Kathleen CHO

Biography

2004-2009: PhD, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2000-2004 BS in the Department of Neuroscience and BA in the Department of History, Brown University

Research

Cortex prefrontal, interneurons, gamma oscillations, cognitive flexibility.

Main publications

• Cho KKA, Shi J, Phensy AJ, Turner ML, Sohal VS (2023). Long-range inhibition synchronizes and updates prefrontal task activity. Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06012-9. PMID: 37100905. 
• Cho KKA, Davidson TJ, Bouvier G, Marshall JD, Schnitzer MJ, Sohal VS. (2020). Cross-hemispheric gamma synchrony between prefrontal parvalbumin interneurons supports behavioral adaptation during rule shift learning. Nat Neurosci, 23:892-902. PMID: 32451483.
• Cho KKA, Hoch R, Lee AT, Patel T, Rubenstein JLR, Sohal VS. (2015). Gamma rhythms link prefrontal interneuron dysfunction with cognitive inflexibility in Dlx5/6+/- mice. Neuron, 85(6):1332-1343. PMID: 25754826.
• Cho KKA*, Khibnik L*, Philpot BD, Bear MF. (2009). The ratio of NR2A/B NMDA receptor subunits determines the qualities of ocular dominance plasticity in visual cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106(13):5377-82. PMID: 17296552. *equal authorship.
• Philpot BD*, Cho KKA*, Bear MF. (2007). Obligatory role of NR2A for metaplasticity in visual cortex. Neuron. 53(4):495-502. PMID: 17296552. *equal authorship