MEDS 6497 - Neuroscience Journal Club

Paper to be presented: "Neurovascular Coupling in the Dentate Gyrus Regulates Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis"

Presenter: Marwa Elamin, Graduate Assistant, Levine Lab

Citation Link:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627319305215?via%3Dihub

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Critical role of microglial Neuropilin-1 in oligodendrocyte homeostasis"

Presenter:
Akiko Nishiyama, MD, PhD
Professor, Physiology and Neurobiology, UConn, Storrs, CT

Relevant citation links:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24005306 & https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24753030

MEDS 6497 - Neuroscience Journal Club

Paper to be presented: "Astrocytes Determine Conditioned Response to Morphine Via Glucocorticoid Receptor-Dependent Regulation of Lactate Release."

Presenter: Dea Gorka, Graduate Assistant, Chamberlain Lab

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41386-019-0450-4.pdf

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Regulation of synaptic plasticity by BDNF-endocannabinoid interactions"


Presenter:
Eric Levine, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health, Farmington, CT

MEDS 6497 - Neuroscience Journal Club

Paper to be presented:
"Oligodendrocyte precursor cells present antigen and are cytotoxic targets in inflammatory demyelination"

Presenter: Ramalakshmi Ramasamy, Graduate Assistant, Smith Lab

Citation link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11638-3

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Role of immune infiltration and purinergic receptor P2X4 in ischemic stroke"

Presenter:
Rajkumar Verma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health, Farmington, CT

Relevant citation link: "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28751018/"

Due to the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) meeting scheduled the week of October 16-23, 2019, there is no Journal Club scheduled for today.

Due to the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) scheduled for the week of October 16-23, 2019, there will be no seminar today.

MEDS 6497 - Neuroscience Journal Club

Paper to be presented:
"Thrombospondin-1 Mediates Axon Regeneration in Retinal Ganglion Cells"

Presenter: Bruce Rheaume, Graduate Assistant, Trakhtenberg Lab

Citation Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627319304970?via%3Dihub

Co-Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

Presenter:
Gary Rosenberg, MD, Professor of Neurology, Director, Center for Memory and Aging, Health Sciences Center, University of New Mexico, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM

Hosts: Dr. Tony Vella & Dr. Riqiang Yan