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Betsy Quinlan is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Her research focuses on the regulation of synaptic plasticity in the aging mammalian cortex and explores implications for conditions like amblyopia. Her work has demonstrated that robust structural and functional plasticity can be reactivated in the adult mouse visual cortex through prolonged dark exposure followed by light reintroduction. This plasticity is leveraged to drive recovery of vision in cases of severe amblyopia. Current research employs visual psychophysics, intravital imaging, and longitudinal electrophysiology to define how visual deprivation rejuvenates plasticity in visual neural circuitry.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences