Our lab explores the fundamental features shaping the strength of synaptic transmission in the brain. My lab uses electrophysiological and optical recording techniques to study neurons in brain slices of the olfactory bulb and auditory brainstem. Ultimately, we hope to use these systems to reveal how brain synapses process and encode sensory information.
Glutamate spillover mediates excitatory transmission in the rat olfactory bulb.
GABA B receptor-mediated modulation of presynaptic currents and excitatory transmission at a fast central synapse. J. Neurophysiol . GABA-mediated presynaptic inhibition of excitatory transmission and synaptic vesicle dynamics in cultured hippocampal neurons. Local and diffuse synaptic actions of GABA in the hippocampus.