A defense bunker for retinal citrullination To avert combating stress at the epicenter of phototransduction, the process by which light is converted to a neural signal in photoreceptors, neuroscience professor Royce Mohan at the UConn School of Medicine proposes that the mammalian retina may have evolved a novel defense strategy to respond to injury and […]
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Dr. Mohan Investigates Treatment for Eye Injuries
As posted in UConn Today January 12, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research UConn Health Researcher Investigates Treatment for Eye Injuries from Mass Chemical Weapons Attacks Chemical weapons like mustard gas have been used in warfare for over a century. They can cause mass casualties with relative […]
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Tim Spellman is a neurobiologist focused on the physiological substrates of executive functioning within higher-order association areas of the brain. Dr. Spellman uses a range of cutting-edge tools, including optogenetics, chemogenetics, extra-cellular electrophysiology, 2-photon and light field imaging, calcium and voltage indicators, pharmacology, custom robotics, and advanced statistics to investigate how the coordinated activity of […]