Faculty Associates of the Center for Neuroscience Research - State University of NY, Univ at Albany

	David O. Carpenter, Professor of Biomedical Sciences Carpent@albany.edu, 518-485-5560 Electrophysiologic studies of synaptic transmission
	Bruce C. Dudek, Professor of Psychology, bruce.dudek@albany.edu, 518-442-4824 Behavior Genetics, Alcohol Neuropharmacology, and Psychopharmacology.
	Cheryl A. Frye, Associate Professor of Psychology, cafrye@albany.edu, 518-442-4836 Behavioral Neuroscience, Reproductive Neuroendocrinology, Behavioral Endocrinology, Steroid Mechanism, Neurosteroids, Sex Differences.
	Helmut V. B. Hirsch, Professor of Biological Sciences, hirsch@albany.edu, 518-442-4311 Behavioral and genetic analysis of developmental plasticity in Drosophila; developmental neuroethology.
	Jon W. Jacklet, Professor of Biological Sciences, jwj74@albany.edu, 518-442-4373 Neural correlates of behavior, cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission, especially the function of nitric oxide as a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator.
	Gregory A. Lnenicka Professor of Biological Sciences, gregL@albany.edu, 518-442-4306 Synaptic physiology and morphology; the role of activity in synaptic development.
	David L. Martin Professor of Environmental Health and Toxicology, dmartin@wadsworth.org, 518-474-3157 Regulation of the synthesis, release and uptake of amino acid neurotransmitters; functions of glia.
	Anne Messer Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Messer@wadsworth.org, 518-474-0140 Molecular studies of development, and of degeneration of mouse brain.
	Li Niu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, lniu@albany.edu, 518-442-4447 Structure and function of cell surface receptor proteins; kinetic and molecular mechanisms of drug-protein and protein-protein interactions.
	John T. Schmidt, Director, Professor of Biological Sciences, js213@albany.edu, 518-442-4309 Formation and stabilization of synaptic connections; the development and regeneration of spatial maps in CNS; Growth cone motility and its regulation.
	William Shain Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Toxicology, shain@wadsworth.org,518-473-3630 Glial cell function in the CNS; alternative methods to animal testing for the neurotoxicology of chlorinated hydrocarbons and ethanol.
	Abigail Snyder-Keller Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Sciences Snykell@wadsworth.org, 518-486-2590 Neural plasticity and development of basal ganglia; transplants of neural tissue.
	Ben G. Szaro Associate Professor of Biological Sciences BGS86@albany.edu, 518-442-4364 Neural intermediate filament proteins and the molecular analysis of cell shape determinants in the developing nervous system.
	Suzannah Bliss Tieman Sr. Research Associate in the Center and Research Professor of Biological Sciences tieman@albany.edu, 518-442-4317 Anatomical and physiological studies of mammalian visual system and the effects of early experience on visual development; visualneurotransmitters.
	David G. Tieman Adjunct Assoc. Professor of Biological Sciences bioweb@albany.edu, 518-442-4316 Videomicroscopy techniques, electrophysiology of synaptic transmission.
	Christine K. Wagner Associate Professor of Psychology cwagner@albany.edu, 518-437-4494 Maternal and fetal neural development, progesterone and sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior.
	Robert Waniewski Assoc. Professor of Environmental Health and Toxicology waniewski@wadsworth.org, 518-486-2551 Regulation of glutamate and GABA transport and metabolism in astrocytes; taurine release from glia.
	Jonathon R. Wolpaw Professor of Biomedical Sciences Wolpaw@wadsworth.org, 518-473-3631 Physiologic and anatomic study of memory traces in primate spinal cord.