Anatomy and Neurobiology
Christine M. Gall, Department Chair
David C. Lyon, Department Vice Chair
Robert Hunt, Departmental Graduate Advisor
Med Sci 1, B240
949-824-2583
anatomy.uci.edu
Research programs in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in the School of Medicine focus on the neurosciences. Faculty interests range across broad areas of basic and clinical neuroscience research, including cellular and molecular neurobiology, cellular mechanisms of development, functional synaptic plasticity, mechanisms of learning and memory and conditions of impairment, sex differences in synapse and circuit function, pain mechanisms and management, neurobiological substrates of epilepsy, autism and depression, and response to spinal cord and traumatic brain injury and cancer treatment. Students performing graduate work in the Department are encouraged to become proficient in multiple areas of study using interdisciplinary approaches.
The Department offers graduate training in the School of Medicine in conjunction with the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) and the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). Students are eligible to enter the Departmental program after meeting the specific requirements of the INP gateway curriculum or MSTP or by direct application to the Department. The Departmental program leads to a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences, awarded after successful completion of all requirements.
In concert with other departments, a combined neuroscience core curriculum has been developed which includes offerings in systems neurobiology, neurophysiology, and cellular, molecular, and developmental neurobiology that may be taken as complete or partial fulfillment of the requirements of the INP. Students admitted into the INP or MSTP who subsequently select a research advisor in the Department will begin to follow the departmental requirements for their Ph.D. at the beginning of their second year. Students may take additional elective courses at their own option, but they are required to attend departmental seminars, to participate in the Journal Club and an annual “Grad Day” symposium, and to make presentations to Progress in Neuroscience sessions when invited. The research topic for a student’s dissertation is chosen by the student in close consultation with their research advisor. Students are expected to advance to candidacy by the end of the third year by presenting progress on their own research and providing a proposal for their dissertation research. The normative time for completion of the Ph.D. is five years, and the maximum time permitted is seven years.
Faculty
Munjal Acharya, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.S. University of Baroda, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Radiation Oncology (Neuroscience, stem cells, cancer therapy, radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, cognitive function, transcriptomics, gene silencing, neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation)
Tayloria N. G. Adams, Ph.D. Michigan Technological University, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Materials Science and Engineering (dielectrophoresis, microfluidic devices, stem cells, biomarker development, cell membrane biophysics, cell sorting)
Yama Akbari, M.D., Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor of Neurology; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Neurological Surgery
Aileen J. Anderson, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Vice Chancellor for Research of the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Anatomy and Neurobiology
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science and DD Shepard and Bren and Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Neurology; Physiology and Biophysics (neuroscience, neurobiology, psychiatric disorders, epigenetics, epilepsy, epileptogenesis, learning and memory, stress, corticotropin-releasing hormone, hippocampus, development, programming)
Anne L. Calof, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Developmental and Cell Biology
Lulu Y. Chen, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Brian J. Cummings, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Associate Dean of Faculty Development - Senate and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Neurological Surgery
Alan J. Detton, Ph.D. Ohio State University, Associate Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Javier Diaz Alonso, Ph.D. Complutense University of Madrid, Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Mark J. Fisher, M.D. University of Cincinnati, Professor of Neurology; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Political Science
Lisa Flanagan, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, Professor of Neurology; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering
Christine M. Gall, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Departmental Chair and Daniel G. Aldrich Jr., Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Neurobiology and Behavior
Jennifer Gelinas, M.D., Ph.D. University of Alberta, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering; Neurology; Pediatrics
Ranjan Gupta, M.D. Albany Medical College, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Anatomy and Neurobiology
Robert F. Hunt, Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Director of Epilepsy Research Center and Graduate Advisor and Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Kei Igarashi, Ph.D. University of Tokyo, Chancellor's Fellow and Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering
Joshua Johansen, PhD. University of California Los Angeles, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Kwang-Mook Jung, Ph.D. Chung-Ang University, Adjunct Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Dion Khodagholy, Ph.D. École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, Henry Samueli and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering
Dion Khodagholy, Ph.D. École Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering (neural interface devices; conducting polymers; systems neuroscience; learning and memory)
Julie Lauterborn, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Research Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Gary S. Lynch, Ph.D. Princeton University, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior; Anatomy and Neurobiology
David C. Lyon, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Department Vice Chair and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Daniele Piomelli, Ph.D. Columbia University, Louise Turner Arnold Endowed Chair in the Neurosciences and Distinguished Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biological Chemistry; Pharmaceutical Sciences
David J. Reinkensmeyer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Magdalene J. Seiler, Ph.D. University of Munich, Professor in Residence of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Ophthalmology
Oswald Steward, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, Director, Reeve-Irvine Research Center and Reeve-Irvine Endowed Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research and Distinguished Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Neurobiology and Behavior
Momoko Watanabe, Ph.D University of California, Irvine, Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
John H. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Neurology; Anatomy and Neurobiology
Xiangmin Xu, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Director of Center for Neural Central Mapping and Chancellor's Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering; Computer Science; Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Michael Yassa, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine, James L. McGaugh Chair, Director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Neurology; Psychology
Atena Zahedi, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, ICTS KL-2 Scholar and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Pharmaceutical Sciences
Fan-Gang Zeng, Ph.D. Syracuse University, Director of Center for Hearing Research and Chancellor’s and Professor of Otolaryngology; Anatomy and Neurobiology; Biomedical Engineering; Cognitive Sciences; Language Science
Courses
ANATOMY 200. Research in Anatomy. 2-12 Units.
