Andrew Leifer, Princeton University
Assistant Professor
Princeton, New Jersey
leifer@princeton.edu
Office:
(609) 258-2973
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Bio/Research
How do collections of neurons generate an animal’s behavior? My lab uses techniques from experimental physics to probe brain-wide neural activity of a small animal, the nematode C. elegans . Ultimately we seek general principles that govern “neural dynamics,” the collective patterns of activity ...
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Bio/Research
How do collections of neurons generate an animal’s behavior? My lab uses techniques from experimental physics to probe brain-wide neural activity of a small animal, the nematode C. elegans . Ultimately we seek general principles that govern “neural dynamics,” the collective patterns of activity of neurons across the brain. Understanding how these neural dynamics drive animal motion, make decisions or implement higher brain functions such as learning, is the central focus of my lab.
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