WCNP 2018

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

The Neural Basis of Consciousness
Chair: Martin Monti
Participants: Laura Lewis, Hakwan Lau, and Martin Monti

Learning to Aggress: Neural Underpinnings of Aggressive Behavior
Chair: Nelly Alia-Klein
Participants: Sam Golden, Kent A. Kiehl, and Nelly Alia-Klein

The Role of Lateral Habenula in Adaptive Behaviors and Cognitive Control
Chair: Sheri Mizumori
Participants: Bo Li, Thomas Jhou, Lucas Lecourtier, Aleks Vicentic, and Sheri Mizumori

The Role of Hormones in Behavior, Learning and Neural Plasticity
Chair: Bettina Studer
Participants: Tobias Kalenscher, Natalie C. Ebner, Christian Merz, and Bettina Studer

Endosomal Trafficking in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chair: Scott Small
Participants: Randy Nixon, Marie Claude Potier, Gopal Thinakaran and Scott Small

Dendritic Computations and Plasticity
Chair: Stelios Smirnakis
Participants: Dan Johnson, Jeff Magee, Yiota Poirazi, Mike Hausser, and Stelios Smirnakis

Redox Signaling and Pathophysiology
Chair: Tom Foster
Participants: Frederico Sesti, Paul Walton, Cecilia Hidalgo, and Tom Foster

The Richness of Defensive Behavior
Chair: Michael Fanselow
Participants: Jeansok Kim, Drew Headley, Jonathan Fadok, Dean Mobbs, and Michael Fanselow

Exosomes in Therapeutic Application and as Biomarkers of Neurlogical Status
Chair: Michael Chopp
Participants: Zheng Gang Zhang, Dirk Hermann, Tom Foster and Michael Chopp

Time and Hippocampal Memory
Chair: Alcino Silva
Participants: Gyorgy Buzsaki, Jill Leutgeb, Loren Frank, Jelena Radulovic and Alcino Silva