Best of the AANS Session-Discussant Large-Scale, Projection-Specific Functional Representations Of Cognitive Decisions

Discussant Large-Scale, Projection-Specific Functional Representations Of Cognitive Decisions

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This video discusses the work of Richard Sun, a neurosurgery resident in the Hofstra Northwell Program, who conducted research under the supervision of Anne Churchland. His work focused on understanding the circuitry of neurological and psychiatric disorders, particularly the CSTC pathway connecting the cortex to the striatum and basal ganglia onto thalamus and back to the cortex. Sun and his colleagues used a mouse model and developed a viral intersection strategy to study these pathways. They trained mice in an auditory task while monitoring their brain activity using calcium imaging. The results are preliminary but promising for future advancements. Richard Sun received the Philip L. Gildenberg Resident Award for his work.

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Richard Sun

neurosurgery resident

Hofstra Northwell Program

CSTC pathway

neurological and psychiatric disorders