RESEARCH

Dendritic spine motility

Schuman Lab 		  How is dendritic spine motility regulated in the mammalian brain and what are its functions? I am investigating this in rodent hippocampal preparations.
(Experimental)
Architectural platicity in neural circuits


Quartz Group 		  How are structures and representations constructed in the central nervous system? Activity-dependent construction within the framework of genetically specified mechanisms is the 'party by-line'. As part of our investigations into this issue, I am currently modeling structural plasticity in the auditory localization system of barn owls.
(Modeling)
3D structure of dendritic spines
in collaboration with the Jensen Lab 		  Obtaining 3D reconstructions of the ultrastructure and composition of dendritic spines using cryo-electron tomography.
(Experimental)
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