Ensemble Coding in Amygdala Circuits
Classical fear conditioning is one of the most powerful models for studying the neuronal substrates of associative learning and for investigating how plasticity in defined neuronal circuits causes behavioral changes. In my talk, I will focus on the organization and function of the neuronal circuitry of fear. I will discuss how functionally, anatomically, and genetically defined types of amygdala neuron are precisely connected within the local circuitry and within larger-scale neuronal networks, and how they contribute to the acquisition and expression of conditioned fear behavior.
Date:
10 November 2017, 12:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue:
Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Speaker:
Andreas Luthi (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Fiona Woods (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour)
Organiser contact email address:
fiona.woods@cncb.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
CNCB Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Fiona Woods
