Donald A Wilson, Ph.D. Professor and Assistant Chair Co-Director, Neurobehavioral Institute Department of Zoology University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 73019 Phone: 405-325-0527 FAX: 405-325-2699 email: dwilson@ou.edu

We've moved! New contact information (as of July 1, 2008)

Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962

or

Child Study Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 577 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016

email: dwilson@nki.rfmh.org OR donald.wilson@nyumc.org

Research Interests
My students and I are interested in how the mammalian brain processes and remembers information. As a model system we focus on rat discrimination and memory for odors.  Using electrophysiological, behavioral, neuroanatomical and pharmacological approaches, we explore the neurobiology of memory and the role of experience in sensory system function.  The underlying hypothesis of much of our work is that memory plays a critical role in even basic sensory discrimination.  In addition, we are interested in how experience early in life can influence sensory system functional development. For example, we are interested in how disruptions of even very simple neural mechanisms during early development can lead to a cascade of long-lasting consequences for brain and behavior. Our current research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and Autism Speaks. More detail can be found on the links above.

If you are interested in joining our lab as a post-doc, graduate student or undergraduate, please contact me.

Teaching
INTRODUCTION TO NEUROBIOLOGY ZOO4833/5833

NEUROBIOLOGY OF MEMORY ZOO4853

SENSORY FUNCTIONS ZOO3043

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY ZOO2124

SOME LINKS

Last update 7/2008