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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] |
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| Posted on Tuesday 24 January 2012 - 17:06:30 |