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Dr. David Essig Presents New Technologies in Neuroscience

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Biology professor Dr. David Essig will present “New Technologies in Neuroscience: Improvements in Understanding the Biology of Major Depression” on Monday, February 29 at 10:10 a.m. The lecture will take place in the President’s Dining Room in Alexander Hall.

“The goal of my talk is to describe recent technologies which are allowing new understanding of the complexities of brain structure and function,” said Dr. Essig. “These have included MRI, fMRI, powerful genetic technologies in animal models, the connectome maps of the neurons in the brain, post mortem analysis of human brain tissue and genome wide association studies to discover gene links to disease. “

Dr. Essig says that he hopes discussing the latest technologies will improve students’ understanding of major depression and similar issues. He will focus his lecture on the ways “stress causes atrophy of neuronal synapses in the hippocampus, which can lead to symptoms of major depression, and how these findings might translate into therapeutic approaches.”

Dr. Essig teaches classes such as Neuroscience and Advanced Genetics. He obtained a Master of Science in Biology from Ball State University in 1979, and then continued his education with a duel Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology and Exercise Physiology from University of Michigan in 1984. 

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Feb 4, 2016