Spring Semester 2010-2011

For Spring Semester 2010-2011, the Behavioral, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (BCS) Journal Club will meet on Tuesdays from 11:45 to 1:00 pm in Uris Hall 205. 

Papers and notes from previous semesters can be found in the BCS meeting archive.

The overarching theme this semester is Cell assemblies, functional connectivity, and feedback.  Please interpret it broadly. It is intended to include such diverse topics as: cortical microcircuits, the dynamic reconfiguration of neural circuitry, decision making by such circuitry, the interactions between complex circuits and neuromodulatory nuclei (e.g., the basis for specificity in neuromodulatory effects), and the relationship between specific neuromodulators and nominal functions such as "attention" or "arousal".  

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You can enroll in the BCS Journal Club for graduate or undergraduate credit  (2 CR, S/U) as a Topics in Biopsychology seminar:  PSYCH 6271-102.  The course requires that you present at least once during the semester and participate actively overall.

Please contact Thomas Cleland or David Smith with any questions.

25 January 2011:  Organizational Meeting

• No readings. Please come prepared to choose a day to present from the many opportunities below.

1 February 2011:  Patrick Gill

• Shoham S, O'Connor DH, Segev R (2006)  How silent is the brain: is there a "dark matter" problem in neuroscience?  Journal of Comparative Physiology A.  
• Song S, Sjoestroem PJ, Reigl M, Nelson S, Chklovskii DB (2005)  Highly nonrandom features of synaptic connectivity in local cortical circuits.  PLoS Biology 3(3):0507-0519 (e68). 

8 February 2011:  Dave Bulkin

• TBD

15 February 2011:  TBD

• TBD

22 February 2011:  Sasha Devore

• TBD

1 March 2011:  Guoshi Li

• TBD

8 March 2011:  TBD

•  (Thom will not be present)

15 March 2011:  Matt Lewis

• TBD

22 March 2011:   SPRING BREAK -- NO MEETING

• If you come to BCS today, you will be mocked. 

29 March 2011:  Laura Darnieder

• TBD

5 April 2011:  Michelle Tong

• TBD

12 April 2011:  Tanya Nauvel

• TBD

19 April 2011:  Anuttama Sheela Mohan

• TBD

26 April 2011:  Adam Miller

• TBD

3 May 2011:  Al Molnar

• TBD