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Read More Emotion, Motivation, Reward, and Addiction
The study of the neural systems that underlie emotion, motivation and reward, with particular focus on circuit level interactions between these systems. Research is focused on understanding the mechanisms that drive behavior, and how these systems explain the process of addiction.

Read More Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
The study of molecular and cellular events underlying control of development and plasticity of cells in the nervous system.

Read More Metabolic and Homeostatic Systems
The study of the brain and body processes that help maintain life, from neural energetics to feeding, and from biological rhythms to stress responses.

Read More Sensory Neuroscience and Pain
The study of the molecular, cellular, and circuit basis of how the nervous system collects and integrates information about the external and internal environments.