Conferences

The International Research Training Group 1373 (IRTG) and Georgetown University present:

"Brain Signaling: From Neurons to Circuits"

June 17-18th, 2009

Institute of Neuroscience
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
[Biedensteinerstr. 29, 80802 Munich]

Friday 17th

19.00-end
Welcome (Bavarian Brotzeit)
TU Munich, Biedensteinerstr. 29

Saturday 18th

08:45-09:20
Arthur Konnert/Josef Rauschecker (opening)

Chair: Jana Hartmann

09:00-09:20
Josef Rauschecker
(Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center)
Neurophysiology in awake behaving monkeys

09:20-09:40
Helmuth Adelsberger
(Institute of Neuroscience, Technische Universitaet Muenchen)
Identification of global calcium waves in the mouse brain

09:40-10:00
Natalie Rochefort
(Institute of Neuroscience, Technische Universitaet Muenchen)
Postnatal development of spontaneous and visually-evoked activity in the mouse visual cortex

10:00-10:20
Coffee break

Chair: Nathalie Rochefort

10:20-10:40
Alexander Groh
(Institute of Neuroscience, Technische Universitaet Muenchen)
Detectors of coincident sensory and cortical activity in the mouse whisker system

10:40-12:00
Sven Moosmang
(Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen)

12:00-14:00
Lunch break/Poster presentation

Afternoon Agenda

14:00-14:20:00
Jana Hartmann
(Institute of Neuroscience, Technische Universitaet Muenchen)

14:20-14:40
Werner Graf
(Shaw Howard University Washington, College of Medicine)
Vestibular signals in the posterior parietal cortex (areas VIP/MIP)

15:00-15:20
Coffee Break

Chair: Josef Rauschecker

15:20-15:40
John VanMeter
(Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center)
Using fMRI and MR Spectroscopy to Measure Cortical Changes in a Ethanol in Real Time

15:40-16:00
Kebreten Manaye
(Shaw Howard University Washington, College of Medicine)
Protective Effects of Estrogen Against Amyloid-Related Neuron Loss

16:00-16:20
Felix Felmy
(Department Biology II, Universitaet Muenchen)
Quantifying the MSO circuit's input strength

16:20-end
Barbecue

Poster Presentations

"The role of N-acetylaspartatylglutamate (NAAG) in inflammatory pain"
Mary Adedoyin
Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Washington

"The Effects of EphrinB3 on Neuronal Network Dynamics"
Mark Niedrighaus
Department of Physics, Georgetown University Washington

"Dynamics of network activity from slice preparations using a perforated multi-
electrode array in an in vitro epilepsy model"
Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University

"Voltage sensitive dye imaging of sensory evoked waves interaction in rat visual cortex"
Xin Goa
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Washington

"Grey Matter Changes after Reading Intervention"
Anthony Krafnick
Center for the Study of Learning, Georgetown University

"Biasing perceived speech category using selective adaptation"
Naiem Issa
Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center

"Testing Model Predictions of Face Discrimination in Crowded Visual Scenes"
Patrick H Cox
Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center

"Precursors of music perception in non human primates"
Joanna Lee
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University

"Responses of the neuronal population to natural and synthetic sounds in rhesus monkey auditory context"
Michael Ortiz
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center

"Recording of neuronal activity in human myenteric plexus using voltage-sensitive dyes"
Nadine Peter
Department fuer Ernaehrungs- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Technical University Munich

"POSTER TITLE IS MISSING"
Miriam Reuter
Institute for Neuroscience, Technical University Munich

"Fast 4d AOD-based 2-photon scanning"
Ullrich Leischner
Institute for Neuroscience, Technical University Munich

"Back-propagating action potential- evoked calcium signals in dendrites and spines of GLT and ETV L5 pyramidal neurons in visual cortex"
Elvira Sharifullina
Institute of Neuroscience, Technische University Muenchen

"Mechanisms of m GluR1-mediated synaptic signaling in central neurons"
Horst Henning
Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University Muenchen

"Regulation of Cav 1.2 by its carboxyterminus"
Kartin Domes
Forschergruppe 923 Carvas at Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen


"Amyloid Beta Imaging in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease by Means of micro PET/CT"
Boris v. Reutern
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technische University Muenchen

"In vivo identification of an olivo-cerebellar circuit defect in a mouse model of ataxia"
Xiaowei Chen
Institute of Neuroscience, Technische University Muenchen

"In vivo dendritic calcium signaling in layer 2/3 neurons of mouse visual cortex"
Hongbo Jia
Institute of Neuroscience, Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

"Development of calcium currents in the Lateral Superior Olive of the Mongolian gerbil"
Marc Ford
Department of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Symposium funded by the German Research Foundation with complementary funding from the National Science Foundation.