PIBS The Faculty and Their Research

Electrophysiology

Please note: Words in italics are the official PIBS affiliations of the indicated faculty.

J. Wayne Aldridge, Ph.D. Neuronal activity in basal ganglia and motor cortex in movement. Neuroscience.

Joshua Berke, Ph.D. Systems neuroscience of learning, motivation and decision-making, using electrophysiological recording in behaving rats and transgenic mice. Psychology. Neuroscience.

Sanford Bledsoe, Ph.D. Neuropharmacology and neurochemistry of peripheral and central auditory systems. Otolaryngology. Sensory Neurobiology. Kresge Hearing Research Institute. Neuroscience

Jonathan Demb, Ph.D. Cellular mechanisms of visual adaptation in the mammalian retina. Patch-clamp electrophysiology of retinal neurons stimulated by light, in vitro. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

R. Keith Duncan, Ph.D. Early stages of signal processing in the auditory periphery, particularly in the context of hair cell physiology. Neuroscience
http://www.khri.med.umich.edu/research/duncan_lab/index.php

José Esteban, Ph.D. Synaptic development and synaptic plasticity. Pharmacology. Neuroscience.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/esteban.lab

Bret A. Hughes, Ph.D. Structure, function, and regulation of ion channels in the retinal pigment epithelium. Ophthalmology. Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Richard Hume, Ph.D. Growth cone guidance mechanisms and neurotransmitter receptors. Neuroscience. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology.

Lori L. Isom, Ph.D. Cellular & Molecular Biology of voltage-gated sodium channel alpha and beta subunits. Pharmacology. Neuroscience. Cellular & Molecular Biology. Human Genetics.

W. Michael King, Ph.D. Motor learning and signal processing in the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), binocular coordination and eye movement control, single cell recording. Neuroscience.

Anatoli Lopatin, Ph.D. Regulation of potassium channels by polyamines. Neuroscience. Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Benedict R. Lucchesi, MD, Ph.D. Cardiovascular pharmacology. Biological Chemistry.

Stephen Maren, Ph.D. Neurobiological basis of emotional learning and memory. Neuroscience.

Jeff Martens, Ph.D. Protein/lipid interactions in ion channel localiztion and function. Pharmacology

John Middlebrooks, Ph.D. Psychophysical and cortical physiological studies of directional hearing. Physiological stimulus of cochlear prosthesis. Neuroscience.

Josef Miller, MD, Ph.D. Analysis of changes that occur in auditory periphery and CNS with deafness. Sensory Neurobiology. Otorhinolaryngology. Neuroscience.

Charlotte Mistretta, Ph.D. Early development of peripheral and central taste systems. Dentistry. Nursing. Sensory Neurobiology. Neuroscience.

Richard Mortensen, M.D., Ph.D. Molecular signal transduction pathways important in cardiovascular risk and disease. Pathways in hypertension and diabetes. G-proteins, PPARs, growth pathways. Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Internal Medicine.

Geoffry Murphy Ph.D. Use transgenic mice to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of hippocampal dependent learning and memory. Neuroscience.

Richard Neubig, MD, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction; spectroscopic and rapid kinetic studies of receptors, G proteins and their regulators; NMR structure of receptor and G-protein peptides; mechanism of alpha-adrenergic receptors. Bioinformatics. Biophysics. Pharmacology.
Biophysics Lab

Bryan Pfingst, Ph.D. Perception and processing of auditory information. Neuroscience.

Gina Poe, Ph.D. Basic sleep processes, development, learning and memory, and optimization of cognitive performance. Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Neuroscience.

Donald G. Puro, MD, Ph.D. Physiology of ion channels in retinal cells and pathophysiology of glial cells. Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Neuroscience.

Rudy J. Richardson, ScD, DABT Mechanisms of neurological disorders, stroke and autoimmune diseases and their modulation by xenobiotics, genetics and age. Biomarkers of xenobiotic exposure or disease. Interactions of ligands with macromolecules using kinetics, molecular modeling and mass spectrometry. Environmental epidemiology. Scientific basis of risk assessment and public health policy. Neuroscience.
http://www.umich.edu/~neurosci/faculty/rjrich.htm

Edward L. Stuenkel, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular regulation of neurotransmitter and neurohormone secretion; regulation of exocytosis at central synapses. Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Molecular and Chemical Neuroscience.

Michael A. Sutton, Ph.D. My lab studies mechanisms that control synapse development and plasticity. Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute. Molecular and Integrative Physiology.

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