Bal Khakh\, PhD Professor Departments of P hysiology & Neurobiology University of California\, Los Angeles
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nts\, “Astrocytes in neural circuits: Form\, Function and Failure”
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ted by: Dr. Joe Dougherty
In-person only: Connor Auditorium (FLTC)
Abstract:
The study of the brain\, a highly complex multicellula r organ\, has witnessed spectacular advances in the last few decades. Despi te this laudable progress\, severe blind spots in our understanding of basi c brain function and disease still remain. Khakh will describe a series of studies from his laboratory that provide new insights on predominant glial cells called astrocytes\, named historically because of their alluring\, ye t deceptively simple star-like shapes. He will tackle long-standing questio ns in neuroscience concerning the functions of astrocytes in the brain. It is now clear that signaling between diverse astrocytes and neurons plays pi votal roles in normal brain function and during failures in disease.
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