Results for "hippocampus"

Projects

Interneurons differentially regulate discrete pathways from ventral hippocampus

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Hippocampal microcircuits are comprised of excitatory pyramidal cells, which integrate information and innervate downstream brain regions, and inhibitory interneurons, which function locally to regulate pyramidal…

Faculty

Laura Lee Colgin

Affiliated Departments:
Neuroscience
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Brain rhythms reflect synchronized activity across many neurons and thus provide a means for studying how groups of neurons coordinate their activity during complex cognitive functions such as learning. My work uses…

Jennifer Jane Donegan

Affiliated Departments:
Dell Medical School
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The Donegan lab aims to understand how stress across the lifetime affects the anatomy and function of neural circuits associated with psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia. We use multiple techniques,…

Kristen M Harris

Affiliated Departments:
Neuroscience
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Knowing the dimensions and connectivity of synapses is fundamental to understanding function. Our goal is to elucidate structural components involved in the cell biology of learning and memory. We study long-term…