Northwestern University Dept. of Neurobiology and Physiology
 

Learning and Memory

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Recent work has shown that learning and memory in the adult brain is accompanied not only by molecular changes at individual synapses, but by extensive remodelling of neuronal structure.

Faculty

Anis Contractor
Synaptic plasticity and the mechanisms of learning and memory

Daniel Dombeck
Optical dissection of the neuronal circuits underlying mammalian navigation

William Klein
Molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease; signal transduction in brain development

Raphael Pinaud
Neural mechanisms of sensory processing and plasticity

Aryeh Routtenberg
Uncovering the molecular networks in brain synapses that are the substrate of learning and memory

Nelson Spruston
Synaptic transmission and dendritic integration in hippocampal pyramidal neurons

Catherine Woolley
Hormonal regulation of structural and functional plasticity of adult brain circuitry