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Tag: Venkatesh Murthy
FOLLOW YOUR NOSE….. BUT NOT ALWAYS [MURTHY LAB]
Animals balance efficiency and flexibility during natural behavior to make their decisions in different contexts. In a recent study published in Current Biology (PDF) the Murthy lab has…
HOW THE SEROTONIN SYSTEM INFLUENCES SENSORY PROCESSING [MURTHY LAB]
Brains process external information rapidly at a sub-second time scale, which is set by the dynamic electrophysiological properties of neurons and the fast communication within neuronal populations. This…
VENKI MURTHY ORGANIZES OLFACTORY SUMMIT IN SANTA BARBARA
Venki Murthy returned this week from his summer "vacation" in balmy Santa Barbara, CA, where he coordinated an eight-week program on the ins and outs of olfaction. Hosted…
DETECTION OF TARGET ODORS FROM MIXTURES [MURTHY LAB]
Natural environments are rich with sensory stimuli. To make sense of the sensory clutter, animals must segregate objects of interest from ever varying backgrounds. Our visual system is…
POSTDOC PROFILE: DAVID GIRE [MURTHY LAB]
David Gire paved his path-to-the-postdoc with collaboration and interdisciplinary inspiration. At Silver Creek High School in San Jose, CA, Gire’s AP Biology/Biotech teacher, Mark Okuda (soon to become…
CRACKING THE TEMPORAL CODE FOR SMELL USING LIGHT [MURTHY AND UCHIDA LABS]
When we sniff an odor, it is first detected by a set of specific odorant receptors expressed by olfactory receptor neurons in the nose. Olfactory receptor neurons then…
FEEDBACK CIRCUITS IN OLFACTION [MURTHY LAB]
What is the function of a sensory system? One straightforward idea is that it strives to create a complete and accurate internal representation of the external world, which…
VOLUME CONTROL AT THE SYNAPSE [MURTHY LAB]
You can't miss it in the news these days: neuroscientists are excited about anatomical reconstruction of neural connectivity. In fact, the term "connectomics" is a frequently-edited entry in…
