We study the brain and the nervous systems to understand how the nervous system gives rise to behavior and thoughts and to reveal the neurobiological mechanisms involved in neurological, neurodegenerative, and psychiatric diseases. 

Across labs, we span the entire spectrum of neuroscience – from high-level neural correlates of cognition down to the biophysics of ion channels. We address our research questions using in vivo and in vitro approaches, and a wide range of animal models from rodents to non-human primates. 

We focus on several neuroscience questions, embodied by 4 research centers within the department: Auditory Neuroscience; Systems Neuroscience Center (SNC); Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research (PCPR); and Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (PIND).

Our work addresses 4 major topics of neuroscience: