Introduction

I graduated with my B.S. in neuroscience from University of Delaware in 2017, where I stayed to completed an M.S. degree as part of the 4+1 program. I hope to continue my studies and pursue a PhD in neuroscience in the future. Broadly, my research interests involve circuit-level dysfunction of brain activity in disease models and the subsequent effects on behavior and health.

Project Description

The hippocampus is known to be essential for successful completion of spatial working memory (SWM) tasks in rodents. Theta oscillations are a 4-12 Hz oscillation commonly seen in the hippocampus during SWM behavior. By inactivating the medial septum, which is the pacemaker that allows for the generation of the theta rhythm, we can disrupt this characteristic activity and see how it affects SWM task performance