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Research Overview

Integrative Physiology and Behavior

Vegas Nerve

Research in integrative physiology and behavior examines how neural circuits interact with physiological systems to regulate behavior.

Faculty investigate how brain activity integrates with hormonal signaling, metabolism and other bodily systems to shape responses such as stress, feeding, reproduction and social interaction. Researchers use approaches including behavioral analysis, neuroimaging and physiological measurement to understand how physiological states influence cognition, emotion and decision-making. These studies provide insight into mental health, addiction and disorders involving disruptions in physiological regulation.

Faculty Mentors

NameDepartmentResearch AreaDisease Focus
Karina AlviñaNeuroscienceCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Psychiatric Disorders
Jennifer L. BizonNeuroscienceCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory SystemsAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Substance Use Disorder
Donald C. BolserPhysiological SciencesIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaN/A
Yenisel Cruz-AlmeidaCommunity Dentistry & Behavioral SciencesCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Sensory SystemsN/A
Erica A. DaleNeuroscienceIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Motor Systems; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaNeuromuscular Disorders
Paul W. DavenportPhysiological SciencesIntegrative Physiology and BehaviorSpinal Cord Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders
Steven T. DeKoskyNeurology/MBICognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and DegenerationAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Darragh P. DevinePsychologyCognition; Development; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and EmotionPsychiatric Disorders
Mingzhou DingPruitt Family Department of Biomedical EngineeringCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Sensory SystemsAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Parkinson’s Disease
Marcelo FeboPsychiatryCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and DegenerationAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Substance Use Disorder
Charles J. FrazierPharmacodynamics (College of Pharmacy)Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaSubstance Use Disorder
Daniel J. HohNeurosurgeryIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Sensory SystemsSpinal Cord Injury
Michael JaffeeNeurologyCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and DegenerationAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Christopher G. JanusNeuroscienceCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and DegenerationAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Richard JohnsonPhysiological SciencesIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory SystemsN/A
Jack W. JudyElectrical/Computer EngineeringIntegrative Physiology and BehaviorN/A
Habibeh KhoshboueiNeuroscienceCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; NeuroimmunitySubstance Use Disorder
Ashok KumarNeuroscienceCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia
Mark H. LewisPsychiatryCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and EmotionPsychiatric Disorders
Ben LewisPsychiatryCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; Sensory SystemsSubstance Use Disorder
Joanna R. LongBiochemistry & Molecular BiologyIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaN/A
Gordon S. MitchellPhysical TherapyDevelopment; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and Glia; NeuroimmunitySpinal Cord Injury; Neuromuscular Disorders
Leonid L. MorozNeuroscienceCognition; Development; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaN/A
Sara Jo NixonPsychiatryCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and DegenerationSubstance Use Disorder
Michael S. OkunNeurologyCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motor Systems; Neural Aging and Degeneration; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaParkinson’s Disease
Nancy Padilla-CoreanoNeuroscienceCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and EmotionPsychiatric Disorders
Leah R. ReznikovPhysiological SciencesIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaNeuromuscular Disorders; Psychiatric Disorders
Barry SetlowPsychiatryCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and DegenerationPsychiatric Disorders; Substance Use Disorder
Brandon WarrenPharmacodynamicsIntegrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Excitability, Synapses and GliaPsychiatric Disorders; Substance Use Disorder
John B. WilliamsonPsychiatryCognition; Integrative Physiology and Behavior; Motivation and Emotion; Neural Aging and DegenerationAlzheimer’s Disease & Dementia; Psychiatric Disorders
Roberto T. ZoriPediatric GeneticsCognition; Development; Integrative Physiology and BehaviorN/A

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