Sunday
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4:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Keynote Session: Multi-Regional Neural Circuits Underlying Motor Preparation and Short-Term Memory
Discussion Leader: Sonja Hofer (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, United Kingdom)
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Opening Remarks
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Karel Svoboda (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"Multi-Regional Neural Circuits Underlying Motor Preparation and Short-Term Memory"
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9:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
The Thalamus and Motor Control
Discussion Leader: Anatol Kreitzer (Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:30 am |
Adam Hantman (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"Function of Thalamocortical Interactions During Dexterous Behavior"
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9:30 am - 9:40 am |
Discussion
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Jesse Goldberg (Cornell University, USA)
"Cortical Contribution to Lingual Kinematics as the Tongue Reaches for, and Misses, Targets"
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Discussion
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10:10 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 10:55 am |
Kathleen Cullen (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Predictive Sensing: The Role of Motor Signals in Thalamocortical Vestibular Processing During Active Self-Motion"
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10:55 am - 11:05 am |
Discussion
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11:05 am - 11:25 am |
Gordon Shepherd (Northwestern University, USA)
"Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Circuits of Motor and Somatosensory Pathways in the Mouse"
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11:25 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:45 am |
Anthony Lien (Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Functional Organization of Basal Ganglia Thalamocortical Projections"
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11:45 am - 11:50 am |
Discussion
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Sean Escola (Columbia University, USA)
"Remembrance of Things Practiced: Fast and Slow Learning in Corticostriatal and Thalamostriatal Pathways"
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12:00 pm - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
General Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Susanne Ahmari (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Parallel Sensory Pathways
Discussion Leader: Christian Casanova (University of Montreal, Canada)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 8:00 pm |
Massimo Scanziani (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Saccadic Responses in Primary Visual Cortex"
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8:00 pm - 8:10 pm |
Discussion
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Francisco Clasca (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
"Meso- and Microscale Connectomics of the Mouse Somatosensory Thalamocortical Pathways"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:00 pm |
Maria Geffen (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Inhibitory Control of Sound Processing in the Central Auditory Pathway"
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Alex Fratzl (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, United Kingdom)
"Inhibitory Control of Visually-Evoked Defensive Behaviour Through the Ventral Lateral Geniculate Nucleus"
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9:20 pm - 9:25 pm |
Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Role of Thalamic Circuits in Cognitive Function
Discussion Leader: Melanie Wilke (Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:30 am |
Andrew Huberman (Stanford University, USA)
"Thalamic Circuits that Influence Behavioral Responses in High Stakes Situations"
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9:30 am - 9:40 am |
Discussion
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Michael Halassa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Thalamocortical Interactions in Cognitive Control and Flexibility"
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Discussion
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10:10 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 10:55 am |
Sabine Kastner (Princeton University, USA)
"Rhythmic Re-Weighting of Thalamocortical Interactions During Visual Attention"
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10:55 am - 11:05 am |
Discussion
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11:05 am - 11:25 am |
Anna Mitchell (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Updating Our Updating About the Dorsal Medial Thalamic Structures and Cognition"
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11:25 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
Mathieu Wolff (CNRS / University of Bordeaux, France)
"Thalamocortical Circuits of Adaptive Decision-Making"
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
General Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Thalamocortical Interactions in Disease States
Discussion Leader: Susanne Ahmari (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 8:00 pm |
Dara Manoach (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Converging Evidence of Abnormal Thalamocortical Interactions in Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
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8:00 pm - 8:10 pm |
Discussion
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Jeanne Paz (Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Role of the Immune System in Thalamocortical Plasticity After Trauma"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:00 pm |
Jeannie Chin (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
"Contributions of TRN (Dys)function to Sleep Architecture in Alzheimer's Disease"
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Brielle Ferguson (Stanford University, USA)
"Exploring Mechanisms of Attentional Impairment in Absence Epilepsy"
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9:20 pm - 9:25 pm |
Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Development of Thalamic and Cortical Circuits
Discussion Leader: Matthew Colonnese (The George Washington University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:30 am |
Michael Fox (Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, USA)
"Retinal Inputs Signal Through Astrocytes to Recruit Interneurons into Visual Thalamus"
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9:30 am - 9:40 am |
Discussion
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Chinfei Chen (Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Convergence of Distinct Information Lines in Visual Thalamus"
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Discussion
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10:10 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 10:55 am |
Sonia Garel (Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
"Guidepost Cells and Checkpoints in the Early Targeting and Plasticity of Thalamcortical Projections"
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10:55 am - 11:05 am |
Discussion
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11:05 am - 11:25 am |
William Guido (University of Louisville, USA)
"Circuit Assembly in Mouse TRN"
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11:25 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
Guillermina Lopez-Bendito (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain)
"Patterned Spontaneous Activity in the Development and Plasticity of Sensory Cortical Areas"
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
General Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Poster Previews
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Experience and State-Dependent Plasticity of Thalamocortical Interactions
Discussion Leader: Chinfei Chen (Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 8:00 pm |
Christine Constantinople (Center for Neural Science, New York University, USA)
"Thalamic Contributions to Orbitofrontal Cortical Dynamics During Value-Based Decision-Making"
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8:00 pm - 8:10 pm |
Discussion
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Sara Aton (University of Michigan, USA)
"State-Dependent Thalamocortical Communication and Sensory System Plasticity"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:00 pm |
Anthony Holtmaat (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"Activity of Higher-Order Thalamocortical Projections During Perceptual Learning"
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Jan Gründemann (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Auditory Response Plasticity in Thalamic Circuits upon Associative Learning"
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9:20 pm - 9:25 pm |
Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
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
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Corticothalamic Pathways
Discussion Leader: Farran Briggs (University of Rochester, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:30 am |
Solange Brown (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"The Synaptic Organization of Local Cortical Circuits and the Diversity of Corticothalamic Neurons"
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9:30 am - 9:40 am |
Discussion
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9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Rebecca Mease (Heidelberg University, Germany)
"Corticothalamic Interventions in Mouse Models of Acute and Chronic Pain"
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Discussion
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10:10 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 10:55 am |
Laura Busse (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany)
"Effects of Corticothalamic Feedback on Geniculate Responses to Naturalistic and Artificial Visual Stimuli"
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10:55 am - 11:05 am |
Discussion
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11:05 am - 11:25 am |
W. Martin Usrey (University of California, Davis, USA)
"Feedforward/Feedback Interactions for Vision: How the Cortex Selects Its Sensory Input"
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11:25 am - 11:35 am |
Discussion
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11:35 am - 11:55 am |
Edward Callaway (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
"Functional Influence of Visual Cortical 'Drivers' and 'Modulators' on Thalamic Activity"
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11:55 am - 12:05 pm |
Discussion
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
Ross Williamson (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Parallel Systems for Sound Processing and Functional Connectivity Among Layer 5 and 6 Auditory Corticothalamic Projection Neurons"
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12:15 pm - 12:20 pm |
Discussion
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Cellular and Synaptic Properties of Thalamic Circuits
Discussion Leader: John Huguenard (Stanford University, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 8:00 pm |
Hee-Sup Shin (Institute for Basic Science, South Korea)
"Thalamic Control of Fear Memory"
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8:00 pm - 8:10 pm |
Discussion
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm |
Stephen Brickley (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Thalamic Interneuron Connectivity in the Mouse and Possible Implications for Visual Processing"
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8:30 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:00 pm |
Christiaan Levelt (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, The Netherlands)
"Thalamic Inhibition and Cortical Feedback Processing"
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Discussion
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9:10 pm - 9:20 pm |
Nora Hadinger (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
"Specialized Frontal Cortical Control over the Anterior Thalamic Reticular Nucleus"
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9:20 pm - 9:25 pm |
Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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