Title: How neurons add spikes: From simple rhythms to complex bursting patterns

Abstract: Many neurons and other excitable cells display bursting activity—periods of rapid firing separated by quiet phases. Understanding how these rhythmic patterns arise and change helps us connect cellular mechanisms to networks of neurons and the complex behaviors they generate. In this talk, I will explore how neurons transition from generating single spikes to producing bursts with multiple spikes. Using a...

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Michael Yassa, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
James L. McGaugh Endowed Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Professor, Neurology
Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine

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