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Details for Dr Michael Ashby
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Michael Ashby |
| Job title | Senior Lecturer |
| Department | School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.Sc.(Hons), PhD |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Society for Neuroscience British Neuroscience Association |
| Keywords | development of brain circuitry early in life anatomical plasticity synaptic plasticity mammalian cortex neonatal sensory experience |
| Areas of expertise | My research addresses the development of brain circuitry early in life, when anatomical and synaptic plasticity coordinate dramatically to produce functional circuits in the mammalian cortex. Using high resolution optical stimulation and recording combined with molecular, genetic and electrophysiological methods, I aim to define how neonatal sensory experience influences the normal and pathological cortical circuit development that underlies lifelong brain function. |
| Media experience | TV appearance in BBC documentary on University life |