Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neuroscience
Faculty Working in Developmental Neuroscience:


Dwight Bergles, PhD

Associate Professor

Synaptic Physiology:  Glutamate Transporters and Glial Involvement in Neuronal Signaling

Jay Baraban, MD, PhD

Professor

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity

Mary Blue, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Neurotransmitter Mechanisms in Development and Activity-Dependent Plasticity

Seth Blackshaw, PhD

Assistant Professor

Molecular Basis of Cell Specification in Vertebrate Retina and Hypothalamus

Michael Caterina, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry

Molecular Mechanisms of Thermosensation and Noiception

Peter Campochiaro, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Molecular Aspects of Retinal Repair and Regeneration

Ted Dawson, MD, PhD

Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Neuronal Cell Death and Neuronal Signaling

Valina Dawson, PhD

Professor of Neurology

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Death and Survival

Xinzhong Dong, PhD

Assistant Professor

Molecular and Genetic Studies of Pain-sensing Neurons

Daniel Drachman, MD

Professor of Neurology

Nerve Muscle Interactions in Health and Disease

Paul Fuchs, PhD

Professor of Otolaryngology

Excitability and Synaptic Function in Cochlear Hair Cells

Nicholas Gaiano, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology/Institute for Cell Engineering

Molecular Regulation of Stem Cell Maintenance, Proliferation and Differentiation in the Mammalian Brain

David Ginty , Ph.D

Professor

Growth and Survival Signals Controlling Nervous System Development

Michela Gallagher, PhD

Krieger-Eisenhower Chair of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Neural Mechanisms of Memory and Attention

Samer Hattar, PhD

Assistant Professor

Physiological effects of light on mammals: role of the novel melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion photoreceptors

John Griffin, MD

Professor of Neurology

Cellular Neurobiology of the Peripheral Nervous System

Stewart Hendry , Ph.D

 Professor

 Functional Organization of Primate Visual System

Ellen Hess, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Genetic Regulation of Behavior

Richard Huganir , Ph.D

Professor

Molecular Mechanisms in the Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity

Ahmet Hoke, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience

Neurobiology of Peripheral Neuropathies; Development and Regeneration of the Peripheral Nervous System

Alfredo Kirkwood , Ph.D

Associate Professor

Mechanisms of Cortical Modification

Rejji Kuruvilla, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biology

Signaling and trafficking of growth factors in neuronal development

Alex Kolodkin , Ph.D

Professor

Molecular Mechanisms of Growth Cone Guidance

John Laterra, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology

CNS Tumor Biology and Blood-Brain Barrier

Min Li , Ph.D

Professor

Signal Transduction in the Mammalian Nervous System; Structure and Function of Cell Surface Proteins

David Linden , Ph.D

Professor

Cellular Substrates of Memory

Nick Marsh-Armstrong , Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Gene regulation, development and disease of the vertebrate retina

Mark Mattson , Ph.D

Professor of Neuroscience

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Mollie Meffert, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Transcriptional Regulation of Neuronal Function in Health and Disease

Guo-li Ming, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology/Institute for Cell Engineering

Molecular Mechanisms Regulation Nerve Growth and Guidance During Development and in Adulthood

Mark Molliver , M.D.

Professor

Neurotoxicity: Neuronal injury & microglia; Neuronal mechanisms of substance abuse and addiction; Serotonin & dopamine neurons: role of monoamine transporters

Craig Montell, PhD

Professor of Biological Chemistry

Sensory Signaling and TRP Channels

Avindra Nath, MD

Professor

Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Dementia Due to HIV Infection

Richard O’Brien, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Molecular Aspects of Synapse Formation in the Brain

Elizabeth O'Hearn, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Mechanisms of Neuronal Injury:  Excitotoxcity; Purkinje Cell Degeneration; Neurodegenerative Diseases:  Spinocerebellar Ataxias

Jonathan Pevsner , Ph.D

Associate Professor

Molecular Basis of Neurological Disorders

 

Donald Price, MD

Professor of Pathology, Neurology and Neuroscience

Neurobiology of Degenerative Brain Diseases in Animals and Man

Randall Reed, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Mechanisms of Signal Transduction and Neurogenesis in the Olfactory System

 

Gabriele Ronnett, M.D., Ph.D

Professor

Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in Neuronal Differentiation and Olfaction

Christopher Ross, MD, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry

Biology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

 

Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology

Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Transporters

David Ryugo, PhD

Professor of Otolaryngology

Anatomy and Physiology of the Auditory Nervous System

Akira Sawa, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Neurobiology of Psychiatric Illnesses

Ronald Schnaar, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Neuroscience

Cell Surface Molecules in Neural Cell-Cell Recognition, Myelin Maintenance, and Axon Regeneration

Solomon Snyder , M.D., D.Sc., D.Phil. (Hon. Causa)

Professor and Director

Neurotransmitters, Second Messengers and Drug Action in the Nervous System

Shanthini Sockanathan , PhD

Associate Professor

Cell fate specification in the central nervous system

Hongjun Song, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology/Institute for Cell Engineering

Mechanisms of Regulating Adult Neural Stem Cells of Mammalian CNS

George Uhl, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Molecular Biology and Genetics of Drugs of Abuse

Dean F. Wong, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiology-Nuclear Medicine

In vivo PET/SPECT Neuroimaging of Neuroreceptor Systems

Paul Worley , M.D.

Professor

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity

King-Wai Yau , Ph.D

Professor

Visual and Olfactory Sensory Transduction

Donald Zack, MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Molecular Approaches to the Study of Retinal Development

Jin Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Spatiotemporal Regulation of Protein Kinases and Second Messengers

Fengquan Zhou, PhD

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Guidance During Development and CNS Regeneration



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