The Department of Neuroscience plays a key role in the development and teaching of basic sciences in the Medical School Phase 1 Gateway curriculum, including human anatomy, histology, and neuroscience. In conjunction with the Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS) program in neuroscience, the department also offers introductory graduate courses in cellular, molecular, and systems neuroscience. In addition, the department also offers a number of advanced courses that are primarily designed for graduate students but that are also open to students in the medical curriculum. Finally, advanced elective research activities are offered by faculty in the department.
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Kari Leigh Allen, MA, PHD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Courtesy)
BA State Univ of NY Potsdam 2005
MA New Mexico St University 2008
PHD Duke University 2014
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Amy Lynn Bauernfeind, PHD, M PHIL
Associate Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Anthropology (Courtesy)
BS Vanderbilt University 2004
PHD George Washington University 2014
M PHIL George Washington University 2011
Paul C Bridgman, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
BA University of San Diego 1974
PHD Purdue University 1980
MS University of CA San Diego 1976
Andreas H Burkhalter, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor of Neurobiology in Neurological Surgery
PHD University of Zurich 1977
MS University of Zurich 1973
Harold Burton, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
Professor of Radiology
BA University of Michigan 1964
PHD Univ of Wisconsin Madison 1968
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Valeria Cavalli, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BS University of Geneva 1991
PHD University of Geneva 2000
MS University of Geneva 1992
Yao Chen, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
BS Cambridge University 2002
MS Cambridge University 2006
PHD Harvard University 2009
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Krikor T Dikranian, MD, PHD
Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Professor of Physical Therapy
MD Medical University - Varna 1978
PHD Medical University - Sofia 1992
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James Alexander John Fitzpatrick, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
PHD University of Bristol 2003
BS King's College London 2000
Susan M Fitzpatrick, PHD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
BS St Johns University 1978
PHD Cornell University 1984
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Harrison W. Gabel, AB, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
AB Princeton University 2001
PHD Harvard University 2008
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Edward B. Han, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
BS Cornell University 1995
PHD University of CA San Diego 2004
Martha B. Han, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD University of CA San Diego 2008
BS Yale University 2000
Timothy E. Holy, MA, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Neuroscience
MA Princeton University 1992
PHD Princeton University 1997
BA Rice University 1991
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Ahmad Jezzini, PHD, MS
Instructor in Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BS Lebanese Univ Med Science 2003
PHD University of Parma 2010
MS Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1 2004
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Adam Kepecs, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychiatry
BS Eötvös Loránd University 1997
PHD Brandeis University 2002
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Qingyun Li, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Genetics
PHD Duke University 2015
BA China Agriculture University 2006
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Ilya E. Monosov, MS, PHD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery
BS University of CA San Diego 2004
MS NewSchool Architecture Design 2005
PHD Brown University 2009
Ashley C. Morhardt, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
MS Western Illinois University 2009
BS Illinois College, Jacksonville 2006
PHD Ohio University 2016
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Michael L Nonet, PHD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD Mass Inst of Technology (MIT) 1989
BS University of CA Davis 1984
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Karen Laurel O'Malley, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD University of Texas Austin 1980
MS Portland St University 1973
BA Sonoma State University 1971
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Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PHD, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Economics (Courtesy)
PHD Mass Inst of Technology (MIT) 2002
MS La Sapienza University 1996
Thomas J Papouin, PHD, MS
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BS Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon 2005
PHD University of Bordeaux 2 2011
MS Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon 2007
Carlos Ramon Ponce, PHD, MD1
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD Harvard University 2008
BS University of Utah 2001
MD1 Harvard University 2010
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Linda J Richards
Edison Professor of Neurobiology (primary appointment)
Head of the Department of Neuroscience
Terrence Bradley Ritzman, MA, PHD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
BA University of Illinois 1999
MA Colorado St University 2005
PHD Arizona State University 2014
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Lawrence B Salkoff, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Genetics
BA University of CA Los Angeles 1967
PHD University of CA Berkeley 1979
Paul Joseph Shaw, PHD, MA
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
BA Niagara University 1985
PHD University of Chicago 1996
MA San Jose State University 1990
Lawrence H Snyder, MD, PHD, AB, MS
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
MD University of Rochester 1992
PHD University of Rochester 1992
AB Princeton University 1982
MS University of Rochester 1992
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Paul H Taghert, PHD
Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Interim Head of the Department of Neuroscience
PHD University of Washington 1981
BA Reed College 1975
Gaia Tavoni, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
BS Polytechnic University of Turi 2010
PHD Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon 2015
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David C Van Essen, PHD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Neurobiology (primary appointment)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
BS California Institute Technolo 1967
PHD Harvard University 1971
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Jason Yi, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
PHD Duke University 2009
BS Dickinson College 2001
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Guoyan Zhao, MS, PHD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (primary appointment)
MS School Not Listed 1998
BS School Not Listed 1995
PHD Washington Univ in St. Louis 2003
Neuroscience Research Electives
During the fourth year, opportunities exist for many varieties of advanced clinical or research experiences.
Kari Allen, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-747-6572
Paleoanthropology and phylogenetic statistics; comparative analyses of primate craniodental morphology and the evolution of brain size
Martha Bagnall, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-362-9695
Molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral analyses of neural circuits for vestibular control of spinal function
Amy Bauernfeind, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-747-6566
Biological bases of human cognition; comparative neurobiology of primates
Paul Bridgman, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3449
Cell biology of the developing nervous system
Andreas Burkhalter, PhD
North Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-362-4068
Organization and function of neuronal circuits in mouse visual cortex
Harold Burton, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3556
Cortical functional reorganization in response to sensory changes due to unilateral deafness or strabismus
Valeria Cavalli, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3540
Cellular, molecular and epigentic mechanisms controlling axon regeneration
Yao Chen, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-273-7739
We aim to understand how the dynamics of neuromodulators and intracellular signals contribute to the function of neuromodulators, to learning, and to the function of sleep.
Krikor Dikranian, MD, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3548
Development and morphology of the amyloid plaques in experimental animals; neuropathological changes after head trauma
James Fitzpatrick, PhD
McKinley Research Building, Basement
Phone: 314-747-0838
Optical and charged particle multiscale microscopy application method development
Harrison Gabel, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3531
Gene regulation in the developing nervous system; molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders
Edward Han, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-747-2505
Learning-related hippocampal network activation
Timothy E. Holy, PhD
North Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-362-0086
Neural mechanisms of action of mammalian pheromones
Adam Kepecs, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 4th Floor
Phone: 314-273-8523
Our long-term goal is to reverse engineer the computational and neurobiological processes underlying cognition and decision-making and apply these insights to biological psychiatry.
Tristan (Qingyun) Li, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-273-1422
My lab is broadly interested in neuroimmunology, with a focus on microglial biology.
Ilya Monosov, MS, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3740
Neuronal mechanisms of voluntary behavior
Ashley Morhardt, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-273-1859
Evolution of neural diversity within and across non-mammalian vertebrate clades, especially dinosaurs
Michael L. Nonet, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-747-1176
Molecular genetic analysis of synaptic development and function
Karen L. O’Malley, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-7087
Molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative processes; signaling mechanisms associated with intracellular receptors
Camillo Padoa Schioppa, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-362-3530
Neuronal bases of economic choice and decision making
Thomas Papouin, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-273-7738
Role played by the 80% to 90% of non-neuronal cells (glial cells) in brain function
Carlos Ponce, MD, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 314-273-2746
The goal of our lab is to define how neurons from different cortical areas interact to realize our perception of shape and motion.
Terry Ritzman, PhD
North Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-273-1861
Comparative anatomy of the skull in primates as it relates to human evolution
Lawrence B. Salkoff, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3644
Roles of ion channels in neuronal long-term excitability changes
Paul J. Shaw, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-2703
Molecular genetics of sleep and circadian rhythms
Lawrence H. Snyder, MD, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 3rd Floor
Phone: 314-747-3530
Computational and cognitive issues in cortical control of eye and arm movement investigated via electrophysiology and imaging
Paul H. Taghert, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 314-362-3641
Neurobiology of circadian rhythms; neurobiology of peptidergic neurotransmission
David C. Van Essen, PhD
East McDonnell Building, 2nd Floor
Phone: 314-362-7043
Organization, function, and development of primate cerebral cortex, especially in humans; generation and utilization of neuroinformatics tools for data mining
Jason Yi, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-273-1664
Molecular pathways shaping nervous system development and function
Guoyan Zhao, PhD
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, 8th Floor
Phone: 314-273-9045
My laboratory is interested in understanding the regulatory networks that control the development and proper function of mammalian brains in the context of human health and disease.
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M05 Neurosci 501B Human Body: Anatomy, Embryology, Imaging
The course is primarily lab-based, focusing on dissection of the human body. Lectures on functional and topographic anatomy emphasize the principles of organization of the various systems of the body. Lectures on developmental anatomy stress organogenesis as an adjunct to understanding the normal and abnormal anatomy. Small group discussions emphasize radiological anatomy and clinical correlations. Frequent use of CT, MRI, and X-ray images aid in the synthesis of knowledge gained through dissection. Cross-listed with L41 (Bio) 501.
Credit 140 units.
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M05 Neurosci 502A Histology and Cell Biology
The structures of cells, tissues, and major organ systems are studied in relationship to their functions. Lectures integrate histology with cell biology and physiology. The laboratories consist of the study of prepared slides and electron micrographs using an iBook or eBook (ePub) guide. An extensive online digital annotated atlas (Slide-atlas.org) and a video library are used to supplement the slides and electron micrographs. Presentations of case studies provide examples of clinical relevance. A dual-view microscope and slide set will be issued for each pair of students. Limited space is available for non-medical students, who must have permission from the course director to enroll. The topics in this course are timed to integrate with the physiology course and span the fall and winter semesters.
Credit 66 units.
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M05 Neurosci 554 Neural Science
This is an intensive seven-week course that covers the structure, development, and function of the nervous system as seen from molecular, cellular, and systems-oriented perspectives. The emphasis is on the organization and function of the nervous system in health, but there is frequent reference to the clinical relevance of the material presented. The course includes regular lectures, conference sessions, and laboratories (including a team based learning session), plus a number of clinically oriented presentations and special topics sessions that address selected issues in greater depth. Computer-aided instructional programs, which are accessible from a variety of locations, provide auxiliary modes of self-paced learning and review. Exams emphasize the core body of important facts and principles presented in the lectures and laboratories. Limited space is available for non-medical students with the instructor's permission. Non-medical students should register under the cross-listed number L41 554. Spring only.
Credit 109 units.
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M05 Neurosci 810 Advanced Dissection
Different regions of the body will be dissected in detail. A period of four weeks should be allowed for each region: head and neck, thorax and abdomen, and superior and inferior limbs. Surgical approaches, cross-sections, X-rays, and CT scans can be studied.
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