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Laboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology

Rodrigo Andrade
Claudio Villalobos
Elaine Weber



Thanks for stopping by the lab's web site. We are a basic science research lab whose focus is the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which G protein coupled receptors, especially those sensing serotonin and acetylcholine, regulate neuronal function in the brain. Our approach is to use electrophysiological and molecular biological techniques to elucidate how different receptor subtypes regulate neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission. 

You can get a sample of what we do by looking at our recent publications or the "work in progress" section of this web site.

 Publications
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Work in Progress

Now that transfecting neurons in cultured slices is "old hat", can the technology be extended to "adult" slices?

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2.8. The Purpose of the Nervous system.-- You understand by now that life processes in man are carried on by organs which are greatly specialized. In a many-celled organism like man, these organs are delicately adjusted to their work and thus require and equally delicate mechanism to regulate them. This is the work of the nervous system, the most complicated structure in the organic world. Much still remains to be learned about it. Intimately associated with the brain of man is his mind, which makes him superior to all animals. He enjoys a wide vision of the world and its beauties and has both insight and foresight, which are powers denied to all other animals. 

From a high school biology textbook circa 1930
(New General Biology, Smallwood, Reveley and Bailey) 

 
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