The Turrigiano lab studies the plasticity mechanisms that allow our brains to “tune themselves up” and remain both plastic and stable. Over the last two decades we uncovered a family of “homeostatic” ...

Two published papers and a third manuscript in preparation. Donald Katz, Gina Turrigiano and Stephen Van Hooser Turrigiano's lab is a world leader in the study of homeostatic synaptic plasticity that ...

This increases the accumulation of synaptic PSD95 and AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid) receptors upon activity blockade, contributing to homeostatic plasticity.

Publishing on a variety of topics in neuroscience since 1997, Dr. Turrigiano has long focused her research on brain plasticity. Recent research furthers the understanding of homeostatic plasticity ...