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.
Maccaferri, Gianmaria
Professor of Neuroscience
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Brain functions are the result of the coordinated activity of large networks of neurons, which are composed by many different cell types. As a consequence, the specific properties of synaptic communic... [more]
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]