I investigate how animals associate events occurring many seconds apart. Specifically, I study  learning-induced neuronal plasticity, as determined from spiking activity, in mice subjected to trace fear conditioning to test whether such plasticity follows Hebb’s rule. To this end, during conditioning and recall, I perform electrophysiological recordings with tetrodes from the medial prefrontal cortex of freely moving mice. Later, I will also manipulate the brain circuits of a subset of mice via optogenetics. In addition, I perform and develop data analyses within a team of five. The  Kvitsiani Group collaborates on the project.