Striatal Circuitry in Parkinson's Disease and Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia
Alexandra Nelson MD, PhD is the Richard and Shirley Cahill Endowed Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a movement disorders neurologist and systems neuroscientist, studying the role of the basal ganglia in action selection and movement disorders. Her laboratory uses electrophysiology & optical methods to investigate the mechanisms underlying abnormal motor and cognitive control in movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease and dyskinesias.
Date:
24 October 2023, 16:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Venue:
This seminar will be held online. Please email opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details.
Speaker:
Dr Alexandra Nelson (University of California)
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Lorraine Dyson (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
opdc.administrator@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Richard Wade-Martins (Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, University of Oxford)
Part of:
OPDC Seminar Series (DPAG)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Lorraine Dyson
