Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
The Amygdala in Brain Function and Psychiatric Disease: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Neuronal Circuit Mechanisms for Associative Learning"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
"Neural Architecture of Social Behavior Circuits"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"The Role of the Extended Amygdala in the Dark Side of Addiction"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Networked Amygdala: The Amygdala's Place in Systems-Wide Brain Networks
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Hippocampal-Prefrontal Circuit Mediating Relapse of Extinguished Fear"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Molecular Mechanisms of the Hippocampal-Amygdala-Medial Prefrontal Cortex System in Inhibitory Avoidance Memory"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 10:55 am
"Neural Ensemble Dynamics Underlying a Long-Term Associative Fear Memory"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Regulation of Fear Responses by a Prefrontal-Amygdala Circuit"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
"Distinct Noradrenaline Cell Populations Coordinate Emotional and Flexible Learning States"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
"Serotonin Modulates Maturation of Afferent Projections to the Amygdala"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Engrammatic Amygdala: Neuronal Codes and Ensembles Underlying Behavior
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Coding of Cued Fear by Neural Ensembles in the Lateral Amygdala"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Coding with Temporal Sequences in the Primate Amygdala"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Cooperation Among Prefrontal and Amygdala Inputs to the Periaqueductal Gray to Regulate Fear Behavior"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Rewarded Amygdala: Amygdala Control of Positive Valence in Healthy and Drug-Exposed Brains
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Amygdala-Striatal Interactions in Predicted Value and Choice"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Basolateral Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Expected and Unexpected Changes in Outcome Value"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Cingulate-Amygdala-Striatal Circuits in Anticipation and Receipt of Reward"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Shared Neural Coding for Social Hierarchy and Reward in Primate Amygdala"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"An Amygdala-Mediated Molecular Mechanism for Choosing Alcohol over Natural Rewards"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Amygdala-Cortical Circuits in Reward Expectation and Valuation"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Developing Amygdala: Dynamic Regulation of Behavior over Development
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Human Amygdala Functional Development and Early Environmental Influences"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Dynamic Changes in Learning Underlying the Development of Behavioral Control"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Transitions in Maternal Regulation of the Infant Amygdala"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Accelerated Maturation of Neural Circuitry Underlying Memory Expression: Effects of Probiotics"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Micro-Circuitry of the Amygdala: Intrinsic Circuits and Cell Populations Mediating Amygdala Functions
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Social Transmission of Fear in Rats: Fear Conditioning by Proxy"
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"Metaplasticity of the Prefrontal-Amygdala Pathway as a Two-Hit Mechanism of Pathological Fear"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
"Resting State Functional Connectivity in the Rodent Amygdala: A Predictor of Divergent Behavioral Phenotypes?"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Amygdalar Targets of Memory Reconsolidation Processes that Reduce Cue-Induced Drug-Seeking Behavior"
11:25 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 am
"Functional and Anatomical Diversity in the Basolateral Amygdala"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
"Amygdala Intercalated Cell Circuits and Their Role in Fear"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Stressed Amygdala: Amygdala Responses and Regulation of Stressful Experience
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Neural Mechanisms of Induction and Expression of Stress-Enhanced Fear Learning, an Animal Model of PTSD"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"The Role of the Medial Amygdala in Regulating Socio-Emotional Balance"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Stress Modulation of Amygdala Endocannabinoid Signaling"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Trumping Fear: What Goes up Must Come Down"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Fearful Amygdala: Threat Predictability, Flexibility, Discrimination and Inhibition
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Synaptic Circuits of the Extended Amygdala Impacting Responses to Predictable and Unpredictable Threat"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Dopamine Encodes Uncertainty in Fear Generalization"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Flexibility of Threat Learning"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"Avoiding Danger at All Costs"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
"Inhibitory Neuronal Substrates of Threat Learning"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
"Inhibitory Control of Aversive Memory Formation"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
"Cellular and Oscillatory Substrates of Fear Extinction Learning"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Dark Side of the Amygdala: The Amygdala's Role in Addiction, Aggression and Defense
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Role of Central Amygdala and Anterior Insula in Relapse After Voluntary Abstinence"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Central Amygdala Regulation of Alcohol Withdrawal Hyperalgesia"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Central Amygdala and the Motor Circuits Controlling Hunting and Feeding"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"The Central Amygdala Circuits in Learning and Expression of Defensive Responses"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure