• ‌Early Stage Researcher 7 (ESR 7) name:  Mariia Kadochnikova

Email address: : mkadochnikova@dpz.eu or kadochnikova.mariia@gmail.com

Personal Information:

Education: I completed my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Neurobiology at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Research Intrest: Investigation of neuronal circuitry by electrophysiological methods in non-human primates; data analysis using MATLAB software.

• Host Institution: German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research 

• Planned secondments:

Perhaps be decided based on the development of the project

• Supervisors: Dr. I. Kagan, Prof. M. Wilke, Prof. S. Treue

• Project title: Bihemispheric tuning changes in parietal cortex elicited by dorsal pulvinar inactivation

• Project description:

Due to evolution, the visuomotor circuitry in primates is important for behavior, which is based on both the visual control of movements and the representation of the external environment. The lateral intraparietal area (LIP) and the dorsal pulvinar (dPul) are integral components of primate visuomotor circuitry . These nodes are interconnected, and both are involved in spatial attention, detecting salient stimuli, transforming reference frames, and integrating sensory inputs for oculomotor responses. However, the relative contribution of these two nodes to the above functions, and the influence of pulvinar inputs to the area LIP, are not yet understood. To understand the role of the macaque dorsal pulvinar in oculomotor task performance and underlying modulation of neuronal activity in the LIP, as well as interhemispheric cortico-cortical interactions, in this project we record and analyze the electrophysiological activity of the LIP in both hemispheres before and after reversible unilateral inactivation of the dorsal pulvinar.

Contact: email Dr Kagan _  IKagan@dpz.eu

More information:

• Decision and Awareness Group (DAG)

We thank Ryo Segawa for having worked on this topic for two years!