Eunji Cheong
Yonsei University, South Korea
Biography
Eunji Cheong and her research group have expertise in studying electrophysiological properties of neurons from ion channel level to brain circuit level. Her lab has studied the thalamocortical circuit in controlling the vigilance state of brain such as sleep state control and pathological impairment of consciousness in mice model for many years. She also worked on studying the ion channels and synaptic transmission which control the excitability of thalamocortcial neurons. She has published over 30 research papers in prestigious journals during the last 5 years