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1. Bruce Bean, PhD

   Neuronal electrical signaling, ion channels, pacemaking, and neuropharmacology

   Investigate the electrical firing and physiology of neuronal ion channels

   

2. Florian Engert, PhD

   Neural basis of behaviors in vertebrates

   Identify the neural circuits that control specific behaviors in vertebrates; Examine these neural circuits in molecular and cellular detail to understand how neural activity controls innate behavior.

   

3. Naoshige Uchida, PhD

   Neural basis of rapid olfactory decisions Reward-based decisions and learning

   Dr. Uchida’s laboratory studies how the brain recognizes and makes rapid decisions based on complex stimuli with remarkable speed and accuracy; uses the olfactory system as a model to ...

   

Research Categories

Central Nervous System

Sub-categories

1. Neurobiology/Neurophysiology/Neuropharmacology

   1. Action potential»
   2. Behavior»
   3. Binocular function»
   4. Brain plasticity»
   5. Calcium channel»
   6. Calcium channel blocker»
   7. Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Kinase II (CaMKII)»
   8. Cognition»
   9. Critical period»
   10. Decision»
   11. Dopaminergic neuron»
   12. Excitatory-inhibitory balance»
   13. Hypocretin (Hcrt)»
   14. Hypothalamus»
   15. Inhibitory synapses»
   16. Ionic current»
   17. Learning»
   18. Long-term depression (LTD)»
   19. Long-term memory»
   20. Long-term potentiation (LTP)»
   21. Lynx1-nAChR interaction»
   22. Mating behavior»
   23. Motor neuron»
   24. Neural circuits»
   25. Neural coding»
   26. Neural connections»
   27. Neural development»
   28. Neural network»
   29. Neural Progenitors»
   30. Neuromuscular junction»
   31. Neuronal recordings»
   32. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor»
   33. Odor»
   34. Odor map»
   35. Odor-guided perceptual decision task»
   36. Olfactory»
   37. Olfactory bulb»
   38. Olfactory signaling»
   39. Optogenetics»
   40. Optomotor response»
   41. Pacemaking»
   42. Pain-sensing neuron»
   43. Pheromone receptor»
   44. Photoreceptor»
   45. Plasticity»
   46. Postsynaptic signaling»
   47. Potassium channel»
   48. Reticular spinal formation»
   49. Retinotectal pathway»
   50. Reward»
   51. Reward-based decision making and learning»
   52. Reward-based learning and decision-making assays»
   53. Sensory neuron»
   54. Sensory processing»
   55. Serotonin/5-HT signaling»
   56. Serotonin/5-HT2C receptors»
   57. Sodium channel»
   58. Spikes»
   59. Subcellular dendritic topography»
   60. Synaptic competition»
   61. Temporal code»
   62. TRP channel»
   63. TRPV1 channel»
   64. Visual cortex»
   65. Visual stimuli»
   66. Voltage clamp technique»
   67. Vomeronasal organ»