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The head-direction (HD) circuit, an upstream provider of orientation signals for navigation, maintains coherent internal orientation memory that stays stable within each environment for weeks. During non-REM sleep, when hippocampal trajectories are replayed for memory formation, HD cells remain coordinated and directly influence this hippocampal replay. This suggests the HD system conveys a "virtual" orientation […]

The brain is constantly receiving sensory information from inside of the body, but it is underappreciated how this internal sensory information can affect animal behavior. To address this, we are developing the small transparent fish Danionella cerebrum as a model for brain-body signaling. I will describe our work characterizing the anatomy, molecular subtypes, and sexual […]

How are synaptic networks formed during development and remodeled during learning and disease? This is the main question that drives Dr. Eroglu’s research. In particular, she investigates the roles of glial cells in the development, remodeling and function of synaptic circuits. In Dr. Eroglu’s talk, she will share findings from her lab on two distinct molecular mechanisms through […]