Sodium channel dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders
The Bender Lab is interested in understanding how the brain encodes information at the synaptic, cellular, and network level. We employ a variety of electrophysiological, optical, and genetic techniques to probe information processing across neuronal compartments, from synaptic inputs onto dendritic spines, to the site of action potential initiation in the axon initial segment, to transmitter release in axonal boutons. This work is complemented by biophysical studies of single channels, compartmental modeling, and in vivo recordings and behavior.

Lean more about the Bender Lab: benderlab.ucsf.edu
Date: 20 May 2025, 15:00
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2
Speaker: Professor Kevin Bender (Center for Intergrative Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco)
Organising department: Medical Sciences Division
Host: Professor Stephan Sanders (IDRM, University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Recommended
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Amanda Nicolle, Joe Day