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Departmental Seminar Series 2007-2008
Tuesdays, 12:00 noon, Room 6014 BST3 (unless otherwise noted)
| Date | Speaker | Research Interests | Talk Title |
| September 11, 2007 1495 BST |
Charles F. Zorumski Washington University St. Louis, MO more |
Modulation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission | Neurosteroids & GABA Receptors: Insights into Mechanisms of Action & Therapeutic Opportunities |
| September 18, 2007 | Rodney L. Parsons University of Vermont Burlington, VT more |
Synaptic physiology and metabotropic signaling in autonomic ganglia | Modulation of guinea pig cardiac neuron excitability by pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) |
| October 23, 2007 1495 BST |
Guoping Feng Duke University Durham, NC more |
Molecular basis of neuronal connectivity | Synaptic and Circuitry Mechanisms of OCD-like Behavior in Mice |
| December 3, 2007 Monday at 4:00pm |
Venkatesh Murthy Harvard University Cambridge, MA more |
Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity | Odor representation and plasticity in the glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb |
| December 4, 2007 1495 BST |
Anne Calof University of California Irvine, CA more |
Molecular biology of neural development and regeneration | Mouse Models for Studying Neural Stem Cell Development |
| December 11, 2007 | Robert Hevner University of Washington Seattle, WA more |
Normal and abnormal brain development | A transcription factor cascade in embyronic and adult neurogenesis |
| December 18, 2007 1495 Starzl BST |
Daniel Johnston University of Texas Austin, TX more |
Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory | Bi-directional changes in dendritic excitability accompanying LTP and LTD in hippocampal neurons |
| January 15, 2008 1495 Starzl BST |
J David Sweatt University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL more |
Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Learning and Memory | Epigenetic Mechanisms in Memory Formation |
| January 22, 2008 | Katalin Toth Laval Robert-Giffard University Canada more |
Synaptic plasticity and the role of zinc in synaptic transmission in mossy fibers | Vesicular zinc and vesicle recycling at the hippocampal mossy fibre terminal |
| February 19, 2008 | Lakshmi A Devi Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY more |
Drug abuse, G-protein coupled receptors | Opioid Receptor Heterodimerization in Analgesia and Addiction |
| February 26, 2008 1495 Starzl BST |
James R Bloedel Iowa State University Ames, IA more |
Cerebellum neurophysiology and motor learning | Task Dependency and Tonic Activity in Cerebellar Efferent Projections: Important Determinants of the Cerebellum's Role in Motor Learning |
| April 15, 2008 | R. Mark Wightman University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC more |
Dopamine homeostasis in vivo | Monitoring Rapid Dopamine Neruotransmission during Behavior |
| April 22, 2008 1495 Starzl BST |
Harvey Swadlow University of Connecticut Storrs, CT more |
Thalamocortical signaling in awake animals | State-related behavior of neocortical populations and their thalamic inputs |
| CANCELED 1495 Starzl BST |
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Duke University Durham, NC more |
Computing with Neural Ensembles | TBA |
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