Home Department: undeclared
Supported by: Bio-X
Mentor: Karl Deisseroth, Bioengineering and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Daniel is investigating how individual groups of neurons respond to specific stimuli over time by studying shock-responsive neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex. The biggest challenge that Daniel will address is the capability to permanently label the neurons so that they can be reexamined at later time points without losing intensity. By implementing techniques from molecular biology, optics, and imaging, including the CLARITY technique developed in the Deisseroth lab, Daniel will be using an activity-dependent labeling system to bring better understanding to shock-responsive neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex.

Poster presented at the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium on August 24, 2017:

Activity-Dependent Investigation of Insular Cortex Circuitry Dynamics

Daniel Tang¹, Brian Hsueh^3,4, Li Ye^2,5, Josh Jennings¹, Karl Deisseroth^1,2,5
[Departments of Bioengineering¹ and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences², Neurosciences Program³, Medical Scientist Training Program⁴, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute⁵, Stanford University]