Faculty/Research
Berman, Doreen, Ph.D.
Bodnar, Richard J., Ph.D.
Borod, Joan C., Ph.D.
Bruder, Gerard, Ph.D.
Brumbaugh, Claudia, Ph.D.
Brumberg, Joshua, Ph.D.
Croll, Susan D., Ph.D.
Ehrlichman, Howard, Ph.D.
Farrell, William, Ph.D.
Fields, Lanny, Ph.D.
Flory, Janine, Ph.D.
Foldi, Nancy, Ph.D.
Foxe, John, Ph.D.
Golub, Sarit, Ph.D.
Gomes, Hilary, Ph.D.
Halperin, Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Hinton, Veronica, Ph.D.
Johnson, Ray, Jr., Ph.D.
Kest, Benjamin, Ph.D.
Kluger, Alan, Ph.D.
Li, Andrea, Ph.D.
Lizardi, Humberto, Ph.D.
Pytte, Carolyn L., Ph.D.
Rabin, Laura, Ph.D.
Ranaldi, Robert, Ph.D.
Ravdin, Lisa, Ph.D.
Sclafani, Anthony, Ph.D.
Sneed, Joel, Ph.D.
Sturmey, Peter, Ph.D.
Walder, Deborah, Ph.D.
Brumberg, Joshua, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Neuropsychology Subprogram Head
Education: Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh (Neurobiology)
Email: joshua.brumberg@qc.cuny.edu
Office: RZ 297
Telephone: 718-997-3541
Lab: RZ 266
Telephone: 718-997-3544
Laboratory of Neurophysiology
Ph.D. Program Courses:
PSYCH 708.20 Basic Neuroscience: Neurophysiology
PSYCH 71000 Advanced Physiological Psychology: Sensation and Movement
Selected Publications:
Gutkin, B.S. and Brumberg, J.C. (2007). Cortical neurons as non-linear oscillators: Experiment and theory. Brain Research, 1171, 122-37
Rocco, M.M. and Brumberg, J.C. (2007). The sensorimotor slice, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 162, 139-147.
McRae, P., Rocco, M. M., Brumberg J.C., and Mathews, R.T. (2007). Sensory deprivation alters aggrecan expression and perineuronal net formation in the mouse barrel cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 5405-5413.
Ramos, R.L., Moiseff, A., and Brumberg, J.C. (2007). Utility and versatility of extracellular recordings from the cockroach for neurophysiological instruction and demonstration. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 5, A28-A34.
Research Summary:
The function of an electronic device such as a transistor radio can be explained based on its identifiable circuit elements; resistors, capacitors and transistors. Similarly, understanding the individual elements of a cortical circuit and how they interact brings us a step closer to understanding the function of the circuit as a whole and ultimately its behavior in response to environmental stimuli. While the analogy applies to the neocortex, deciphering the cortical microcircuit is much more difficult due to the diversity of components and the numbers of interconnections between the different elements. The focus of the Brumberg’s lab research is to characterize the neurons of the mouse barrel cortex with an emphasis on the interactions between the sensory and motor systems that govern the animals whisking behavior
Lab Members
Ph.D. Students:
Mary Rocco Donovon
Chia Chien (Eric) Chen
MA Students:
Kyrstle Barrera
Undergraduate Students:
Jason Abromovitz
Harold Gomes
Post-doctoral Fellow:
Raddy Ramos, Ph.D.