Tim Viney<p>New <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> for neuromatch.social 🙂</p><p>My group investigates and defines cell types and neural circuits of the <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/thalamus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thalamus</span></a>, <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/hippocampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hippocampus</span></a>, and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/cortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cortex</span></a> that contribute to spatial <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> processes.<br>These processes break down in <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Alzheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimer</span></a>'s disease. To understand the causes/triggers of <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neurodegeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodegeneration</span></a>, we study early-stage <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Tau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tau</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/pathology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathology</span></a> in the human <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> and in mouse models.</p><p>I previously defined various types of retinal ganglion cells using ex vivo <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/patchclamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patchclamp</span></a> recordings during my PhD in <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Basel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Basel</span></a>, before moving to <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxford</span></a> to work on <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/GABAergic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GABAergic</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neurons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurons</span></a> of the <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/hippocampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hippocampus</span></a>, followed by the <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/medialseptum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medialseptum</span></a>. My favourite technique is in vivo <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/extracellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extracellular</span></a> recordings and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/juxtacellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juxtacellular</span></a> labelling as it enables identification of single <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/cells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cells</span></a> based on their firing patterns, <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/axon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>axon</span></a> terminal distribution, and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neurochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurochemical</span></a> profile.</p><p>As an <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/experimentalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experimentalist</span></a>, my expertise is primarily in vivo <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neurophysiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurophysiology</span></a> and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuroanatomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroanatomy</span></a>. I am also interested in <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consciousness</span></a>, the origins of <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a>, and regulation of <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuronal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuronal</span></a> activity and <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behaviour</span></a> by <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/neuropeptides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuropeptides</span></a>.</p>