Systems neuroscience is one of the major foci of the Neuroscience Program at Emory with over 30 faculty working in this area. Research spans the range of motor, sensory, behavioral, and cognitive neuroscience using a wide variety of techniques that encompass in vitro and in vivo electrophysiology, functional brain imaging, anatomy, and molecular techniques.

Areas of interest include neural substrates of learning and memory, cognition and attention, decision-making and reward, cross-modal interactions between sensory systems, mechanisms of vestibular and visual integration into control of eye movements, anatomy and physiology of the basal ganglia, physiology of oculomotor behavior, and central regulation of autonomic functions.

Faculty with interests in Systems Neuroscience:

• Abercrombie, Ronald F. [ron@physio.emory.edu]. Regulation of intracellular calcium and interactions between calcium and pH in neurons.
• Alexander, Garrett [gea@synapse.neuro.emory.edu]
  Neurophysiology, motor control, cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, neural networks, functional imaging.
• Archer, David R [darcher@emory.edu]
  Stem cell therapy for the treatment of inherited and acquired diseases.
• 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.
• Bonsall, Robert W. [rbonsal@emory.edu]. Biochemistry of steroid receptors in the brain; neurochemistry and neuroendocrinology of mental illness.
• Buffalo, Elizabeth [Elizabeth.Buffalo@emory.edu]
  Neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
• 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.
• Davis, Michael [mdavis4@emory.edu]
  Delineation of neural pathways and neurotransmitters in fear and anxiety using the fear-potentiated startle reflex.
• DeLong, Mahlon R
  Functional organization of the basal ganglia and thalamus; pathophysiology of and surgical treatments for movement disorders.
• Edwards, David A [edwards@fs1.psy.emory.edu]
  Understanding how sexual behavior is represented in the organization of the brain.
• Garlow, Steven [sgarlow@emory.edu]
  Molecular and functional assessment of 5-HT systems in maternally deprived animals as models for cocaine abuse.
• 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.
• Gordon, Frank J [fgordon@emory.edu]
  CNS regulation of the immune and cardiovascular systems.
• Herndon, James G [jim@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neuronal and endocrine bases of age-related cognitive decline, primarily in the non-human primate.
• Hochman, Shawn [shawn.hochman@emory.edu]
  Neuromodulation, plasticity, and regeneration of spinal cord functional systems.
• Hu, Xiaoping P [xhu@bme.emory.edu]
  Use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study human brain.
• Humphrey, Donald R [dhumphr@emory.edu]
  Development of functions of central motor systems; regeneration and plasticity.
• Jaeger, Dieter [djaeger@emory.edu] Computational properties of neuronal networks through single cell physiology and computer simulations.
• Juncos, Jorge L [jlj@neuro.emory.edu]
  Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
• 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.
• Lennard, Paul R [plennard@biology.emory.edu]
  Neural mechanisms of locomotion and rhythmic motor behaviors.
• Li, Lian [lianli@pharm.emory.edu]
  Molecular basis of neurotransmitter release and pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
• Liu, Robert [robert.liu@emory.edu]
  Neural coding of communication sounds and plasticity in the auditory system.
• Maney, Donna [dmaney@emory.edu]
  Neural circuitry underlying communication 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, E. Christopher [ecmuly@rmy.emory.edu]
  Circuitry of prefrontal cortex and dopamine systems.
• Mustari, Michael [mjmustar@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neural substrate for eye movements and interactions between visual and oculomotor systems.
• Neigh, Gretchen [gmccand@emory.edu]
  We focus on the role of cerebral vascular compromise in the generation of affective disorders.
• Neill, Darryl B [darryl@fs1.psy.emory.edu]
  Drugs of abuse; brain reward systems.
• Nemeroff, Charles [cnemero@emory.edu]
  Effects of psychopharmacological agents on brain neuropeptide systems.
• Pace, Thaddeus [Thaddeus.pace@emory.edu]
  Neuroendocrine-immune alterations observable at rest and after psychosocial stress challenge in participants with current major depression.
• Papa, Stella [spapa@emory.edu]
  Movement Disorders, particularly, Parkinson's disease, Basal Ganglia physiology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Pardue, Machelle [mpardue@emory.edu]
  Developing treatments for retinal diseases, including retinal prosthetics and anti-apoptotic agents; genetic and environmental mechanisms of refractive development and eye growth.
• Potter, Steve [steve.potter@bme.gatech.edu]
  New neuroscience technologies for studying learning in vitro.
• Preuss, Todd M [tpreuss@rmy.emory.edu]
  Study of evolutionary specializations of human brain through comparisons of cellular organization and differential gene expression between human and nonhuman primates.
• Rainnie, Donald [drainni@emory.edu]
  Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying emotional aspects of congition in the CNS.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Smith, Yoland [yolands@rmy.emory.edu]. Synaptic localization and functional interactions between glutamate and GABA receptors in the CNS.
• Sokoloff, Alan [sokoloff@physio.emory.edu]. Interactions between the central nervous system and muscle physiology.
• Stein, Donald [dgstein@gsas.emory.edu]
  Recovery from traumatic CNS injury; gender-specific hormones; CNS plasticity.
• Ting, Lena [lting@emory.edu]
  Neural and mechanical interactions underlying sensorimotor control in human and animal movement.
• Weiss, Jay M [jweis01@emory.edu]
  Neuroimmunology; interaction of immune system with brain and behavior.
• Wichmann, Thomas [twichma@emory.edu]
  Primate research on the physiology of the basal ganglia; pathophysiology of movement disorders, such as PD.
• Wilson, Mark E [markw@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neuroendocrine regulation of growth, puberty and fertility; effects of estrogen receptor modulators on social behavior.
• Wolf, Steven L [swolf@emory.edu]
  Postural and movement capabilities in humans with impairments caused by the aging process or CNS pathology.
• Zola, Stuart [szola@rmy.emory.edu]
  Neural basis of memory.