Primary Faculty
Noor Akhter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Steroid regulation of somatotropes in the male
Jason Y. Chang, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, Ophthalmology
Neuronal programmed cell death, neurotoxicity of cholesterol oxides
Gwen V. Childs, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
Neuroendocrine regulation of growth and reproduction
David L. Davies, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Pathogenesis of ethanol and trauma-related brain damage
Paul D. Drew, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair
Neurodegenerative disorders including multiple sclerosis and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy and Psychiatry
Disorders of the reticular activating system and sleep, schizophrenia, depression, PTSD, spinal cord injury
Abdallah Hayar, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Role of synchronized bursting activity in olfactory bulb processing of sensory input.
Cynthia (Cindy) J.M. Kane, Ph.D. Professor
Regulation of glial-neuronal interactions in the CNS during normal and abnormal brain development
Melanie C. MacNicol, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Signal transduction and mRNA translation in neurons
Angus M. MacNicol, Ph.D. Professor
Regulation of early vertebrate development, cell cycle progression and cellular differentiation
Mark S. Mennemeier, Ph.D. Professor, Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Laboratory in the Center for Translational Neuroscience.
Neural mechanisms of neglect
Edgar R. Meyer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Gross anatomy, histology (microscopic anatomy), embryology (developmental anatomy), neuroanatomy, and virtual anatomy
Angela Odle, Ph.D. Instructor
Kevin D. Phelan, Ph.D. Professor
Regulation of synaptic transmission and ethanol effects on the brain
Robert D. Skinner, Ph.D. Professor
Spinal cord injury and locomotion pattern generators; midlatency auditory evoked potentials in human brain diseases and the startle response in an animal model
Laura C. Stanley, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Medical Education; Neurodegenerative Disease
Mohsin M. Syed, Ph.D. Assistant Professor