Dow, Robert Stone, 1908-....

NSI's Mission: to advance our understanding of the brain and neurological disorders. To accomplish this mission, the research staff of the NSI studies nervous and sensory systems using a wide range of techniques from the level of molecules to the level of behaving human beings.

The current areas of research emphasis include: Movement control - studies of how the brain organizes sensory inputs and motor command outputs to produce muscle contractions following damage or diseases of the brain and nervous system. Neural degeneration - studies of how nerve cells degenerate as a result of genetic disorders, aging, injury or disease. Neural development - studies of how the nervous system forms in infants and how it regenerates following injury or disease. Sensory systems - studies of how the senses of vision, hearing, touch, balance, pain and electrosense are affected by experience, aging, disease and inherited disorders. Neural plasticity and learning - studies of how the circuits and responses of brain and nervous system are modified by experience and sensory inputs.

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