Not exact matches
Work at Janelia will focus on two areas, «the identification of general principles that govern how information is processed by
neuronal circuits, [and] the development of imaging technologies and computational methods for image analysis,» as HHMI puts it on their Web site.
The researchers said the next step will be to track the formation of alcohol - activated
neuronal circuits over time and to find a way to translate this
work to humans.
The results of their
work, the researchers say, may advance scientific understanding of how genes linked to the risk of human bipolar disorder change
neuronal circuits in the brain, and may offer an animal model for testing new treatments.
The present study builds on previous
work by the laboratories of Professor Beatriz Rico and Professor Oscar Marín on the role of the disease susceptibility gene ErbB4 in the development of
neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex.
We could, for example, analyze how single neurons function in a cascade within the
neuronal circuit,» Straw emphasizes the potential of his
work.
Dr. Jessell, the Claire Tow professor in the departments of Neuroscience and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University, was selected for his pioneering
work in discovering the principles of the molecular mechanisms that direct
neuronal diversity and
circuit assembly in the vertebrate central nervous system.
Recent experimental
work in animals has emphasized the importance of homeostatic plasticity as a means of stabilizing the properties of
neuronal circuits.
Meister's
work was published in a paper titled «A
neuronal circuit for color vision based on rod - cone opponency.»
Luchkina is
working on determining how
neuronal synaptic and
circuit - level mechanisms encode fear and extinction memories, and Missig is researching the mechanisms of how autoimmune - related inflammation during pregnancy may be associated with autism spectrum disorders.