# Eric Klann

eric klann is an American neuroscientist who studies how molecular signaling, synaptic plasticity, and behavior are altered in developmental disability, autism, aging, psychiatric disorders, and Alzheimer's disease.His research is focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying activity-dependent, long-lasting changes in neuronal function and the role these mechanisms play in complex behaviors, including cognition. As a postdoctoral fellow in David Sweatt's laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine, Klann was the first to demonstrate that persistent protein kinase activity was associated with long-lasting synaptic plasticity. After becoming an independent investigator, his laboratory was the first to show that at low concentrations, reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are typically considered to be neurotoxic, are in fact signaling molecules that are required for synaptic plasticity and long-term memory.