Department of Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago
1007 West Harrison Street (M/C 285)
Chicago, IL 60607-7137
Phone 312.996.3036
Fax 312.413.4122
BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE FACULTY
Berkson, Gershon
Professor Emeritus
BSB
(312) - Email:
gberkson@uic.edu
(University of Minnesota, 1994). Behavioral neuroscience of aging, hormone effects on cognition, neuroimaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, neuropsychology.
(University of York, 1985). Behavioral Neuroscience Division Chairperson. Neural mechanisms of learning, memory and motivation, with an emphasis on conditioned taste aversion, reward comparison, and incentive learning.
(PhD University of Washington, 2001). Neurobiological basis of reward and aversion. Subsecond sampling of dopamine and single neuron activity during behavior. Systems serving adaptive (feeding) and maladaptive (drug-taking) motivation.
(The University of Illinois at Chicago, 1982). Functional organization of the basal ganglia, Role of dopamine, serotonin and the midbrain raphe nuclei in motivation and learning, Gene expression and behavior.
(University of Washington, 1972). Development of noninvasive methods for evaluating the pathophysiology of vision loss in ocular diseases, with an emphasis on hereditary retinal degenerations.
Co-Director, The Brain Body Center;
Neurobiology of social monogamy in prairie voles, including pair bonding and biparental care. Role of neuropeptide hormones, including oxytocin, vasopressin and CRF, in human disorders such as autism or anxiety.
Neural structures and pathways that mediate adaptation to new environmental demands.
fMRI to understand executive dysfunction in
aging and different forms of dementia
Department of Psychiatry
(Michigan State University, 1970). The neurobiology of social engagement behaviors and the neural regulation of affective and behavioral states with a focus on the autonomic nervous system. Interests in clinical disorders including autism, depression, and anxiety that have compromised social engagement behaviors.
Roitman, Jamie
Research Associate
BSB
(312) 996-8658 Email:
jroitman@uic.edu
(PhD University of Washington, 2001). Neural correlates of economic choices. Neurophysiological representation of quantity, time, and reward in awake-behaving animals.
