{"589921":{"#nid":"589921","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GT Neuro Seminar Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;Cortical Circuits of Vision\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMassimo Scanziani, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProfessor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Medicine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUniversity of California, San Francisco\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe diversity of neuron types and synaptic connectivity patterns in the mammalian cerebral cortex is astonishing. How this cellular and synaptic diversity contributes to cortical function is just beginning to emerge. \u0026nbsp;Using the mouse visual system as a model, I will discuss the mechanisms by which excitatory and inhibitory interactions between distinct neuron types contribute to the most basic operations performed by visual cortex. I will highlight how the functional and structural analysis of cortical circuits allows us to bridge the gap between system and cellular neuroscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Cortical Circuits of Vision\u0022 - Massimo Scanziani, Ph.D. - University of California, San Francisco"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2017-04-06 16:01:55","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:06","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-04-24T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-04-24T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-04-24T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-04-24 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-04-24 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-04-24 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.neuro.gatech.edu","title":"Neural Engineering Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/labs.biology.ucsd.edu\/scanziani\/","title":"Scanziani lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"126591","name":"go-NeuralEngineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rozell@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EChris Rozell \u003C\/a\u003E- faculty host\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}