Carolina Borges-Merjane
Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria
Website | https://thesynapselab.com |
Project Name | Structural plasticity at mossy fiber-CA3 synapses |
Publication Page | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0005-401X |
Field of research | Cellular Neuroscience |
Keywords | synapses | synaptic transmission | neurotransmitters |
@caroklein_bm |
Studying synapses: how do our neurons communicate?
What is my research about?
Neurons in the brain communicate via points of contacts called “synapses”. Information is transferred from the “pre”-synaptic neuron, through the synapse, to the “post”-synaptic neuron. Mechanisms of synaptic transmission provide the building blocks underlying strength, efficacy, reliability and timing for neuronal communication across the brain. My research uses molecular, physiological and anatomical approaches to study synapses and synaptic transmission from different perspectives, to get a full grasp of how the work.
What motivates me?
What is the best advice I have ever received?
From my postdoc supervisor: [Ein Experiment ist kein Experiment] Be thorough and quantitative, to be certain that what we observe is the truth.