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Dr. Lauren McElvain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. With a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego, her research focuses on the organization and function of motor circuits. Her lab employs multidisciplinary cellular systems neuroscience approaches to identify distinct brain regions and cell types that interact to control movements. A major focus of her work is on the basal ganglia, a critical network in the motor system whose dysregulation underlies common movement disorders.
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