Sylvia Neumann

Sylvia Neumann is interested in the changes that occur in neurons during learning and memory in the healthy and diseased brain. Neurons are highly specialized cells with long, polarized projections that form numerous synapses, which undergo experience-based changes in efficacy through a process called synaptic plasticity. Dr. Neumann's research focuses on how synaptic activity directs molecular networks of transcription factors, transcriptional regulators, splicing machinery and RNA binding proteins to fine-tune the composition of the synaptic proteome, which in turn modulates synaptic strength.