A major goal of systems neuroscience is to understand how neuronal circuits function to produce sensation, emotion, action, and other complex behaviors.  Some of the questions addressed by investigators in systems neuroscience in the Center for Neuroscience at UC Davis include:

• How do we see, hear, feel, move, and make decisions?
• How do neurons encode sensory information and how is that information decoded?
• How can we keep track of a single voice in the complex environment of a noisy cocktail party?
• How do we navigate through a complex environment? 
• What is the functional organization of neuronal connections that give rise to the emergent properties of the functioning nervous system?
• How do different brain areas communicate with each other? 

The Center for Neuroscience has an unparalleled group of systems laboratories almost all of which interact extensively with one another and with the large group of cognitive neuroscientists at UC Davis. Researchers in systems neuroscience at UC Davis utilize cutting-edge highly quantitative techniques in neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, brain imaging, and psychophysics.

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.

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