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Castro-Alamancos lab
Castro-Alamancos lab

Castro-Alamancos lab

Neuroscience lab studying how neural circuits mediate behavior

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    • Avoidance and Approach: Mechanisms of Goal-Directed Learned Behavior
    • Neural Circuit Dynamics as a Function of Behavioral and Brain States
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Research

We investigate these topics:

  • The neural circuits that mediate active avoidance and approach  behaviors
  • How behavioral states affect the flow of information through neural circuits

 

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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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