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Neurons communicate through synaptic connections. Complex behaviors are regulated by ensembles of neurons organized in discrete circuits. Mapping those circuits is the first step toward understanding how behaviors are regulated. Neuroscientists in DNB modulate the activity of individual neurons in circuits to gain deeper understanding of the neurons, their circuits and associated behaviors.
We use the following fundamental quesetions to guide our work as we assemble the brain's circuitry.
Answers to these questions propel our understanding of cognition, memory and learning, stress response and coordinated movement.
Exploring development and functional organization of neural circuits controlling movement
Exploring mechanisms of neuromodulatory circuit organization
Investigating the neural circuits, synaptic function, and molecular mechanisms controlling learning and memory and their dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disease