Members
Our members are investigators who study autism and related neurodevelopmental disorder. Browse the list below to learn more about them and their work.
Savas, Jeffrey N
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology), Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Pharmacology
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My research interests are centered on elucidating the pathogenic mechanisms which drive synaptopathies and proteinopathies in the mammalian nervous system. As a first step, we use reductionist biochem... [more]
Shepherd, Gordon MG
Professor of Neuroscience
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Local synaptic circuits in motor-frontal cortex engage in neural operations underlying many aspects of cognition and behavior – motor control, executive functions, working memory, and more – yet circu... [more]
Smith, Richard S
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Swanson, Geoffrey T
Professor of Pharmacology and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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My research focuses predominantly on understanding physiological processes mediated by glutamate receptors, which are signaling proteins that respond to glutamate, the predominant excitatory neurotran... [more]