Epernicus: Akash Datwani, Ph.D.

Akash Datwani, Ph.D.

Position:
Research Associate

Neurobiology, Biology

Bio-X

Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Neuroscience, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (New Orleans, LA)

B.S., Biology & Psychology, Georgetown University (Washington, DC)
Past Advisors:

Carla Shatz (as Research Associate)

Carla Shatz (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Reha Erzurumlu (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:

Communities:

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Classical MHCI molecules regulate retinogeniculate refinement and limit ocular dominance plasticity.
Datwani A, McConnell MJ, Kanold PO, Micheva KD, Busse B, Shamloo M, Smith SJ, Shatz CJ

Neuron. 2009 Nov 25;64(4):463-70
H2-K(b) and H2-D(b) regulate cerebellar long-term depression and limit motor learning.
McConnell MJ, Huang YH, Datwani A, Shatz CJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009 Apr 21;106(16):6784-9
Lesion-induced thalamocortical axonal plasticity in the S1 cortex is independent of NMDA receptor function in excitatory cortical neurons.
Datwani A, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Erzurumlu RS

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2002 Nov 1;22(21):9171-5
NMDA receptor-dependent pattern transfer from afferents to postsynaptic cells and dendritic differentiation in the barrel cortex.
Datwani A, Iwasato T, Itohara S, Erzurumlu RS

Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 2002 Nov;21(3):477-92
Cortex-restricted disruption of NMDAR1 impairs neuronal patterns in the barrel cortex.
Iwasato T, Datwani A, Wolf AM, Nishiyama H, Taguchi Y, Tonegawa S, Knöpfel T, Erzurumlu RS, Itohara S

Nature. 2000 Aug 17;406(6797):726-31
Role of semaphorin III in the developing rodent trigeminal system.
Ulupinar E, Datwani A, Behar O, Fujisawa H, Erzurumlu R

Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 1999 Apr;13(4):281-92

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