Dr Jimena Berni (University of Sussex): 'Diversification of motor networks' School of Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar

This session's speaker will be Dr Jimena Berni, Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, hosted by Maarten Zwart. Her in-person talk will be on “Diversification of motor networks”. Summary:

Neuronal circuits controlling specialised behaviours are located at different levels along the nervous system. Our work explores the anatomical differences of the circuits controlling specialised motor outputs and shows how the Hox genes control diversification.