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2011-2012 University Catalog

Neuroscience Program

■ Neuroscience Program

Phone: 703-993-4333
Web: gmu.edu/departments/neuroscience

Faculty

Director: Jafri

Professors: Ascoli, Blackwell, Butler, Jafri, Olds, Smith, McCabe, Parasuraman

Associate professors: Barreto, Cebral, Flinn, Fryxell, Greenwood, Houser, Kalbfleisch, Kello, Klimov, Peterson, Sander, So

Assistant professors: Cox, Dumas, Kabbani, Kozhevnikov, Krueger, Peixoto, Sikdar, Thompson

Neuroscience at George Mason University is an interdisciplinary field, grounded in biology, chemistry, and psychology. Research and education in neuroscience at Mason is conducted under the auspices of the Neuroscience Advisory Council (NAC). The BS degree in neuroscience is administered by the Psychology department in the College of Humanties and Social Sciences, and the PhD program in neuroscience is administered by the College of Science. The neuroscience faculty at Mason comprise a unique blend of traditional, experimental, and theoretical scientists. They include faculty in the Psychology; Molecular Neuroscience; Molecular and Microbiology; Physics and Astronomy; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and Electrical Engineering departments. Research in neuroscience focuses on the broad areas of behavior, anatomy, physiology, neuropharmacology, computational modeling, and informatics. Some of the key research initiatives currently underway at Mason include studies of:

  • effects of drugs and alcohol on behavioral and neurological development
  • identifying and characterizing protein interactions for the dopamine and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain
  • biochemical dynamics in disorders of the basal ganglia
  • computational methods for simulation of complex biological systems
  • description and generation of neuronal morphology
  • adaptive control for stabilization of epilepsy
  • role of metals in memory and Alzheimer’s disease
  • biochemical/metabolic simulations at the organism level
  • cellular and sub-cellular models of associative learning

Course Work

The program offers all course work designated NEUR in the Courses  chapter of this catalog.

Programs

Doctoral Degree