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Meet Our Faculty
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Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research
Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research
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06.11.2019Mapping the Visual System, From Photoreceptors to Brain
04.15.2019Inter-Sensory Processing Uncovered
03.26.2019Scientists Map Circuit Connected to Memory Formation
03.01.2019Nanoparticle Peptides Could Fight Neurodegenerative Disease

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

Exchange protein directly activated by cAMP 2 is required for corticotropin-releasing hormone-mediated spine loss.
Xie Z, Penzes P, Srivastava DP.
Eur J Neurosci. 2019 Jun 14. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14487. [Epub ahead of print]
Changes in motor unit discharge patterns following strength training.
Kim EH, Hassan AS, Heckman CJ.
J Physiol. 2019 Jun 3. doi: 10.1113/JP278137. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Increased lysosomal exocytosis induced by lysosomal Ca²⁺ channel agonists protects human dopaminergic neurons from α-synuclein toxicity.
Tsunemi T, Perez-Rosello T, Ishiguro Y, Yoroisaka A, Jeon S, Hamada K, Krishna Vangipuram Suresh M, Wong YC, Xie Z, …
J Neurosci. 2019 May 16. pii: 3085-18. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3085-18.2019. [Epub ahead of print]

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