Manchester Neuroscience Seminar Series
| Dates: | 1 November 2023 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 15:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Biological Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Sepiedeh Keshavarzi |
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'Integration of head and visual motion for self-motion perception and spatial navigation'
To successfully navigate the environment, animals rely on their ability to continuously track their heading direction and speed. In this talk, I will present our recent data on sensory computations that underlie head motion coding in the rodent brain. Focusing on the retrosplenial cortex, I will show how the integration of vestibular and visual cues can allow accurate estimation of head velocity during navigation. I will then discuss these data in the context of retrosplenial cortex connectivity and further present our ongoing work on building population-level analytical models to understand motion computations across cortical and subcortical regions.
Speaker
Sepiedeh Keshavarzi
Role: Assistant Professor & Group Leader
Organisation: University of Cambridge
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Michael Smith Seminar Room
