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Neuroscience Seminar Series

Title: Uncovering Diversity in Brain Norepinephrine Circuits

Speaker:
Lindsay Schwarz, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Our lab is interested in understanding how a small group of neurons in the brain can generate complex behaviors, focusing on a specific population of brainstem neurons that release norepinephrine (NE). Release of NE occurs throughout the brain and spinal cord during many different behaviors, such as waking up from sleep, performing cognitive tasks, and responding to stress. Yet, most of the brain's NE comes from only a few thousand neurons that reside in a brainstem nucleus called the Locus Coeruleus (LC). In the Schwarz lab, we are utilizing state-of-the-art technologies, such as in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, intersectional viral tools, and single cell RNA sequencing, to understand how NE circuits accurately modulate the brain during diverse behaviors.  We're also studying how changes within this circuit contribute to neurological disorders and cancer.

On January 23, 2024 at 4:00 - 5:00PM
In-person in CRA 12.110.

This will also be available on MS Teams.
Meeting ID: 248 841 579 264
Passcode: 47K76bM6

CRA 12.110

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Jennifer Morina
Email
972-883-2448

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