About

Tansu Celikel

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Contact Information
E-mail: celikel@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3461
Office: HNB 507

 

Education
Ph.D. Cognitive Neuroscience, La Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, 10/2001
 

Postdoctoral Training
Postdoctoral researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, 2004-2007  
Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, San Diego, 2001-2003  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Topographic representations in the primary sensory cortices are believed to be the neural basis of sensory perception. These representations are continuously altered during learning and after sensory organ loss. Despite their role in sensory information processing, the mechanisms by which they are modified is still unknown. The major goal of our lab is to describe the neural circuits and the synaptic mechanisms responsible for the development and maintenance of the sensory representations using in vivo and in vitro electrophysiological recordings, imaging, computerized behavioral trainings and molecular biological methods. For further details please visit the homepage of the Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Plasticity at http://lncp.usc.edu
 

Research Keywords
learning, memory, information processing, somatosensation, behavior, plasticity, computational behavior, neural circuits, electrophysiology, gene recombination, targeted neural activation and inactivation
 

Research Specialties
"Learning&Memory", "Sensory Systems", "Brain simulations", "Brain Mapping", "Molecular control of neural activity"
 
 
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