Presented on April 24, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Engineered Biosystems Building, room 1005.Massimo Scanziani is a Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. His research seeks to understand the structure and function of neuronal circuits in the mammalian cortex and how they contribute to processing sensory information.Runtime: 59:13 minutesThe 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. 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
