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Learning & Memory Lab

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Prof. 정아인

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KAIST 바이오및뇌공학과 정아인 교수의 Cognitive Learning and Dynamics 연구실로, 학습과 기억, 행동 인지 신경과학, 시스템 신경과학을 연구한다. 형질전환 생쥐 모델, 분자생물학, 광유전학, 전기생리학, 신경공학, 인지행동 실험을 종합적으로 활용해 학습·기억 저장에 따른 신경 회로 구조와 기능 변화를 규명한다.

Research keywords

Learning and memorybehavioral cognitive scienceneural circuit functionsystems neuroscience

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Selected publications

  • Neotenic expansion of adult-born dentate granule cells reconfigures GABAergic inhibition to enhance social memory consolidationbioRxiv (accepted, Nature Neuroscience) · 2025
  • A dorsal hippocampus-prodynorphinergic dorsolateral septum-to-lateral hypothalamus circuit mediates contextual gating of feedingNeuron · 2026
  • Cognitive control persistently enhances hippocampal information processingNature · 2021

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