Dissertations Doctoral thesis defence: William Scott Thompson
"On the Substantia Nigra pars Reticulata: Intrinsic Function and Descending Control"
Welcome to William Scott Thompson's doctoral thesis defence on Friday 25 September 2026, in Biomedicum, KI Campus Solna.
Author
William Scott Thompson, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
External examinator
Dr. Lauren McElvain, University of Southern California, Department of Biological Sciences, USA
Main supervisor
Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience & KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Computational Science and Technology
Co-supervisors
Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
Gilad Silberberg, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
Brita Robertson, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience
Examination Board
Karima Chergui, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Louise Adermark, Göteborgs Universitet, Department of Pharmacology
Per Petersson, Umeå Universitet, Department of Medical and Translational Biology