UTSA hosts neuroscience symposium March 11-12
(March 10, 2004)--UTSA biology doctoral students host the Biology of Learning and Memory Symposium from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday and Friday, March 11-12 in the University Center Laurel Room (2.01.28) on the 1604 Campus.
The two-day event features presentations from the nation's leading neuroscientists. Speakers will discuss learning and memory in relation to biology.
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Symposium Schedule
Thursday, March 11
9 a.m. -- "Understanding Hippocampal Computation and Function Through
Minimal Biological Modeling"
William Levy, University of Virginia Medical School
10:30 a.m. -- "Neurobiological Changes in the Aged Rat Hippocampus:
Implications for Age-Related Deficits in Spatial Cognition"
Carol Barnes, University of Arizona
1:45 p.m. -- "LTP of Dendritic Excitability in Hippocampal Neurons"
Daniel Johnston, Baylor College of Medicine
Friday, March 12
9 a.m. -- "Imaging the Structure and Function of Dendritic Spines"
Rafael Yuste, Columbia University
10:30 a.m. -- "Cell Assemblies in the Hippocampus"
Gyorgy Buzsaki, Rutgers University
1:45 p.m. -- "Transgenic mouse models of amyloid deposition and cognitive
impairment"
David Borchelt, John Hopkins Medical Institute