Neurogenesis in the mammalian hippocampus persists throughout adulthood, but the function of newly-born hippocampal cells remains largely unknown. This dissertation investigates the effects of neurogenesis …
The brain’s ability to attribute valence to sensory stimuli in our environment and modulate these associations to reflect its current state is essential for goal …
Patients who undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS) for intractable Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have approximately a 60% reduction in symptom …
Ethanol is a naturally occurring organic compound that has had a profound impact on behavior and society. In the natural environment it directs an animal …
Motivations are vital to organism survival, and control of their expression is one of the most important functions of the nervous system. For successful execution …
Neural circuits ensure the proper integration of various external sensory stimuli to generate the appropriate sets of behaviors for an animal’s survival. They are rendered …
The rodent postrhinal cortex (POR), analogous to the primate parahippocampal cortex, has an important role within the medial temporal lobe memory network for spatial, episodic, …
Zebrafish have demonstrated a remarkable ability to regenerate following damage to their visual system. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms for this regeneration, …
As we move throughout the world, our brains continuously acquire sensory information and make predictions when visual information is limited. For example, an animal hopping …
Introduction: Glutamate (Glu) is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain, yet its direct contributions to subjective experience in healthy humans have yet to be …
The function of the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) in human cognition is a topic of rising interest in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. So far, however, there …
