Graduate Program in Neurobiology & Behavior

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• Behavioral Neuroscience
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• Developmental Neuroscience
• Disorders of the Nervous System
• Excitable Membranes and Synaptic Transmission
• Invertebrate Neurobiology
• Motor Systems and Sensorimotor Integration
• Neuroendocrinology
• Neurotransmitters, Modulators, Transporters and Receptors
• Sensory Systems

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Eric Chudler

chudler@uw.edu    206-616-6899
Research Associate Professor Depts. Bioengineering and Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and Executive Director of the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

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My research interests currently focus on cortical and basal ganglia mechanisms of nociception and pain. Additional interests include how the cortex and basal ganglia process information from multiple sensory modalities (multisensory integration). Using behavioral and neurophysiological techniques, I explore the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia in attempts to understand how the central nervous system is involved with behaviors related to nociception and pain. More specifically, I have conducted electrophysiological studies that have demonstrated that the neostriatum (caudate-putamen; CPu) and globus pallidus (GP) are important sites for processing somatosensory and auditory information. These studies have revealed that the CPu and GP are important for multisensory integration. It is possible that multisensory neurons in these locations are important for facilitating motor responses necessary for behaviors relating to orientation or escape from environmental stimuli.