2nd Cologne
Neuroscience Day

Welcome
Prof. Tatiana Korotkova

New groups on Campus I
Prof. Irina Dudanova (Dept. of Anatomy)
Differential vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases: from molecular to circuit mechanisms

Talk 1.1
Faezeh Rabbani (ICM - Institut du Cerveau, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)
Dissecting cortical circuits underlying non-sensory spontaneous activity in the
mouse visual cortex

Talk 1.2
Marta Zaninello (Department of Genetics & CECAD)
The RNA-binding protein CLUH is involved in the maintenance of the axonal mitochondrial proteome and translation

Talk 1.3
Anne Petzold (Institute for Systems Physiology)
Choices between feeding and socializing are guided by distinct lateral hypothalamic subpopulations

Talk 1.4
Erica Ehrhardt (Institute of Zoology & Janelia Research Campus)
Single-cell type analysis of wing and haltere premotor circuits in the fly ventral nerve cord

Talk 1.5
Stefan Blaschke (Dept. of Neurology & Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), FZJ)
Subacute blood-brain barrier impairment as pathological hallmark in a novel model of closed-head concussive brain injury (CBI) in mice

New groups on Campus II
Dr. Graziana Gatto (AG Sensorimotor Adaptation)
Spinal Circuits in Action

Talk 2.1
Grusha Primal Mathias (Inst. for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience & DZNE)
Development of motor dysfunctions in a hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation (HCN) channelopathy model

Talk 2.2
Tamás Schmidt (Inst. of Human Genetics, Inst. of Genetics, Inst. for Zoology)
STIM1 and the store-operated calcium entry in the pathology of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Talk 2.3
Alisa Bakhareva (Institute for Systems Physiology)
A role of prefrontal inputs to lateral hypothalamus in coping with stress

Talk 2.4
Oliver Barnstedt, (DZNE & Department of Cellular Neuroscience, LIN, Magdeburg)
A hippocampus-accumbens code guides goal-directed appetitive behavior

New groups on Campus III
Dr. Silvana Valtcheva (AG Maternal Neurocircuits)
Sensory-hormonal coupling in the postpartum hypothalamus

Talk 3.1
Pamela Martino-Adami (Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
Performance of Alzheimer's disease plasma biomarkers in primary care: results from the AGECODE study

Talk 3.2
Linnea Hoheisel (Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), FZJ & Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)
Computational Modelling of Brain Network Dynamics

Talk 3.3
Deniz Tuzsus (Biological Psychology, Department of Psychology)
Human-level reinforcement learning performance of recurrent neural networks is linked to hyperperseveration, not directed exploration

Talk 3.4
Angela Brands (Biological Psychology, Department of Psychology)
Dope performance? Catecholamine precursor tyrosine enhances value-based decision-making

Talk 3.5
Elke Smith (Biological Psychology, Department of Psychology)
Interindividual Differences in Dopamine Effects on Temporal Discounting