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Aryn H. Gittis is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), affiliated with the Mellon College of Science. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, and completed postdoctoral training at the Gladstone Institute for Neurological Disease. Her research focuses on neural circuits in the basal ganglia, particularly their role in regulating movement, learning, motivation, and reward. Her lab employs techniques such as optogenetics, electrophysiology, histology, and behavioral analysis in mouse models to study motor control in health and movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and dystonia.
Key research interests include understanding how basal ganglia circuits are altered by experience and disrupted in disease. Notable recent work includes studies on the indirect pathway’s role in punishment processing (Neuron, 2023) and neuromodulation strategies for deep brain stimulation (Science, 2021). Her lab actively mentors graduate students (e.g., Mary Cundiff, Katrina Nguyen) and postdoctoral fellows (e.g., Krishna Muthukumarappan), and collaborates on projects involving cholinergic interneurons and globus pallidus circuitry.
Dr. Gittis’ work integrates experimental and theoretical approaches to unravel the neural basis of motor control, with implications for developing therapies for movement disorders. Her lab is located in the Mellon Institute and maintains an active presence in neuroscience conferences and publications. Funding sources and grant details are not explicitly listed in the provided texts.
