WCNP 2017

Radisson Grenada Beach Resort
St. George’s, Grenada

February 4-11, 2017

Symposia

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

Treating and Phenotyping the Brain via the Internet
Chair:
Matt Huentelman
Participants: Mary Pyc, Asta Haberg, Adam Gazzaley, and Matt Huentelman

Distributed Processing in the Macaque Brain during Cognition
Chair:
Charlie Gray
Participants: Xiao-Jing Wang, David Freeman and Charlie Gray

Roles of hippocampal Rhythms in Learning, Memory, and Neural Plasticity
Chair:
Laura Colgin
Participants: Jozsef Csicsvari, Elizabeth Buffalo, Sonia Gasparini and Laura Colgin

Prefrontal Inhibitory Circuits and Behavioral Control
Chair:
Steve Maren
Participants: Pankaj Sah, Cyril Herry, Justin Moscarello and Steve Maren

The Role of Glial Cells in Regulating Neural Activity
Chair:
Nelson Spruston
Participants: Alfonso Araque, Kira Poskanzer, Baljit Khakh and Nelson Spruston

Pathological Plasticity in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chair:
Peyman Golshani
Participants: Molly M. Huntsman, Shafali Spurling Jeste, Jill L Silverman, Stelios Smirnakis and Peyman Golshani

Gut-Brain Axis in Synaptic Plasticity and Mental Health
Chair:
Mauro Costa-Mattioli
Participants: Premek Bercik and Mauro Costa-Mattioli

Examining Memory Formation from Genetics, Epigenetics and Circuits
Chair:
Sheena Josselyn
Participants: Guo-Li Ming, Li-Huei Tsai, Kay Tye and Sheena Josselyn

Functional Interactions Between the Retrosplenial Cortex and the Hippocampal Memory System
Chair:
Fred Helmstetter
Participants: David Bucci, Kiriana Cowansage, David Smith and Fred Helmstetter

Memory Retrieval: Terra Incognita
Chair:
Paul Frankland
Participants: Yaniv Ziv, Lila Davarchi, Steve Ramirez, and Paul Frankland