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
Keynote Session: Dopamine-Glutamate Interactions Underlying Reward System Plasticity and Addiction
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:10 pm - 9:10 pm
"Synaptic Mechanisms Maintaining Persistent Cocaine Craving"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Two Distinct Mechanisms for Evoking Dopamine Release in the Striatum and the Opposite Effect of Addictive Drugs"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Developmental Changes in the Dopamine System and Their Role in Sex-Dependent Vulnerability to Cocaine Self-Administration"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Neurobiological Mechanisms that Contribute to Stress-Related Cocaine Use"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Individual Differences in Substance Abuse: Role of Dopamine, Sex and Social Rank in Nonhuman Primate Models of Cocaine Abuse"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Uncertainty and the Pursuit of Amphetamine"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Diametric Changes in Phasic Dopamine Release with Chronic Substance Use in the Control of Drug Taking and Drug Seeking"
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
Neurophysiology and Neurotransmission
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Synaptic Plasticity Correlates of Cocaine Relapse"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"VTA Astrocytes Regulate Learned Aversion"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"A Novel and Highly Selective Dopamine D3 Receptor Antagonist that May Prevent Opioid Dependence"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Multisite Regulation of Extended Amygdala Function by Alpha-2a Adrenergic Receptors"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Homogeneity and Heterogeneity of Dopamine Signals"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Untangling Complexities of Opioid Control of VTA Neurons"
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:15 am
"Striatal Signaling and Alcohol Abuse Disorders"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am
"Adrenergic Signaling in Bacteria"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Stress and Affective Disorders
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Involvement of the Locus Coeruleus Galanin System in Stress Resilience"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Dopamine Activity in the VTA as a Result of Aversive Social Stress and Intensely Rewarding Cocaine"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Dorsal Raphe Dopamine Neurons and Social Rank"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Depression"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Network Reset: The Locus Coeruleus and Cognitive Function"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Sensitization of Basolateral Amygdala Noradrenergic Receptors Following Traumatic Stress Exposure: Implications for PTSD"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Translational Aspects of Beta-Adrenergic Signaling in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Nothing Permanent Except Change: Dopamine and Memory Reconsolidation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Could Another Monoamine Supercede the Role of Catecholamines in Hippocampus-Dependent Memory Retrieval?"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Toggling Between Actions and Habits: Cortical Regulators and the Impact of Cocaine"
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
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Selective Vulnerability of Aminergic Nuclei in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Tauopathies"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Chemogenetic Locus Coeruleus Activation Restores Reversal Learning in a Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Dopamine and the Motivational Control of Purposive Movement"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Role of Synuclein Proteostasis in Non-Motor Features of Parkinson's Disease"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Neurocircuitry of Flexible Behavior"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"A Molecular Brake on Habit"
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:15 am
"Locus Coeruleus and Motivation in Monkeys: A Specific Role in Effort?"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am
"Instantiation of Incentive Value and Movement Invigoration by Distinct Midbrain Dopamine Neurons"
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Keynote Session: Catecholaminergic Regulation of the Prefrontal Cortex and Working Memory
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
"Pause, Collaborate, and Listen: How Nucleus Accumbens Acetylcholine Modulates Cue-Evoked Dopamine to Regulate Cue-Motivated Reward Seeking"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
"Drugs of Abuse Disrupt DCC-Dependent Dopamine Axon Targeting in Adolescence"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
"The Critical Actions of Catecholamines on Prefrontal Cortical Cognitive Function: Successful Translation to Human Disorders"
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure