Murugan Lab
Neural Circuits underlying Social Behaviors
Rodents, like humans, spend a considerable time engaging in social interactions. By nature, social behavior is complex and variable, driven by an incredibly intricate network of brain circuitry- this results in major experimental and analytical challenges.
At the Murugan Lab, our particular interests lie in elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying social recognition, the ability to identify conspecifics. It is our mission to identify, explore, and share our findings on the brain regions involved in the intricacies of social recognition.
The Murugan Lab, located at Emory University's Department of Biology, is home to innovative behavioral neuroscience studies, an amazing team of passionate researchers, and whole lot of mice.
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At the Murugan Lab, we employ cutting edge techniques and technologies. These include, but are not limited to cellular-resolution imaging, electrophysiology, optogenetics, viral intersectional strategies, quantitative behavioral analysis, and machine learning computational networks. Taking advantage of and further developing these tools, we grow closer with every experiment to understanding how the brain represents, integrates, and acts upon social sensory information in enabling appropiate social behavior.
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