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Anna K. Gillespie is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biological Structure and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying memory processes that degrade with healthy aging and in the context of neurodegenerative diseases. Through her lab, she employs in vivo electrophysiology to record from hundreds of hippocampal neurons in rats as they learn to perform complex memory-dependent tasks. The lab utilizes advanced computational approaches to assess how neural populations encode ongoing experiences and how these experiences are stored in memory. Her work seeks to identify the changes in neural processes that lead to impairments in memory-guided behavior in aged animals, particularly in rat models of Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, she is dedicated to developing novel interventional tools aimed at preventing or reducing the detrimental changes in neural activity to preserve cognitive abilities throughout the lifespan.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Teaching and conducting research in the Departments of Biological Structure and Laboratory Medicine & Pathology.
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