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Micro-organisms biophysics Micro-organisms biophysics Stochastic dynamics of reactive and living systems Stochastic dynamics of reactive and living systems Zebrafish and Danionella Cerebrum behavior and calcium imagery Zebrafish and Danionella Cerebrum behavior and calcium imagery EvoMorph - Evolution & Morphogenesis in molecular systems EvoMorph - Evolution & Morphogenesis in molecular systems Mechanics of integrated and artificial biological systems Mechanics of integrated and artificial biological systems
CNRS Sorbonne Université

12/02/2019

Impact of gut microbiota on adult brain plasticity

By Gabriel Lepousez (Institut Pasteur)

Seminar room LJP (tower 32-33, 5th floor)

New neurons are continuously generated in only a few areas of the adult mammalian brain--the olfactory bulb and the dentate gyrus--where they integrate into already functioning circuitry. In these regions, adult neurogenesis adds another dimension of plasticity that complements the classical molecular and cellular mechanisms of plasticity. In this talk, I will present some recent work on the functional contribution of adult-born neurons in learning and memory and then describe a new player in the regulation of adult neurogenesis : the gut microbiota.