A major asset available to behavioral researchers at Emory is the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, which brings together scientists from 8 Atlanta colleges and universities to study the neurobiology of social behavior (affiliation, reproduction, aggression, and fear). Center investigators have formed collaboratories to address the neurobiology of these behaviors in diverse model systems, ranging from C. elegans to primates (including humans). Supporting this effort are 6 cores with expertise in molecular, cellular, systems, computational, imaging, and behavioral neuroscience. The program is supported by a Science and Technology Center award from the National Science Foundation.

The Center not only involves over 60 faculty, it includes funding for post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates interested in the mission of the collaboratories or the cores. In addition, the Center has an ambitious educational and public outreach mission to increase the number of minority scientists in neuroscience and to bring neuroscience discoveries to the general public.

Faculty with interests in Behavioral Neuroscience:

• Bachevalier, Jocelyne [jbachev@emory.edu]
  Neural basis of hippocampal and temporal lobe regulation of learning and memory in primates.
• Berns, Gregory [gberns@emory.edu]
  Relationship of neural systems to behavior in people with substance abuse.
• Buffalo, Elizabeth [Elizabeth.Buffalo@emory.edu]
  Neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
• Davis, Michael [mdavis4@emory.edu]
  Delineation of neural pathways and neurotransmitters in fear and anxiety using the fear-potentiated startle reflex.
• Edwards, David A [edwards@fs1.psy.emory.edu]
  Understanding how sexual behavior is represented in the organization of the brain.
• Herndon, James G [jim@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neuronal and endocrine bases of age-related cognitive decline, primarily in the non-human primate.
• Howell, Leonard [leonard@rmy.emory.edu]
  Behavioral neuropharmacology of CNS stimulants in nonhuman primates.
• Keilholz, Shella [shella.keilholz@bme.gatech.edu]
  My lab focuses on developing imaging methods to study networks of activity in the brain.
• Kuhar, Michael J [mkuhar@rmy.emory.edu]
  Biological basis of drug addiction focusing on drug receptors and novel genes involved in the addiction process.
• Liu, Robert [robert.liu@emory.edu]
  Neural coding of communication sounds and plasticity in the auditory system.
• Maney, Donna [dmaney@emory.edu]
  Genetic and neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behavior.
• Manns, Joseph [jmanns@emory.edu]
  My research focuses on electrophysiological recordings in rats performing memory tasks and has addressed how activity in the hippocampus allows us to encode and retrieve specific information about individual items.
• Mayberg, Helen [hmayber@emory.edu]
  Functional neuroimaging studies of major depression emphasizing a neural systems approach to understanding treatment mechanisms and disease pathophysiology.
• Muly, Christopher E. [ecmuly@rmy.emory.edu]
  The effect of stress on the circuitry of the amygdala.
• Neill, Darryl B [darryl@fs1.psy.emory.edu]
  Drugs of abuse; brain reward systems.
• Potter, Steve [steve.potter@bme.gatech.edu]
  New neuroscience technologies for studying learning in vitro.
• Ressler, Kerry J [kressle@emory.edu]
  Plasticity and role of the amygdala in fear and olfactory memory formation. Development of novel treatment strategies for Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans.
• Rilling, James [jrillin@emory.edu]
  Neuroimaging research on the neural bases of human social cognition, human brain specializations and human brain evolution.
• Rodman, Hillary [hrodman@rmy.emory.edu]
  Development, plasticity, and comparative and modular organization of the cerebral cortex.
• Rye, David B [drye@emory.edu]
  Molecular, pharmacological, and systems dissection of substrates responsible for human sleep disorders such as restless legs syndrome (RLS), and narcolepsy-like syndromes characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness.
• Sanchez, Mar M [sanchez@rmy.emory.edu]
  Effects of adverse early experiences on regulation of behavior, emotion, cognition and neuroendocrine functions in primates.
• Sanyal, Subhabrata [ssanya2@emory.edu]
  Our laboratory uses the fruit fly Drosophila to understand molecular signaling mechanisms that regulate cellular correlates of long-term neural plasticity underlying complex behavior.
• Sathian, Krish [krish.sathian@emory.edu]
  Neuroscience and physiology of tactile perception, visual attention and neural plasticity; psychophysics, neuroimaging.
• Ting, Lena [lting@emory.edu]
  Neural and mechanical interactions underlying sensorimotor control in human and animal movement.
• Walker, Elaine [walker@fs1.psy.emory.edu]
  Neurodevelopmental aspects of psychopathology; role of neuroendocrinology in mental disorders.
• Wallen, Kim [kim@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neuroendocrinology of primate behavior; role of hormones on life span development and behavior in primates.
• Weinshenker, David [dweinshenker@genetics.emory.edu]
  Drug addiction, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, depression, and hibernation.
• Weiss, Jay M [jweis01@emory.edu]
  Neuroimmunology; interaction of immune system with brain and behavior.
• West, Charles HK [lclarke@emory.edu]
  Neural mechanisms of goal directed behavior; models of depression and drug abuse.
• Wichmann, Thomas [twichma@emory.edu]
  Neurophysiology of basal ganglia in normal and Parkinson¹s disease conditions in primates.
• Wilson, Mark E [markw@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neuroendocrine regulation of growth, puberty and fertility; effects of estrogen receptor modulators on social behavior.
• Young, Larry [lyoun03@emory.edu]
  Role of neuropeptide and neuropeptide receptor gene expression and social behavior in a variety of mammalian species.
• Zola, Stuart [szola@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neural basis of memory.