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SUMMARY:Neural circuits for learning and memory in fly larvae - Albert Car
 dona (Cardona lab\, Janelia Research Campus)
DTSTART:20161116T173000Z
DTEND:20161116T193000Z
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CONTACT:Clara Sidor
DESCRIPTION:Animals integrate a variety of sensory inputs with their memor
 ies of past events and\nwith their internal state to select an appropriate
  behavioral response. We use the\nDrosophila larval central nervous system
  to study how the nervous system\, operating\nas a unified whole\, success
 fully choses and executes an action while suppressing\nothers. I will desc
 ribe the electron-microscopy reconstructed\, synaptic-level\ncircuits from
  sensory neurons to higher order brain centers\, and the convergence of\nm
 ultiple brain regions to high-order premotor centers that also integrate t
 he\nre-afferent\, proprioceptive inputs. In particular I will discuss the 
 structure and\nour current understanding\, based on circuits and optophysi
 ological data\, of the\nmushroom body circuits that underlie learning and 
 memory in this insect\, and how the\nmushroom body interacts with a center
  associated with innate behaviors such as the\nlateral horn.
LOCATION:Gurdon Institute Tea Room
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