Scott Waddell

University of Oxford · company speakers →

Genetic studies of Drosophila memory began in 1970. The field has implicated hundreds of genes and defined the detailed architecture of a mnemonic neural network. Subpopulations of dopaminergic neurons operate in parallel and opposition to tune output connections in the mushroom body network. This plasticity underlies valence learning, appropriate expression of goal-directed memory, memory update, and forgetting. This lecture will discuss findings that may illuminate general principles of memory systems.

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