My research program is broadly based in the area of Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience. In addition to studies of psychological functions involving learning, memory and emotion, our work uses a wide range of approaches that include anatomical methods, methods for recording neurons to determine their encoding properties while animals perform complex tasks, and cellular/molecular/genetic methods to study mechanisms of signaling and plasticity. A specific emphasis in one area of our work is on neurocognitive aging. I also head the Neurogenetics and Behavior Center at Johns Hopkins University, an innovative resource for assessment of mice at high levels of cognitive/affective function with targeted genetic manipulations.

Gallagher Lab
Neurogenetics and Behavior Center

Office: 216 Ames Hall
Laboratory: 25 Ames Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: 410-516-0167
Fax: 410-516-0494