Individual research supervised by a particular faculty member.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 200R. Research in Anatomy and Neurobiology for First-Year Students. 2-12 Units.
Independent research within the laboratories of graduate training faculty in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology for first-year Ph.D. students.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times
ANATOMY 201. Human Gross Anatomy. 8 Units.
Study and dissection of the human body, including muscular, skeletal, nervous, and cardiovascular systems. Emphasis on both normal and abnormal structure and function.
ANATOMY 202B. Human Neuroscience. 4 Units.
Study of the human nervous system at the systems level including the physiology and anatomy of sensory, motor, and integrative functions.
Prerequisite: ANATOMY 202A with a minimum grade of B-.
ANATOMY 203A. Human Microscopoic Anatomy. 3 Units.
Lecture and laboratory course on human microscopic anatomy. Emphasis is on functional implications of structure of cells and tissues.
ANATOMY 203B. Human Microscopoic Anatomy. 3 Units.
Lecture and laboratory course on human microscopic anatomy. Emphasis is on functional implications of structure of cells and tissues.
Prerequisite: ANATOMY 203A with a minimum grade of B-.
ANATOMY 206. Tutorial in Anatomy. 3 Units.
Series of tutorials on advanced topics in anatomy.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 206B. Neuroanatomy from a Systems Perspective: Humans to Rodents. 3 Units.
Covers structures and pathways of the functional systems of the human brain (motor, sensory, visual, auditory, and limbic) and how these are represented in rodents, emphasizing circuitry involved in learning and memory, neurodegenerative disorders, and neurotrauma.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 206C. Tutorial in Microanatomy. 3 Units.
Special topics in microanatomy. Primarily library work, but study of prepared histological slides and photographs included.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 210A. Systems Neuroscience. 5 Units.
Study of the mammalian nervous system at the systems level. Anatomy and physiology of sensory, motor, and integrative functions.
Same as NEURBIO 208
Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times
Restrictions: Neurobiology and Behavior majors only.
ANATOMY 215. Epilepsy as a Window to Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity. 4 Units.
Understanding the mechanisms of brain disorders provides novel insights into the normal function of neurons and circuits. Discusses approaches to studying mechanisms of brain function ranging from imaging, the use of models and others to study epilepsy.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
ANATOMY 227A. Current Topics in Neuroscience. 1-4 Units.
Focuses on critical reading, presentation, and discussion of current literature in neuroscience research.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 227B. Current Topics in Neuroscience. 1-4 Units.
Focuses on critical reading, presentation, and discussion of current literature in neuroscience research.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 227C. Current Topics in Neuroscience. 1-4 Units.
Focuses on critical reading, presentation, and discussion of current literature in neuroscience research.
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 230. Topics in Translational Neuroscience. 2-4 Units.
One-hour seminar presentation by participating faculty or guest lecturer and open to the science community, followed by one-hour student discussion of the lecture topic or related topic. Students are responsible for presentations and readings.
Repeatability: May be taken 2 times as topics vary
Restrictions: Interdepartmental Neuroscience majors have the first consideration for enrollment.
ANATOMY 230A. Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Neurobiology. 4 Units.
Molecular aspects of the structure and function of neurons and glia including neurotransmission, synaptic modulation, and channels. Neural development at the cellular and molecular level including neurogenesis, pattern formation, trophic factors, axonal growth, and synaptic rearrangement.
ANATOMY 292A. Topics in Neural Circuit Mapping. 2-4 Units.
Presentations/lectures by invited faculty and student discussion.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 292B. Scientific Communication. 2 Units.
Small group meetings for graduate students to practice scientific writing, debate, and presentation skills.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times
ANATOMY 292C. Scientific Communication. 2 Units.
Small group meetings for graduate students to practice scientific writing, debate, and presentation skills.
Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only
Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times