Chalasani Lab Tour | Nematodes & Nervous Systems & Sonogenetics | Salk Institute Research

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Every behavior a person carries out is directed by the brain, working at lightning speed to analyze the world and respond to sights, smell and sounds. Shrek Chalasani’s lab works to understand how a healthy brain works, so they can better understand what is different in the brains of people with diseases, from autism to depression. His lab uses a worm, C. Elegans, which has only 302 neurons as compared to more than 86 billion in humans, as a model for understanding the effect of environmental and gene changes.
Originally released as part of 2021's Virtual March of Dimes High School Science Week.