Interim Director: Dr. Jeri S. Janowsky - cognitive neuroscience of aging and sex steroid effects
Research Faculty
Dr. Sue Aicher - cellular mechanisms underlying pain and autonomic reflex pathway
Dr. Neal Barmack - activity-induced changes in neural circuitry controlling spatial orientation
Dr. Curtis Bell (emeritus) - sensory processing and synaptic plasticity in electric fish
Dr. Paul Cordo - proprioceptive coordination of voluntary movement
Dr. Robert Duvoisin - retinal neurobiology
Dr. Alvin Eisner - visual response and adaptation throughout the adult lifespan
Dr. Matthew Frerking - investigates the transfer and processing of information at central synapses in the hippocampus
Dr. Fay Horak - neural control of balance and gait disorders
Dr. H. Peter Larsson - voltage-activated ion channels
Dr. Jane Macpherson (emeritus)- neural control of posture and balance
Dr. Claudio Mello - neural basis of vocal communication and learning
Dr. Shaun F. Morrison - the central sympathetic nervous system in thermoregulation, cardiovascular function and metabolism
Dr. Robert Peterka - human postural control mechanisms and eye movement control
Dr. P. Hemachandra Reddy - genetic, molecular and cellular basis of neurodegeneration
Dr. Patrick Roberts - mathematical studies of neural dynamics
Dr. David Rossi - role of glutamate release in severe brain ischaemia
Dr. W. Rowland Taylor - (joint appt. - Department of Ophthalmology) synaptic communication and information processing by the retina
Members of the NSI faculty have many collaborations with non-NSI scientists, clinicians and clinical programs at OHSU.
This page last updated January 2, 2008