MEC GABAeric interneuron coding during spatial learning and contribution of electrical coupling therein (A02)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 514483642

Whilst it is mostly held that GABAergic INs are broadly tuned in most brain areas, there is increasing evidence that in complex environments GABAergic INs can and in fact do encode specific features. Here we will investigate when and how GABAergic INs are recruited in complex environments, and how their recruitment supports spatial learning. Furthermore, we will seek to identify mechanisms and candidate genes that enable plasticity of GABAergic INs during spatial learning, enabling them to support reconfiguration of neuronal networks during spatial learning.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 384: Inhibitory neurons: shaping the cortical code (IN-CODE)
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Hannah Monyer