OptoDBS 2019

June 20-22, 2019

Speakers & 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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