Lab awarded $1.7 million from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to understand
"By measuring the activity through the depth of the cerebral cortex and underlying thalamus, an area which is highly connected to the cortex and often injured around the time of birth, the research team will provide insight into the circuit changes that may underlie human fetal cortical development and inform future studies of brain injury in infants. “We know from looking at EEGs of infants born pre-term that brain activity takes a big step forward before the time of birth,”
Lab awarded $2.5 million grant from National Eye Institute to study "Booster" circuits in
While we understand much about the specialized circuits that produce activity in the fetal retina, and the consequences of disruption of that activity for eye and brain outcomes, we know little of the actual brain activity that supports the earliest stages of visual development in the intact animal. Our recent experiments show that early retinal activity is not passively transmitted to the visual cortex. Rather, it is actively amplified and transformed by mechanisms unique to
A chronology of activity in the developing cortex: From silence to continuity
Daily changes in the activity of developing mouse cortex until postnatal day (P)24.
A cortico-thalamic 'booster' circuit amplifies and conditions weak sensory inputs to the fet
The study published today in the journal eLIFE describes a unique specialization of the fetal brain for ensuring reliable transmission of ea
Lab Awarded $1.9 Million Federal Grant to Study Activity in Cortical Networks from the National Eye
The project, titled “Emergence of Visual Alertness in Cortical Networks,” is focused on understanding how activity and circuit properties change in the cerebral cortex between the fetal and postnatal periods to allow visual awareness at birth. #activestate #arousal #cortex #development #grants
