Rachel Hughes

• BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
• The Development of the Visual Cortex in Marmosets

The visual cortex of the brain is required in order to process the visual stimuli received by the retina. Previous research has shown how the visual cortex is comprised of six distinct layers and a radioactive DNA base analogue has made it possible to birth date neurones incorporated within these layers. The main aim of this project was to delaminate the visual cortex and investigate how it differs over three different areas. It was compared across three different marmoset monkeys that had the DNA analogue incorporated at varying time points during gestation. 

Project Supervisor: Dr Paula Salgado, Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences

Funding source: Newcastle University, undertaken at Monash University, Australia