Alcohol induced memory deficits: State-dependent learning in C. elegans

Jan

2025

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Featured Speaker(s): Jill Bettinger - Virginia Commonwealth University

2024-25 Neuroscience Seminar Series

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Dr. Jill Bettinger is a professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

The processes of learning and memory can be shaped by internal and external contextual cues. State-dependent learning occurs when learning happens while the subject is in a specific altered internal state (e.g. intoxication) and the memory is only recalled when the subject is in the same internal state. This work aims to develop a molecular understanding of how state is encoded and how it modulates the processes of learning and remembering.

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