MOTOR CONTROL AND MOVEMENT SCIENCE

Areas of interest include mechanisms of vestibular and visual integration into control of eye
movements, cellular mechanisms of rhythmic pattern generators, spinal motor mechanisms and neuromuscular
physiology, physiology of oculomotor behavior, pathophysiology/treatments of Parkinson's disease,
and motor rehabilitation following stroke .
Faculty with interests in Motor Control and Movement Science:
- Alexander, Garrett [gea@synapse.neuro.emory.edu]
Neurophysiology, motor control, cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, neural networks, functional imaging.
- Butler, Andrew J [ajbutle@emory.edu]
Volitional movement, motor learning, plasticity, and organized motor behavior representation in the human brain.
- Calabrese, Ronald [rcalabre@biology.emory.edu]
Motor pattern generation in invertebrates.
- Das, Vallabh E [vdas@rmy.emory.edu]
Neural and mechanical bases for normal oculomotor functions and lack of binocular coordination in strabismus during development in primates.
- DeLong, Mahlon R
Functional organization of the basal ganglia and thalamus; pathophysiology of and surgical treatments for movement disorders.
- Goodman, Mark M [mgoodma@emory.edu]
Design and evaluation of radiotracers for PET and SPECT analysis of the neural substrates of neurodegenerative diseases and drug dependence.
- Hochman, Shawn [shawn.hochman@emory.edu]
Neuromodulation, plasticity, and regeneration of spinal cord functional systems.
- Humphrey, Donald R [dhumphr@emory.edu]
Development of functions of central motor systems; regeneration and plasticity.
- Juncos, Jorge L [jlj@neuro.emory.edu]
Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
- Lennard, Paul R [plennard@biology.emory.edu]
Neural mechanisms of locomotion and rhythmic motor behaviors.
- Muly, Christopher E. [ecmuly@rmy.emory.edu]
Effects of dopamine depletion on the signal transduction machinery in direct and indirect pathway striatal medium spiny neurons.
- Mustari, Michael [mjmustar@rmy.emory.edu]
Neural substrate for eye movements and interactions between visual and oculomotor systems.
- Papa, Stella [spapa@emory.edu]
Movement Disorders, particularly, Parkinson's disease, Basal Ganglia physiology and Experimental Therapeutics.
- 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.
- Sokoloff, Alan [sokoloff@physio.emory.edu]. Interactions between the central nervous system and muscle physiology.
- Ting, Lena [lting@emory.edu]
Neural and mechanical interactions underlying sensorimotor control in human and animal movement.
- Wichmann, Thomas [twichma@emory.edu]
Primate research on the physiology of the basal ganglia; pathophysiology of movement disorders, such as PD.
- Wolf, Steven L [swolf@emory.edu]
Postural and movement capabilities in humans with impairments caused by the aging process or CNS pathology.
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