College of Arts & Sciences

Glossary of Neurosciences at GSU

Newcomers visiting GSU web sites will note that there is an incredible amount of research and training opportunities in the neurosciences at GSU.  To minimize confusion, the following lists and defines the various neuroscience training activities at GSU:

Brains and Behaviors Program

Administered by the Neuroscience Institute.  A program that fosters collaborations between faculty from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology.  Provides funding for graduate training, seed grants for innovative research, and symposia and other events.

Center for Behavioral Neuroscience

A National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center housed and led by GSU. It is a consortium of seven metro Atlanta colleges and universities, including Georgia State University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College. The CBN consists of interdisciplinary programs integrating research, education and knowledge transfer.  Provides funding for graduate training, venture grants for innovative research, and symposia and other events.

Doctoral Program in Biology, specialization in Neurobiology and Behavior

Provides training in the functioning, development, and anatomy of the nervous system using a range of state-of-the-art techniques.  Approaches neuroscience with a diverse range of invertebrate and mammalian model systems used in research on neural development, sensory processing, motor systems integration, computational neuroscience, single channel physiology, and neuroendocrinology.

Doctoral Program in Psychology Track 1 specialization in Clinical Neuropsychology

Provides neuropsychological and neuroscience training to students who have primary interests or questions in applied and clinical populations and would also like to be eligible for clinical licensure.

Doctoral Program in Psychology Track 2 specialization in Behavioral Neuroscience

Provides neuropsychological and neuroscience training to students who have either applied or basic science interests, but do not have an interest in being licensed. This is a flexible program that is designed to allow students to acquire the education, training and experiences necessary to become distinguished researchers, clinicians, and teachers.

Neuroscience Institute (application pending for Doctoral Program in Neuroscience)

The newly formed institute (July, 2008) is analogous to a department (i.e., an autonomous academic unit), but is called an institute because of its strong cross-departmental orientation.  It is composed of a group of core faculty and associate faculty in other departments who have a strong interest in neuroscience, as well as affiliated faculty across the university.  The goal of the institute is to promote neuroscience research and education at GSU and to ultimately offer graduate and undergraduate degrees in Neuroscience.