Defining the Matrix in Memory Circuits

Award Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards (Cycle 2) (Phase 1)

Focus Area Fundamental Neuroscience

Project Description

to define what extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are deposited when memories are formed, which cell types are producing them, and whether ECM determines the strength of the memory trace.

Investigators

Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

Ye Zhang, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles