Optical neurotechnology for mapping brain function in mice: from circuits to behaviors
Associate Professor Adam Q. Bauer
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University
USA
Title: Optical neurotechnology for mapping brain function in mice: from circuits to behaviors
Abstract: Our lab develops neurophotonics tools for basic and translational neuroscience applications in mice. Major research themes include mapping functional brain network organization and examining how changes in local neuronal activity correspond to changes in blood flow (i.e. neurovascular coupling). We are particularly interested in understanding functional network connectivity in healthy mice, how it evolves following stroke, and endogenous mechanisms involved in post-stroke plasticity. This talk will review some of our lab’s work demonstrating that ethologically relevant behaviors in mice are topographically and hierarchically organized on the cortex, and how inhibitory parvalbumin interneurons modulate local and global excitatory activity in the healthy brain and following focal ischemia in mice.
About Neuroscience Seminars
Neuroscience seminars at the QBI play a major role in the advancement of neuroscience in the Asia-Pacific region. The primary goal of these seminars is to promote excellence in neuroscience through the exchange of ideas, establishing new collaborations and augmenting partnerships already in place.
Seminars in the QBI Auditorium on Level 7 are held on Wednesdays at 12-1pm, which are sometimes simulcast on Zoom (with approval from the speaker). We also occassionally hold seminars from international speakers via Zoom. The days and times of these seminars will vary depending on the time zone of the speaker. Please see each seminar listed below for details.
