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The Striatum

Thursday 24th May 2012

9am - 5.30pm

Kennedy Lecture Theatre, Institute of Child Health

Registration is free, but as places are limited, there is a requirement for attendance

 

Supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation

The striatum occupies a central position in the acquisition and expression of affectively-charged behaviour. It is associated with anatomically distinctive internal and external circuits, is the target of rich cocktails of neuromodulators, and is implicated in many neurological and psychiatric diseases. It has been the focus of a huge wealth of experimental and theoretical studies at multiple scales of investigation.

 

This meeting brings together six leading world experts spanning key facets of the striatum, including anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and computational modeling to share the latest data and insights:

 

Kent Berridge Univ of Michigan

Rui Costa Champalimaud Center for the Unknon

Michael Frank Brown University

Ann Graybiel MIT

Satoshi Ikemoto NIDA/NIH

Larry Swanson Univ of Southern California

 

Hosts:

John O'Keefe (SWC, UCL)

Peter Dayan (GCNU, UCL)

Tim Behrens (Oxford)

Organisers:

Marg Glover (SWC)

Barry Fong (GCNU)