Joshua Dacre
I am currently investigating how the motor thalamus influences information processing in the output layer of primary motor cortex in mice trained to perform a cued forelimb motor task.
Dr. Joshua Dacre
Postdoctoral Fellow

- Hugh Robson Building
- 15 George Square
- Edinburgh, EH8 9XD
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0) 131 650 3511
- Email: jdacre@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Duguid Research Group
Personal profile
- 2017 – present Postdoctoral researched – CDBS, Ian Duguid.
- 2012-2017 Ph.D in Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh – Ian Duguid.
- 2011-2012 MRes Systems Neuroscience, University of Bristol.
- 2007-2011 MMath, University of Warwick.
Research
I am currently investigating how the motor thalamus influences information processing in the output layer of primary motor cortex in mice trained to perform a cued forelimb motor task.
By combining in-vivo electrophysiology, optogenetic / pharmacological manipulations and kinematic behavioural analysis I aim to elucidate the mechanisms underlying cortical control of motor behaviour.