We are interested in how animals form, store, and recall memories of places they've been to and the things they've experienced there. A related topic we study is how animals are able to imagine possible future scenarios of what might happen in those...
We are an interdisciplinary team of neurologists, neuroscientists, engineers, and rehabilitation scientists working together to improve recovery for patients after stroke. New therapies are urgently needed to cure the staggering worldwide disability that...
Certain basic cognitive processes are central to navigating the world around us. Attention, for example is important for almost all of our conscious actions, yet there's so much we still don't know about the cell types and circuits that support it...
The Enteric Nervous System, which is the largest subdivision of the peripheral nervous system, regulates key gastrointestinal and systemic functions of digestion, metabolism, immunity, and maintenance of intestinal microbiota. Using various lineage...
Our lab studies the molecular and cellular basis of novel organismic physiology and behavior. We emphasize curiosity-driven science and exploration, using comparative approaches featuring a range of unusual and specialized organisms that are uniquely...
Sensory transduction converts stimulus information into electrical information and is at the interface between the world around us and the brain. To understand how information is encoded and transmitted to the brain we study the sensory cells and neurons...