How do proteins in neurons alter excitability, allowing us to think, feel, remember, and forget?  How are thoughts encoded by changes in synaptic transmission and plasticity? How is light transduced into neuronal activity?  How are odors and sounds encoded? How does the nervous system handle touch and pain? How is the structure and function of neurons altered by experience? How is transcription and translation regulated to mediate synaptic plasticity? 

These are but a few of the questions that faculty in Cellular and Molecular neuroscience at UC Davis are addressing in their laboratories. Cellular and molecular neuroscience at in the Center for Neuroscience and Neuroscience Graduate Group at UC Davis is uniquely characterized by extensive interaction and collaboration among researchers with expertise in genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, electrophysiology, imaging, and anatomy. 

Please see the individual lab pages for faculty members to learn more about the exciting, cutting-edge research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience at UC Davis.

Neuroscience Graduate Group Faculty:

 Robert Berman
Marie Burns
Tsung-Yu Chen
Hwai-Jong Cheng
Gino Cortopassi
William DeBello
Wenbin Deng
Michael Ferns
Fredric Gorin
Paul Hagerman
Andrew Ishida
Edward G. Jones
Janine M. LaSalle
Noelle D. L'Etoile
Bruce Lyeth
A. Kimberley McAllister
Brian Mulloney
Isaac N. Pessah
David Richman
Philip A. Schwartzkroin
Jim Trimmer
Ana Elena Vazquez
Ebenezer Yamoah
Chengji Zhou
Karen Zito

Center for Neuroscience Faculty:

 Craig J. Benham
Robert F. Berman
Marie E. Burns
Kenneth C. Burtis
Tsung-Yu Chen
Hwai-Jong Cheng
Nipavan Chiamvimonvat
Prabhakara V. Choudary
Gino A. Cortopassi
Alla Fomina
Fred A. Gorin
Andrew T. Ishida
Noelle L’Etoile
Xiao-Bo Liu
Bruce G. Lyeth
A. Kimberley McAllister
Brian C. Mulloney
John A. Payne
Isaac N. Pessah
Michael A, Rogawski
Philip A. Schwartzkroin
James S. Trimmer
Ana Elena Vazquez
P. Richard Vulliet
Ebenezer N. Yamoah
Karen Zito