Background pattern of a brain with neural connections
Talia Lerner

Talia Lerner

Co-PI (Core Leadership)

Northwestern University

Talia Lerner is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Lerner earned her BS in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry from Yale University. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience from UCSF under Dr. Anatol Kreitzer, and completed postdoctoral training at Stanford University under Dr. Karl Deisseroth.

Teams

Edwards

Themes

Circuitry and Brain-Body Interactions

Tags

Alpha-synuclein Chemogenetics

Recent ASAP Preprints & Published Papers

Dopamine across timescales and cell types: Relevance for phenotypes in Parkinson's disease progression

Dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) synthesize and release dopamine, a critical neurotransmitter for movement and learning. SNc dopamine neurons degenerate in Parkinson's Disease (PD), causing a host of motor and non-motor symptoms. Here, we review recent conceptual advances in our basic understanding of the dopamine system…

Team Edwards

Robert Edwards

Robert Edwards

Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Zayd Khaliq

Zayd Khaliq

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Talia Lerner

Talia Lerner

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Ken Nakamura

Ken Nakamura

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Alexandra Nelson

Alexandra Nelson

Co-PI (Core Leadership)
James Maas

James Maas

Project Manager

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