John Tuthill
Title: Neural mechanisms of leg proprioception and motor control in Drosophila.
Affiliation: University of Washington
Abstract:
Animals rely on an internal sense of body position and movement to effectively control motor behavior. This sense of proprioception is mediated by diverse populations of internal mechanosensory neurons distributed throughout the body.
Bence Olveczky
Title: Neural circuits underlying motor skill learning and execution
Affiliation: Harvard University
Abstract:
I will introduce a motor skill learning paradigm that trains stereotyped complex motor sequences in rodents. By recording and manipulating neural activity in the basal ganglia, motor cortex and thalamus, we delineate the logic by which these circuits work together to promote the acquisition and control of task-specific motor sequences.
