Psychedelics Through the Lens of Science, Treatment, and Policy
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Psychedelics Through the Lens of Science, Treatment, and Policy
Psychedelics Through the Lens of Science, Treatment, and Policy
Please join UC Irvine's Center for Addiction Neuroscience (UCI CAN) for an all-day symposium entitled: "Psychedelics Through the Lens of Science, Treatment, and Policy", to be held on Monday November 18 at Herklotz Auditorium of the UCI Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. We will hear perspectives of academic researchers, psychiatrists, and policymakers from across North America, all discussing aspects…
Li Gan, PhD
Li Gan, PhD
The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Li Gan, Director of the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute at Cornell University. Innate immunity and neurodegeneration: challenges and opportunities As the resident immune cells in the brain, microglia serve as liaisons between the immune system and CNS and are strategically…
Katalin Gothard, MD, Ph.D.
Katalin Gothard, MD, Ph.D.
The James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar will host guest speaker Dr. Katalin Gothard, Professor of Physiology, Neurology, and Neuroscience, from The University of Arizona “A context-dependent switch from sensing to feeling in the primate amygdala” Tactile signals elicited in the periphery by social and affective touch acquire emotional significance in the brain. As the amygdala…
James Antony, PhD
James Antony, PhD
The UC Irvine Department of Neurobiology and Behavior will host guest speaker Dr. James Antony, Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University. Making memories last: Factors that promote memory persistence How do memories persist? In this talk, I will investigate various factors that promote long-term memory. First, I will show how moment-to-moment predictions made during…
Dion Khodagholy, PhD
Dion Khodagholy, PhD
The Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology will host Dion Khodagholy, PhD at their department seminar series Translational Neuroelectronics Our understanding of the brain’s pathophysiology relies on discoveries in neuroscience and neurology fueled by sophisticated bioelectronics enabling visualization and manipulation of neural circuits at multiple spatial and temporal resolutions. In parallel, to facilitate clinical translation of…
Lunch and Learn: UCI Behavioral Testing Core Facility
Lunch and Learn: UCI Behavioral Testing Core Facility
Shahrdad Lotfipour, PhD, and Michael A. Yassa, PhD will host a Lunch and Learn session about the new UC Irvine Behavioral Testing Core Facility. This session will introduce researchers to the capabilities of our new state-of-the-art facility with a range of equipment designed for rigorous and reproducible testing of rodent behavior. The facility is supported…