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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Circuitry and Function of Thalamus
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:25 pm
"Thalamic Circuits for Active Vision"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
"The Role of High-Order Thalamus in Behavior and Learning"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Consciousness, Brain States, and Modulatory Systems in Thalamus
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Thalamocortical Spindles"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"A Causal Role for Thalamic Burst Firing in Attention Control"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Auditory Thalamocortical Plasticity in Young and Maternal Animals"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"The Thalamus in Psychotic Disorders"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"Role of Thalamic Astrocytes in Sleep Homeostasis"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
General Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Thalamus and Brain Plasticity
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:25 pm
"Learning-related Plasticity in Sensory Thalamus"
6:25 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"The Role of the Thalamus in Direction Selectivity Development"
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:25 pm
"How Does the Thalamus Contribute to Residual Vision and Rehabilitation in Occipital Stroke-related Vision Loss?"
7:25 pm - 7:35 pm
Discussion
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Thalamus and Development
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
"Early Circuit Reprogramming via Transient Thalamocortical Pathways"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Development of Behavioral State-dependent Cortical Neurons"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Combinatorial Cell-Adhesion and Activity Thalamo-Cortical Codes Instruct Cortical Modality Arealization"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Distinct Gene Expression Profiles Mediate Divergent Activity-Dependent Cell Type Specification in Developing Neurons"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thalamic Contributions to Pain and Itch
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:25 pm
"The Encoding of Temperature in the Thalamus"
6:25 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"Brain Wide Neuronal Dynamics During Drug Seeking"
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:25 pm
"Claustral Integration of Reward Information"
7:25 pm - 7:35 pm
Discussion
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Social and Cognitive Thalamus
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
"Thalamic Network Organization and Pathway Interactions: Insights into Brain Function and Dysfunction in Mental Disorders"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"A Thalamostriatal Mechanism for Encoding the Learned Value of Action-derived Safety"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"The Thalamic Reticular Nucleus: Decoding Its Role in Social Memory Encoding, Consolidation and Retrieval"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"The Role of Monkey Mediodorsal Thalamus in Perceptual Decision Making"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The Thalamus in Addiction and Motivation
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:25 pm
"Hormone Modulation of the Paraventricular Thalamus: Interactions between Alcohol and Stress"
6:25 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"Molecular Adaptations to Social Stress in the Paraventricular Thalamus"
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:25 pm
"Histaminergic Modulation of Paraventricular Thalamic Activity"
7:25 pm - 7:35 pm
Discussion
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sensory and Higher Order Thalamus
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
"Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Cortico-thalamo-cortical Networks"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Testing Signaling Motifs between Macaque Early Visual Cortical Areas and the Pulvinar"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Design and Applications of Cell-Type Specific Tools for Studying Tectothalamic Circuitries in Non-Rodent Species"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Thalamo-Cortico-Thalamic Loops: Shaping Visual Processing and Behavior"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Motor Functions of the Thalamus
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:05 pm - 6:25 pm
"Cerebellar Control of Internally Timed Neural Dynamics in the Thalamo-cortical Loop"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Prefrontal Cortical Connections with Thalamus"
6:50 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:15 pm
"A Carrier Frequency for Optimal Cerebellothalamocortical Communication"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:40 pm
"Electrical Stimulation of Thalamocortical Fibers to Improve Upper-limb Motor Functions Post-stroke"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
General Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure