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Burk, Dawn (demo)
Burk, Dawn (demo)
Adjunct Professor, Assistant Adjunct Professor
Research Summary
We are currently examining the specific causal dietary factors, critical developmental periods, and neurobiological mechanisms underlying diet-induced cognitive decline. Ongoing research identifies the gut microbiome as a critical link between unhealthy junk food diets and neurocognition.
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Dickman, Dion
Dickman, Dion
Full Professor of Biological Sciences
Research Summary
Synaptic development, function, and plasticity in Drosophila.
Dunkel, Janet (demo)
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Associate Adjunct Professor
Research Summary
Many mammals sense and affect their environment predominantly through innate motor programs for exploration, social interaction, and ingestion; yet, little is known about the neuronal circuits that control these motor programs. Our lab uses molecular, systems, and computational neurobiological techniques to identify specific brainstem motor control modules and to determine how higher-order brain structures engage these modules for innate behaviors.
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Herting, MeganHerting, Megan
Full Professor of Biological Sciences
Research Summary
Our laboratory uses advanced MRI neuroimaging techniques to investigate how the brain develops during childhood and adolescence. Our research focuses on both internal and external risk factors, like hormones, air pollution, and physical activity on brain outcomes like structure, function, cognition, and mental health.
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Kanoski, ScottKanoski, Scott
Full Professor of Biological Sciences
Research Summary
The prevalence of obesity has exploded over the past 40 years. The biological systems that underlie the excessive eating behavior contributing to obesity onset remain poorly understood. Our research goal is to discover the neural systems and psychological processes that control energy balance, with a particular focus on understanding the neurobiological substrates that regulate obesity-promoting behaviors such as food impulsivity and environmental cue-induced feeding. Another primary focus of our lab is to study how the brain is negatively impacted by dietary and metabolic factors. Consumption of Western diets (high in saturated fatty acids and sugars) not only contributes to obesity development, but also produces deficits in learning and memory capabilities and can even increase the risk for developing dementia. We are currently examining the specific causal dietary factors, critical developmental periods, and neurobiological mechanisms underlying diet-induced cognitive decline. Ongoing research identifies the gut microbiome as a critical link between unhealthy junk food diets and neurocognition.
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Research Summary
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Matthews, Sean (demo)
Matthews, Sean (demo)
Adjunct Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
Research Summary
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Moore, Jeffrey
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Research Summary
Many mammals sense and affect their environment predominantly through innate motor programs for exploration, social interaction, and ingestion; yet, little is known about the neuronal circuits that control these motor programs. Our lab uses molecular, systems, and computational neurobiological techniques to identify specific brainstem motor control modules and to determine how higher-order brain structures engage these modules for innate behaviors.
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Schier, LindseySchier, Lindsey
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Research Summary
The Schier lab seeks to understand how the chemical constituents of foods and fluids are sensed, how these oral and postoral signals are processed in the brain and channeled into the behavioral outputs that subserve energy balance.
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Shana Adise
Don Arnold
Lisa Sarah Aziz-Zadeh
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Laura A. Baker
Antoine Bechara
Berenice A. Benayoun
Theodore W. Berger
Michael Bienkowski
Michael Bonaguidi
Alexandre Bonnin
Tito Borner
Sarah W. Bottjer
Meredith Braskie
Isabelle Brocas
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Enrique Cadenas
Karen T Chang
Karolina Charaziak
Jeannie Chen
Helena Chui
Vasileios Christopoulos
Marcelo P. Coba
Pinchas Cohen
Giorgio Coricelli
Constanza Cortes
Cheryl Mae Craft
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Antonio Damasio
Hanna Damasio
Daryl L. Davies
James Dewey
Brian Dias
Dion Kai Dickman
Dominique Duncan
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Kathie Eagleson
Teal Eich
Laurie S. Eisenberg
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Ksenia Gnedeva
Raymond L. Goldsworthy
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Joel D. Hahn
Sarah F. Hamm-Alvarez
S. Duke Han
Eleanor Hayes-Larson
Bruce E. Herring
Megan M. Herting
Andrew Hires
Judith A. Hirsch
Daniel P Holschneider
Mark S. Humayun
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Justin Ichida
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Andrei Irimia
Laurent Itti
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Neda Jahanshad
Michael W. Jakowec
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Radha Kalluri
Anna Kamitakahara
Scott E. Kanoski
Jonas Kaplan
Hosung Kim
Chien-Ping Ko
Jason J Kutch
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Changhan David Lee
Kristan Leech
Natasha Lepore
Pat Levitt
Sook-Lei Liew
Emily R. Liman
Gerald E. Loeb
Valter D. Longo
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William J Mack
Mara Mather
Lauren McElvain
David D. McKemy
Bartlett W. Mel
Carol Ann Miller
Toben H. Mintz
John R Monterosso
Jeffrey Moore
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Daniel Nation
Shrikanth (Shri) Narayanan
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Kathleen Page
Bradley Peterson
Giselle M. Petzinger
Christian J. Pike
Payam Piray
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Jessica Schwartzman
Nicolas Schweighofer
Maryam M. Shanechi
Christopher Shera
Jean C. Shih
Derek Sieburth
Beth A. Smith
Dong Song
Elizabeth Sowell
Larry Swanson
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Armand R. Tanguay, Jr.
Huizhong W. Tao
Paul Matthew Thompson
Arthur Toga
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Junhao Wen
Carolee J. Winstein
Ruth I. Wood
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Jason D Zevin
Li I Zhang
Zhen Zhao
Berislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD
