Results for "neural circuits"

Projects

Interneurons differentially regulate discrete pathways from ventral hippocampus

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Description:

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

Lauren K Dobbs

Affiliated Departments:
College of Natural Sciences, Neuroscience, Dell Medical School, Neurology
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Neural circuits and substrates underlying opioid and cocaine abuse. 

The Dobbs lab takes a systems-level approach to identify the neural substrates, circuits and behavioral motivations driving substance…

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,…