2016-2017 University Catalog
Neuroscience Program
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Phone: 703-993-4333
Web: neuroscience.gmu.edu/
Faculty
Director: Kabbani
Professors: Ascoli, Barreto, Blackwell, Cebral, Flinn, Houser, Jafri, Klimov, McCabe, Olds, Sander
Associate Professors: Dumas, Fryxell, Greenwood, Kabbani, Krueger, McDonald, Peixoto, Peterson, Sikdar, So, Thompson
Assistant Professors: Joiner
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 Neuroscience, BS is administered by the Department of Psychology in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences , and the Neuroscience, PhD 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:
- Plasticity mechanisms underlying 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
Courses
The program offers all courses designated NEUR in the Courses section of this catalog. The College of Science manages NEUR’s graduate course offerings and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences manages NEUR’s undergraduate course offerings.
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