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
27
"Targeting Stem Cells for Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
4
Department of Physiology Seminar - Ulli Bayer, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
11
Department of Physiology Seminar - George Augustin, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
16
Department of Physiology Roundtable - Jaime Garcia-Anoveros, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Oct
18
Department of Physiology Seminar - Rafael Fernandez-Chacon, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Oct
24
Department of Physiology Seminar - Avishek Adhikari, Ph.D.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Oct
25
Department of Physiology Seminar - Marc Fuccillo, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nov
1
Department of Physiology Seminar - Myriam Heiman, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Nov
15
Department of Physiology Seminar - Jesse Goldberg, Ph.D.
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
Department of Physiology Seminar - Peyman Golshani, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dec
13
Department of Physiology Seminar - Hyunsoo Shawn Je, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

News

08.21.2019New Approach Shows Promise in Treating Parkinson’s Symptoms
08.19.2019New Developments in Quest for Huntington’s Disease Treatments
07.23.2019New Insights Into Role of RNA Methylation in Fragile X Syndrome
07.01.2019Mitochondrial Defects Contribute to Muscular 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

Partial Loss of USP9X Function Leads to a Male Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Disorder Converging on Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling.
Johnson BV, Kumar R, Oishi S, Alexander S, Kasherman M, Vega MS, Ivancevic A, Gardner A, Domingo D, Corbett M, …
Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 29. pii: S0006-3223(19)31479-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.05.028. [Epub ahead of print]
Activating newborn neurons suppresses depression and anxiety-like behaviors.
Tunc-Ozcan E, Peng CY, Zhu Y, Dunlop SR, Contractor A, Kessler JA.
Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 21;10(1):3768. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11641-8.
Identification of traits and functional connectivity-based neurotraits of chronic pain.
Vachon-Presseau E, Berger SE, Abdullah TB, Griffith JW, Schnitzer TJ, Apkarian AV.
PLoS Biol. 2019 Aug 20;17(8):e3000349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000349. eCollection 2019 Aug.

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D James Surmeier, PhD
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