Monday, January 22, 2007

John Neumaier
Nestler EJ, Carlezon WA Jr. (2006) The mesolimbic dopamine reward circuit in depression. Biol Psychiatry. 59:1151-9.
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, February 12, 2007

NIDA T32 Trainees
Derek DiRocco, Ben Land, Aaron Miller, Andrew Hart, Van Redila, Jeremy Clark
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, March 12, 2007

Paul Phillips
Phillips PE, Walton ME, Jhou TC. (2006) Calculating utility: preclinical evidence for cost-benefit analysis by mesolimbic dopamine. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2006 Nov 22; [Epub ahead of print]
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, April 2, 2007

Nephi Stella
Hashimotodani Y, Ohno-Shosaku T, Kano M. (2007) Presynaptic monoacylglycerol lipase activity determines basal endocannabinoid tone and terminates retrograde endocannabinoid signaling in the hippocampus. J Neurosci. 27(5):1211-9.
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, May 14, 2007

Richard Palmiter
Lisman JE, Grace AA. (2005) The hippocampal-VTA loop: controlling the entry of information into long-term memory. Neuron. 46(5):703-13.
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, June 4, 2007

Valerie Olson
Olson VG, Heusner CL, Bland RJ, During MJ, Weinshenker D, Palmiter RD. (2006) Role of noradrenergic signaling by the nucleus tractus solitarius in mediating opiate reward. Science. 311(5763):1017-20.
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, October 1, 2007

Charles Chavkin
Bruchas, M.R., Land, B.B., Aita, M., Xu, M., Li, S. and Chavkin, C. (2007) Stress-induced p38 MAPK activation mediates kappa opioid-dependent dysphoria. Journal of Neuroscience (in press)
Room 303 SCC 11:30-1PM

Monday, November 19, 2007

Sheri Mizumori
Parallel processing across neural systems: Implications for multiple memory system hypothesis.
Room 303 SCC 12:30-2PM **different time

Monday, December 3, 2007

Dennis Deyer and Nigel Bamford
Glutamate Release in the Ventral Striatum is Mediated by D1 and D2 Receptor Activity
Background reading: Dumartin et al, (2007) Differences in ultrastructural localization of dopaminergic D1 receptors between dorsal striatum and nucleus accumbens in the rat. Neurosci Letts 419: 273-277.
Room D209 HSB **different location 11:30-1PM

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Roy Wise, PhD
The normal roles of dopamine in reward and motivation
2:30 PM Room T-747 HSB

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Michael J. Meaney, PhD
Professor
Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery
McGill University
Epigenetic programming of gene expression and stress responses through variations in maternal care
4:00 PM Room A-420 HSB

Monday, April 23, 2007

Terry Robinson, PhD
Elliot S. Valenstein Collegiate Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
Drugs, neuroplasticity and addiction
3:30 PM Room D-209 HSB

Friday, April 27, 2007

Stress and Development Mini Symposium
SCC Room 348/350 10AM-4PM

Catherine Coulter
A role for glucocorticoids in the early origins of adult disease?

Charles Chavkin
Molecular mechanisms of stress-induced depression

Sandra Juul
Effects of stress and age on susceptibility to neonatal hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

Chris Gleason
Stress and Morphine

Robert Steiner
Sexual differentiation of the brain (focusing on the Kiss1 circuitry in the developing brain)

Phyllis Wise
Therapeutic Roles for Estradiol after Brain Injury

Robert Lane
Epigenetics, IGF-1, steroid, and Sirt1alpha biology

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Michael S. Fanselow, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology & Brain Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Competition and Compensation in the Circuitry Mediating Contextual Fear
3:30 PM Room A-114 Physics-Astronomy Building

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Philippe Jauzac, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Caen Medical University
Caen, France
Agonist-regulated trafficking of delta opioid receptor in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK N BE
2:30 PM Room T-747 HSB

Wednesday June 6, 2007

Jim Schenk, PhD
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Washington State University
Functioning of the dopamine transporter and Drugs of abuse.
3:30 PM Room T-478 HSB

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

James Bibb, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Integration of Ca2+ and cAMP Signal Transduction by Cdk5 in Learning, Memory, and Addiction
10:30 AM Room K-550 HSB

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Dr. David Hawkins
Professor of Social Work, UW
Predicting and Preventing Addictions: Environmental Contributions
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Dr. Alan Marlatt
Professor of Psychology - UW
The role of harm reduction in the prevention of addictive behavior
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Dr. Dan Kivlahan
Associate Professor of Psychiatry - UW
Brief Interventions in clinical treatment
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Dr. Richard Palmiter
HHMI Investigator and Professor of Biochemistry - UW
The neural circuitry underlying reward
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Dr. Stephen Waxman
Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, & Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine
Allan & Phyllis Treuer lecturer on Pain Research
Playing with Fire: Multiple Roles of Sodium Channels in Neurological Disease
12 PM T625 HSB

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Dr. John Neumaier
Transition from molecular to behavioral understanding of addiction
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Dr. Therese Grant
Preventing future alcohol and drug exposed births among high-risk women
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Dr. Paul Phillips
The role of dopamine in theories of addiction
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Dr. Dennis Donovan
Alcoholism treatment matching research: methodological and clinical issues
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Dr. Andrew J. Saxon
Genetic determinants of addiction to opioids and cocaine
3:30 PM Bagley 154

Monday, December 17, 2007

Dr. Jean Rossier
Professor Neurobiology
Director of the CNRS Unit Neurobiology and Cellular Diversity
Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles
Paris, France
Characterization and Roles of Neocortical Interneurons
10:30 AM K069 HSB