Person
Wong, Rachel
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Biography and Research Interest
Professor of Biological Structure
Research Interests: I am interested in how neurons in the central nervous system are wired up accurately during development. Using live imaging techniques, together with electrophysiology and molecular approaches, my lab. has been investigating how neural circuits are specified in the vertebrate visual system. Our studies in mammalian and chick retina have encouraged us to pursue an in vivo analysis of the development of synaptic layers in the zebrafish retina.
Research Interests: I am interested in how neurons in the central nervous system are wired up accurately during development. Using live imaging techniques, together with electrophysiology and molecular approaches, my lab. has been investigating how neural circuits are specified in the vertebrate visual system. Our studies in mammalian and chick retina have encouraged us to pursue an in vivo analysis of the development of synaptic layers in the zebrafish retina.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Lohmann, C., Myhr, K.L. and Wong, R.O.L. (2002) Transmitter-evoked local calcium release stabilizes developing dendrites. Nature 418:177-181.Wong, R.O.L. and Ghosh, A. (2002) Regulation of dendritic growth and patterning by neuronal calcium signaling. Nature Rev. Neurosci. 3: 803-812.
Wong, R.O.L. and Lichtman, J.W. (2002) Synapse Elimination. In: Fundamental Neuroscience, Zigmond, M.J., Bloom, F.E., Landis, S.C., Roberts, J.L. and Squire, L.R. (eds.), pp 533-554, Academic Press, San Diego.