Talk: Behavioral Neuroscience
Dr. Sheila Fleming an expert on Behavioral Neuroscience has characterized behavioral changes in multiple models of neurodegenerative and diseases, and she knows all that there is to know about rodent behavior and how to analyze it.
Director, Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging Research Focus Area
Northeast Ohio Medical University
14 May 2025, 9:15 at 1231-424 Lille Anatomisk Aud.
"What behavioral phenotypes can tell you about neurons, nuclei, and circuitry in brain diseases"
Abstract:
Using models of neurodegenerative disease, Dr Fleming will show how assessment of behavioral outcomes can inform and in some cases lead the direction of pathological analyses for different neuropsychiatric, cognitive, and motor syndromes. Including a battery of behavioral assessments can help create a preclinical profile and provide the foundation for novel therapeutic intervention strategies in many neurological conditions.
Within this context Dr. Flemming will also discuss her lab’s recent data on cognitive dysfunction in models of Parkinson’s disease. She will describe experiments that revealed changes in multiple cognitive domains including executive function, attention and recognition memory, and visuospatial memory.