Search for Sleep-Enabled Memory Engram in the Amygdala

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

Focus Area Sleep

Project Description

to bridge a knowledge gap between the memory function of sleep and the epigenetic mechanism of memory in the basolateral amygdala, a critical brain structure for emotion and memory.

Investigators

Shawn Liu, PhD

Columbia University

Yueqing Peng, PhD

Columbia University