Neuroscientists Talk Shop

Thursday, September 5, 2013 Cameron McIntyre (Case Western Reserve) discusses the idea of being able to "dose" deep brain stimulation (DBS), and how it is now being used to treat neuropsychiatric di...

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Daniel Ansari (University of Western Ontario) discusses the new field of Mind, Brain and Education (sometimes called Neuroeducation) which seeks to bring evidence based practice and empirical calcula...

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Thursday, April 18, 2013 Sam Pfaff (HHMI, Salk Institute) discusses the heterogeneity of spinal interneurons, vertebrate neural development, and central pattern generators. Duration: 42 minutes Discus...

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Thursday, April 11, 2013 Lee Cox (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) discusses some of the challenges in investigating thalamic investigation, the contribution of the thalamus to sensory proc...

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Thursday, April 4, 2013 Gordon Shepherd (Yale) discusses the idea that all cortical circuitry is based on elaboration of a basic microcircuit. The group discusses ideas that have shaped the understan...

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Thursday, March 7, 2013 Russell Poldrack (UT Austin) discusses how cognitive fMRI studies are evolving from a focus on "blobology" to the new emphasis on data mining methods that focus on network con...

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Thursday, February 28, 2013 Julie Kauer (Brown University) discusses her work on plasticity and addiction, specifically her discovery of the potentiation of GABA synapses (GABA-LTP) on dopamine neuro...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013 Barbara Finlay (Cornell University) discusses her comparative brain development database, "Translating Time." She takes questions from the group regarding the significance...

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