Sunday 
 
 
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
Arrival and Check-in
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm 
	
Dinner
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm 
	
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
Keynote Session: Amygdala and Related Structures in Learning & Memory 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm 
	
Introduction by Discussion Leader
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm 
	
"The Dynamic Structure of Cognition" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm 
	
"The Amygdala in Emotion and Social Cognition" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Monday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
Aversive Learning in the Amygdala 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:20 am 
	
"Evolution of an Engram Supporting a Fearful Memory Over Time" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 am - 9:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:30 am - 9:50 am 
	
"A Specialized Circuit that Controls Peripheral Vision and Gates Innate Threat Responses" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:50 am - 10:00 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:20 am 
	
"Mapping the Neural Circuits that Drive Sex Differences in Conditioned Fear" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:20 am - 10:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:30 am - 11:00 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:00 am - 11:20 am 
	
"The Ways in Which Fear Spreads to New and Past Associates of Stimuli that Signal Danger" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:20 am - 11:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:30 am - 11:50 am 
	
"Survival in a World of Complex Dangers" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:50 am - 12:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm 
	
"Positive Experience Shifts Fear Memories Away from the Basolateral Amygdala" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 
	
Lunch
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm 
	
Free Time
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 
	
Poster Session 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Stress Processing in the Amygdala 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm 
	
"Neuromodulation of BLA Basket Cell Circuits Controlling Network Oscillations and Fear Extinction and Dysregulation by Traumatic Stress" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm 
	
"Amygdala Correlates of Alcohol and Stress Effects on Fear and Reward Behaviors during Safety Cues" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm 
	
Late-Breaking Topic
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm 
	
"A Network of Principal Neurons in the Basolateral Amygdala Regulates Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
Dinner
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Tuesday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:30 am - 9:00 am 
	
Group Photo
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
Appetitive Learning and Addiction in the Amygdala 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:20 am 
	
"Acetylcholine Signaling in the BLA: Roles in Stress- and Reward-Related Behaviors" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 am - 9:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:30 am - 9:50 am 
	
"Amygdala Neural Encoding of Natural and Drug Reward Seeking" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:50 am - 10:00 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:20 am 
	
"Dopamine Projections to the Basolateral Amygdala Mediate Reward Prediction in Learning and Decision Making." 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:20 am - 10:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:30 am - 11:00 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:00 am - 11:20 am 
	
Late-Breaking Topic
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:20 am - 11:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:30 am - 11:50 am 
	
"Dynamic Neuropeptidergic Control of Action-Outcome by an Amygdalo-Striatal Pathway" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:50 am - 12:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm 
	
"Amygdala’s Role in Drug Craving and Use" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 
	
Lunch
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm 
	
Free Time
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 
	
Poster Session 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making in the Amygdala 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm 
	
"Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Developmental Change in Reinforcement Learning" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm 
	
"The Role of the Amygdala in Learning from Gains and Losses" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm 
	
"Basolateral Amygdala in Credit Assignment and Learning under Unexpected Uncertainty" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm 
	
"Top-Down and Bottom-Up Influences on Learning in Amygdala-Frontal Circuits" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
Dinner
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Wednesday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
The Interconnected Amygdala 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:20 am 
	
"Functions and mechanisms of amygdala-hippocampus beta synchrony" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 am - 9:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:30 am - 9:50 am 
	
"Amygdala-Cingulate Cortex Contributions to Flexible Learning under Uncertainty" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:50 am - 10:00 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:20 am 
	
"Role and Circuit Connectivity of the Medial Amygdala during Social Interactions." 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:20 am - 10:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:30 am - 11:00 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:00 am - 11:20 am 
	
"Wired for Survival: Dynamic Extended Amygdala Signaling During Threat" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:20 am - 11:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:30 am - 11:50 am 
	
"Engram Dynamics Before Learning and Across Memory" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:50 am - 12:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm 
	
"Prefrontal Encoding of an Internal Model for Emotional Inference" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 
	
Lunch
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm 
	
Free Time
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 
	
Poster Session 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Amygdala Molecules and Microcircuits 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm 
	
"Neuronal Types in the Mouse Amygdala and Their Transcriptional Response to Fear Conditioning" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm 
	
"Comparing Neuron Recruitment into the Human and Mouse Amygdala" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm 
	
"Molecular Mechanisms of the Central Amygdala Regulation in Alcohol Addiction" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm 
	
Late-Breaking Topic
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
Dinner
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Thursday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:30 am - 9:00 am 
	
Business Meeting 
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s) 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 12:30 pm 
	
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am - 9:20 am 
	
"Neural Basis of Prosocial Behavior" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:20 am - 9:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:30 am - 9:50 am 
	
"Social Experience in Adolescence Shapes Amygdalo-Cortical Neurotrophin Content and Function" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:50 am - 10:00 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:00 am - 10:20 am 
	
Late-Breaking Topic
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:20 am - 10:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
10:30 am - 11:00 am 
	
Coffee Break
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:00 am - 11:20 am 
	
"Neural Dynamics for Social Competence in Mice" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:20 am - 11:30 am 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:30 am - 11:50 am 
	
"Social State Dependency of the Primate Amygdala" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
11:50 am - 12:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm 
	
"Tuning into the Idle Chatter of the Primate Amygdala: Interoception, Neuromodulation, or Both?" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 
	
Lunch
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm 
	
Free Time
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 
	
Poster Session 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Pain Mechanisms in the Amygdala 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm 
	
Late-Breaking Topic
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm 
	
"The Basolateral Amygdala in Chronic Pain-Induced Depression: A Key Player?" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm 
	
"Dissecting the Role of the Dynorphinergic Extended Amygdala Circuitry in the Sensory and Affective Components of Pain" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm 
	
"Examining Extended Amygdala Signaling in Heightened Pain States" 
 
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm 
	
Discussion
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
	
Dinner
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
	Friday 
 
 
7:30 am - 8:30 am 
	
Breakfast
 
 
						 
						 
					
						
						
9:00 am 
	
Departure