Research
Imaging the assembly and plasticity of cortical circuits with two-photon microscopy
Appointments
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience IDP
- Neurology
- Neurobiology
- Member, ACCESS Program: Dept. of Neurobiology
- Brain Research Institute
Biography
One research interest is investigation of the mechanisms of synaptogenesis and how dendritic filopodia mature into dendritic spines, which has implications for various neuropsychiatric disorders such as fragile X syndrome.
A second project is aimed at understanding how coordinated neuronal activity arises within developing networks of neurons in cortex.
We are also interested in mechanisms of plasticity and neural repair in peri-infarct cortex after stroke.