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Castro-Alamancos lab

Castro-Alamancos lab

Neuroscience lab studying how neural circuits mediate behavior

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Posted on December 21, 2021

Bidirectional Control of Orienting Behavior by the Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata: Distinct Significance of Head and Whisker Movements

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34544763/

Posted on December 21, 2021

Basal Ganglia Output Has a Permissive Non-Driving Role in a Signaled Locomotor Action Mediated by the Midbrain

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33328292/

Posted on December 21, 2021

A Signaled Locomotor Avoidance Action Is Fully Represented in the Neural Activity of the Midbrain Tegmentum

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33789917/

 

Posted on June 25, 2020December 21, 2021

Lab move to UConn

On June 19, 2020, the lab moved to the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

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Food for brain thoughts…

https://castro-lab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/vjerrat1-Mirror2-2000kbps.mp4

Blasts from the past…

Reaching and motor cortex synaptic plasticity. Read about it here.
LTP in thalamocortical pathways. Read about it here.
LTP in sensorimotor cortical areas. Read about it here.
Recovery after cortical damage with "brain reward". Read about it here.
Disclaimer: All rodent images published prior to 2020.
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