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Valentina Khalil: Innate or learned threat, the expressway handles it!

PhD defence, Tuesday 18 October 2022, Valentina Khalil

Valentina Khalil

During her Ph.D. studies, Valentina Khalil investigated the role of the thalamic-amygdala (subcortical) pathway in the processing of innately aversive and learned threats. Functional manipulation of the activity of the amygdala and the thalamus was performed. In addition, the thalamic and amygdala activity was monitored. Together these findings offer novel insights into the role of the subcortical pathway in the processing of innately aversive and learned threats.

The PhD study was completed at MBG, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Tuesday, 18th of October 2022 at 2.30 PM
Place: Building 1231, room 424, Lecture Theatre Lille Anatomisk Auditorium, Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus C


Title of PhD thesis: Innate and learned threats processing by a common subcortical-amygdala pathway

Contact information: Valentina Khalil, e-mail: vk@mbg.au.dk, tel.: +4552787322

Members of the assessment committee:

Gruppeledere Bianca Ambrogina Silva, Institute of Neuroscience, Italian National Research Council, Italy

Professor Alexander Heimel, Levelt Research Group for Molecular Visual Plasticity, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, NetherlandAssociate

Professor Ernst-Martin Füchtbauer (Chair), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Sadegh Nabavi, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark

Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS,

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