Physiology Program
Location: 750 East Adams Street
3217 Weiskotten Hall
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315 464-4413
Email:leottan@upstate.edu
The graduate program in Physiology is designed for students interested in the integrated function of living systems.
Since a number of the Physiology faculty hold primary appointments in clinical departments, the Physiology program is an ideal vehicle for students looking to apply basic science research techniques to clinically relevant biomedical problems such as bone tumors, diabetes, osteoporosis, kidney disease and lung disease.
Experimental approaches range from studies on whole animals and isolated tissues to studies of cellular and molecular events. Scientific inquiry may include the complex interactions of systems in the whole individual, the orchestration of processes integrating organ and cell function, and/or the integration of molecular events within individual cells.
Professor Brent Vogt, PhD
The Brent Vogt laboratory's interest is in the structure, connections, functions and neuropathologies of cingulate cortex. All pain behaviors and chronic pain models engage cingulate cortex and we are attempting to detail the circuits in cingulate cortex that convert a brief sensory code (~200-300 msec duration) that originates in the midline, mediodorsal and intralaminar thalamic nuclei to long-duration responses (1-2 secs).