Mechanisms that Underlie Flexible Neural Coding

This conference will focus on how brains adjust information processing and optimize behaviors in response to ever-changing environmental demands. This astonishing flexibility relies on the modulation of brain functions in multifarious ways that can change neural excitability, synaptic communication and neural circuit output. The modulation of brain functions regulates basic biological states such as feeding, sleep or sex, and is of key importance for cognitive brain functions such as attention and learning. Mechanistic insights into neuromodulation are not only critical to understand the neural basis of intelligence and behavior but also to understand brain dysfunctions underlying disease. The 2023 GRC conference on “Modulation of Neural Circuits and Behavior” will bring together scientists with diverse backgrounds to discuss current concepts and exciting new results in this broad field. The meeting will cut across disciplines and focus on topics that have a high potential to synergize. We expect that the organized and informal discussions will generate valuable new insights and highlight promising directions for future progress.