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Gordon Fishell is a Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on the diversity of GABAergic inhibitory neurons in the cerebral cortex and their role in brain development and function. Fishell's laboratory investigates the specification and integration of inhibitory interneurons, exploring their genetic underpinnings and the functional implications of their diversity. Through high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing, his team studies transcriptional trajectories that give rise to interneuron diversity. He aims to understand how local activity-dependent signaling influences the specification of interneurons and how disruptions in these processes can lead to disorders such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. Fishell's work employs advanced genetic and viral techniques to manipulate interneuron circuits for insights into synaptic assembly and function.
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