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About the speaker
Prof. Clifford George Kentros is leader of the Kentros research group at the Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience, NTNU. The lab investigates the anatomical and functional circuitry underlying learning and memory.
Read more about Clifford George Kentros on the NTNU website.
Abstract
Using Molecular Genetics to Investigate the Neural Circuitry of Memory and its Disorders
Recent advances in molecular tools give electrophysiologists the requisite molecular and anatomical specificity to go beyond observational studies of neuronal firing patterns towards directly observing the results of known manipulations of the functional circuitry of limbic cortices in real time. Towards this end, the Kentros laboratory combines mouse molecular genetic and viral tools with in vivo recordings from awake, behaving animals to analyze the functional circuitry underlying learning and memory.
About the seminar series
Once a month, NCMM invites international guest speakers to present on topics within molecular life science and medicine.
The seminar is open to all, with no registration needed.
Tea, coffee and a simple lunch will be served before the start of the seminar.
NCMM International seminar schedule for 2024 can be found here.