Brains have an amazing ability to learn and store information for long periods - in some cases, a lifetime. A major challenge in neuroscience is to understand how neuronal networks are sculpted by experience and how proteins/genes contribute to circuit modification. The goal of Dr. Shepherd's research is to understand information storage, from the molecular level through in vivo neuronal networks and how these processes go awry in neurological disorders. His lab utilizes coordinated biochemical, cell biological, electrophysiological and imaging studies both in vitro and in vivo.

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