Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Cellular and molecular neuroscience at Johns Hopkins involves extensive interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers who bring expertise in the areas of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, anatomy, cellular electrophysiology and imaging.  Collectively, this research is directed at understanding the development and function of the nervous system.  Recent discoveries made by Program faculty have illuminated the molecular underpinnings of many basic neuronal functions including sensory transduction (of light, sound, odors, pressure and temperature), development of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves, synaptic function and dysfunction, neuronal excitability and neuropharmacology.  While most of this research utilizes cellular and molecular tools, the ultimate goals and implications are wide-ranging and directed towards answering fundamental questions relating to processes involved in high-level neuronal function.  These include sensation, biological rhythms, emotion, drug actions, memory and cognition, as well as genetic and acquired diseases of these processes

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