Swammerdam Lecture
- Start date04-11-2010
- Time16:00
- VenueColloquium Room, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, Amsterdam-ZO
- TitleOptical dissection of the cortical circuits underlying somatosensation
- SpeakerKAREL SVOBODA
Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA - Contact informationEls Borghols
Host: Dr. Christiaan Levelt
Abstract:
The cerebral cortex is the largest part of the mammalian brain and plays roles in most flexible behaviors. Neocortical circuits are remarkably similar across species, and to some extent also across functional areas. Our goal is to understand the principles that organize neocortical circuits and to decipher how they process information and guide behavior. The research program is mainly organized around active somatosensation in the mouse. New optical methods are beginning to shed light on the multi-scale structure of these complex circuits and reveal how activity in populations of specific cell-types might drive behavior.
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Els Borghols
Dept. of Functional Genomics
Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR)
Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam Rotterdam(ONWAR)
VU/VUmc
W&N building, room A-427
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
tel:. +31-20–598 6925
fax: +31-20–598 6926
e-mail els.borghols@cncr.vu.nl
www.onwar.nl
www.cncr.nl
