Professor Benjamin Podbilewicz - Department of Biology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel : "Neuronal fusion and sexual dimorphism of dendritic sculpting"
Speaker: Professor Benjamin Podbilewicz
Title: Neuronal fusion and sexual dimorphism of dendritic sculpting
Dendritic trees show extreme variability between species and neuron type, yet it is often unclear whether and how these variations contribute to a neuron’s function. Using the stereotypic branched structure of the C. elegans PVD polymodal neuron, we characterize the plasticity of the dendritic arbor. We will describe how the dendritic tree regenerate by auto-fusion following laser-induced dendrotomy, a decline in regeneration during aging and a sexually dimorphic branching pattern which influences some sex-specific behaviors.
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