology

Robert Hermann (Neurology) -

Consuelo Walss-Bass (Psychiatry) - genetic polymorphisms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder; molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia