Haas, Brian W.
Brian W. Haas
Assistant Professor
Neuroscience
Biological basis of social behavior and emotion processing in humans.
Biological basis of social behavior and emotion processing in humans.
Major research focus areas: Neurotoxicology; Neuroimmunology; Basal ganglia, Neurodevelopmental, and Metabolic disorders.
The role of stress and neuropeptides in drug seeking behavior using behavioral pharmacology, neuroanatomy, and molecular neuroscience.
Hemodynamic and electrocortical measures of emotional scene perception.
Multiscale and multimodal brain mapping with applications to brain diseases.
Structural, functional & genetic abnormalities in schizophrenia.
Neural processing of abdominal sensory information. Control of ingestive behavior and autonomic function.
Neurophysiology of the hippocampus, cellular mechanisms of learning and memory, neuropharmacology of drugs of abuse and rodent models of addiction.
Behavioral neuropharmacology; neuropeptides and trophic factors; plasticity; stress, depression, and addiction.