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“Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome and familial Alzheimer's disease: Unique opportunities to understand and prevent a devastating disease” Juan Fortea, M.D., Ph.D. Alzheimer Down Unit Director Hospital of Sant Pau and Catalan Foundation for Down Syndrome

Judith F. Kroll Distinguished Professor Department of Language Science University of California, Irvine Monday, October 28, 2019 12:00 – 1:15 pm, Education 2010

Despite the rich literature on the consequences of selective attention to behavior and to neural responses, as well as a wealth of models of competitive selection, little is known about the circuit mechanisms by which the brain actually selects the highest priority stimulus as the next target of spatial attention. Following a first principles approach…

Dr. Dulcis is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCSD. He is a faculty member of the Neurosciences graduate program and the Center for Circadian Biology at UCSD. He received his B.S. from University of Cagliari  (Italy) double majoring in Physiology and Biology. While earning his Ph.D. from University of Arizona in Neuroscience, he illustrated…

Interneurons and the control of memory precision Inhibitory interneurons govern the sparse activation of principal cells that permits appropriate behaviors, and they are activated during specific memory processes. Our recent work has demonstrated important roles for interneurons in disorders of brain development and injury. These studies have motivated our ongoing efforts to understand how these…

The 3rd Annual John A. Kusske Lecture Series Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, FACS The Myth of Equipoise Theodore S. Roberts Professor Chair and Residency Program Director Department of Neurological Surgery University of Washington RSVP to Cindy Wang at ucineurosurgery@hs.uci.edu or 714-456-3402. Seating is limited.

UCI Medical Scientist Training Program Distinguished Lecture Series Ion Channels as Critical Regulators of Immunity Dr. Stephan Feske's research focuses on signaling pathways in cells of the immune system, particularly store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), mediated by the calcium release–activated calcium (CRAC) channel, and other ion channels. The Feske lab investigates how CRAC channels are activated,…

Early childhood depression: clinical and neural characteristics. The Conte Center @ UCI will host Dr. Joan L. Luby, a professor of child psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in…