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Behavioral Neuroscience Core Program Faculty |
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Core Program Faculty
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Research Interests
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Frank Amthor
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Neuronal computation and visual coding in retina and retinal targets
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Mary Boggiano
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Neural and endocrine substrates of abnormal eating behavior
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James E. Cox
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Neural basis of appetite motivation as applied to obesity
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Rajesh Kana
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Higher cognitive and social functions in people with autism spectrum disorders
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David Knight
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Neural substrates of human learning, memory, and emotion
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Alan Randich
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Visceral and somatic pain
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Rosalyn Weller
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Use of neuroimaging to study neural models of addiction as applied to obesity
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There are numerous additional faculty at UAB who mentor our students and have primary appointments in other Departments. The following is a list of current faculty supervisors:
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Rita Cowell
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Etiology and progression of neurodevelopmental disorders
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Paul Gamlin
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Neural control of eye movements.
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Richard Jope
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Neurochemical basis of behavior
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Inga Kadish
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Pathology in the development of age-related cognitive deficits
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Kent Kyser
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Vision
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Adrianne Lahti
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Schizophrenia
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Miguel Melendez-Ferro
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Pathogenesis of dopaminergic systems
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Timothy Ness
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Basic mechanisms of visceral sensation
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Emma Perez-Costas
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Pathogenesis of dopaminergic systems in neuropsychiatric disorders
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Meredith Robbins
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Stress and visceral Pain
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David Sweatt
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Biochemical mechanisms underlying learning and memory
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