Research Aims
Our group studies memory consolidation in sleep. In rats and mice we are develop and use models of memory (especially episodic-like memory) and we study memory processing during sleep using behavioral, pharmacological, and electrophysiological methods. We focus on two structures key for organizing cognition and memories - the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and we are particularly interested in hippocampal and prefrontal neuronal activity underlying these mnemonic processes. We are studying ensemble activity using in vivo electrophysiological ensemble recordings and in vivo calcium imaging.