DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER: Professor Movshon
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Professor Aoki

Neural science is a collection of disciplines unified by a concern for the function of the brain. Experimental approaches in neural science vary from analyses of molecular and cellular mechanisms in nerve cells and groups of nerve cells to behavioral and psychological studies of whole organisms. Theoretical tools include mathematical and computational modeling approaches that have proved useful in other areas of science. Experimental questions include issues related to biophysical and neurochemical mechanisms within single nerve cells, functional neural circuits consisting of small numbers of neurons, the behavior of large systems of neurons, and the relationship between the activity of elements of the nervous system and the behavior of organisms. The Center for Neural Science offers a B.S. degree in neural science.

Faculty

Silver Professor; Professor of Neural Science and Philosophy:
Movshon

Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science and University Professor; Professor of Neural Science and Psychology:
LeDoux

Natalie Clews Spencer Professor of the Sciences; Professor of Neural Science, Biology, and Psychology:
Shapley

Professors:
Aoki, Heeger, Kiorpes, Klann, Rinzel, Sanes, Simoncelli

Associate Professors:
Glimcher, Reyes, Rubin, Semple, Suzuki

Assistant Professors:
Carter, Daw, Pesaran

Research Professor:
Hawken

Global Distinguished Professor:
Dudai