September 13, 2006

"Brain dopamine adaptations in human cocaine"

Karley Y. Little, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hosted by:  Brian Kirkpatrick, MSPh, MD bkirkpatrick@mcg.edu 721-3284

October 11, 2006

“Tactile perception does not live by somatosensory pathways alone ”

Krish Sathian, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Atlanta VA Center of
Excellence in Rehabilitation of Agin Veterans with Vision Loss
Atlanta, GA

Hosted by:  David Blake, PhD, dblake@mcg.edu, 721-9399

October 18, 2006

"Cdk5: a key regulator of synaptic functions"

Nancy Ip, PhD
Head of Biochemistry, Associate Dean of Science
& Director of Biotechnology Research Institute
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Hosted by: Lin Mei, PhD; lmei@mcg.edu; 721-8775

October 25, 2006

November 1, 2006

"Cortical Dynamics of Working Memory

Joaquin Fuster, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Neuropsychiatry Institute and
Brain Research Institute
School of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles


Hosted by: David Blake, PhD, dblake@mcg.edu 721-9339

November 8, 2006

"Neuropathology in the Basal Ganglia in Schizophrenia"

Rosalinda C. Roberts, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Hosted by: Dr. Brian Kirkpatrick, bkirkpatrick@mcg.edu, 721-6719

November 15, 2006

"Circuits and seizure susceptibility"

Peter Patrvio, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL

Hosted by:  Dr. Sergei Kirov,  skirov@mcg.edu,  721-6051

November 22, 2006
Thanksgiving Holidays

November 29, 2006

"Transcriptional Regulation of Neuronal Patterning During CNS Development"

Michael P. Matise, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Neuroscience & Cell Biology
University of Medicine and Dentistry,
New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Hosted by: Dr. Alan Saul, asaul@mcg.edu, 721-0695

December 13, 2006

"Processing of time in the visual system"

Alan Saul, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

asaul@mcg.edu, 721-0695

December 27, 2006
Winter Break

January 3 2007
Winter Break

January 10, 2007

"Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease"

David Morgan, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Molecular
Pharmacology and Physiology
Director, Alzheimer Research Laboratory
Director, Basic Neuroscience Research,
College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Hosted by:  Dr. Jerry Buccafusco,  jbuccafu@mcg.edu, 721-6356
 

January 17, 2007

"Neurobiological correlates of memory deficits in normal aging"

Carol A. Barnes, PhD
Director
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Hosted by:  Dr. Almira Vazdarjanova, avazdarjanova@mcg.edu, 721-8782

January 29, 2007
Special Day & Time
4:00 PM - CA-1002

"Astrocytic calcium: the information currency from active neurons to the brain microcirculation"

Mark T. Nelson, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of Vermont
Burlington VT

Dr. Nelson in an Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience Candidate

January 31, 2007

February 7, 2007

"Stroking the synapse: acute and chronic effects of ischemic stroke on individual synapses revealed by two-photon imaging in vivo"

Timothy Murphy, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
British Columbia, Canada

Hosted by:  Sergei Kirov, PhD, skirov@mcg.edu, 721-6051
 

February 9, 2007

Special Day & Time
4:00 PM - CA-1002

"Integrated analyses of memory process in the brain"

Joe Z. Tsien, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Systems Neurobiology
Department of Pharmacology
Boston University
Boston, MA

**Dr. Tsien is in an Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience Candidate**
 

February 21, 2007

"Susceptibility to gateway drugs as a consequence of gestational exposure"
 

Shannon G. Matta, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Laser Capture Microdissection
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN

Hosted by:  Jerry J. Buccafusco, PhD, jbuccafu@mcg.edu, 721-6356

February 23, 2007

Special Day & Time
4:00 PM - CA-1002

"Neural correlates of decision processes in humans and monkeys"

Vincent P. Ferrera, PhD
Associate Professor
Columbia University
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
New York, NY

**Dr. Ferrera is in an Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience Candidate**
 

February 28, 2007

"Action potentials in regulating development and plasticity of neurons and glia."

Dr. R. Douglas Fields
Chief, Nervous System Development & Plasticity Section
National Institutes of Health, NICHD
Bldg. 35, Room 2A211, MSC 3713
35 Lincoln Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892

Hosted by:  Lori Redmond, PhD, lredmond@mcg.edu, 721-0906

March 5, 2007

Special Day & Time
4:00 PM - CA-1002

"Detrimental effects of insulin resistance on the cerebral circulation and brain: What you don't know will hurt you!"

David W. Busija, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Wake Forest Health Science
Winston-Salem, NC

**Dr. Busija is in an Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience Candidate**

March 7, 2007

March 14, 2007

"The dynamics of acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular
junction in vivo"

Mohammed Akaaboune, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular, Cellular &
Developmental Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Hosted by: Lin Mei, PhD,. lmei@mcg.edu,  721-8775
 

March 21, 2007
**No Seminar Scheduled**

"Nuclear PI 3-kinase signaling in preventing neuronal cell death"

Keqiang Ye, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Hosted by: Wencheng Xiong, PhD, wxiong@mcg.edu, 721-5148
 

April 4, 2007 - Master Week
 

April 11, 2007

"The fundamental role of visual and behavioral context in perception and physiology"

Michael Paradiso, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Brown University
Providence, RI

Hosted by:  Alan Saul, PhD, asaul@mcg.edu, 721-0695

April 18, 2007

"Common structural motifs in Parkinson's Disease and Schizophrenia: Dendritic remodeling and dopamine"

Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D.
Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine
Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN

Hosted by: Clare Bergson, Ph.D., cbergson@mcg.edu, 721-1926

"Modeling Schizophrenia in Rodents"

Bita Moghaddam PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Hosted by:  MCG Neuroscience Students

"Neuronal background K+ channels: mechanisms of modulation and physiological roles"

Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Hosted by:  Nevin Lambert, PhD, nlambert@mcg.edu, 721-6336

May 9, 2007