Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

New Faculty Member

2022-2023 Trainees

Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Faculty

Iowans, we stand with you

Publication made the cover_Potthoff & Rahmouni

Potthoff and Rahmouni Made the Cover 2021

Ted Abel appointed to NAMHC

Linking stress, alcohol, and brain disorders

Kyle Flippo, PhD

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News

Work-Life Balance

eNews - Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Bodine, Dokun & Rahmouni - UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver COM Investiture Ceremony

UI neuroscientists identify mechanism for long term memory storage

Stefan Strack receives IDDRC Pilot Grant

Events

INI Seminar: Rui Cheng, PhD

Friday, December 2, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

“A multidimensional coding architecture of the vagal interoceptive system.” Rui Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor in Neuroscience; Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/rui_chang/

Pain Research Program Workshop - Joseph Lesnak

Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 9:00am to 10:00am

"The impact of sex and physical activity on the local immune system response to muscle pain" Presented by Joseph Lesnak Graduate Student in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's Lab