Waxham, M. Neal (Faculty Profile)

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M. Neal Waxham	Associated Profiles
William M. Wheless III Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at Houston

Medical School Building, Room No.: 7.254
m.n.waxham@uth.tmc.edu 713-500-5621 Web Link Lab Webpage
Calmodulin, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, Memory, Spectroscopy

Research and Expertise
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Research and Expertise

Research Interests

We are investigating how memories are encoded and retained in cells of our nervous system throughout an individual's lifetime. While we are concerned with determining how neurons communicate by sending chemical signals across synapses, we are even more interested in determining how such communication changes with experience — a process commonly referred to as synaptic plasticity. Identification of the mechanisms responsible for these changes will be significant in our attempts to understand the formation and storage of memories. We combine four lines of study to address mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and transmission in the mammailan CNS: biochemical and biophysical measurements, live-cell spectroscopy, three-dimensional reconstructions, and computational analyses.

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Affiliations

Research Consortia

Gulf Coast Consortium for Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience

Training Grants

Houston Area Molecular Biophysics Training Program

Research Consortia

GCC Cluster for Cellular and Molecular Biophysics

Appointments

Title	Department / School	Institution
Professor	Neurobiology and Anatomy	UT Health Science Center Houston

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