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Catecholamines (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Systems and Disorders Regulated by Catecholamine Signaling

August 10 - 11, 2019
Chairs and
Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River
97 Summit Road
Newry, Maine, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Catecholamines is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

This meeting will highlight all aspects of catecholamine biology from the fundamental foundations of catecholamine signaling to the potential for therapeutic development in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. In particular, discussion of unsettled debates of catecholamine function will allow trainees to determine the direction of the field for the next generation of scientists.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Catecholamines" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
The Locus Coeruleus: Noradrenergic Regulation of Behavior
Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Opening Remarks
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
"Locus Coeruleus Activity in a Classical Conditioning Task"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
"A Role for the Locus Coeruleus in the Modulation of Feeding"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Circuit Mechanisms: Dopaminergic Regulation of Learning
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Ventral Pallidum: A Critical Node for Value Computations in the Mesolimbic Circuit"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"Accumbal Dopamine Release Tracks the Expectation of Dopamine Neuron-Mediated Reinforcement"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Action-Specific Suppression of Nigrostriatal Dopamine Release by Goal-Directed Behavior"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"A Novel Framework for Diametric Stimulus Encoding in the Nucleus Accumbens"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Time-of-Day Variation in Reward-Associated and Learning Behaviors and in Rapid Dopamine Signaling"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"A Dendrite-Specific Striatonigral Circuit Facilitates Dopamine Rebound"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Dopaminergic Dysregulation: Implications for Addiction / Mentorship Component: NIH Fellowships
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Circadian- and Sex-Dependent Increases in Intravenous Cocaine Self-Administration in Npas2 Mutant Mice"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
"Diametric Changes in Ventral Striatal Dopamine Release Underlie Drug-Taking and Drug-Seeking Behaviors"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Dissecting Dopamine Pathways Altered by Pain-Induced Dysfunction in Opioid Signaling"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:55 am
"A Discussion of NIH Fellowship Opportunities"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Synaptic Mechanisms: Regulation of Cellular Dynamics
Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
"Dopamine Receptor Independent Actions of Dopamine on Medium Spiny Neuron Synaptic Transmission in the Nucleus Accumbens"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
"Astrocytes Mediate Dopamine Neuromodulation in the Nucleus Accumbens"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
"mTORC1 and mTORC2 Differentially Control the Structure and Output of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

Contributors

National Institutes of Health - National Institute on Drug Abuse
University of North Carolina School of Medicine - Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
University of Minnesota - Medical Discovery Team on Addiction
University of Washington - Graduate Program in Neuroscience

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 5 R13 DA043916-02 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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