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Our laboratory elucidates mechanisms that mediate the newly appreciated immunoenhancing effects of short-term stress versus the well known immunosuppressive effects of long-term stress. We investigate stress effects on leukocyte trafficking, cytokine gene/protein expression, and innate/adaptive immunity, in preclinical & clinical models of skin immunity, vaccines, surgery, & cancer."},{"lastName":"Madison","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4321&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel V. Madison","firstName":"Vernon","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Vernon_Madison","researchInterest":"Our laboratory uses electrophysiological techniques to study the mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity in the mammalian hippocampus. 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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":"Fung","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=39130&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lawrence Fung","firstName":"Lawrence","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Lawrence_Fung","researchInterest":"Dr. Fung will employ state-of-the-art multimodal neuroimaging tools to study brain development in humans with fragile X syndrome (FraX) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  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