Dr. Aparna Suvrathan

Biography

Aparna Suvrathan is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Her research focuses on the fundamental functions of the brain, particularly its ability to adapt through learning and the underlying neuronal circuits involved in memory encoding. Her lab investigates the principles that guide neuronal plasticity related to learning at synaptic, cellular, circuit, and behavioral levels. The cerebellum serves as an ideal model system for these studies due to its well-mapped cytoarchitecture and the capacity to measure and modify cerebellum-dependent motor behaviors. Suvrathan's research has highlighted the diverse learning rules of synapses and the matching of temporal functional properties within local circuits, challenging previous assumptions about basic rules of synaptic function. She is dedicated to unraveling the molecular mechanisms that govern the diversity of temporal learning rules, enabling a better understanding of cerebellar synaptic plasticity and its link to specific aspects of motor learning.

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