Thursday, April 5, 2012

Gordon  Fishell (NYU School of Medicine) discusses developmental interneuron diversity, the debate between the "lumpers" and "splitters", and the possibility of tracing psychiatric disorders to focal genetic origins.  The group assesses approaches for relating molecular genetics to circuits and ultimately behavior.

Duration: 55 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Gary Gaufo (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Carlos Paladini (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.