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Graduate research and
training are carried out in the laboratories of the Program's
faculty, which are well equipped for state-of-the-art studies
of the nervous system. Research methods currently in use include:
- Patch clamping and single ion channel analysis
- In vivo and in vitro electrophysiological analyses of sensory and motor systems
- In vivo imaging using confocal and two-photon microscopy
- Neurophysiology using high-dimensional simultaneous microelectrode recording
- Human single and multiple neuron recordings
- Behavioral neurophysiology, psychophysical and behavioral analyses
- Functional MRI (new 3T and 1.5 magnets)
- Mathematical modeling and computer simulation of neural systems
- Neuroanatomical/gene tracers and labels
- Circuit and amplifier design and fabrication
The majority of the
Program laboratories are located in adjacent buildings on the
main University campus. The entire Neuroscience Department will move to the new Life Sciences Building which will open in April 2006 and a new Brain Science Building will be built shortly thereafter. This centrally located building, next to Brown's Biomedical Center, will house biological imaging facilities (including a 3T fMRI) a new primate facility, Department offices and laboratories as well as members of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry.
A New Home for the Life Sciences
Lines of Sight Installation to Debut at New Life Sciences Building
Useful Links
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Molecular_Biology/
http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/
http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/MRF/index.htm
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