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William N. Frost

Director Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair; Professor & Discipline Chair Cell Biology and Anatomy

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

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Chicago Medical School

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Midwest Proteome Center

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Anatomy And Cell Biology

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Cell Biology And Anatomy

Department Of Clinical Sciences

Department Of Foundational Sciences And Humanities

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Department of Humanities & Health Care

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

William N. Frost is currently serving as a Chicago Medical School Director Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair; Professor & Discipline Chair Cell Biology and Anatomy at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine And Science.

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William N. Frost

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Director Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair; Professor & Discipline Chair Cell Biology and Anatomy

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neuroscience biology nervous system neural circuits neurophysiology neurons motor control systems neuroscience neural science animal cognition brain mechanisms memory motor systems neuroanatomy neuropsychopharmacology animal behavior neural mechanisms neurology movement disorders neurotransmission bio-inspired computation neuronal networks nature brain circuitry neurodynamics memory systems evolutionary biology harmful algae marine systems biological psychiatry cellular physiology behavioural process applied cognitive psychology developmental system motor behavior marine ecology marine biota cellular neurobiology motor skills brain science brain imaging parallel processing chaos theory long-term memory siphon-withdrawal reflex monosynaptic connections intrinsic neuromodulation marine drug molecular neurodegeneration robotics automation marine genomics phycology marine biotechnology neurotransmitters molecular neurobiology evolutionary robotics bio-inspired robotics mechanisms of action cellular pharmacology inhibitory activity osmoregulation independent component analysis aquatic organisms maritime accident sensory neurons dynamic neuromodulation synaptic strength short-term memory complex motor program multifunctional network tritonia swim cpg dorsal swim interneurons siphon-elicited siphon withdrawal defensive withdrawal reflexes early-stage mouse model presynaptic vesicle stores

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brain mechanismsnetwork featuresanimal cognitionageingbehavioral neuroscienceneurosciencemotor controlbiologymovement disordersbiological psychologymotor systemsanimal behaviornervous systemage-related degradationbehavioral ecologybehavioral plasticity

Optimizing the Induced Correlation in Omnibus Joint Graph Embeddings. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (2026)

graph theorycorrelationstructural graph theoryinduced correlationcomputational statisticsdata sciencegraph analysis

Strategies Used by Two Memories to Share Space in a Small Molluscan Neural Network. iScience (2026)

computer scienceneural computationmemoryneural circuitssystems neurosciencenatural computingstorage (memory)neuroscienceneural network (machine learning)bio-inspired computationbrain-like computingshare spaceneuronal networks

Age-Related Degradation of Behavioral and Network Features of Aplysia Escape Locomotion. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

neural scienceanimal cognitionneurosciencemotor systemsbiological psychologybrain mechanismsbehavioral ecologybehavioral plasticityethologymotor controlbiologynetwork featuresbehavioral neuroscienceage-related degradationaging cellageingmovement disordersanimal behaviornervous system

Division of Labor for Defensive Retaliation and Preemption by the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems in the Nudibranch Berghia. Current Biology (2024)

Jeffrey W. BrownOndine H. BergAnastasiya BoutkoCody StoerckMargaret A. BoersmaWilliam N. Frost

neuroanatomyrespiratory neurobiologyneurosciencedefensive retaliationbehavioral ecologyneuroprotectioncentral nervous systeminduced resistanceneurobiological mechanismsmarine biologysystems biologydevelopmental neurobiologykey sitesociobiologynudibranch berghiaanimal behaviornervous systemevolutionary biologymammalian biologyspinal cord

Surprising Multifunctionality of a Tritonia Swim Cpg Neuron: C2 Drives the Early Phase of Postswim Crawling Despite Being Silent During the Behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology (2024)

behavioural processneural scienceneural circuitsbrain mechanismssystems neuroscienceearly phaseanimal cognitionneuronsneurosciencebehavioral neurosciencemotor systemsbiologybio-inspired computationneurodynamicsnervous systemdevelopmental systemsurprising multifunctionalityneural mechanisms

The Legacies of a. O. Dennis Willows and Peter a. Getting: Neuroscience Research Using Tritonia. Journal of Neurophysiology (2024)

psychological scienceneural scienceneuroscience researchexperimental psychologypsychological methodscognitive neuroscienceneurosciencebiological psychologyhuman brainbrain scienceneurophilosophypeter aapplied cognitive psychologycognitive sciencebrain mechanisms

Neural Division of Labor: The Gastropod Berghia Defends Against Attack Using Its Pns to Retaliate and Its Cns to Erect a Defensive Screen. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

neural sciencebrain mechanismsanimal cognitionbehavioral neuroscienceneurosciencebiologyneuroecologyneural divisionmorphology (biology)animal behaviornervous systemdefensive screendevelopmental systemontogenycentral nervous system

NEUROETHOLOGY: Generating Complex Behavioral Sequences With Distributed Nerve Nets. Current Biology (2023)

neuroinformaticssystems neurosciencecomplex behavioral sequencesneuroscienceneuroethicsbrain mechanisms

Photodiode-Based Optical Imaging for Recording Network Dynamics With Single-Neuron Resolution in Non-Transgenic Invertebrates. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2020)

Evan S. HillJeffrey W. BrownWilliam N. Frost

photodiode-based optical imagingsingle-neuron resolutionnon-transgenic invertebrates

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William N. Frost

Director Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair; Professor & Discipline Chair Cell Biology and Anatomy

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Affiliations

Chicago Medical School

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Midwest Proteome Center

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Anatomy And Cell Biology

School Of Chicago Medical

Department Of Cell Biology And Anatomy

Department Of Clinical Sciences

Department Of Foundational Sciences And Humanities

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Foundational Sciences and Humanities

Department of Humanities & Health Care

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Honors

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William N. Frost

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Director Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair; Professor & Discipline Chair Cell Biology and Anatomy

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Optimizing the Induced Correlation in Omnibus Joint Graph Embeddings. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics (2026)

graph theorycorrelationstructural graph theoryinduced correlationcomputational statisticsdata sciencegraph analysis

Strategies Used by Two Memories to Share Space in a Small Molluscan Neural Network. iScience (2026)

Age-Related Degradation of Behavioral and Network Features of Aplysia Escape Locomotion. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Division of Labor for Defensive Retaliation and Preemption by the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems in the Nudibranch Berghia. Current Biology (2024)

Jeffrey W. BrownOndine H. BergAnastasiya BoutkoCody StoerckMargaret A. BoersmaWilliam N. Frost

Surprising Multifunctionality of a Tritonia Swim Cpg Neuron: C2 Drives the Early Phase of Postswim Crawling Despite Being Silent During the Behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology (2024)

The Legacies of a. O. Dennis Willows and Peter a. Getting: Neuroscience Research Using Tritonia. Journal of Neurophysiology (2024)

Neural Division of Labor: The Gastropod Berghia Defends Against Attack Using Its Pns to Retaliate and Its Cns to Erect a Defensive Screen. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)

NEUROETHOLOGY: Generating Complex Behavioral Sequences With Distributed Nerve Nets. Current Biology (2023)

neuroinformaticssystems neurosciencecomplex behavioral sequencesneuroscienceneuroethicsbrain mechanisms

Photodiode-Based Optical Imaging for Recording Network Dynamics With Single-Neuron Resolution in Non-Transgenic Invertebrates. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2020)

Evan S. HillJeffrey W. BrownWilliam N. Frost

photodiode-based optical imagingsingle-neuron resolutionnon-transgenic invertebrates

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