Graduate Program in Neurobiology & Behavior

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• Behavioral Neuroscience
• Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
• Computational Neuroscience
• 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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Bruce R. Ransom, M.D., Ph.D.

bransom@uw.edu    206-543-2340
Magnuson Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology; Adjunct, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

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My research focuses on two main areas:

1. the physiology and function of glial cells,
2. the pathophysiology of neural injury, especially white matter injury.

More specific current interests include: Intracellular ion homeostasis in mammalian glia and neurons; Role of glial cells in neural injury due to ischemia; ionic and volume homeostasis in brain extracellular space, especially the role of glial cells; pathophysiology of anoxic/ischemic injury of CNS axons; the role of pH in controlling neural excitability and epileptic discharge; role of astrocytes in brain energy metabolism.