Neuroscience Graduate Group Journal Club Papers

 

September 19, 2012 William Snider
Cell Type Specific Disruption of ERK/MAPK signaling in the Developing Nervous System
Mentor: Wenqin Luo
Presenter: Will Olson
Attending Lunch: Wade, Peter, Lindsey, Chris

SniderBersERKSchwannCells
SniderSpecificFunctionsforERK-MAPK

September 25 (Tuesday)- Charles Chavkin
Therapeutic Potential of Kappa Opioids in Stress-Resilience, Pain and Addiction
Mentor: Tracy Bale
Presenter: David Reiner, Brianne Jeffrey
Attending Lunch:Wednesday, Sept. 26th, noon Chris, Kamesh, Greg, Andrew M., Bri, David R.

132BruchasChavkin2010review
134EricaPNAS
137BruchasNeuron2011

October 3, 2012 - Greg DeAngelis
Constructing 3D Visual Representations: Neural coding of depth-from-motion and motion-in-depth
Mentor: Josh Gold/Jesse Isaacman-Beck (student)
Presenter: Kamesh Krishnamurthy, Lindsey Goodman
Attending Lunch: Drew J., Eva, David R, Kamesh, Sri, Wade

DeAngelisGazzanigaBook2009Ch33
NadlerNaturewSuppl
NadlerNeuron2009

October 10, 2012 - Andre Fenton
Mind Games: Cognitive control and neural coordination
Mentor:
Isabel Muzzio
Presenter: Drew Jaegle, Julia Kahn
Attending Lunch: Drew, Greg, Trishala, Eva, Julia

Fenton et al 2010
Kelemen and Fenton 2010
Sacktor 2010

October 24, 2012 - Susan Amara
A New Take on Uptake: Neurotransmitter transporters and the activation of cellular signaling pathways by amphetamines
Mentor:
Julie Blendy
Presenter: David Tischfield, Alice Ford
Attending Lunch: David T., David R., Trishala, Wade, Alice, Preetika

amara.pdf
amara2.pdf

October 30, 2012 - Dennis Selkoe - FLEXNER
Molecular Basis of Synaptic Failure in Alzheimer's Disease: The Path to Prevention
Mentor: Marc Dichter
Presenter: Wade Mayes
Attending Lunch: NO STUDENT LUNCH

Jin_PNAS 2011
Li Neuron 2009 Supp
Li Neuron 2009
Selkoe_Science MS in proof

CANCELLED - October 31, 2012 - Amy MacDermott
Inhibition in the Dorsal Horn where Touch and Pain Meet
Mentor: Amy MacDermott
Presenter: Andrew Moberly
Attending Lunch: Peter, Preetika, Alice, Bri, Jennifer, Julia

Joseph et al, 2011.pdf
Takazawa and MacDermott Annals.pdf
Takazawa and MacDermott J Physiol 2010.pdf

November 7, 2012 - Scott Sternson
Deconstruction of Neural Circuits for Hunger
Mentor:
Brian Litt
Presenter: Chris Angelakos, Preetika Gupta
Attending Lunch: David T., Chris, Sri, Bri, Preetika

AGRP Neurons_Aponte.pdf
Atasoy Nature w SM.pdf

November 14, 2012 - Quifu Ma
Generation of Somatic Sensory Neuron Diversity and Coding of Pain versus Itch
Mentor: Wenqin Luo
Presenter: Jennifer Blackwell, Trishala Parthasarathi
Attending Lunch: Drew, Andrew, Peter, Wade, Alice, Jennifer, Trishala

Ma.7.pdf.pdf
Ma.10.pdf.pdf
Review.pdf.pdf

November 28, 2012 - Iona Fine
Do Early Blind Individuals ‘see’ Auditory Motion?
Mentor:
Geoff Aguirre
Presenter: Greg Artiushin, Eva Klinman
Attending Lunch: David T., Eva, Julia, Greg, Wade

Fine_NN2003.pdf
Saenz_JNeuro2008.pdf

December 5, 2012 - Baljit Khakh
Determining the Rules for Astrocyte Engagement in Neural Microcircuits
Mentor:
Diego Contreras
Presenter: Peter Dong, Srihari Sritharan
Attending Lunch: Peter, Chris, Sri, Andrew, Jennifer

Shigetomi and Tong et al., 2011 Nat Neuro.pdf
Shigetomi et al., NN 2010.pdf
Tong et al., 2012 Neuroscientist.pdf