Neuroscience

Neuroscience is the study of the structure and function of nervous systems. It is a highly interdisciplinary field that spans many levels of analysis, ranging from molecular and cellular to cognition and behavior. It is a field that incorporates a wide range of disciplines including molecular biology, biophysics, physiology, anatomy, psychology, engineering, mathematics, computer science and medicine.

The Neuroscience group at MSU spans many of these levels and disciplines. The faculty employ a wide array of experimental and theoretical approaches to study the nervous systems of organisms ranging from invertebrates to non-human primates, and to investigate functions ranging from neuronal excitability and neural development to information processing, perception and cognition.