know us better Home Learning and Memory Genes A mutational analysis has begun to reveal the component processes of learning and memory. We have developed associative (classical conditioning) and non-associative…

know us better Home Neural Development & Stem Cell Biology We are interested in the lineage steps in the development of the mammalian brain from totipotent embryonic stem (blastocyst) cells…

know us better Home Neurobiology of Motivation Our primary objective is to characterize the neurobiological substrates of motivation.  Our overall hypothesis is that separate, double dissociable, neural mechanisms underlie the…