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Alison Barth is the Maxwell H. and Gloria C. Connan Professor in the Life Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Neuroscience Institute. As a core faculty member of the Neuroscience Institute, her research focuses on neural circuitry, computational neuroscience, and synaptic processes, particularly examining how sensory experiences modify cortical circuits. Her work integrates advanced imaging and electrophysiological techniques to study learning and memory mechanisms, with a focus on somatostatin interneurons and their roles in cortical plasticity.
- Research Expertise: Neural circuits, synaptic plasticity, sensory learning, GABAergic inhibition, neurotechnologies like expansion microscopy, and neurodegenerative disease models.
- Affiliations: Biological Sciences Department, Neuroscience Institute (core faculty), and PNC Training Faculty.
Her studies often involve mouse models to investigate experience-dependent changes in neuronal activity and connectivity, with recent work exploring the impact of reward contingencies on cortical inhibition and the molecular basis of synaptic reorganization in Alzheimer’s disease models. Dr. Barth collaborates on developing neurotechnologies such as Magnify microscopy for high-resolution neural circuit analysis.
