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Please contact Thomas Cleland or David Smith with any questions.
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31 August 202125 Jan 2022: Organizational Meeting7 September 2021
1 February 2022: Julia Jun
Scott GA, Liu MC, Tahir NB, Zabder NK, Song Y, Greba Q, Howland JG (2020). Roles of the medial prefrontal cortex, mediodorsal thalamus, and their combined circuit for performance of the odor span task in rats: analysis of memory capacity and foraging behavior. Learning & Memory 27(2):67-77.
14 September 2021: Jesse Werth
Schoonover CE, Ohashi SN, Axel R, Fink AJP (2021). Representational drift in primary olfactory cortex. Nature 594: 541-546.
- Followup papers of interest:
- Raman D, O'Leary T (2021). Optimal plasticity for memory maintenance during ongoing synaptic change. eLife 10:e62912. (Online only; PDF not yet available).
21 September 2021: Margaret Cruz
Meinhardt J, et al. (2021). Olfactory transmucosal SARS-CoV-2 invasion as a port of central nervous system entry in individuals with COVID-19. Nature Neuroscience 24: 168-175.
- The role of brain microglia in synaptic plasticity (as well as the immune response) arose during discussion. Here are a couple of starting-point reviews of the topic for those interested.
- Morris GP et al. (2013). Microglia: a new frontier for synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and neurodegenerative disease research.
- Augusto-Oliveira M et al. (2021). Lifestyle-dependent microglial plasticity: training the brain guardians.
- The role of brain microglia in synaptic plasticity (as well as the immune response) arose during discussion. Here are a couple of starting-point reviews of the topic for those interested.
28 September 2021: Celia McLean
Vahaba DM, Hecsh A, Remage-Healey L (2020). Neuroestrogen synthesis modifies neural representations of learned song without altering vocal imitation in developing songbirds. Scientific Reports 10:3602.
5 October 2021: Michael Mariscal
Kato HK, Chu MW, Isaacson JS, Komiyama T (2012). Dynamic sensory representations in the olfactory bulb: modulation by wakefulness and experience. Neuron 76: 962-975.
12 October 2021: FALL BREAK / Indigenous Peoples' Day
No meeting
19 October 2021: Lia Chen
Cornblath EJ, Li HL, ..., Henderson MX (2021). Computational modeling of tau pathology spread reveals patterns of regional vulnerability and the impact of a genetic risk factor. Science Advances 7: eabg6677.
- Followups from discussion:
- Seminal & review papers about graph theoretic analysis of brain networks: Bassett & Bullmore 2006, Bullmore & Sporns 2009, Bullmore & Sporns 2012, Bassett & Bullmore 2017
- Dementia papers utilizing brain network analyses: Rittman et al 2016, Rittman et al 2019
- Followups from discussion:
26 October 2021: Wendy Yang
Rangel MJ, Baldo MVC, Canteras NS (2018). Influence of the anteromedial thalamus on social defeat-associated contextual fear memory. Behavioural Brain Research 339: 269-277.
2 November 2021: Nicole Pranic
Chen J, Markowitz JE, ..., Datta SR, Stowers L (2021). Flexible scaling and persistence of social vocal communication. Nature 593: 108-113.
9 November 2021: Society for Neuroscience Conference (virtual)
No meeting
16 November 2021: Santi Forero
Gobrogge KL, Jia X, Liu Y, Wang Z (2017). Neurochemical mediation of affiliation and aggression associated with pair-bonding. Biological Psychiatry 81: 231-242.
23 November 2021: Nora Prior
Jaric I, Rocks D, Greally JM, Suzuki M, Kundakovic M (2019). Chromatin organization in the female mouse brain fluctuates across the oestrous cycle. Nature Communications 10:2851.
30 November 2021: David Smith
New findings and questions about retrosplenial cortex
TBD
8 February 2022: TBD
15 February 2022: TBD
22 February 2022: TBD
1 March 2022: "FEBRUARY" BREAK
No meeting
8 March 2022: TBD
15 March 2022: TBD
22 March 2022: TBD
29 March 2022: TBD
5 April 2022: SPRING BREAK
No meeting
12 April 2022: TBD
19 April 2022: TBD
26 April 2022: TBD
3 May 2022: TBD7 December 2021: CANCELLED – see you all next year!