John Pearson, Ph.D.

Professor

Address: 105D White Hall
Phone: (937) 775-3212
E-mail: john.c.pearson@wright.edu

Ph.D., West Virginia University School of Medicine, 1978

Teaching

Medical Neurosciences Course Director; Graduate Neuroscience Course Director

Research Interests

Dr. Pearson is using neuroanatomical and immunohistochemical techniques to examine the neural pathways and neurotransmitters involved in sensory and motor systems of the spinal cord and brainstem.

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Selected Publications

Goldfinger MD, Roettger VR, Pearson JC (1992) Theoretical studies of impulse propagation in serotonergic axons. Biol Cybern 66:399-406.

Fyffe REW, Alvarez FJ, Pearson JC, Harrington D, Dewey DE (1993) Modulation of motoneuron activity: distribution of glycine receptors.