Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience

How is your brain able to generate thoughts and images of places other than your immediate surroundings? These sorts of thoughts are essential for survival – and this is true for animals ranging from mice to humans.   

Sam Pleasure, MD, PHD, Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences explores the complexities, causes, and types of Autoimmune Autoantibody Associated Encephalitis through work in his labratory and a world renowned clinc.&n

Qili Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, investigates the complex neuronal mechanisms underlying food selection.