Dementia can profoundly impair memory by altering brain structure and function. To prevent or reverse these changes, neuroscientists study the way dementia impacts cells, molecules and neural circuits. Some questions that are currently being examined include:
- How does cardiovascular health influence Alzheimer’s disease?
- How does dementia affect gene expression and neuronal plasticity?
- Can memory loss be successfully treated in animal models of dementia?
Faculty studying dementia and Alzheimer's
In-House
- Marie Burns, PhD
- John Gray, MD, PhD
- Charan Ranganath, PhD
- Gregg Recanzone, PhD
- Martine Therrien, PhD
- Andrew Yonelinas, PhD
- Karen Zito, PhD
Affiliated
- Eliza Bliss-Moreau, PhD
- Charles DeCarli, MD
- Megan Dennis, PhD
- Kyle Fink, PhD
- Cecilia Giulivi, PhD
- Randi Hagerman, MD
- Petr Janata, PhD
- Wilsaan Joiner, PhD
- Pamela Lein, PhD
- John Morrison, PhD
- Karl Murray, PhD
- Kwan Ng, MD, PhD
- Jan Nolta, PhD
- Martha O'Donnell, PhD
- David Olson, PhD
- Kassandra Ori-Mckenney, PhD
- Doug Rowland, PhD
- Andrea Schneider, PhD
- Kiarash Shahlaie, MD, PhD
- Sergi Simo, PhD
- Min Zhao, MD, PhD