{"id":9,"date":"2019-09-10T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bae-lab\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T23:40:46","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-9\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-9-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-9-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Our lab focuses on the physiological substrates of executive functioning within higher-order association areas of the brain. We use a range of 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 biological neural networks processes information.<\/p>\n<p>If this sounds like the kind of research you're interested in, please reach out. We are currently looking to fill roles at all levels.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-9-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-9-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-9-0-1-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Brain-wide prefrontal inputs<\/h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1128\" alt=\"Using a replication-deficient rabies tracing technique, a brain-wide distribution of cells (magenta) that synapse onto prefrontal cortico-striatal projection neurons can be visualized and quantified.\" class=\"attachment-full aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2022\/01\/rabiesVolumeRotate_AllCells.gif\" \/><div class=\"widget_sp_image-description\" ><p>Using a replication-deficient rabies tracing technique, a brain-wide distribution of cells (magenta) that synapse onto prefrontal cortico-striatal projection neurons can be visualized and quantified.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lab focuses on the physiological substrates of executive functioning within higher-order association areas of the brain. We use a range of 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 biological neural networks processes information. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 18:47:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/spellman-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}