Faculty

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Adler, John R.
Neurosurgery
Research Interests Development of minimally invasive tools for the treatment and resection of benign and malignant brain tumors.
Albers, Gregory W.
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : New pharmacological approaches for stroke treatment and prevention; imaging methods for early identification of ischemic brain tissue.
Aldrich, Richard W.
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Regulation of membrane excitability; molecular basis of the gating of ion channels.
Agramonte, Jessica
Orthopedic Surgery -Orthopedics

Atlas, Scott W.
Radiology
Research Interest : Functional MRI; diffusion MRI; advanced MRI applications for tissue characterization in disease states.

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Baccus, Stephen
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Visual processing in neural circuits of the retina
Baker, Bruce
Biological Sciences (in Humanities and Sciences)
Research Interest : Control of sexual differentiation, including behavior
Barres, Ben A.
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Development and function of glia.
Baylor, Denis A.
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Visual transduction.
Blau, Helen M.
Molecular Pharmacology
Research Interest : Molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling muscle differentiation and localization of mRNAs during neuromuscular development; gene therapy for neuronal damage.
Boakye, Maxwell
Neurosurgery
Bronte-Stewart, Helen
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Brunet, Anne
Genetics
Research Interest : Molecular basis of longevity. Role of the nervous system in the control of lifespan.
Buckmaster, Paul S.
Comparative Medicine
Research Interest : Hippocampus, epilepsy, hippocampal anatomy.
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Casper, Regina K.  
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Alterations in brain morphology and organization during starvation and anorexia nervosa.
Chan, Pak H.
Neurosurgery
Research Interest : Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cell death in CNS injury and in neurodegeneration using transgenic and knockout strategies.
Clandinin, Thomas R.
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of neuronal connection specificity.
Chang, Kiki D.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Cho, S. Charles
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Clusin, William
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Constanlinou, Christos
Urology
Cork, Linda C.
Comparative Medicine
Research Interest : Motor neuron disease, aging, Alzheimer's disease.
Cox, David R.
Genetics
Research Interest : Human genetics; molecular genetic basis of human disease; human disease; human genome analysis.
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Darian-Smith, Corinna
Comparative Medicine
Research Interest : Somatosensory and motor pathway organization in adult primates, hand function, systemic responses to focal injury affecting hand function.
Deisseroth, Karl
Bioengineering
Research Interest : Neural stem cells, neuroengineering, adaptive plasticity, electrophysiology, two-photon imaging, animal behavior, computational modeling, neuropsychiatry, developing noninvasive technologies for focal brain stimulation.
Delp, Scott
Biomechanical Engineering
Research Interest : Dynamics and control of normal and abnormal movement.
Dement, William C.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Pharmacological, electrophysiological, chronobiological characteristics of sleep.
Desmond, John
Radiology
Research Interest : Cerebellar cognitive function; clinical and cognitive neuroscience applications of functional MRI and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Dolmetsch, Ricardo
Molecular Pharmacology
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of calcium signalling in neurons and myocytes. Development of new technologies to investigate signaling cascades in neurons and to investigate the functions of neuronal circuits in the brain.
Dorfman, Leslie J.
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous system.
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Eng, Lawrence F.
Pathology
Research Interest : Cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors in injured astocytes.
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Feinstein, Carl
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Fernald, Russell D.
Psychology
Research Interest : Social control of the nervous system and molecular basis of visual system development and function.
