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

Feb
15
"Let me try that again: How Sex Influences Learning, Decision Making, and Modeling Autism"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Feb
20
Parallel Processing at the Mammalian Cone Photoreceptor Synapse
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Feb
22
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Chenghua Gu, Ph.D.
CANCELLED
Feb
22
"Inhibitory Regulation of Cerebellar Plasticity and Learning"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mar
1
"Mechanism of Rapid Antidepressant Action"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mar
8
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Amanda Law, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mar
13
Department of Physiology Roundtable - Peter Penzes, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mar
15
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Jeanne Paz, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mar
29
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Massimo Scanziani, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
5
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Peter Strickland, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
12
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Denise Cai, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Apr
17
Department of Physiology Roundtable - Mark Bevan, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Apr
19
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Zachary Knight, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
3
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Francis S. Lee, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
May
10
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Jesse Goldberg, Ph.D.
CANCELLED
May
15
Department of Physiology Roundtable - Talia Lerner, Ph.D.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
May
17
Department of Physiology Seminar Series - Moshe Szyf, Ph.D.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

News

11.20.2018Origin of Neuromodulator in the Retina Pinpointed
10.18.2018Neural Mechanism for Error Correction in Motor Activity Uncovered
10.16.2018New Discovery Opens Path to Treatments for Hearing Loss
10.15.2018How Brain-machine Interfaces are Helping Paralyzed Limbs Move

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

Decoding neural activity to predict rat locomotion using intracortical and epidural arrays.
Barroso FO, Yoder B, Tentler D, Wallner J, Kinkhabwala A, Jantz MK, Flint RD, Tostado P, Pei E, Satish A, Brodnick S, …
J Neural Eng. 2019 Feb 12. doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab0698. [Epub ahead of print]
Enhanced striatopallidal gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)_A receptor transmission in mouse models of huntington's disease.
Perez-Rosello T, Gelman S, Tombaugh G, Cachope R, Beaumont V, Surmeier DJ.
Mov Disord. 2019 Feb 6. doi: 10.1002/mds.27622. [Epub ahead of print]
Cholinergic Interneurons Amplify Thalamostriatal Excitation of Striatal Indirect Pathway Neurons in Parkinson's Disease Models.
Tanimura A, Du Y, Kondapalli J, Wokosin DL, Surmeier DJ.
Neuron. 2019 Feb 6;101(3):444-458.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.12.004. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

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D James Surmeier, PhD
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