Understanding the patterns of neural activity that allow us to move from place to place, during actions such as walking, can unveil fundamental principles of how our nervous systems generate behavior and lead to treatment for human movement disorders.

On Friday, April 14, neuroscientist Ole Kiehn will give a seminar entitled: “Brainstem circuits controlling locomotion in the healthy and diseased brain.” The talk, at 12:30 p.m. in G10 Biotechnology, is free and open to the public. The talk is presented by the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Agriculture and Life Sciences.  

Kiehn, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is a recipient of the 2022 Brain Prize. The world’s largest brain research prize, it is awarded each year to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to neuroscience. Formerly a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell, Kiehn has spent his career exploring the neuronal networks in the mammalian brainstem and spinal cord that underlie locomotion.

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