Past events: Francisco Clascá. Cellular and synaptic diversity of the thalamic output pathways

What: Cellular and synaptic diversity of the thalamic output pathways

Where:  BCBL Auditorium and zoom room 2. (If you would like to attend to this meeting reserve at info@bcbl.eu)

Who: Professor Francisco Clascá. MD, PhD, Departamento de Anatomía, Histología y Neurociencia, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

When:  Thursday,  May 19th at 2:30 PM.

Projection neurons are both the main recipient of inputs to the thalamus and the only conduit for its output. New anatomical, electrophysiological, and transcriptomic methods with single-cell resolution have in recent years revealed that the thalamic projection neurons are remarkably diverse. These differences prominently involve axon arborization and synaptic structure and dynamics. Here, I will review the single-cell level variation observed among thalamic projection neurons, and propose a tentative catalog of cell classes. These cell classes reflect a fundamental level of thalamic cell diversity that precedes nuclei formation or the establishment of connection systems.