Steve Ramirez
The mission of my lab is twofold: to reveal the neural circuit mechanisms of memory storage and retrieval, and to artificially modulate memories to combat maladaptive states. We will do so in a multi-disciplinary fashion by combining virus engineering strategies, immunohistochemistry and physiology, optogenetics and functional imaging of targeted populations in vivo, and a battery […]
Kathleen Rockland
Dr. Rockland received her doctorate at Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (1979), working on feedforward and feedback cortical connections with Dr. Deepak Pandya. She completed postdoctoral studies on patchy horizontal intrinsic collaterals with Jennifer Lund at the Medical University of South Carolina, and began an independent laboratory in 1983 at the E.K. Shriver Center […]
Douglas Rosene
Prof. Rosene is recognized as one of the world’s experts on the anatomy of the temporal lobe limbic system and has published extensively in this area. He is also recognized for his work in the neurobiology of cognitive aging and was Program Director for 15 years of a long-standing NIH Program Project studying the neural […]
Ben Scott
My research interest is to develop and apply new technologies to study the neural basis of cognition and complex learned behavior. My approach involves a combination of two fields. The first is biomedical engineering, particularly the development of novel optical imaging and genetic methods to observe and perturb the activity of neurons in their native […]
Jean-Jacques Soghomonian
Prof. Soghomonian directs the Laboratory for the Cellular Biology of the Basal Ganglia. The laboratory currently focuses on neurotransmitter imbalances in the basal ganglia and their contribution to movement, learning, and cognitive disorders. The laboratory uses a combination of anatomical, neurochemical and molecular biology techniques.
John White
Prof. White’s laboratory uses engineering approaches to understand how information is processed in the brain, with the goal of exploiting these findings to improve the human condition. Ongoing and future research questions include the following: Why is coherent electrical activity of the cortex necessary for mental processes like learning and memory? What factors control this […]
Venetia Zachariou
Our research focuses on signal transduction and epigenetic mechanisms underlying CNS disorders and their treatment. We use advanced genetic mouse models, viral mediated gene transfer and multidisciplinary approaches to understand the network and cell type-specific mechanisms of chronic pain, addiction, stress, and depression. Current projects investigate the mechanism by which signal transduction complexes modulate drug […]
Ella Zeldich
Our lab is focusing on studying the cellular and molecular machinery mediating the connection between Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. We are utilizing 2D and 3D cellular models derived from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to investigate molecular mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration and demyelination in Alzheimer’s disease, ischemic stroke, and aging. Using iPS cells, […]
Basilis Zikopoulos
Our research focuses on the study of the organization and dynamics of cortical brain circuits, and their disruption in disease. We use experimental and theoretical (computational) approaches to study molecular, synaptic, cellular interactions and interareal network connectivity, as the basis of cognitive and emotional processing for flexible attention and goal-oriented behavior.