Neuroscience and Physiology Research
The Neuroscience and Physiology area of concentration involves investigating the function of the cell, the organ and the whole animal, using molecular, cellular, physiological and behavioral approaches.
Research and training in neurosciences is intensifying at Wright State University, just as it is in the international scientific community. Our studies have important relevance to advances in areas that include neurodegeneration, activity dependence of synapses, plasticity, and development of the spinal cord.
The scientific environment for neuroscience on campus is further strengthened by the Neuroscience Institute which organizes research and training resources and sponsors scholarly events.
In physiology we have formidable strength in studying function in a wide variety of cell types, including blood cells, skeletal and cardiac myocytes and epithelial cells. A common theme in these studies is a focus on mechanisms in the cell membrane that exchange ions, nutrients and water. Sophisticated cellular and molecular techniques are applied in studies that have important consequences for understanding illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, atherosclerosis, bowel disease and myopathy.
The Neuroscience and Physiology area of concentration covers a broad range of interests from genetic level study to behavioral and theoretical research. Spend a moment to review our faculty’s research programs!
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Researchers
- F. Javier Alvarez-Leefmans, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Eric Bennett, Ph.D., Chair and Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Ji Bihl, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Dragana Ivkovich Claflin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology
- David Cool, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Adrian M. Corbett, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Jason A. Deibel, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor, Physics
- Sherif M Elbasiouny, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Director of Neuroengineering Research, WSUBSOM
- Kathrin Engisch, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Robert E.W. Fyffe, Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- David L. Goldstein Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences
- Dan R. Halm, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Assaf Harel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Lynn K Hartzler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Michael B. Hennessy Professor, Psychology
- Steven R. Higgins, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry; Associate Director, Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program
- Bradley S. Jacobs, M.D., Chief, Professor, and Residency Program Director, Neurology
- Daniel M. Ketcha, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry
- J. Ashot Kozak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- David R. Ladle, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology; Director, Microscopy Core Facility
- Robert Lober, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
- Debra Ann Mayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Mark Monroe Rich, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology; Professor, Neurology
- William Romine, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Patricia Schiml, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Psychology
- Patrick Sonner, Ph.D., Instructor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Ulas Sunar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering
- Keiichiro Susuki, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
- Andrew Alvin Voss, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Scott N J Watamaniuk Professor and Graduate Program Director, Psychology
- Christopher N Wyatt, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Science and Mathematics; Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology
