There are numerous and far-reaching neurology-related research opportunities at SUNY Downstate. Particular strengths of the Center include the Nobel Prize-winning work on nitric oxide by Dr. Robert Furchgott and advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of the epilepsies and Alzheimer's disease. The Department of Neurology has close ties to many other departments and has a tradition of fruitful collaboration. Many members of other departments, including the chairs of the Department of Pathology and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, hold joint appointments in the Neurology Department. The dean of the graduate school holds her faculty appointment in the Department of Neurology. In addition, many of our affiliated institutions support active clinical research.
RESEARCH IN THE NEUROLOGY DEPT. (affiliations in parentheses)
- Roger Cracco, M.D. (Chair, SUNY Downstate)
Transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Larry Benardo, M.D., Ph.D.##
GABAergic inhibitory pathways and excitotoxicity, epilepsy clinical trials.
Satyakam Bhagwati, M.D.*
Clinical and molecular aspects of trinucleotide repeat expansions.
Ivan Bodis-Wollner, M.D., D.Sc.**
Visual physiology and pathophysiology, functional imaging, and dopamine.
Geetha Chari, M.D.
Clinical studies in pediatric epilepsy
Joan Cracco, M.D.#,##
The role of dendritic protein synthesis in long term potentiation.
Howard Crystal, M.D. ***
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David Desmond, Ph.D. ***
Cognition and stroke epidemiology.
Toby Gropen, M.D. (LICH)
Clinical trials in stroke.
Susan Herman, M.D.
Clinical studies in epilepsy.
Roger Kula, M.D. (Chair, LICH)
Clinical research in neuromuscular disease.
William Lytton, M.D.##
Computational modeling in epilepsy.
Paul Maccabee, M.D.
Magnetic stimulation of the human nervous system.
Ricardo Madrid, M.D. (IBR)
Neuroimmunology of the peripheral nervous system.
Alex Mauskop, M.D. (LICH)
The role of magnesium in headache.
Lisa Merlin, M.D.##
Role of metabotropic glutamate receptors in epilepsy.
Aaron Miller, M.D. (Chair, Maimonides)
Clinical research in multiple sclerosis.
Arthur Rose, M.D. #
Regional distrillbution of FRAGILE X (FMRI) mRNA and FMRP in the central nervous system.
Todd Sacktor, M.D.##
Protein kinase C isozymes in long-term potentiation and long-term depression.
Romaine Schubert, M.D. (IBR)
Autism
Susan Schwartz-Giblin, Ph.D. (Dean, Graduate Studies)
Hormonal effects on the brain.
Sayid Shafiq, Ph.D.
Muscle development and regulation of fiber type heterogeneity.
Helen Valsamis, M.D.##
Cortical inhibition, head trauma models, clinical trials in epilepsy.
Krystyna Wisniewski, M.D.# (IBR)
Clinical and basic science research in developmental disorders.
Joint appointment in *Anatomy and Cell Biology, **Ophthalmology, ***Pathology, #Pediatrics, or ##Physiology and Pharmacology.
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NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH IN OTHER DEPTS. AT SUNY DOWNSTATE
Anatomy and Cell Biology:
M.A.Q. Siddiqui, Ph.D. (Chair) muscle gene expression; Paulette Bernd, Ph.D., neurotrophins and development; Angel Cinelli, M.D., Ph.D., olfactory dendritic neural activity; Mimi Halpern, Ph.D., olfaction and development; M.A. Khan, Ph.D., neuromuscular disorders; John Kubie, Ph.D., the hippocampus in learning and memory; Kathryn Miles, Ph.D., nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Frank Scalia, Ph.D., optic nerve regeneration.
Biochemistry:
Alfred Stracher, Ph.D. (Chair) proteases and muscle; Richard Feinman, Ph.D., invertebrate learning and proteins; Alan Gintzler, Ph.D., opiate receptors and addiction; Julie Rushbrook, Ph.D., enzymes and muscle development.
Neurosurgery:
Thomas Milhorat, M.D. (Chair) syringomyelia; Roxanne Todor, M.D., cerebral aneurysm formation and blood flow monitoring.
Pathology:
Suzanne Mirra, M.D.* (Chair) Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Physiology and Pharmacology:
Robert Wong, Ph.D.*, (Chair), intracellular signaling and hippocampal circuits; Vahe Amassian M.B.*, transcranial magnetic stimulation; Peter Bergold, Ph.D., second messengers and synaptic plasticity; Diana Dow-Edwards, Ph.D., brain imaging and cocaine; Steven Fox, Ph.D., hippocampal EEG rhythms; Robert Furchgott, Ph.D., nitric oxide and the endothelium; Phyllis Gootman, Ph.D., development of neural control of cardiorespiratory function; Ira Kass, Ph.D., mechanisms of hippocampal anoxia; Annette Kirchgessner, Ph.D., enteric nervous system; Hillary Michelson-Law, Ph.D., development of inhibitory neuronal circuits; Robert Muller, Ph.D., the hippocampus in navigation and learning; Nicholas Penington, Ph.D., regulation of serotonergic transmission; Katherine Perkins, Ph.D., depolarizing GABAergic transmission; James Ranck, Jr., M.D., limbic neuron firing and navigation modeling; Armin Stelzer, M.D., Ph.D.*, plasticity and regulation of GABAergic receptors; Mark Stewart, M.D., Ph.D., limbic system neurons; Henri Tiedge, Ph.D.*, neuronal RNA transport and protein synthesis; Keith Williams, Ph.D., glutamate receptors in hippocampus.
Psychiatry:
Henri Begleiter, Ph.D., neuroimaging and alcoholism genetics; Carl Cohen, M.D., Alzheimer's disease and dementias.
Joint appointment in *Neurology.
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