| Affiliations: | Neuroscience Research Leadership |
| Project Leader: | James Hassell hassell.j@tamu.edu Psychological & Brain Sciences |
| Faculty Mentor: | Stephen Maren, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBA |
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Team Size:
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4
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| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Opportunities may consist of becoming a full member of the research lab
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Team Needs:
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Neuroscience background is preferable. Work in wet lab setting that may require cryostat slicing, histology, and making solutions. Work with animals is preferable, including behavioral testing, surgical procedures, and drug infusions into animals. A willingness to become familiar with learning and memory literature for background |
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Description:
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Context, what, where, and when, is encoded in the hippocampus. We want to understand how protein synthesis inhibitors can disrupt memory processes such as consolidation or reconsolidation. If we stop the formation of new proteins within the hippocampus will this disrupt consolidating memory? |