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Fall 2009

 

Student-Run Neuroscience Journal Club: Thursdays at 12:00p.m.--Room 213 FLTC

    Paper (click on the title for the pdf) Friday's Speaker: Click here for official Anatomy and Neurobiology seminar schedule
September      
  10 Presenter:

Dr. Jill Firszt, Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University

"Auditory implants to treat deafness: Clinical and theoretical implications"

 

  17 Presenter:

Dr. Eric Leuthardt, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University

"Using the ECoG to better understand human cortical physiology and its potential applications "


  24 ***Neuroscience Retreat: No Journal Club***

 

 

October      
  1 Presenter: Jeff Donlea

Dr. Marcos Frank, University of Pennsylvania

"Sleep and synaptic plasticity: More than just a dream"

Aton SJ, Seibt J, Dumoulin M, Jha SK, Steinmetz N, Coleman T, Naidoo N, Frank MG. Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity. Neuron. 2009 Feb 12;61(3):454-66.

  8 Presenter:

Dr. Paul Glimcher, New York University

"The neurobiology of decision-making"

 

  15 ***Society for Neuroscience: No Journal Club***

 

 

  22 Presenter: Andrea Lui

Dr. Deanna Barch, Psychology Department, Washington University

"The neurobiology of emotion and reward processing in schizophrenia"

EC Dowd and DM Barch.Anhedonia and Emotional Experience in Schizophrenia: Neural and Behavioral Indicators. 2009. In press.

  29 Presenter: Binyam Nardos

Dr. Tom Thach, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University

"Changing roles of basal ganglia and cerebellum in the control of posture and movement"

Heck DH, Thach WT, Keating JG. On-beam synchrony in the cerebellum as the mechanism for the timing and coordination of movement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 1;104(18):7658-63. Epub 2007 Apr 23

November      
  5 Presenter: Marie McNeely

Dr. Gammon Earhart, Department of Physical Therapy, Washington University

"Adaptive control of locomotor spatial orientation in health and disease"

Earhart GM and Horak FB. Gaining insight by going in circles: Use of the rotating treadmill to study the neural control of human walking. IEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Magazine. 2003:32-36

  12 Presenter: Joe Dubis

Dr. Joe Culver, Department of Radiology, Washington University

"Mapping human brain function with light "

BR White, AZ. Snyder, AL Cohen , SE Petersen, ME Raichle, BL Schlaggar, JP Culver. Resting-state functional connectivity in the human brain revealed with diffuse optical tomography. Neuroimage. 2009:148-156.

  19 Presenter: Mike Vasek

Dr. Guojun Bu, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University

 

Q Liu, CV Zerbinatti, J Zhang, HS Hoe, B Wang, S Cole, J Herz, L Muglia, and G Bu. Amyloid Precursor Protein Regulates Brain Apolipoprotein E and Cholesterol Metabolism through Lipoprotein Receptor LRP1 Neuron. 2007: 66-78.

  26 ***Holiday: No Journal Club***  
 
December      
  3 Presenter: Ronny Dosenbach

Dr. Tammy Hershey, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University

"Mapping non-motor function in the STN with deep brain stimulation"

 

  10 Presenter: Diego Morales

Dr. Thomas Woolsey, Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University

"The domination of knowledge by ignorance: Animal research, politics, and regulation"

 

  17 Presenter: Trenton Hoffman

Dr. Jeffrey Twiss, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

"Regulation of axonal mRNA transport and translation"

 

  24 ***Holiday: No Journal Club***

 

 

 
     
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