Learning & Memory Systems

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

Huda Akil, Ph.D. Molecular and neurobiological mechanisms of stress, opioids, endorphins, and dopamine. Psychiatry. Molecular and Chemical Neuroscience.

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.

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

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

Israel Liberzon, MD Functional neuroanatomy of emotions and neuroendocrinology of stress response in traumatized individuals and in animal models. Neuroscience.

Cindy Lustig, Ph.D. Behavioral and fmri studies of memory and attention, especially in older adults. Neuroscience. Psychology.

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

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

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

Paresh Patel, MD, Ph.D. Neurotransmitters Regulating Mood Disorders. Neuroscience.
http://www.mbni.med.umich.edu/mbni/faculty/patel/patel.html

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

Thad Polk, Ph.D. Cognitive neuroscience; functional neuroimaging; computational modeling; environmental influences on cognitive architecture; reading; reasoning; unified theories of cognition. Neuroscience.

Terry E. Robinson, Ph.D. Neurobiology and biopsychology of addiction, and the nature of long-term neuroadaptations engendered by drug use. Psychology. Neuroscience.

Martin Sarter, Ph.D. Regulation and function of forebrain cholinergic systems. Neurobiology of attention. Neuronal mediation of the cognitive dysfunctions in neurodegenerative and neurospychiatric disorders. Psychology. Neuroscience.

Rachael Seidler, Ph.D. Psychophysics and functional neuroimaging to determine the behavioral and neural substrates contributing to movement and motor skill learning. 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.

Michael D. Uhler, Ph.D. Regulation and specificity of serine-threonine protein kinase structures; regulation of calcium channels and neurotransmitter secretion; function and regulation of neuronal activity; Cyclic nucleotides and phosphorylation in neuronal plasticity. Cellular & Molecular Biology. Biological Chemistry. Molecular and Chemical Neuroscience.

Hisashi Umemori, M.D. Molecular mechanisms of specific neural network and synapse formation in the mammalian nervous system. Biological Chemistry, Neuroscience
http://www.mbni.med.umich.edu/mbni/faculty/umemori/umemori.html