Meet Our Faculty
Discover the research interests and publications of our faculty
Meet Our Faculty
Discover the research interests and publications of our faculty
Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research
Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research
Our Labs
Learn about our innovative, multi-level, and collaborative approach to research
Our Labs
Learn about our innovative, multi-level, and collaborative approach to research

Events

Sep
28
"Intersections of Genes and Environment in Parkinson’s Disease"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
5
"A Cortical Gain Control Mechanism for Pain"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
10
Department of Physiology Roundtable - D. James Surmeier, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Oct
12
"Sensory Computation through the Lens of Behavior"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
19
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Gary Miller, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nov
16
"Mechanisms of Epilepsy"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nov
30
“Circuit Defects Underlying Impaired Perceptual Learning in Fragile X Syndrome”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dec
7
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Charles Wilson, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dec
14
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Tim Cope, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

News

09.17.2018Sugar Pills Relieve Pain for Chronic Pain Patients
09.12.2018Habitually Curious: The Neurological Basis for Habit Formation
08.30.2018Mapping Dopamine Neuron Projections
08.14.2018Synaptic Circuit Organization of Motor Cortex

Our Department

The Department of Physiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is devoted to outstanding research and committed to excellence in education. Our faculty participate in teaching medical and graduate students and are proud of their contribution to this important enterprise.

Current Publications

Neglect-Like Effects on Drawing Symmetry Induced by Adaptation to a Laterally Asymmetric Visuomotor Delay.
Avraham C, Avraham G, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Nisky I.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2018 Aug 28;12:335. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00335. eCollection 2018.
Axonal organization defects in the hippocampus of adult conditional BACE1 knockout mice.
Ou-Yang MH, Kurz JE, Nomura T, Popovic J, Rajapaksha TW, Dong H, Contractor A, Chetkovich DM, Tourtellotte WG, Vassar R.
Sci Transl Med. 2018 Sep 19;10(459). pii: eaao5620. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aao5620.
Brain and psychological determinants of placebo pill response in chronic pain patients.
Vachon-Presseau E, Berger SE, Abdullah TB, Huang L, Cecchi GA, Griffith JW, Schnitzer TJ, Apkarian AV.
Nat Commun. 2018 Sep 12;9(1):3397. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05859-1.

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D James Surmeier, PhD
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