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CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Pharmacology,
Physiology & Neuroscience
USC School of Medicine
6439 Garners Ferry Road
VA Building 1, Third Floor
Columbia, SC 29208
(For packages, use 29209)
Phone: 803-733-3254
Fax: 803-733-1523

Office of the Dean:
803-733-3200

Research focus groups

 Anxiety, depression, stress and glucocorticoids

• Gender & drugs on anxiety behavior: MA Wilson
• Stress responses affecting cognition: LP Reagan
• Glucocorticoid receptor mechanisms: P Housley

Chronic Pain & Nociception

• Development of pain mechanisms: SM Sweitzer
• Nociception and cardiovascular control: LB Wilson, J Buggy

 Epilepsy & Seizures

• GABA, glutamate, & seizures: J Fisher, MA Wilson, David Mott
• Role of the amygdala & Cortex: AJ McDonald, MA Wilson

 Ion channel mechanisms

• Ligand-gated ion channels: J Fisher, MA Wilson, David Mott
• Voltage-gated ion channels: KB Walsh

 Limbic areas of the brain: structure, neurotransmitters & behavior

• Amygdala: AJ McDonald, MA Wilson
• Hippocampus-learning & memory: LP Reagan, David Mott, LS Jones
• Hypothalamus-Ventral tegmental area: J Fadel, J Buggy
• Insular cortex: JR Augustine

 Manipulation of gene expression with viral vectors

• Viral Vector design & construction: SP Wilson
• Gene expression in brain: D Mott, MA Wilson, LP Reagan, J Fadel
• Gene expression in sensory neurons: SM Sweitzer
• Gene expression in myocytes: KB Walsh

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