What color vision means to animals is tricky science, because while we can examine the
comparative anatomy of eyes, it's much more complicated to determine how an individual species» central nervous system and
brain interpret what the eye sees.
Specific Clinical / Research Interest: Experimental neuropathology, neurodegenerative disorders,
brain aging; Functional
anatomy of the cerebral cortex,
comparative neuroanatomy; Computer - assisted morphometry, stereology, microscopy; Magnetic resonance microscopy, functional
brain imaging Current Students: Tuyen Nguyen (PhD) Postdoctoral Fellows: Camilla Butti, PhD, Timothy Rumbell PhD, Merina Varghese PhD Research Personnel: Bridget Wicinski, Daniel Dickstein Summary of Research Studies: Our research is directed towards the study of selective neuronal vulnerability in dementing illnesses using classical neuropathological as well as modern quantitative immunohistochemical methods.