Core Faculty
View faculty in our department holding full-time appointments as assistant professor, associate professor and professor at Northwestern University. Learn more about their work and connect with affiliated centers and lab sites via the information below. Or, see our A-Z faculty profile directory for the full department list.
Martina, Marco
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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My lab has two main research lines: one is cellular neurophysiology, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of action potential generation and propagation and on the role of dendrites in post syna... [more]
McKenna, Kevin E
Professor of Neuroscience and Urology
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sexual function, erection, ejaculation, orgasm, erectile dysfunction, prostate
Miller, Lee E
Professor of Neuroscience/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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The three fundamental goals of my research are the following: 1) To understand the nature of the brain's own signals -- the "language" in which movement commands are expressed by neurons in the centra... [more]
Parker, Jones G
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Penzes, Peter
Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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SYNAPTIC STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY: FROM MOLECULES TO COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND DISEASE Research in my lab centers on signal transduction networks that regulate the structural and functional plasticity of e... [more]
Pinto, Lucas
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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]
Solla, Sara A
Professor of Neuroscience
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computational neuroscience, information processing, complex systems, neuronal code, systems neuroscience
Surmeier, D James
Professor of Neuroscience
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My research is focused on the mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and chronic pain. This pursuit employs a combination of electrophysiological, optical, genetic and behavio... [more]