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Summer 2010:

Jun 25th

Cortical methylation maintains remote memory

Speaker: Justin Shobe

Summary of the talk:

Relevant Paper :

Paper 1



Jul 09th

Activity-dependent nuclear translocation from synapse to nucleus of the Transducer of Regulated CREB 1(TORC1)/CREB Regulated Transcriptional Co-activator 1 (CRTC1)

Speaker : Kelsey Martin

Summary of the talk :

Relevant Paper :

[Work from her lab]



Jul 30th

Metaplasticity at Single Synapses

Speaker: Adam Frank

Summary of the talk: Neuronal activity is known to modify NMDA receptor subunit composition; and, NMDAR subunit composition has significant effects on NMDAR synaptic currents. Given the importance of the NMDAR in the induction of LTP it is not surprising that altering NMDAR currents, by altering subunit composition, has demonstrated effects on the induction of LTP. Lee et al. now demonstrate these phenomena at the level of single synapses in cultured hippocampal neurons: altering spontaneous activity changes the ratio of NR2B to NR2A subunits and effects both NMDAR synaptic current as well as LTP induction threshold. These findings are presented in the context of metaplasticity, where prior activity at a synapse effects the subsequent ability of the synapse to undergo plasticity.

Relevant Paper :

Paper 1

Supplementary Info



Aug 06th

The reorganization and reactivation of hippocampal maps predict spatial memory performance

Speaker: Walt Babiec

Summary: The hippocampus has place cells that preferentially fire at a particular location of spatial arena. Dupret et al. report that place fields remapped as a result of goal-directed spatial learning and that sharp wave/ripple reactivation events seen during memory consolidation predicted the strength of subsequent spatial memory.

Relevant Paper :

News and Views

Paper

Supplementary Info


Aug 13th

Lateral and laminar flow of information in cortical circuits.


Speaker: Dean Buonomano

Summary: The basic flow of activity through cortical circuits is not understood, nor is the computational function of each step in the cortical circuit. It is known that lateral interactions play two critical roles: sharing information between neighboring areas and, conversely, competition through lateral inhibition. This paper from the Scanziani lab shows that both lateral competition and facilitation can be observed in vivo and in vitro.


Relevant Paper:

Paper



Aug 20th

BDNF substitutes for fear extinction


Speaker: Ravi Ponnusamy

Summary: Not provided


Relevant Paper:

Paper



Aug 27th

GABA is it purely inhibitory

Speaker : Shlomo Dellal

Summary: GABA is generally regarded as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult CNS. However, in recent years, an excitatory role for GABA has been found in several brain regions. In this week’s LMP journal club, Shlomo Dellal will discuss a paper from the Rusakov and Kullman laboratories, in which they report that δ subunit containing GABAA receptors are expressed in presynaptic hippocampal mossy fiber boutons, where they enhance synaptic transmission and can facilitate LTP induction.

Relevant Paper:

Paper_1 Paper_2


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