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#WCBR To ski or not to ski: dopamine and decision-making

In the first talk of this afternoon session at the Winter Conference on Brain Research (WCBR) Jeff Beeler showed data that hyperdopaminergic dopamine transporter knock-down mice (which have increased dopamine levels) don...[more]
wcbr   dopamine   reward   invigoration   action   
Posted on Wednesday 25 January 2012 - 02:38:15

#WCBR The nucleus accumbens and reward-based behavior

I missed the beginning of Bruce Hope's presentation who was talking about electrophysiological changes in accumbal neurons after repeated cocaine exposure, so I wasn't able to follow the rest of the talk.

Next up was ...[more]
wcbr   nucleus accumbens   prefrontal cortex   amygdala   hippocampus   optogenetics   
Posted on Wednesday 25 January 2012 - 17:27:04

#WCBR Mental disorders: from genes to mechanisms

The first talk by Daniel Geschwind walked us through some of the main features of genome-wide association studies with regard to psychiatric disorders such as autism. Their experimental approach includes using human feta...[more]
wcbr   schizophrenia   autism   fragile x   williams syndrome   dyslexia   
Posted on Thursday 26 January 2012 - 17:31:19

Winter Conference on Brain Research in Snowbird, Utah

After a hellish 26h hour journey I've finally arrived at the 45th annual Winter Conference on Brain Research. For those not familiar with the concept of these conferences: you have a session in the morning from something...[more]
meeting   winter conference   brain research   wcbr   
Posted on Tuesday 24 January 2012 - 17:06:30

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