Meet Our Faculty
Discover the research interests and publications of our faculty
Meet Our Faculty
Discover the research interests and publications of our faculty
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

Nov
15
"Tongue Kinematics. Cortex-dependent corrections as the mouse tongue reaches for, and misses, targets"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nov
20
Department of Physiology Roundtable - Alicia Guemez Gamboa, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Nov
22
“New tools to record neuronal network dynamics in models of disease.”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dec
6
From pain to defensive actions: saliency detection as a reactive process - Giandomenico Iannetti, MD, PhD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dec
13
Department of Physiology Seminar - Hyunsoo Shawn Je, Ph.D.
CANCELLED
Dec
19
Dissecting the Neural Circuits Driving Pain-Induced Negative Affect - Jose Moron-Concepcion, PhD
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Jan
15
Department of Physiology Roundtable - Gianmaria Maccaferri, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Jan
31
Department of Physiology Seminar - Tiyani Mao, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Feb
7
Department of Physiology Seminar - Simon Alford, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Feb
12
Department of Physiology Roundtable - CJ Heckman, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Feb
14
Department of Physiology Seminar - Adam Hantmann, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

News

11.08.2019New Center for Translational Pain Research Launched
10.09.2019$6.3 Million Grant to Explore Brain Stimulation
10.01.2019Lerner Receives NIH New Innovator Award
08.21.2019New Approach Shows Promise in Treating Parkinson’s Symptoms

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

Conditioned Contextual Freezing is A Neurobehavioral Biomarker of Axonal Injury Indicated by Reduced Fractional Anisotropy In A Mouse Model of Blast-Induced Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Weiss C, Lendacki FR, Rigby PH, Wyrwicz AM, Disterhoft JF, Spiess J.
Shock. 2019 Jul 26. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001424. [Epub ahead of print]
Effects of Visuomotor Delays on the Control of Movement and on Perceptual Localization in the Presence and Absence of Visual Targets.
Avraham G, Sulimani E, Mussa-Ivaldi FA, Nisky I.
J Neurophysiol. 2019 Oct 2. doi: 10.1152/jn.00017.2019. [Epub ahead of print]
Headed in the Wrong Direction: Chronic and Acute Derangements in Pulmonary Blood Flow Distribution in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Vein Stenosis.
Morales-Nebreda L, Chung CS, Agrawal R, Yeldandi AV, Singer BD, Bharat A, McCrimmon DR, Walter JM.
Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Oct;16(10):1321-1326. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201905-402CC. No abstract available.

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D James Surmeier, PhD
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