Thalamostriatal projections revisited - British Neuroscience ...

BNA EVENTSCALL FOR ABSTRACTS20th National MeetingThe Adelphi, Liverpool, 19-22 April, 2009BNA 20th National MeetingAn eclectic blend of the best neuroscience, supported by over 50 themed postersessions, peripheral events and full social programme. In addition, there will be anexhibition displaying the latest equipment, reagents, literature and techniquesSYMPOSIA• Extending the hippocampal memory system:beyond the fornix• Steroid hormones and neuroprotection: is it allgood news?• Structure-function studies in ionotropicglutamate receptors• GABAA receptors, cortical function andpsychiatric disease• Molecular and functional properties of humanstem cell-derived neurons in vitro.• Neural basis of drug addiction• G-protein coupled receptor trafficking andneuronal function (provisional title)• Novel gene regulation mechanisms inneuroscience and psychiatry• Between hope and despair: sleep andcircadian dysfunction in neurological disorders• Mechanisms of cortical circuit function anddevelopment: insights from the barrel cortex• Prion paradigm: lessons for neurosciencePLENARY LECTURERSBob Burgoyne (Liverpool) ● Dick Passingham (Oxford)Nancy Rothwell (Manchester) ● Elizabeth Gould (Princeton, USA)Andrew Parker (Oxford) ● Malcolm Brown (Bristol) ● David Porteous (Edinburgh)• Neuron-glia interactions in plasticity andpathology• Mechanisms of synaptic transmission: insightsfrom model organisms• Activity dependent mechanisms in thedevelopment and plasticity of sensorimotorsystems: towards understanding andtreatment of cerebral palsy.• Frontal lobe interactions during learning anddecision-making• Making sense of basal ganglia and cerebellaneuroscience: a computational modellingapproach• Brain connectivity: from structure to function• 5-HT systems in psychiatric disorders• Recent advances in the biology of myelination• New insights into stress and synaptic plasticityWORKSHOPS• Brain Connectivity Workshop: Dynamic CausalModelling• Analysis of Structural, Diffusion and FunctionalMRI Data• Translational approaches in drug discoveryand development• Beyond the bench: engaging the public inbrain scienceSATELLITE• Glutamate Receptors – The Long and WindingRoadABSTRACT DEADLINE: 31st JANUARY, 2009www.bna.org.uk/bna2009/bna2009@liv.ac.uk +44 (0)151 794 644012