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Neuroscience 900, Spring 2007

Mondays, 140 Bardeen
4:00 PM

January

Jan. 22 Faculty Research Presentation
Developmental neurobiology approaches to brain tumor biology
John Kuo
Jan. 29 Faculty Research Presentation
Lipid metabolism and cytokines in stroke
Rao Adibhatla

February

Feb. 5 Student Research Presentation
Connecting behavior, brain, and biochemistry in autism under a model of amygdala allostasis
Brendon Nacewicz
Feb. 12 Faculty Research Presentation
Role of transcription factors in post-ischemic cerebral inflammation and brain damage
Raghu Vemuganti
Adeno-associated viral vectors: Potential applications in the study of nervous system function
Corinna Burger

Normal Aging of the Brain and Alzheimer's Disease (Luigi Puglielli)

Feb. 19 Introduction
A macrosopic to microscopic perspective on Alzheimer’s Disease
Courtney Guenther
Feb. 26 The aging program and the aging brain
Jessica Jarecki

March

Mar. 5 p53/p44, pTEN, p75, and the program to the aging brain and AD
Melissa Harris
Neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors; A possible link to AD neuropathology
Erica Rosenbaum

Reconciling Altruism with Evolutionary Theory (Garet Lahvis)

Mar. 12 Introduction
Reconciling altruism and natural selection via neuroscience
Meaghan Bychowski

Mar. 15 (Thursday)

Neuroscience Lecture Series
p53 and the control of adult neurogenesis
Heidi Scrable, University of Virginia
4:00 pm, 140 Bardeen
Mar. 19 What factors influence cooperation in a group?
Michelle Edelmann
Mar. 26 the neuronal substrates of cooperative behavior: A role for empathy?
Elliott Merriam

April

Apr. 2 Spring Break, No Class
Apr. 9 Ethics Presentation

Homeostatic Plasticity (Dan Uhlrich and Donata Oertel)

Apr. 12
(Thursday)
Neuroscience Lecture Series
Higher functions of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and how they are affected by age and gender
Daniel Tranel, University of Iowa
4:00 pm, 140 Bardeen
Apr. 16 Introduction
The more things change, the more things stay the same: Homeostatic plasticity in neurons and neuronal networks
Keith Hengen
Apr. 23 Neuroscience Lecture Series/Grass Lecture
Glutamate receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity
Roger Nicoll, University of California-San Francisco
Apr. 30 Homeostatic plasticity: Ins and outs of glutamate receptors—arg!
Michael Dash

May

May 3 (Thursday) Neuroscience Lecture Series
How does the neuron doctrine relate to the cell theory? The relevance of contemporary evidence
Ray Guillery, University of Wisconsin - Madison
4:00 pm, 140 Bardeen
May 7 Homeostatic plasticity: Terminal talk
Megan Campbell

 

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