Fisher, Robert
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Basic mechanisms of the epilepsies, novel technologies for treating epilepsy, electrical brain stimulation, local drug delivery to brain, new antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy, driving and social limitations, non-epileptic seizures.
Ford, Judith M.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Emeritus
Francke, Uta
Pediatrics & Genetics
Research Interest : Gene discovery for inherited disorders, human mutations and their functional consequences, Marfan syndrome, Williams syndrome, Rett syndrome, genomic imprinting, human and mouse gene mapping.
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Gabrieli, John
Psychology
Research Interest : Brain organization of human memory studied by its impairment in disease and by functional brain imaging (fMRI).
Galli, Stephen
Pathology
Garner, Craig C.
Pathology
Giffard, Rona
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Cellular and molecular basis for neuronal and astrocyte vulnerability to ischemic injury.
Gilly, William
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Physiology and cell biology of ion channels in nerve and muscle cells; neuromuscular systems, motor control and behavior in Cephalopod mollusks.
Glover, Gary
Radiology
Research Interest : Functional MRI acquisition and analysis, MR imaging physics
Goodman, Miriam
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensation and thermosensation, combining genetic analysis with in vivo whole-cell patch clamp recording, single cell PCR, quantitative behavioral analysis in C. elegans.
Gotlib, Ian H.
Psychology
Research Interest : Neural foundations of information-processing biases in affective disorders, psychophysiology of depression, depression in children and adolescents, intergenerational transmission of risk for psychopathology
Greely, Hank
Biomedical Ethics Center / Law
Green, Sherril L.
Comparative Medicine
Research Interest : Motor neuron disease, cytoskeleton, aging.
Greicius, Michael
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Grill-Spector, Kalanit
Psychology
Research Interest : High level vision; neural correlates of visual perception; computational neuroscience; functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Gross, James
Psychology
Research Interest : Emotion and Cognition
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Hahn, Jin S.
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Harsh, Griffith
Neurosurgery
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of brain tumor development. Gene therapy of brain tumors. Clinical managment of brain tumors.
Heit, Gary
Neurosurgery
Affiliate
Heller, H. Craig
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Neurobiology of sleep; circadian rhythms; thermoregulation.
Henderson, Victor W.
Health Research & Policy and Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease; hormonal influences on cognition.
Hestrin, Shaul
Comparative Medicine
Research Interest : Synaptic organization of cortical circuits.
Horoupian, Dikran S.
Pathology
Research Interest : Neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases, neurodevelopmental disorders, CNS neoplasms nerve and muscle disease.
Hotson, John
Neurology
Huang, Ting-ting
Neurology
Huhn, Stephen
Neurosurgery & Pediatrics
Hurlbut, William
Neurosurgery & Pediatrics
Webpage : http://www.stanford.edu/~ethics/WBH.html
Huffman, Lynne C.
Pediatrics
Research Interest : Developmental plasticity in human infants; peripheral markers of CNS organization in infancy, e.g., cardiovascular reactivity and cry acoustics.
Huguenard, John
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Neuronal mechanisms of oscillatory activity in the thalamocortical system, especially in relation to cognition, sleep and epilepsy. In vitro neurophysiological and in silico computational approaches are used.
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Illes, Judy
Biomedical Ethics Center
Research Interest : Biomedical ethics, neuroimaging, medical imaging, neurosciences.
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Jackson, Peter
Pathology
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Karzmark, Peter
Katz, Jonathan
Neurology
Kendig, Joan E.J.
Anesthesia
Ketter, Terence
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Brain imagining and pharmacological studies of emotion, mood, and temperament in healthy volunteers; mood disorders.
Kingsley, David M.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Knudsen, Eric
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Information processing and mechanisms of learning in the central auditory system.

