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Scholar ProfileJavier F. Medina
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology University of Pennsylvania Solomon Labs Building, 3720 Walnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19104 Voice: 215-898-2164 Email: jmed@psych.upenn.edu Personal Homepage 2009 Searle Scholar Research InterestsTrial-by-Trial Analysis of Motor Learning in the CerebellumWhat are the neural processes that allow us to acquire and consolidate new motor skills such as learning to play the piano, ride a bicycle or swing a golf club? To address this question, my laboratory is doing experiments in awake-behaving mice while they perform a simple motor learning task known as Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning. We study neural processing in normal mice and in genetically-engineered mouse models of motor dysfunction using a multi-disciplinary approach that combines tools from psychology, in vivo neurophysiology and computational neuroscience. The goal of our research is to understand the link between neural activity, long-term plasticity and motor learning in the healthy brain, and then, to translate our findings into the clinical realm by identifying therapeutic entry-points for the treatment of movement disorders. |
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