====== Center for Neural Engineering and Neuroscience Seminars Fall 2007 ======

Wednesdays, 4pm, 108 Wartik \\ 
also simulcast to Hershey, PA campus, Room CG623 \\ 
Also available as WebCast, or archive (contact Jean Brooks jeb4@engr.psu.edu ).  \\ 

|              ^ Speaker       ^ Title and link to Abstracts  ^
| August 15    | Dr. David Denis \\ Univ. Paris-Sud | [[cneseminars07fall#david_denis|Influence of brain-derived neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) on the serotonergic system in the ventral hippocampus of adult mice]] |
| Sept. 12 | Dr. Randy Blakely \\ Vanderbilt University Medical Center | [[cneseminars07fall#randy_blakely|Innies and Outies: Neurotransmitter Transporters and Neuropsychiatric Disorders]]  |
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==== David Denis ====
**August 15th**
"Influence of brain-derived neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) on the serotonergic system in the ventral hippocampus of adult mice"
**Dr. David Denis**
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University Paris-Sud XI CHATENAY-MALABRY, France
(Host: Dr. Anne Andrews)]]

==== Randy Blakely ====
**September 12th**
"Innies and Outies: Neurotransmitter Transporters and Neuropsychiatric Disorders"
**Dr. Randy Blakely**
Professor of Pharmacology & Psychiatry, Director of Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(Host: Dr. Anne Andrews)

==== Scott M. Thompson ====

**September 19th**
"Shining a light on the needle-in-the-haystack: studies of dendritic spine function and plasticity using glutamate photolysis"
**Dr. Scott M.  Thompson**
Department of Physiology
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
(Host: Dr. Bernhard Luscher)

==== Hanns Mohler ====
**September 27th**
"Regulation of emotion and cognition: impact of GABA-A receptors"
**Dr. Hanns Mohler**
Prof. of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology,
University of Zurich and Dept. of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences,
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
(Host: Dr. Bernhard Luscher)

==== Josh Huang ====
**October 10th**  
"Development of GABA innervation patterns in cerebral and cerebellar cortex"
**Dr. Josh Huang**
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories
(Host: Dr. Bernhard Luscher)

==== Angel De Blas ====
**October 17th**
"TBA"
**Dr. Angel De Blas**
Professor and Head, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology
University of Connecticut
(Host: Dr. Bernhard Luscher)


==== Yue Feng ====
**November 14th**  
"The RNA world in neural development and function"
**Dr. Yue Feng**
Emory University
(Host: Dr. Doug Cavener)


==== Chris McBain ====
**December 5th**  
"State-dependent cAMP sensitivity of feed-forward inhibition of the hippocampal mossy fiber pathway"
**Dr. Chris McBain**
Senior Investigator and Chief of the Laboratory of Cellular and Synaptic Neurophysiology
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(Host: Dr. June Liu)

==== Howard Eichenbaum ====
**December 12th**  
"The Neurobiology of Recollection"
**Dr. Howard Eichenbaum**
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology Center for Memory and Brain
Boston University
(Host: Dr. Steven Schiff)