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Erin Bigus

Postdoctoral Associate
Neurobiology

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Postdoctoral Associate Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments

Recent Scholarly Works


Medial entorhinal cortex plays a specialized role in learning of flexible, context-dependent interval timing behavior

Preprint · January 18, 2023 SummaryEpisodic memory requires encoding the temporal structure of experience and relies on brain circuits in the medial temporal lobe, including the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC). Recent studies have iden ... Full text Cite

The Tripeptide RER Mimics Secreted Amyloid Precursor Protein-Alpha in Upregulating LTP.

Journal article Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · January 2019 Secreted amyloid precursor protein-alpha (sAPPα), generated by enzymatic processing of the APP, possesses a range of neurotrophic and neuroprotective properties and plays a critical role in the molecular mechanisms of memory and learning. One of the key ac ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Odor Coding in Piriform Cortex

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2016 - 2028

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