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2011

January

February

Feb 25th

Time: 09:30 am

Place : 2nd Floor Conference Room, Gonda building.

Title :A selective role for dopamine in stimulus–reward learning

Speaker: Michael Faneslow

Summary: Flagel et al Nature 469, 53–57 (06 January 2011)

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March

Mar 4th

Time: 09:30 am

Place : 2nd Floor Conference Room, Gonda building.

Title : Maladaptive Cortical Plasticity and Plasticity

Speaker: Dean Buonomano

Summary: Engineer ND, Riley JR, Seale JD, Vrana WA, Shetake JA, Sudanagunta SP, Borland MS, Kilgard MP (2011) Nature 470:101-104. Reversing pathological neural activity using targeted plasticity

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Mar 11th

Time: 09:30 am

Place : 2nd Floor Conference Room, Gonda building.

Title : Memory enhancement and PKM Zeta

Speaker: Yong-Seok Lee

Summary: Yong-Seok Lee will present the newest paper from the Dudai Lab regarding overexpression of PKM in the neocortex and its enhancement of LTM.


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--- Mar 18th

Time: 09:30 am

Place : 2nd Floor Conference Room, Gonda building.

Title : Notch Signaling

Speaker: Kelsey Martin

Summary: Notch signaling plays critical roles during the development of the nervous system. Several studies have suggested that Notch signaling in neurons is also involved in learning and memory and synaptic plasticity in the mature brain. However, these studies have been suggestive rather than conclusive. Moreover, studies from Ben Barres indicate that Notch receptor and ligands are expressed at very low levels in mature neurons, and at very high levels in glia. I will present a paper from Nick Gaiano's lab that argues that Notch signals from synapse to nucleus in mature hippocampal neurons and that this signaling is required for long-term potentiation and memory acquisition. Gaiano's data further indicates that the immediate early gene arc regulates Notch signaling in neurons.

The reference for the primary paper is:

Activity-induced notch signaling in neurons requires arc/arg3.1 and is essential for synaptic plasticity in hippocampal networks.

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