Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 The brain’s primary immune cells, microglia, are a leading causal […]
Huntington’s disease (HD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are both neurodegenerative disorders that, despite differing in their underlying causes and specific symptoms, share several key features. These include age-related onset, progressive […]
Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 In neuroscience, episodic memory is depicted as a process of […]
Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Sodium (²³Na) MRI is a powerful tool for investigating sodium […]
Abstract: The brain is a complex system spanning multiple spatiotemporal scales, from protein molecules organizing into intricate nano-machines in the synapse to many neurons interconnected via synapses to form circuits […]
Recent work from our lab has focused on understanding the function of the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) in both health and disease. This region plays a critical role in supporting cognitive functions such as memory integration and spatial navigation and is also one of the earliest sites of dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease. By investigating the cellular […]
We are delighted to host Dr. Gerald Obermair, a well-known neuroscientist from Karl Landsteiner University, Krems, Austria who will be visiting on Thursday, July 31. Seminar summary: Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) are essential regulators of cellular excitability and synaptic communication. Among their auxiliary subunits, the α2δ proteins play a pivotal role in regulating channel expression, […]
Come and learn about some cool science and hang out with your neuroscience colleagues over pizza and drinks!! Neuropizza takes place monthly in the Koerner conference room starting at 5:00pm and is open to everyone.
Our ability to sequence movements and actions in response to unpredictable environmental events underlies our rich and adaptive behavioral repertoire. Such flexible behaviors contrast with overtrained, or automatic, motor sequences directed at specific tasks and executed the same way every time. We probed how neural circuits underlie these distinct forms of motor sequence execution by […]
While the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is known to be a highly stress sensitive region of the brain, there is surprisingly little understanding of the role the BLA plays in the orchestration of a stress response. The first portion of this talk will focus on the role of the BLA in regulating neuroendocrine responses to stress, […]
This month, Martin Krzywinski, Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre will present "Crafting Visual Explanations of Complex Science: Philosophy and Practice." You’ll learn practical guidelines for crafting visual explanations of your science: form follows function, treat everything as data, seek crispness, fight the shackles of convention, and ask yourself “Is this good for the reader […]
Emerging evidence suggests that key neurodevelopmental processes are shaped by immune and microbial signals during the prenatal period. My work is based on the premise that disruptions to these signals can alter neurodevelopmental trajectories and increase vulnerability to lifelong mental health disorders. Using a clinically translatable mouse model of maternal influenza infection, we demonstrate that […]
The Neuroscience Research Colloquium (NRC), is a series of lectures featuring local and international neuroscientists.
