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Neuroscience Program
  


Neuroscience Research

We seek to understand how the nervous sytem functions, biochemically and physiologically, in normal and disordered systems, and how this function manifests as behavior. Neuroscience is a rapidly growing field of study. An excellent description of the field of Neuroscience can be found at What is Neuroscience?. Funding for Neuroscience research comes from a variety of sources, the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation being two major providers of funding.

The Program

Our faculty of 38 basic and applied scientists, from a range of disciplines, conduct research over a broad range of areas. Faculty members come from a variety of Departments, including Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, Optometry, Physics, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Speech and Hearing. Faculty belong to one of three core research areas:




Mouse models  of Huntington's disease

Serotonin and audition in the IC

Emotion and cognition