Role of Early Sensory Experience in the Development of Inhibitory Circuits

October 10, 2018 @ 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Natalia De Marco Garcia, Weill Cornell Medical College

108 Wartik Lab with video to Hershey COM Room CG624F
University Park

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Neurological illnesses such as autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia and epilepsy are thought to arise during the development of the nervous system. Increasing experimental evidence suggests that an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory drives within the brain is a critical factor in the etiology of these illnesses. Our laboratory is currently investigating the interaction between electrical activity and genetic programs in early brain development with an emphasis on inhibitory neurons. We use the mouse as a genetically tractable mammalian model system to do our research.

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