Training Group Mission
Neuroscience is a truly integrative discipline as evidenced by the fact that faculty in this program are drawn from approximately 10 departments representing 5 schools at Purdue University. Both the breadth and depth of the research programs among the Purdue faculty span the nervous systems of diverse species, e.g. fruit flies, zebra fish, mice, rats, and humans. Further, the research approach among these systems spans the molecular, cellular, physiological, and behavioral levels of analysis. Students enter the program from diverse undergraduate majors, with equally diverse research interests, and consequently receive training across the levels of analysis required to effectively understand the nervous system and its function. One of the special aspects of the Neuroscience Program is that the participating faculty are drawn from departments and schools within Purdue University not typically associated with training in the life sciences. This inherent diversity in the problem areas and technical approaches taken will offer students from other training programs within PULSe this broad perspective in a way that is relevant to their own disciplines and research.
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Faculty Membership
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Aguilar, Ruben C
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Protein trafficking and membrane transport in relation to the processes of cell polarity establishment and carcinogenic transformation
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Andrisani, Ourania
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Mechanism(s) of liver cancer pathogenesis by the Hepatitis B Virus X protein. Signal transduction networks in neuronal development and cancer pathogenesis.
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Barker, Eric L.
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Molecular pharmacology of antidepressant- and cocaine-sensitive serotonin transporters; endogenous cannabinoid transport
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Cannon, Jason
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Neurodegeneration, neurotoxicology, Parkinson's disease, gene-therapy
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Cheng, Heng-Wei
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Area of Expertise: Animal Behavior and Well-Being
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Chester, Julia A.
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Identification of genetic, neurobiological, and environmental factors that contribute to alcohol drinking and the development of alcoholism
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Clemens, Jim
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Molecular mechanisms of neuron connection specificity
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Culurciello, Eugenio
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Biomedical instrumentation
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Drenan, Ryan
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Molecular Pharmacology and Neurobiology of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
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Fekete, Donna M.
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Inner ear development using zebrafish and chicken embryo animal models.
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Fox, Edward A.
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Sensory component of the vagus nerve; development and role in regulation of food intake and body weight
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Francis, Gregory
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Neural network models of human behavior, human-computer interactions, cognitive psychology
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Freeman, Jennifer L.
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Environmental and molecular toxicology, genomics, and cytogenetics
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Heinz, Michael
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Neural coding in normal and impaired auditory systems
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Hockerman, Gregory
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Molecular pharmacology
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Hollenbeck, Peter J.
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Intracellular organelle transport in neurons
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Huber, Jessica E.
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Speech motor control in both normal individuals and individuals with motor speech disorders
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Kinzig, Kimberly P.
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Neural and endocrine factors involved in the control of food intake and regulation of energy balance
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Kluender, Keith
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Perception of complex sounds, auditory learning
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Krishnan, Ananthanarayan
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Auditory physiology
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Leung, Yuk Fai
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Disease-causing gene network and novel therapies for retinal degeneration
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Lucas, Jeffrey R.
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Use of optimality models in behavioral ecology; energy regulation and communication in birds and mammals
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Otto, Kevin J.
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Neuroprostheses, systems neuroscience, and neurotechnologies
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Powley, Terry L.
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Identification and mapping of the neural circuitry controlling feeding and drinking
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Ready, Donald F.
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Cellular, molecular, and genetic studies of Drosophila retinal development
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Rickus, Jenna L.
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NeuroEngineering / Cellular Neurobiology
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Rochet, Jean-Christophe (Chris)
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Protein misassembly diseases
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Rossie, Sandra S.
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Signal transduction and protein Ser/Thr phosphatases
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Shah, Kavita
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Identification of the substrates of protein kinases, interplay between kinases and the activation and recruitment of downstream effector proteins
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Shi, Riyi
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Cellular and molecular underlying mechanism of nerve damage and recovery
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Smith, Anne
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Neurophysiological bases of speech production
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Strickland, Elizabeth A.
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Psychoacoustics, auditory perception by normal and hearing impaired listeners
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Suter, Daniel M.
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Neuronal growth cone motility and guidance, cell adhesion and migration, cytoskeletal dynamics, signal transduction, nervous system development
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Swithers, Susan E.
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Development of controls of ingestive behavior in rats
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Van Rijn, Richard M.
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G-protein coupled receptor pharmacology of addiction and neurological disorders
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Watts, Val J.
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Signaling of G protein-coupled receptors with an emphasis on dopamine receptors and adenylate cyclases
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Weber-Fox , Christine
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Event-related brain potential (ERP) and behavioral measures to characterize the neural subsystems for language processing
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Zelaznik, Howard N.
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Theoretical issues in movement coordination and movement timing
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Zheng, Wei
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Blood-brain barrier and neurotoxicology of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinsonian disorders
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