{"result":[{"lastName":"Liang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Visiting Associate Professor,Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Visiting Associate Professor,Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=29965&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jing Liang","firstName":"Jing","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jing_Liang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kendig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4161&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Joan Kendig","firstName":"Joan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Joan_Kendig","researchInterest":"My laboratory tries to find out how pharmacologic agents used in the practice of anesthesia (general anesthetic and analgesic agents) lead to therapeutically desireable endpoints including unconsciousness, immobility and absence of pain. The old idea that general anesthetics are uniformly non-specific \"membrane stabilizers\" is giving way to a new realization that these agents exert specific actions on particular ion channels and intracellular signalling systems."},{"lastName":"Scherrer","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32474&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gregory Scherrer","firstName":"Gregory","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Gregory_Scherrer","researchInterest":"Our laboratory investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms of pain and its control by opioids. When chronic, pain is no longer an essential warning system critical to our survival, but a disease that severely affects the quality of life of many patients. We search to identity the neurons that participate in generating the sensation of pain and the molecular mechanisms that regulate neural activity in pain circuits to develop novel analgesic strategies against pathological pain."},{"lastName":"Yeomans","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3855&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David C. 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He studies the use of ultra-high field MRI and other advanced neuroimaging technologies to reveal how these diseases affect the microscopic structure and circuitry of the brain, with the intent of creating new strategies for early diagnosis. Dr. Kerchner also supervises the participation of patients in clinical trials for Alzheimer\u0092s disease."},{"lastName":"Heinz","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=36387&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Adrienne J. Heinz","firstName":"Adrienne","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Adrienne_Heinz","researchInterest":"I am interested in cognitive and emotional mechanisms that contribute to initiation, development, maintenance and relapse to problematic alcohol and drug use.  More specifically, I seek to understand why some individuals experiment with substances but eventually quit or moderate their use, while others go on to develop full blown substance use disorders (SUD). On the other end of the spectrum, I aim to identify and describe how these mechanisms influence treatment outcomes so as to help improve"},{"lastName":"Malenka","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Psychiatry/Neuroscience/MSLS","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4670&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Malenka","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Robert_Malenka","researchInterest":"Long-lasting changes in synaptic strength are important for the modification of neural circuits by experience. A major goal of my laboratory is to elucidate the molecular events that trigger various forms of synaptic plasticity and the modifications in synaptic proteins that are responsible for the changes in synaptic efficacy."},{"lastName":"Gross","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Anesthesia"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Anesthesia"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23658&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Eric R. Gross","firstName":"Eric","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Eric_Gross","researchInterest":"I am an anesthesiologist working in the laboratory of Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen.  My interest is in TRPV1 channels, the ion channel which gives you the hot sensation in your mouth after you eat that chili pepper.   \r\n\r\nWhat's interesting is that this channel opening may be a natural pathway for the organs to protect themselves from ischemia-reperfusion injury.  In time, this lack of or repeated stimulus may change the TRPV1 receptor to make it more sensitive or less sensitive to pain."},{"lastName":"Ding","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=32293&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jun Ding","firstName":"Jun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jun_Ding","researchInterest":"Neural circuits of movement control in health and movement disorders"},{"lastName":"Suvrathan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18559&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Aparna Suvrathan","firstName":"Aparna","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Aparna_Suvrathan","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Chen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20934&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lu Chen","firstName":"Lu","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lu_Chen","researchInterest":"What distinguishes us humans from other animals is our ability to undergo complex behavior. The synapses are the structural connection between neurons that mediates the communication between neurons, which underlies our various cognitive function. My research program aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synapse function during behavior in the developing and mature brain, and how synapse function is altered during mental retardation."},{"lastName":"Yokell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"MD Student, School of Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23778&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Yokell","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Michael_Yokell","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23467&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Soo Yeun Lee","firstName":"Soo Yeun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Soo Yeun_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hestrin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4343&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shaul Hestrin","firstName":"Shaul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shaul_Hestrin","researchInterest":"The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons and the circuits they form give rise to cortical activity and function. Our approach includes recordings from multiple cells, calcium imaging, two-photon imaging and viral-based optogenetic methods to activate  cortical neurons as well as cortical afferents."},{"lastName":"Huguenard","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4124&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John Huguenard","firstName":"John","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/John_Huguenard","researchInterest":"We are interested in the neuronal mechanisms that underlie synchronous oscillatory activity in the thalamus, cortex and the massively interconnected thalamocortical system. Such oscillations are related to cognitive processes, normal sleep activities and certain forms of epilepsy. Our approach is an analysis of the discrete components (cells, synapses, microcircuits) that make up thalamic and cortical circuits, and reconstitution of components into in silico computational networks."},{"lastName":"Tourino Raposo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14514&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Clara Tourino Raposo","firstName":"Clara","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Clara_Tourino Raposo","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Adhikari","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=21125&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Avishek Adhikari","firstName":"Avishek","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Avishek_Adhikari","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Prince","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4531&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"David Prince","firstName":"David","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/David_Prince","researchInterest":"Experiments examine \r\n1)intrinsic properties of neuronal membranes; actions of neurotransmitters that regulate neocortical and thalamic excitability\r\n2) chronic epileptogenesis following cortical injury; changes in intracortical connectivity and receptors; \r\n3) effects of early injury and activity on cortical development/maldevelopment Electrophysiological, anatomical and pharmacological techniques employed.\r\n4. prophylaxis of postraumatic epilepsy\r\n5. 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My work in the Smith lab focuses on the development of array tomography methods to characterize and quantify populations of cortical synapses based on the diverse proteomic \"fingerprints\" of molecules characteristically expressed by different synapse types. My primary goal is to quantify the distribution of distinct synapse classes within columns of barrel cortex"}]}