Area Heads: Brenda Anderson, Hoi-Chung Leung Overview of the Integrative Neuroscience Program
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Anderson, Brenda J. Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1993. Associate Professor and Area Head, Integrative Neuroscience
Biological basis for the effects of exercise and stress on mental health and cognition.
Canli, Turhan. Ph.D. Yale University, 1993. Associate Professor, Integrative Neuroscience
Neural and genetic basis of personality and emotion.
Leung, Hoi-Chung. Ph.D. Northwestern, 1997. Associate Professor,
Integrative Neuroscience
Neural basis of cognitive processes, with particular emphasis on the prefrontal cortex and on working memory.
Robinson, John. Ph.D. Univ. New Hampshire, 1991. Professor, Integrative Neuroscience
The role of neurotransmitters in attention and memory.
Squires, Nancy. Ph.D. UCSD, 1972. Professor, Integrative Neuroscience
Brain basis of sensory and cognitive processes, including face recognition and language
processing.
Whitaker-Azmitia, Patricia. Ph.D. Univ. Toronto, 1979. Professor, Integrative Neuroscience
Neuropharmacology, with emphasis on the role of serotonin in brain development.
Anat Biegon, Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1980)
Senior Scientist, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Labs (Biopsychology)
Brain response to traumatic, ischemic or inflammatory insults
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/Personnel/Biegon/default.htm
Alfredo Fontanini, M.D.,Ph.D., Brescia University
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
Neural basis for rich perceptual experiences, how populations of cortical neurons process the multiple physical and psychological dimensions of taste.
Website: http://www.maffeifontanini-labs.org
Rita Goldstein, Ph.D., University of Miami (1999)
Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Labs (Biopsychology)
Neuroimaging, Substance abuse, Neuropsychology.
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/medical/personnel/Goldstein/
Mary Kritzer, Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior (Biopsychology)
Gonadal Hormone Influence over Function and Dysfunction in the Cerebral Cortex
Website: http://neurobiology.informatics.sunysb.edu/graduate/faculty/kritzer.html
Lauren Krupp, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1981)
Associate Professor, Neurology (Biospsychology)
Neuropsychological and neurobehavioral characteristics of chronic mental illness; interrelationship between memory performance and mood disturbance in chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, and Multiple Sclerosis.
Website: http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/neurology/krupp
Marta Maczaj, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry (Biopsychology)
Director of the Stony Brook Sleep Disorders Center
Lawrence P. Morin, Ph.D., Rutgers University - Institute of Animal Behavior (1974)
Professor, Psychiatry (Biopsychology)
Biological rhythms; environment and reproduction; endocrine system and behavior.
Website: http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/psychiatry/morin_l
Peter Thanos, Ph.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School (1997)
Staff Scientist, Laboratory for Neuroimaging, Brookhaven National Lab (Biopsychology)
Addiction, including: alcohol, drug abuse and obesity.
Website: http://www.bnl.gov/thanoslab/
Jasper Brener (Biopsychology)
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