Dr. Mark B. Moss
Dr. Douglas L. Rosene
Dr. Ron Killiany
Dr. Tara Moore
Laboratory of Cognitive Neurobiology

The Laboratory for Cognitive Neurobiology is directed by Dr. Mark Moss and Dr. Douglas Rosene. Dr. Ron Killiany and Dr. Tara Moore, Assistant Professors in the Department, serve as laboratory section chiefs. Together, the four of us oversee the day-to-day operation of the laboratory. Working with us are three Research Associates, Drs. Dawn Cisewski, Dan Roe, and Joe Marcus. Nine graduate students are working on a variety of projects in the lab. These include John Pugh, Laura Welke, Deb Roberts, Laura Ngwenya, Mike Bowley, Liz Jonak, Jim Lister, Rahul Desikan, and Steve Schettler. The lab receives critical support from our six technicians, Karen Slater (chief technician), Jerry Edwards, Rachel Ames, Emily Hamlyn, Dan Kim and Bethany Elwell. Bobbie Patrick is the office administrator who helps keep things running smoothly in the office day-to-day.
Mark Moss
Dr. Moss' particular interests focus on (1) the interaction of the prefrontal cortices with the medial temporal lobe limbic system in subserving executive function, rule learning and declarative memory in young adult monkeys; (2) the separate and combined effects of age and hypertension on cognition and blood-brain barrier and white matter integrity in a non-human primate model of hypertensive cerebrovascular disease and (3) parallel studies in normal aged humans and patients with MCI and Alzheimer's disease.
Douglas Rosene
Dr. Rosene's particular interests focus on (1) the effect of age on brain integrity, including white matter, neurotransmitter systems and neural transmission in a primate model of normal human aging (2) the interaction of the prefrontal cortices with the medial temporal lobe limbic system 3) the effect of prenatal malnutrition on brain integrity in a rodent model and 4) modeling methods to characterize age-related changes in microcolumns in the cerebral cortex.
Ron Killiany
Ron Killiany has a primary interest in various applications of MRI in animal models and humans alike. He works closely with investigators at Brigham and Womens Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital to develop and implement imaging sequences to measure selective brain regions as antemortem markers of Alzhimer's Disease
Tara Moore
Tara Moore has an interest in the neurobiology of the non-human primate prefrontal cortex. She has developed unique behavioral tasks to assess executive function in the monkey and has used a multidisciplinary approach to assess the neurobiological bases of prefrontal cortical dysfunction in aging, hypertension, and cocaine abuse.
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