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Neuroscience Journal Club, 2006-2007

Time: Wednesdays at Noon

Location: RMSB 6018 (Pharmacology Conference Room)

Description: The Neuroscience Journal Club covers a variety of topics within the field of neuroscience. Interested individuals are invited to attend and can find a copy of the current week's article outside of the Neuroscience Program Office (RMSB 6001).

Contact: Ellen Barrett

View past journal club schedules.

 

Date   Presenter Research Article
September 6 Willie Buchser Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice.
  13 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  20 Robin Smith An RNA gene expressed during cortical development evolved rapidly in humans.
  27 Craig Roberts Interchromosomal interactions and olfactory receptor choice.
October 4 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  11 11:00 a.m.
George Brittain


12:00 p.m.
Alex Peyser
Presenilin-Dependent ErbB4 Nuclear Signaling Regulates the Timing of Astrogenesis in the Developing Brain.

Morphometric Approach to the Solvation Free Energy of Complex Molecules.
  18 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  25 Rei Nakamura Control of microglial neurotoxicity by the fractalkine receptor.
November 1 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  8 11:00 a.m.
Andrea Peterson


12:00 p.m.
Mara Balda
Regulation of dopamine D1 receptor function by physical interaction with the NMDA receptors.

Altered neuregulin 1–erbB4 signaling contributes to NMDA receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia.
  15 Joshua Johnstone
Nano neuron knitting: Peptide nanofiber scaffold for brain repair and axon regeneration with functional return of vision.
  22 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  29 Sandra Schaal Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors enhance the resolution of inflammation by promoting inflammatory cell apoptosis.
December 6 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  13 Naomi Rosenkranz Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates the formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds.
  20 No Journal Club, Winter Break  
  27 No Journal Club, Winter Break  
January 3 No Journal Club, Winter Break  
  10 Luminita Luca Transgenic Mice with a Reduced Core Body Temperature Have an Increased Life Span.
  17 Khanh Nguyen The Psychological Consequences of Money.
  31 Hirokazu Fukui Gene transfer demonstrates that muscle is not a primary target for non-cell-autonomous toxicity in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
February 7 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  14 Stuart Samuels Control of peripheral nerve myelination by the beta-secretase BACE1.
  21 Journal Club -Canceled  
  28 Darcie Moore 2-Deoxy-D-glucose reduces epilepsy progression by NRSF-CtBP-dependent metabolic regulation of chromatin structure.
March 7 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  14 Raul Corredor cAMP oscillations and retinal activity are permissive for ephrin signaling during the establishment of the retinotopic map.
  21 Michael Sinclair TRPV1 Mediates Histamine-Induced Itching via the Activation of Phospholipase A2 and 12 –Lipoxygenase.
  28 11:00 a.m.
Paul Morton

12:00 p.m. Jonathan Hertz
Synaptic Protein Dynamics in Hibernation.


Sleep deprivation inhibits adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus by elevating glucocorticoids.
April 4 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  11 Orion Furmanski Maternal Oxytocin Triggers a Transient Inhibitory Switch in GABA Signaling in the Fetal Brain During Delivery.
  18 12:00 p.m.
Gillian Reierson


1:00 p.m.
Yang Liu
Nucleus Accumbens D2/3 Receptors Predict Trait Impulsivity and Cocaine Reinforcement.

Capase 1 deficiency reduces inflammation-induced brain transcription.
  25 Andrew Darr Activity dependent AIDA-1 nuclear signaling regulates nucleolar numbers and protein synthesis in neurons.
May 2 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  9 12:00 p.m.
Brandon Kitay

1:00 p.m.
Gregory Bigford
Schemas and Memory Consolidation.


Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Motor Neurons Preserve Muscle after Peripheral Nerve Injury.
  16 Jonathan Kelley Neuronal Competition and Selection During Memory Formation.
  23 Lana Jones Anesthesia Leads to Tau Hyperphosphorylation through Inhibition of Phosphatase Activity by Hypothermia.
30 Yenisel Cruz-Almeida TBA
June 6 No Journal Club, Miami Project Lecture  
  13 Poincyane Assis-Nascimento TBA

 

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