Knutson, Brian
Psychology
Research Interest : Neural basis of emotional experience and expression in mammals, computational neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging.
WebPage : http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~knutson/

Kobilka, Brian
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : G protein coupled receptors.
Kopito, Ron
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases
Krane, Elliot
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Neurobiology of pain in infants and children; other neurodevelopmental problems
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Lane, Barton
Psychology
Research Interest : Spinal cord and spine disease, degenerative and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, strokes and infarction, and chronic epilepsy syndromes
Lewis, Richard
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Calcium signaling by ion channels and cellular organelles; store-operated channels; calcium control of gene expression
Lopez, Jaime
Neurology
Lu, Bingwei
Pathology
Research Interest : Neural stem cell biology and mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
Luo, Liqun
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of neuronal morphogenesis.
Lyons, David M.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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MacIver, M. Bruce
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Action of CNS depressants in hippocampal and neocortical brain slices; whole cell patch clamp and field EEG recordings to compare anesthetic actions on synaptic currents and cortical circuit function.

Mackey, Sean C.
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Functional Neuroimaging of Pain
Madison, Daniel V.
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Synaptic plasticity and neurochemical modulation of neuronal excitability in the CNS.
Maduke, Merritt
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of chloride channels studied by integration of structural and electrophysiological methods
Malenka, Robert
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Long-lasting changes in synaptic strength are important for the modification of neural circuits by experience. A major goal of my laboratory is to elucidate the molecular events that trigger various forms of synaptic plasticity and the modifications in synaptic proteins that are responsible for the changes in synaptic efficacy.
Manber, Rachel
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Marks, Michael P.
Radiology
Research Interest : Cerebral arteriovenous malformations; interventional, neuroradiology
Maurer, Calivin
Image Guidance Lab, Neurosurgery
Maze, Mervyn
Anesthesia
Research Interest : Molecular pharmacology, regulation, structure and uses of human alpha-2 adrenergic receptors for anesthesia and analgesia.
McConnell, Susan
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Developmental neurobiology; determination of neuronal fates in mammalian CNS; mechanism of axon guidance during development.
McMahan, Uel Jackson
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Cellular and molecular basis of synapse development and regeneration.
Menon, Vinod
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Theoretical and experimental systems neuroscience.
Meyer, Tobias
Molecular Pharmacology
Research Interest : Neuronal Signal Transduction.
Mignot, Emmanuel J.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Molecular genetic, neurobiology and pharmacology of the sleep disorder narcolepsy.
Mobley, William C.
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Growth factors in development of the nervous system and developmental disorders.
Mochly-Rosen, Daria
Molecular Pharmacology
Research Interest : Mechanisms underlying the specificity of protein kinase C isozymes; protein kinase C in ischemia, stroke and other pathological scenarios.
Moore, Tirin
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Neural mechanisms of visual-motor integration and the neural basis of cognition (e.g. attention).
Moseley, Michael E.
Radiology
Research Interest : Diffusion and perfusion-weighted MRI; stroke.
Murphy, Greer M.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease; prediction of clinical decline in Alzheimer's.
Myers, Richard
Genetics
Research Interest : Genetic, biochemical and cellular basis of inherited human diseases, particularly those that affect the nervous system.
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Nelson, Lorene
Health Research & Policy
Research Interest : Epidemiology of neurodegenerative disorders, and autoimmune disorders; epidemiologic methods quantifying gene-environment interaction and inter-observer agreement
Nelson, James
Health Research & Policy
Newsome, William
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Neural processes that mediate visual perception and visually guided behavior.
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Olson, Donald
Neurology
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Palmer, Theo
Neurosurgery
Pelc, Norbert
Radiology
Park, Jongsoo
Neurosurgery
Patterson, Drew
Anesthesia
Pfeffer, Suzanne
Biochemistry
Pfefferbaum, Adolf
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Research Interest : Genetic and environmental influences on brain structure and function in healthy aging, alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia; MRI, fMRI, MRS, and DTI.
Prince, David A.
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Mechanisms of excitability of neurons in the mammalian cerebral cortex.
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Rando, Thomas
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Cell death and cell survival in muscular dystrophies; regulation of cellular antioxidant defenses; mechanism of age-related muscle atrophy; gene therapy for muscular dystrophies.
Raymond, Jennifer
Neurobiology
Recht, Lawrence
Neurology
Richard J. Reimer
Neurology
Research Interest : Molecular Biology of neurotransmitter release; lysosomal storage disorders
Reiss, Allan L.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Brain development and function in children with neurogenetic, neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders; behavioral neurogenetics, structural and functional imaging.
Riley, Nell
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Risinger, Michael
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Rinsky, Lawrence
Orthopedic Surgery - Orthopedics 
Research Interest : Neuromuscular scoliosis, developmental dislocation of the hip, and deformities in cerebral palsy
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Sanger, Terence
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Movement disorders in children, computational neural networks, basal ganglia function and diseases.
Sapolsky, Robert
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Mechanisms of neuron death; role of stress hormones in neuron death; gene therapy strategies for protecting neurons following neurologic insults.
Schatzberg, Alan F.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Psychoneuroendocrinology of mood disorders; brain imaging in hypercortisolemic states; and psychopharmacology.
Schnitzer, Mark J.
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : In vivo imaging studies of cerebellar neural dynamics and classical conditioning. Fiber optic brain imaging technology.
Scott, Matthew P.
Developmental Biology
Research Interest : Developmental biology and genetics of pattern formation. Functions of Hedgehog/Patched signaling in neural development and cancer. Homeobox genes and cell fate determination.
Shahidi, Ramin
Neurosurgery
Other Remarks : Design and implementation of advanced computerized surgical tools for improved minimally invasive resection of brain lesions.
Shen, Kang
Biological Sciences
Shenoy, Krishna V.
Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Neural basis of sensorimotor integration and movement control. Neural prosthetic system design.
Shooter, Eric
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Biochemistry and molecular genetics of growth and differentiation of nerve cells.
Shuer, Lawrence M.
Neurosurgery
Research Interest : Clinical research in congenital skull, spine and brain abnormalities; innovative methods to treat epilepsy surgically; noninvasive methods to insure ICP.

Schulman, Howard
Neurobiology

Silverberg, Gerald D.  
Neurosurgery
Research Interest : Alzheimer's disease and molecular biology of brain tumors and Parkinson's Disease.
Smith, Stephen J.  
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research Interest : Imaging of synapse development and structural dynamics; cell signaling in neural development and plasticity.
So, Yuen T.  
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Sobel, Raymond  
Pathology
Research Interest : Cellular immune reactions within theCNS, particularly as they occur in multiple sclerosis and in infections.
Solvason, H. Brent  
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Spiegel, David  
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Effects of hypnosis on perceptual processing studied using functional imaging (BEAM, PET, fMRI)
Steinberg, Gary K.  
Neurosurgery
Research Interest : Our laboratory is investigating the pathophysiology and therapeutic treatment of focal and global cerebral ischemia. Using various rodent models of stroke, we are examining the physiological and biochemical processes leading from decreased blood flow after arterial occlusion to irreversible brain injury, as well as the repair mechanisms for restoring function following such damage. A major focus of our work centers on oxidative stress and changes in gene expression after cerebral ischemia causing necrosis and apoptosis. Successful neuroprotective strategies currently being pursued include gene transfer techniques, the use of mild brain hypothermia and various pharmocological agents. Methods for enhancing neurogenesis and neurotransplantation of stem cells are utilized to repair injured brain after experimental stroke.
Steinman, Lawrence
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Genetic basis of autoimmune neural disease.
Stryer, Lubert  
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction; visual and olfaction.
Sullivan, Edith
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interest : Patterns of sparing and impairment in brain function and structure, using quantitative neuropsychological and brain imaging techniques in patients with neuropsychiatric diseases.
Suppes, Patrick
Philosophy
Professor Emeritus
Stryer, Lubert  
Neurobiology
Research Interest : Molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction; visual and olfaction.
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Thomander, Darryl  
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Research Interest : Neuropsychological test development and correlation with brain imaging evidence of cognitive dysfunction.
Robinson Thomas MD, MPH 
Electrical Engineering
Research Interest : Signal Processing
Thompson, Stuart  
Biological Sciences
Research Interest : Signal transduction mechanisms; biophysics of ion channels.
Tolwani, Ravi J. 
Comparative Medicine
Research Interest : Understanding the in vivo role of neurotrophins on nervous system plasticity and regeneration.
Trudell, James R.
Anesthesia
Research Interest :
Molecular models of anesthetic sites of action based on point mutations in GABA and glycine channels that specifically modulate sensitivity to anesthetics