The University of California, Davis, offers resources for research and teaching in neuroscience. Below are some of the programs and facilities available to UC Davis neuroscientists.

One of the largest regional primate facilities in the country, the California Regional Primate Research Center conducts interdisciplinary programs in biomedical research on significant human-related problems where nonhuman primates are the models of choice. The center is located west of the main campus on a 300-acre site and is home to 3,500 nonhuman primates representing six species.

The Protein Structure Laboratory provides protein sequencing, amino acid analysis, and peptide and DNA synthesis for investigators from throughout the campus as well as for other institutions and some companies. The laboratory also provides consultation and expertise on the application of these techniques and has many protocols and reagents available to assist investigators.

Computational biology is one of the main thrusts of the Institute of Theoretical Dynamics, an organized research unit devoted to theoretical problems in the physical and biological sciences. Approximately 30 faculty members participate in the activities of the institute, which include conferences, workshops, seminars, and summer schools.

The Facility for Advanced Instrumentation, Health Sciences Biochemistry and Special Instrumentation Laboratory, and Central Facility Instrumentation-UCDMC provide researchers with economical and convenient access to a variety of scientific instruments. Instruction in the operation of the equipment is available at all three facilities for students, faculty, and staff.

The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility offers researchers access to state-of-the-art NMR instrumentation for spectroscopy and imagining. The facility operates five spectrometers of varying purposes and capabilities, and has computers for off-line data processing and molecular modeling.

The Center for Imaging Processing and Integrated Computing is an interdisciplinary research center with strengths in imaging, computer science, and engineering. Of special interest to the center is three-dimensional modeling, imaging, and visual communication. Other areas of research are the access and use of large pictorial data bases and network-based data sharing.

Service and expertise in hybridoma technology is provided by researchers at the Monoclonal Antibody Laboratory. The laboratory staff assist interested faculty members in the development of monoclonal antibodies against a specific antigen by performing fusions and screening hybridomas to identify and produce the desired antibodies.

The Northern California Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Center (NCPIC) in Sacramento is a clinical facility for brain, cardiac, and whole-body imaging using short-lived positron emitter-labeled radiopharmaceuticals and the tomogr aphic imaging system. A collaborative research program between the Center for Neuroscience and NCPIC has placed duplicate computer systems in the two centers to ensure consistency among patient studies of brain electrical activity at the Center for Neuroscience and PET studies at NCPIC.