David Sulzer, Ph. D. - Physiology Dept. Seminar

New Optical Approaches for Understanding the Synaptic Basis of Habit

16 May 2008
12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

Type: Seminar

Location:

Ward 5-230, Chicago Campus

David Sulzer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology

Columbia University

New Optical Approaches for Understanding the Synaptic Basis of Habit

Habit learning and decision making are mediated by interactions between cortical projections to the basal ganglia and dopamine, but little is known about how specific synapses are selected. We will discuss approaches that are providing the rules for activity-dependent selection of particular synapses, made possible by recent advances in optical tracers that provide resolution of individual terminal activity, and its modulation by habit.

Keywords: Learning /Memory | Physiology

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