Abstract: Series 109, Lecture 3
The Harvey Lectures Series 109 (2013—2014)
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Lecture #3: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 — Watch Video of Lecture
Molecular and Neural Sensing of Social Cues
Catherine Dulac, PhD
Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Our group is interested in the cellular and molecular architecture of neural circuits underlying instinctive social behaviors in the mouse. We will describe our recent advances in uncovering the identity of sensory neurons detecting social cues, and of command circuits associated with specific social responses in males and females.