[CTN] CTN seminar: Matt van der Meer (Dartmouth College) April 9, 3:30 in PAS 2464

[Bryan Tripp]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder about the talk this afternoon.

Regards,
Bryan


On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:18 PM, Bryan Tripp <bptripp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We have a special seminar shortly after Brain Day this year, by Matt van
> der Meer from Dartmouth College. Many of you will know Matt from his time
> here at the University of Waterloo, as a professor in the Department of
> Biology, and coincidentally, past organizer of the CTN Seminar Series.
>
> Bryan
>
> "Oscillations as an organizing principle for understanding information
> processing in the rodent ventral striatum"
>
> The ventral striatum (vStr) is a central node in brain circuits that
> contribute to motivated behavior, and its dysfunction is consistently
> implicated in the etiology of substance use disorders. Despite major
> research efforts focused on this brain structure, it has proven difficult
> to synthesize its structure, dynamics and function into a coherent theory.
> I will present data from rodents suggesting that oscillations in vStr
> activity provide an organizing principle, albeit one full of pitfalls, to
> address this issue. These oscillations highlight the dynamic nature of
> interactions with input structures such as the prefrontal and orbitofrontal
> cortex, and the surprising role of the piriform cortex in coordinating
> these interactions. Beyond providing new insights into vStr function, these
> results also provide a striking example of the complex relationships
> between spiking activity and local field potentials.
>
>
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