Dynamics of Neural Microcircuits

Thursday, May 17^th, 9 AM – 6PM

Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium

SCHEDULE: INTRODUCTION: Dean Buonomano (UCLA)

9:00 - 9:05 Gilles Laurent (California Institute of Technology)

STDP and Spike-time Precision in Oscillatory Codes for Olfaction

9:10 - 10:00 Stephanie White (UCLA)

Genetic Intervention in the Non-genetically Tractable Birdsong Circuit

10:30 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 11:15 Carlos Portera-Calliau (UCLA)

Developmental Desynchronization of Neocortical Networks

11:15 – 11:45 Joseph Glykys (Graduate Student, Laboratory of Istvan Mody, UCLA)

Increase Inhibition in a Model of Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

12:00 - 2:00 LUNCH & POSTER SESSION

2:10 - 3:00 Bartlett Mel (University of Southern California)

Contextual Modulation of Neural Responses: Yet Another Role for Active Dendrites?

3:00 – 3:30 Wenbin Tan (Graduate Student; Laboratory of Jack Feldman, UCLA)

Rapid Silencing of PreBötzinger Complex Neurons in Vivo Induces Apnea

3:30 – 3:45 COFFEE BREAK

3:45 – 4:15 Tad Blair (UCLA)

Two Clocks Make a Yardstick: How Grid Cells Emerge from Theta Rhythm

4:15 - 5:05 Ed Callaway (Salk Institute)

Fine-Scale Organization and Function of Visual Cortical Circuits

If you wish to present a poster and for further information, please contact :

Dean Buonomano – dbuono@ucla.edu