This Health Research Program opportunity is with Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir, Department of Neuroscience.
Project Description: Febrile seizures (FS) can occur in up to 5% of children younger than 5 years old, causing lifelong impairments in learning and memory. This project will examine how early-life seizures disrupt hippocampal circuits during the critical period of memory formation using mouse models to label hippocampal neurons according to their birth-dates and integration into the memory ensembles. The student will perform intraperitoneal injections in pregnant dams to label neurons based on their birthdate, followed by histological characterization of their morphology and circuit integration after FS during the critical period of memory formation.
For full details about this Health Research Program opportunity, visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/su24-34
For full details about the Health Research Program, visit ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/
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HRP SU24-34: Research Opportunity with Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir
This Health Research Program opportunity is with Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir, Department of Neuroscience.
Project Description: Febrile seizures (FS) can occur in up to 5% of children younger than 5 years old, causing lifelong impairments in learning and memory. This project will examine how early-life seizures disrupt hippocampal circuits during the critical period of memory formation using mouse models to label hippocampal neurons according to their birth-dates and integration into the memory ensembles. The student will perform intraperitoneal injections in pregnant dams to label neurons based on their birthdate, followed by histological characterization of their morphology and circuit integration after FS during the critical period of memory formation.
For full details about this Health Research Program opportunity, visit https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/su24-34
For full details about the Health Research Program, visit ugradresearch.uconn.edu/hrp/
Submissions to this program are made via a third-party software application, SurveyMonkey Apply. The terms of use and privacy statements for this software apply to your use of it and to the information you provide in your application. Before proceeding with your submission, please review their terms and privacy statements linked below.