QBI Neuroscience Seminar: 'Regulation and function of distinct neurogenic precursors in the adult brain'
Event Details
- Date:
- Wednesday, 15 November 2017 - Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Time:
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Room:
- QBI Level 7 Auditorium
- UQ Location:
- Queensland Brain Institute (St Lucia)
- URL:
- http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au/neuroscience-seminars
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Deirdre Wilson
- Phone:
- 3346 6300
- Email:
- d.wilson5@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Queensland Brain Institute
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri
Mater Research Institute and Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Title: 'Regulation and function of distinct neurogenic precursors in the adult brain'
Abstract:
Neurogenesis has emerged as an important cellular mechanism underpinning plasticity in the adult mammalian brain. Understanding the role of new neurons in regulating learning, memory and mood has been the subject of intense experimentation and debate. In this talk, I will present our progress in addressing whether new neurons are a necessary component of both the etiology and treatment of depression/anxiety. Building on our previous discoveries that have uncovered distinct populations of quiescent stem/precursor cells in the adult hippocampus, I will present data unravelling their molecular signature and identifying pharmacological agents that can selectively activate these subpopulations and enhance neuronal production with the goal of utilising these to examine functional improvement in a mouse model of depression. I will also present our recent findings that have established the basolateral amygdala as a neurogenic region in the adult brain, harbouring precursors which generate new, functional interneurons. Given that the hippocampus and the amygdala are key brain regions implicated in depression and anxiety, our findings provide the framework for not only understanding the function of new neurons derived from these distinct neurogenic precursors but also for manipulating their activity to regulate circuitry and behaviour.
Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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