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Biopsychology Talk -- "Cortical circuit mechanisms linking sensory input and goal-directed motor output"

Edward Zagha, PhD, MD - Yale School of Medicine
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
12:00-1:00 PM
4464 East Hall Map
Unit recordings in behaving animals have revealed the transformation of sensory to motor representations in cortical neurons. However, we still lack basic insights into how neurons interact to generate such representations. We study cortical circuits related to sensory detection and behavioral control in mice trained in a simple sensory detection task. Our goals are to understand 1) the cellular and synaptic mechanisms within cortex that underlie the sensory to motor transformation and 2) the mechanisms by which long range cortical projections provide contextual signals. We combine mouse behavior, electrophysiology, optogenetics and computational modeling in order to understand the cellular and synaptic bases of behavior.
Building: East Hall
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Event Type: Presentation
Tags: colloquium, Psychology
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Department of Psychology, Biopsychology