Seungwoo Kang, Ph.D.

I am a neuroscientist who wants to contribute to the public health field by elucidating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of addiction and its comorbid disorders. My work applies multi-layered combination of classical assays such as ex vivo electrophysiology and biochemistry with advanced techniques including multi-brain regional behavior-synchronized recordings with in vivo electrophysiology, fiber photometry/endomicroscopy calcium imaging to expand our understanding of the cell, circuit, and context basis of motivated behaviors and its pathophysiological adaptation.

I am currently working as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology/Research Associate at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.

You can find the information about my background, research interests, and publications here.
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For more information on any of my research or myself, please feel free to contact me!
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Upper figure: Light-evoked spiking of the channel-rhodopsin expressing indirect pathway medium spiny neuron in the Dorsomedial Striatum