WCNP 2016

The Richard F. Thompson New Concepts Session
Chair: Janelle C. LeBoutillier
Participants: Open to all participants.  PowerPoint presentations on new ideas, findings or techniques.

Electrical Brain Stimulation to Enhance Learning and Memory
Chair: Barbara Knowlton
Participants: Nanthia Suthana, Joel Voss, Vince Clark, and Barbara Knowlton

Hippocampal Contributions to Fear and Anxiety
Chair: Brian Wiltgen
Participants: Rene Hen, Isabel Muzzio, Kay Tye, and Brian Wiltgen

Striatal Mechanisms of Action Sequences and Habit
Chair: Kate Wassum
Participants: Kyle Smith, Xin Jin, Daphna Shohamy, and Kate Wassum

Genetic and Acquired Channelopathies in Neurological & Psychiatric Disease
Chair: Eric Klann
Participants: Gavin Rumbaugh, Marcelo Wood, Courtney Miller, and Eric Klann

Plasticity of Interneuron Networks: Role of Chemical and Electrical Synapses
Chair: Zoltan Nusser
Participants: Marylka Yoe Uusisaari , Michael Hausser, Angus Silver, and Zoltan Nusser

Memory:  Organization and Control
Chair: Howard Eichenbaum
Participants: Matthew Shapiro, Mark D’Esposito, Neal Cohen, and Howard Eichenbaum

Memory Enhancement:  Concepts, Targets, and Therapeutic Utility
Chair: Marco Peters
Participants: Richard Morris, Michael Yassa, and Marco Peters

Mechanisms of Place Cells: Across Species Comparison
Chair: Mayank Mehta
Participants: Carol Barnes, Beth Buffalo, Nachum Ulanovsky, and Mayank Mehta

Dendrites and Synapses:  Plasticity and Memories in all Compartments
Chair: Thomas Nevian
Participants: Dax Hoffman, Judith Makara, Thomas Nevian, and TBA

TDP-43 Related Neurologic Disorders: ALS and Dementia
Chair: Elliott Mufson
Participants: Robert Bowser, Elliott Mufson, and TBA