Neuroscience Program
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Spontaneous physical activity (SPA) behavior, or the drive to move, is initiated by brain centers and could therefore be therapeutically targeted. A major goal of our work is to understand the brain circuitry driving SPA, so that obesity therapies based on SPA can be considered.
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Enjoy refreshments, good music, and socializing with faculty, staff, graduate students, research scientists, postdocs, and those associated with the Neuroscience Program to wish a Happy New Year before the end of the fall semester. Donations to a food bank are being collected by the NSO, Neuroscience Student Organization.
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While many animals use the earth's magnetic field to navigate their environment, much remains unknown about its molecular and cellular basis. We will present insights into the behavioral, cellular, and molecular basis for magnetoreception yielded by the tiny nematode worm, C. elegans.