Event Details:
Thursday, March 19, 2015
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Time
12:00pm to 1:00pm PDT
Location
Clark Center Auditorium
Contacts
neuroscience@stanford.edu
Event Sponsor
Stanford Neurosciences Institute
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Identification of spinal circuitry involved in regulating motor activity
Samuel Pfaff Professor, Salk Institute andInvestigator, HHMI
Host: Kang Shen
Abstract
The rich behavioral repertoire of animals is encoded in the CNS as a set of motor neuron activation patterns, called 'motor synergies'. However, the neurons that orchestrate these motor programs as well as their cellular properties and connectivity are poorly understood. We have used viral tracing, Ca imaging, and genetic methods to identify interneurons that comprise a cellular network for encoding coordinated motor output programs. The basic architecture and genetic requirements of this network will be described.