OptoDBS 2019
June 20-22, 2019Speakers & Program
Introduction by Christian Lüscher
Session 1 : New Methods and developments
Ed Boyden – Tools for Observing and Controlling Neural Circuits
Ofer Yizhar – Optogenetic dissection of prefrontal pathways for cognitive function and social behavior
Garret Stuber – Paraventricular Thalamic Circuit Dynamics for Cue-Reward Processing
Andreas Horn – Toward Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation
Christina Grimm – Opto-fMRI on the brain-wide effects of direct and indirect pathway activation
Botond Roska – Targeting human neuronal cell types for optogenetic repair
Session 2 : Motor systems
Mark Bevan – Dysregulation and dysfunction of the indirect pathway in mouse movement disorder models
Alexandra Nelson – Optical Assessment of Neural Activity in a Mouse Model of STN DBS for Parkinson’s Disease
Adam Kepecs – Structured and cell-type-specific encoding of decision variables in orbitofrontal cortex
Rui Costa – Discovering, reinforcing and refining actions
Nicolas Mallet – What goes wrong in Basal Ganglia neuronal circuits during Parkinsonism ?
Raffaella Tonini – The input-specific nature of compartmentalized serotonergic signal at striatal circuits
Session 3 : DBS in neurology and psychiatry
Helen Mayberg – In The Trenches Balancing Progress and Setbacks with DBS for Depression
Renana Eitan – Ventral Subthalamic Theta-Alpha Oscillations Define Emotional and Cognitive Areas in Parkinson’s and OCD Patients
Hemmings Wu – Shedding light on action mechanisms of accumbal electrical stimulation for impulsivity
Jens Volkmann – New stimulation tools and strategies in DBS
Christian Lüscher – The therapeutic implications of a circuit model for addiction
Uma Mohan – The effects of direct brain stimulation in humans dépend on frequency and location
Valerie Voon – Electrophysiological markers of addiction processes from deep brain stimulation studies
Session 4 : DBS in psychiatry
Camilla Bellone – Neural mechanisms of conspecific interaction
Colin McNamara – Phase-dependent closed-loop modulation of network oscillations in vivo
Daniel Côté – DBS guidance with optical fibers
James Trevathan – Calcium imaging via a miniature microscope for studying deep brain stimulation in a freely moving animal model of disease
Antonello Bonci – Crossing the translational bridge : from optogenetics to brain stimulation approaches as promising treatments against addictive disorders
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