#  Axel Ntamatungiro 

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**For me, home is:** Pine Bluff, AR

**Prior degree(s):** BA in Neuroscience, Rice University (2021)

**Research experience before PiN:** In undergrad, I explored the relationships between sustained attention performance and posterior parietal cortex EEG activity in mouse models of absence epilepsy. For 2 years as NIH postbac, I employed closed-loop optogenetics to characterize the role of prefrontal-hippocampal theta LFP coherence in mice performing a spatial working memory task. While as a MD-PhD student, I rotated in labs that study the neural mechanisms underlying anesthesia.

**Current research interests:** circuit/cognitive neuro, learning & memory, neural oscillations, consciousness, neuropsychiatric diseases

**Interests outside lab:** Listening to all things jazz/fusion/funk, exploring Boston music scene (jazz/global/classical), reading, running on Emerald Necklace, checking out museums and cafes, cooking curry



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2025-2026](/entry-year/2025-2026)
- ## People
    
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