Neurons operate within complex networks, continuously balancing their individual cellular output with overall circuit stability. They accomplish this through sophisticated homeostatic mechanisms that prevent excessive or insufficient activity from disrupting network function.
Our lab investigates how homeostasis emerges from individual neurons and is achieved across neural networks. Our ultimate goal is to understand these fundamental questions: 1) how homeostatic processes in individual neurons contribute to network-level homeostasis, 2) which molecular processes maintain this balance, and 3) how neurons adapt these processes as circuit activity patterns change dynamically across behavioral states.
For more information:
Kim Lab
Website | jkim17@gc.cuny.edu
Advanced Science Research Center
Neuroscience Initiative
85 St Nicholas Terrace
New York, NY 10031