DLS ARCHIVE
2020-2021
Title: Cortical basis of speech and handwriting in humans for neural interfaces
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Andrey Shilnikov, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Brain- Computer Interfaces
2. Neural interface translates thoughts into type
3. Hand knob area of premotor cortex represents the whole body in a compositional way
4. Neural ensemble dynamics in dorsal motor cortex during speech in people with paralysis
Title: Bidirectional links between the circadian clock and homeostatic circuits maintaining body hydration
Location: TBD
Host: Javier Stern, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Central and peripheral roles of vasopressin in the circadian defense of body hydration.
2. Clock-driven vasopressin neurotransmission mediates anticipatory thirst prior to sleep
3. Sodium regulates clock time and output via an excitatory GABAergic pathway
Title: Drosophila receptors controlling chemical and textural taste sensation
Location: Virtual
Host: Dan Cox, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Peripheral coding of taste
2. Calcium Taste Avoidance in Drosophila
Title: State-dependent cortical circuits
Location: Virtual
Host: Michael Black, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Dual color mesoscopic imaging reveals spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity.
2.Arousal and Locomotion Make Distinct Contributions to Cortical Activity Patterns and Visual Encoding
3. Developmental Dysfunction of VIP Interneurons Impairs Cortical Circuits
4.Mesoscopic Imaging: Shining a Wide Light on Large-Scale Neural Dynamics
Title: Gut Instincts: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Across the Lifespan
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Marise Parent, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Enduring behavioral effects induced by birth by caesarean section in the mouse
2. Microbiota-brain interactions: Moving toward mechanisms in model organisms
3. Microbiota from young mice counteracts selective age-associated behavioral deficits
Title: Neural circuits for decision-making: does excitatory cell class matter?
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jordan Hamm, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Large-scale neural recordings call for new insights to link brain and behavior
2. Pyramidal cell types drive functionally distinct cortical activity patterns during decision-making
3. Single-trial neural dynamics are dominated by richly varied movements
Title: Control of neuron activity by microglia
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jessica Bolton, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Epigenetic regulation of brain region-specific microglia clearance activity
2. Innate sensing of mechanical properties of brain tissue by microglia
3. Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia
Title: Flow, effort and feeling of effort
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Neil Van Leeuwen, Ph.D. B&B Philosophy Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Intentions and motor representations: the interface challenge
2. Intentions: The dynamic hierarchical model revisited
3. Beyond automaticity the psychological complexity of skill
2020-2021
Title:
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Javier Stern, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Direct physiologic evidence of a heteromodal convergence region for proper naming in human left anterior temporal lobe.
2. Impaired naming of famous musical melodies is associated with left temporal polar damage.
4. The left temporal pole is important for retrieving words for unique concrete entities.
Virtual Lecture
Virtual Lecture
Virtual Lecture
Virtual Lecture
Title: Characterizing the Role of Neurobiology in Mental Health and Adaptive Performance: A Big-Data Approach
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Rob Latzman, Ph.D. B&B Psychology Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Incorporating neurophysiological measures into clinical assessments: Fundamental challenges and a strategy for addressing them.
4. Quantifying inhibitory control as externalizing proneness: A cross-domain model.
2019-2020
Title: Lipids and the demise of neurons
Location: Petit Science Center, Room 101
Host: Dan Cox, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Glial lipid droplets and ROS induced by mitochondrial defects promote neurodegeneration
4. Review: Sphingolipids in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
Title: Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical plasticity within and across lifetimes
Location: Petit Science Center, Room 101
Host: Aras Petrulis, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Not all cortical expansions are the same_the coevolution of the neocortex and the dorsal thalamus in mammals
2. The combinatorial creature_cortical phenotypes within and across lifetimes
Title: Integrating structural and molecular imaging in dementia imaging
Location: Petit Science Center, Room 101
Host: Jess Turner, Ph.D. B&B Psychology Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Tau PET in autosomal dominant Alzheimers disease_relationship with cognition, dementia and other biomarkers
2. Regional variability of imaging biomarkers in autosomal dominant Alzheimers disease
Title: Tools for Analyzing and Controlling Brain Circuits
Location: 101 Petit Science Center
Host: Michael Black, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review Paper: Expansion microscopy_principles and uses in biological research.
2. Cortical column and whole brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution.
3. Population imaging of neural activity in awake behaving mice.
Title: The control of movement. Taking dopamine for a spin.
Location: PSC 101
Host: Gennady Cymbalyuk, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Dopamine: a parallel pathway for the modulation of spinal locomotor networks.
2. Modulation of Rhythmic Activity in mammalian spinal networks Is dependent on excitability state.
3. Parallel descending dopaminergic connectivity of A13 cells to the brainstem locomotor centers.
Title: Neural circuits mediating adaptations to stress.
Location: PSC 101
Host: Kim Huhman, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Inflammation and vascular remodeling in the ventral hippocampus contributes to vulnerability to stress
Title: Hormonal effects on ultrasonic vocalizations and location preferences In a monogamous rodent species.
Location: PSC 101
Host: Walt Wilczynski, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. The challenge hypothesis revisited. Focus on reproductive experience and neural mechanisms
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