Exploring adult brain plasticity following adverse developmental conditions

NIH Director’s Lecture | Wednesday, June 13, 2018 | 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET

Elizabeth Gould, Ph.D.

Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology

Professor of Neuroscience

Princeton University

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Summary

Our laboratory studies structural plasticity in the adult mammalian brain. We are interested in identifying the environmental, hormonal and neural stimuli that drive changes in the number, shape and size of neurons, astrocytes and microglia. The ultimate goals of our work are to determine the functional consequences of structural plasticity and to identify factors that enhance plasticity and cell survival in the adult mammalian brain.