Graduate Program in Neuroscience (GPN)
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Alfonso Araque, PhD
Astrocyte-neuron signaling in synaptic physiology & brain function
Kathryn Cullen, MD
Brain imaging to study depression and self-injury in adolescents
Advising Statement
Marija Cvetanovic, PhD
Glial cells in neurodegenerative disease
Advising Statement
Research video
Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD
Cognitive neuroscience
Timothy Ebner, MD, PhD
Neurophysiology of cerebellum and motor cortex
Geoffrey Ghose, PhD
Strategies in visual cortex
Advising Statement
Rocio Gomez-Pastor, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and cell death
Advising Statement
Alexander Herman, MD, PhD
Decision making, neuromodulation, addiction, depression
Suma Jacob, MD, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Social neuroscience, neuroendrocinology &Â genetics
Advising Statement
Matthew Johnson, PhD
Neuromodulation
Peter Kang, MD
Genetics of muscular dystrophy and mechanisms of rare muscle diseases
Advising Statement
Research video
Catherine Kotz, PhD
Obesity research
Esther Krook-Magnuson, PhD
Brain circuitry & selective neuromodulation
Advising Statement
Research video
David Largaespada, PhD
Cancer genetics
Advising Statement
Julia Lemos, PhD
Neural mechanisms of stress, motivation, emotion, movement & motor planning & coordination
Danni Li, PhD
Biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease and for understanding aging phenotypes
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Kelvin Lim, MD
Neuromaging & brain disorders
Linda McLoon, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Developing treatments for eye disorders
Advising Statement
Paul Mermelstein, PhD
Estrogen potentiation of female drug addiction
Advising Statement
Yasushi Nakagawa, MD, PhD
Development of the mammalian forebrain
Tay Netoff, PhD
Neuroengineering & epilepsy
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Eric Newman, PhD
Physiology and function of glial cells
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Harry Orr, PhD
Molecular genetics of neurodegenerative diseases
John Osborn, PhD
Role of the CNS in regulation of arterial pressure & pathogenesis of hypertension
Advising Statement
Christina Pacak, PhD
Mitochondrial dysfunction
Advising Statement
Research video
Ann Parr, MD, PhD
New therapies for spinal cord injury
Rita Perlingeiro, PhD
Molecular mechanisms controlling lineage-specific differentiation of pluripotent stem cells
Advising Statement
David Redish, PhD
Behavior, decision-making and information processing in neural systems
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Patrick Rothwell, PhD
Modulation of striatal circuits in health and disease
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Benjamin Saunders, PhD
Neural circuits of motivation
Research video
Advising Statement
Donald Simone, PhD
Neural encoding of pain and hyperalgesia
Gordon Smith, PhD
Development of visual cortical circuits
Advising Statement
Sade Spencer, PhD
Neural mechanisms that underlie the development of drug addiction and relapse
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Laura Stone, PhD
Mechanisms of pain, epigenetic regulation of chronic pain
Research video
Mark Thomas, PhD
Neurobiology of drug-induced plasticity and addiction
Andrew Venteicher, MD, PhD
Genomics of brain tumors
Advising Statement
Sophia Vinogradov, MD
Cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia
Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD
Neuromodulation
Lucy Vulchanova, PhD
Mechanisms underlying persistent pain
Advising Statement
Helen Vuong, PhD
Microbiome and neurodevelopment
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Kevin Wickman, PhD
Mechanisms controlling the excitability of cells in the heart and brain
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Alik Widge, MD, PhD
Modifying brain circuits to treat mental illness
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Anna Zilverstand, PhD
Developing individualized brain-based and technology supported treatments for human drug addiction
Research video