Brain Plasticity, or neuroplasticity, is the brain's ability to continuously change. The brain continues to create new connections, rewiring, adapting and repairing itself in a multitude of situations.
Disciplines, or concentrations in Brain Plasticity include:
- Aging
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Development
- Learning and memory
Faculty working in Brain Plasticity
Jont Allen
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Benjamin D Auerbach
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Catherine Christian-Hinman
Associate Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Hee Jung Chung
Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jason Robert Climer
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Martha Gillette
Neuroscience Program Director
Howard J Gritton
Assistant Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Joshua M Gulley
Professor, Psychology
Kimberly Lorraine Page Long
Assistant Professor
Steve Maren
Director, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Brian Monson
Associate Professor, Speech and Hearing Science
Steven J Petruzzello
Professor
Andrew Jonathan Steelman
Professor, Animal Sciences
Elizabeth A L Stine-Morrow
Professor Emerita
Brad Sutton
Professor
Jonathan Sweedler
Director, School of Chemical Sciences
Nien-Pei Tsai
Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Xinzhu Yu
Associate Professor at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, UT Health
Boxuan Zhao
Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
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