Fall 2007 Schedule
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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

 


	 
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