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Andre Fenton

Andre Fenton

New York University

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Dr. André Fenton earned his B.Sc. in Biology in 1990 from McGill University in Montreal, where he studied the neurobiology of crickets.  After college, he started studying the hippocampus when he worked as a research assistant with Jan Bureš at the Institute of Physiology in Prague.  In the Bureš lab, Fenton developed the rotating arena, a device used worldwide to study how rats process spatial information to form, maintain and judiciously use memories.  During his Ph.D. at SUNY Downstate he studied neurons involved in navigation and spatial memory.  In 2006, in collaboration with Dr. Todd Sacktor, he published a paper establishing the importance of protein kinase M zeta for maintaining memory and long-term potentiation, a crucial breakthrough in neuroscience.  Fenton is a professor at NYU’s Center for Neuroscience since 2010, and his laboratory continues to study how brains store experiences as memories, and the role of protein kinase M zeta in this process.

Fenton co-founded Bio-Signal Group, a medtech company that develops and sells miniaturized electroencephalography (EEG) machines and easy-to-use electrodes to assess brain function by measuring electrical brain activity from the scalps of people.  Enabling people to assess brain function anywhere and anytime helps patients and doctors optimally manage neurological emergencies.

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What We Think, We Become

Fenton describes how his lab used a rat model of the neurodevelopmental origins of schizophrenia to study cognitive control in these animals (Talk recorded in July 2016)

  • Part 1: Reconstructing Memory
    Part 1: Reconstructing Memory
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:31:08
  • Part 2: Protein Kinase M Zeta is Essential for Storing Long-term Memory
    Part 2: Protein Kinase M Zeta is Essential for Storing Long-term Memory
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:43:59
  • Part 3: Preemptive Cognitive Training Can Prevent Future Cognitive Control Impairment
    Part 3: Preemptive Cognitive Training Can Prevent Future Cognitive Control Impairment
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 00:40:53

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