Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, LONDON, WC1N 3AR, UK, T: +44 (0) 20 7679 1176, F: +44 (0) 20 7679 1173

Workshop on:
Theta Oscillations in the Brain: Neural Mechanisms and Functions

6-8 September 2004
By invitation only

Venue: B10 Seminar Room, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR

Please see map at: http://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/travel/index.html

Supported by The Gatsby Foundation


|Index|Objective|Speakers|Programme|References|Travel information|


Speakers

Neuroanatomy

Thomas Klausberger
MRC Neuroanatomical Pharmacology Unit, Oxford University, UK
Subject Area: Hippocampal Microcircuitry: Functional Role in Theta
 
Robert Vertes
Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Centre Complex Systems, Boca, USA
Subject Area: Neural Anatomy of the Theta-generating Circuitry
 
Miles Whittington
Department of Neurobiology, University of Leeds, UK
Subject Area: Interneuronal Networks Underlying Theta Synchronisation

Animal and Slice Electrophysiology
 
György Buzsáki
Centre for Molecular & Behavioural Neuroscience (CMBN), Rutgers University, USA
Subject Area: Theta, Interneurons, and Temporal Coding in Pyramidal Cells
 
Bruce McNaughton
ARL Division of Neural Systems, University of Arizona, USA
Subject Area: Theta, Phase Coding and Dreaming

Robert Muller
Department of Anatomy, MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity
University of Bristol, UK


Hans-Christian Pape
Institute of Physiology, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Subject Area: Theta in Amygdala and Hippocampus

Ole Paulsen
Department of Physiology, Oxford University, UK
Subject Area: Dendritic Mechanisms for Theta
 
Matt Wilson
Brain and Behaviour, MIT, USA
Subject Area: Phase Coding in Hippocampus

Human Electrophysiology
 

Guillén Fernández
The F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Subject Area: EEG Synchrony & Human Memory (Depth Electrodes)

 

Per B Sederberg
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Subject Area:  Oscillatory Correlates of Human Memory Function


Claudia Tesche
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, USA
Subject Area: Theta Activity in Humans (MEG)

Computational Modelling
 
Michael Hasselmo
Centre of Memory and Brain, Boston University, USA
Subject Area:  Computational Models
 
Máté Lengyel
Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, University College London, UK
Subject Area: Computational Models of Phase Coding

John Lisman
Department of Biology, Brandeis University, USA
Subject Area:  Computational Modelling/Physiology
 
Silvia Scarpetta
University of Salerno, Italy
Subject Area: Computational Models of Oscillatory Memory
 
Yoko Yamaguchi
Riken Brain Science Institute,  Saitama, Japan
Subject Area: Computational Models of Phase Coding