We ask obvious questions like...
We think these are important, daunting questions, but if we approach them rigorously and with humility and open minds we can learn something by asking them. One of our main interests is how different kinds of information are compared and integrated by individual neurons. Another is the relationship between early-life stress or deprivation and the lifelong effects this can have on mental health and behaviour. Because these are ancient, fundamental processes that happen in all animals, we can investigate the biological processes at work in a simpler context.
Our main approaches are measuring neural activity and behaviour, then experimentally manipulating both to test ideas about how it all works. The answers lead us to new understanding of how genes, molecules, and cells function in the brain.
- How do animals work?
- What structure and functional properties of neural circuits determine behaviour?
- How are these properties changed by experience and by the environment, particularly in early-life?
- Where should we go for lab lunch?
We think these are important, daunting questions, but if we approach them rigorously and with humility and open minds we can learn something by asking them. One of our main interests is how different kinds of information are compared and integrated by individual neurons. Another is the relationship between early-life stress or deprivation and the lifelong effects this can have on mental health and behaviour. Because these are ancient, fundamental processes that happen in all animals, we can investigate the biological processes at work in a simpler context.
Our main approaches are measuring neural activity and behaviour, then experimentally manipulating both to test ideas about how it all works. The answers lead us to new understanding of how genes, molecules, and cells function in the brain.
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