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Laura L. Colgin is the Director of the Center for Learning and Memory at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is also a faculty member in the Department of Neuroscience in the College of Natural Sciences. Her research utilizes multisite tetrode recordings in behaving animals to investigate how brain rhythms influence memory operations, particularly within the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. The main goals of her work are to understand the functional significance of different types of rhythms within the entorhinal-hippocampal network and to uncover the underlying mechanisms involved. By studying the relationship between brain rhythms and behavior, Colgin aims to determine the neural circuits involved, which is expected to yield novel insights into diseases associated with aberrant rhythmic activity, including schizophrenia, autism, and Alzheimer's disease.
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