Synaptic Plasticity and Repair
About the Group
Professor Kei Cho's Research Group
Research in my lab focuses on a wide range of projects from molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the brain to pathological aspects of the central nervous system including Alzheimer’s disease. This is achieved through electrophysiological recordings of synaptic transmission, calcium imaging, molecular biology, cell culture, gene transfection, immunocytochemical techniques and MRI-brain volumetric imaging.
Research Key Words: Synaptic Plasticity, Excitatory Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor; Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Beta Amyloid, Stem-cell, Stress, MRI, Hippocampus, Perirhinal Cortex, Recognition Memory, Alzheimer's Disease.
Current Projects
- Molecular and Cellular mechanisms of learning and memory
- Synaptic plasticity in human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons
- Cellular and molecular roles of stress-related hormones in excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus and the perirhinal cortex
- Aging and stress-related decline of recognition memory in humans