Citri Ami

Prof. Ami Citri

Experience-Dependent Plasticity

Neurobiology

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Research Interests

Neuroscience, molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, drug addiction, feeding disorders, experience-dependent plasticity, neural circuit adaptations, synaptic physiology and plasticity, transcriptional regulatory networks, non-coding RNA.

Dissertation Topics

Molecular Characterization of a cocaine-responsive neuronal ensemble in the nucleus accumbens.
Synaptic and circuit-level characterization of a cocaine-responsive neuronal ensemble in the nucleus accumbens.
Functional interrogation of the transcriptional networks underlying the formation and maintenance of addiction.
The role of the claustrum in selective attention
The role of the claustrum in reward and addiction
Internal connectivity of the claustrum and its role in segregating attention