{"result":[{"lastName":"Moore","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurobiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3946&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Tirin Moore","firstName":"Tirin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Tirin_Moore","researchInterest":"We study neural mechanisms of visual-motor integration and the neural basis of cognition (e.g. attention). We study the activity of single neurons in visual and motor structures within the brain, examine how perturbing that activity affects neurons in other brain structures, and also how it affects the perceptual and"},{"lastName":"Pfefferbaum","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4544&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Adolf Pfefferbaum","firstName":"Adolf","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Adolf_Pfefferbaum","researchInterest":"Development and application of magnetic resonance imaging approaches for in vivo studies of human and animal brain integrity in neurodegenerative conditions, including alcoholism,  HIV infection, Alzheimer's disease, and normal aging"},{"lastName":"Wandell","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Ophthalmology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7651&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Brian A. Wandell","firstName":"Brian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Brian_Wandell","researchInterest":"The development and organization of visual cortex.  The study of the brain pathways essential for reading development.  Diffusion tensor imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging and computational modeling of visual perception and brain processes."},{"lastName":"Kushida","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6100&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Clete A. Kushida, M.D., Ph.D.","firstName":"Clete","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Clete_Kushida","researchInterest":"Dr. Kushida is a neurologist and sleep specialist who directs several NIH- and industry-sponsored research studies, focused on topics such as the physical features and neurocognitive changes associated with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, the epidemiology and treatment of restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder, primary care sleep education and training, and countermeasures for sleep loss."},{"lastName":"Sullivan","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Neurosciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4158&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edith Vioni Sullivan","firstName":"Edith","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Edith_Sullivan","researchInterest":"Application of magnetic resonance imaging modalities and component process analysis of cognitive, sensory, and motor functions to identify brain structural and functional mechanisms disrupted in neurodegenerative conditions:  alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, HIV infection, and normal aging.  Our laboratory is applying structural MRI, MR spectroscopy, and MR diffusion tensor imaging to animal models of aging and alcoholism in parallel with the human studies."},{"lastName":"Hoeft","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8524&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Fumiko Hoeft","firstName":"Fumiko","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Fumiko_Hoeft","researchInterest":"Dr. Fumiko Hoeft uses various neuroimaging techniques and investigates various learning and developmental disabilities. She is interested in figuring out ways that cognitive neuroscience research can inform educational and clinical practices. One such example is to use neuroimaging to predict who will later develop dyslexia."},{"lastName":"Menon","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child Psychiatry","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4560&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Vinod Menon","firstName":"Vinod","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Vinod_Menon","researchInterest":"EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL SYSTEMS             NEUROSCIENCE: \r\n\r\nCognitive neuroscience; Cognitive development; Psychiatric neuroscience; Functional brain imaging; Dynamical basis of brain function; Nonlinear dynamics of neural systems"},{"lastName":"Uncapher","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9480&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Melina Uncapher","firstName":"Melina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Melina_Uncapher","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Prince","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"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/neuroscience/researcher/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. Neocortical interneuronal function/modulation"},{"lastName":"Glover","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Cancer Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4178&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Glover","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Gary_Glover","researchInterest":"The work in the Radiological Sciences Laboratory is devoted to the advancement of imaging sciences for applications in diagnostic radiology. We collaborate closely with departmental clinicians and with others in the school of medicine, humanities, and the engineering sciences. The laboratory's activities include development of both CT and MR imaging techniques, with spiral CT."},{"lastName":"Fisher","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Epilepsy"},{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"EEG"},{"focus":"Consciousness, Loss of"},{"focus":"Convulsion, Non-Epileptic"},{"focus":"Epilepsy, Complex Partial"},{"focus":"Epilepsy, Generalized"},{"focus":"Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe"},{"focus":"Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4638&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Robert Fisher","firstName":"Robert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Robert_Fisher","researchInterest":"Dr. Fisher is interested in clincal, laboratory and translational aspects of epilepsy research.  Prior work has included: electrical deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, studied in laboratory models and clinical trials; drug delivery to a seizure focus; mechanisms of absence epilepsy studied with in vitro slices of brain thalamus; hyperthermic seizures; diagnosis and treatment of non-epileptic seizures, the post-ictal state; driving and epilepsy; new antiepileptic drugs; surgery for epilepsy."},{"lastName":"Rosen","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - VA & Geriatric","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7263&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Allyson Rosen, Ph.D.","firstName":"Allyson","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Allyson_Rosen","researchInterest":"My primary goal is to apply functional MRI (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and cognitive neuroscience to answer questions which are meaningful for older adults. The focus of my research has been to refine our understanding of individual differences in age-related brain changes. I have spent my years before coming to Stanford completing training in clinical neuropsychology so that my research will be sensitive to the everyday needs of older adults.  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Application of clinical neurophysiological methods to neurological diagnosis. Neurological complications of HIV infection. Development of evidence-based medicine pertaining to the practice of neurology."},{"lastName":"Guilleminault","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3994&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Christian Guilleminault","firstName":"Christian","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Christian_Guilleminault","researchInterest":"Cardio-respiratory dysfunction during sleep; SIDS and, sleep apnea; narcolepsy and daytime somnolence; the relationship of, sleep to accidents, aging, dementia and Alzheimer's Disease."},{"lastName":"Graber","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6061&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kevin Graber, M.D.","firstName":"Kevin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Kevin_Graber","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Lopez","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Neurology, Pediatric"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4069&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jaime Lopez","firstName":"Jaime","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Jaime_Lopez","researchInterest":"My clinical interests are in the areas of Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring (IOM), clinical neurophysiology, electromyopgraphy and in the use of botulinum toxins in the treatment of neurologic disorders.  Our IOM group\u0092s research is in the development of new and innovative techniques for monitoring the nervous system during surgical and endovascular procedures and how these alter surgical management and patient outcomes.  I am also active in formulating national IOM practice guidelines."},{"lastName":"Pelayo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Sleep Disorders"},{"focus":"Sleep Medicine"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Sleep Center","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6087&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rafael Pelayo","firstName":"Rafael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Rafael_Pelayo","researchInterest":"Sleep Disorders in Adults and Children"},{"lastName":"Shatz","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"},{"appointment":"Professor,Neurobiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8146&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Carla Shatz","firstName":"Carla","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Carla_Shatz","researchInterest":"The goal of research in the Shatz Laboratory is to discover how brain circuits are tuned up by experience during critical periods of development both before and after birth by elucidating cellular and molecular mechanisms that transform early fetal and neonatal brain circuits into mature connections. To discover mechanistic underpinnings of circuit tuning, the lab has conducted functional screens for genes regulated by neural activity and studied their function for vision, learning and memory."},{"lastName":"Walter","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Medical fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9152&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Elizabeth Walter","firstName":"Elizabeth","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Elizabeth_Walter","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Madison","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Molecular & Cellular Physiology"}],"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/neuroscience/researcher/Vernon_Madison","researchInterest":"Our laboratory uses electrophysiological techniques to study the mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity in the mammalian hippocampus. One of the main focuses in the lab is in the study of synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP). LTP is the persistent increase in synaptic strength that occurs after a period of heavy activity in a synaptic connection. It is the most widely studied and compelling model for mechanisms underlying memory formation in the mammalian central nervous system."},{"lastName":"Dorfman","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurology"},{"focus":"Multiple Sclerosis"},{"focus":"Neuromuscular Diseases"},{"focus":"Clinical Neurophysiology"},{"focus":"Electromyography"},{"focus":"Evoked Potentials"},{"focus":"EMG"},{"focus":"Nerve Conduction"},{"focus":"Myelopathy"},{"focus":"Optic Neuritis"},{"focus":"Neuropathy"},{"focus":"Myopathy"},{"focus":"Neuromuscular Junction Diseases"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4154&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Les Dorfman","firstName":"Leslie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Leslie_Dorfman","researchInterest":"Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography (EMG); and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials. Multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatment.  Neurological education."},{"lastName":"Greicius","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Behavioral Neurology"},{"focus":"Memory Disorders"},{"focus":"Neurology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"},{"appointment":"Member,Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Neurology & Neurological Sciences","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=5883&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael Greicius","firstName":"Michael","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Michael_Greicius","researchInterest":"Dr. Greicius' research involves the use of functional MRI in conjunction with other imaging modalities to detect and characterize neural networks in healthy adults and patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.  The main research objective is to develop novel imaging biomarkers that will enhance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, major depression, and schizophrenia."},{"lastName":"Deisseroth","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Psychiatry"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6080&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Karl Deisseroth","firstName":"Karl","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Karl_Deisseroth","researchInterest":"Research in Dr. Deisseroth's laboratory focuses on developing optical, molecular and cellular tools to observe, perturb, and re-engineer brain circuits. His laboratory is based in the James H. Clark Center at Stanford and has developed optogenetic and tissue engineering methods, employing techniques spanning electrophysiology, molecular biology, optics, neural activity imaging, animal behavior, and computational neural network modeling."},{"lastName":"Uddin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10253&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Lucina Q. Uddin","firstName":"Lucina","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/neuroscience/researcher/Lucina_Uddin","researchInterest":"Cognitive, systems, and social neuroscience, using functional connectivity analyses of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data and structural connectivity analyses using diffusion tensor imaging data to examine organization of large-scale brain networks in development and pathology (e.g. autism spectrum disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders)."}]}