Neuroscience Student Seminars

Name

Seminar

Date

Christina Merkley


Tyler Peel

"Estrogen induced plasticity in glutamatergic inputs to Kiss1 neurons in the mouse."

"The behavioural effects of unilateral cryogenic inactivation of FEF and the FEF's contribution to SC neuronal activity."

September 17, 2012

Teresa McAdam


Melanie Kok


Robert Whitwell

"Grasping with a twist: decoding action intentions in the human brain using fMRI."

"Structural and functional cross-modal reorganization in the dorsal zone of deaf auditory cortex."

"Object size constancy in action."

September 24, 2012

Invited Speaker
Dr. Carlo Marzi

October 1, 2012

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Thanksgiving Holiday

October 8, 2012

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SFN - no seminars

October 15, 2012

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October 22, 2012

Invited Speaker
Dr. Amy Poremba

October 29, 2012

Benjamin Wheal


Tasha Ahmad


Sahand Babapoor-Farrokhran

"Localized elevation of cytosolic free calcium is required for uropod retraction in osteoclast migration."

"Cannabinoid transmission in the medial prefrontal cortext controls sub-cortical opiate reward and aversion signals."

"Role of anterior cingulate cortex in saccade generation."

November 5, 2012

Jennifer Milne


Laura Beamish


Taylor Parrott

"The neural correlates of material perception through active human echolocation in the blind."

"The influence of auditory brainstem encoding on the use of auditory feedback during speech production."

"Examining memory for beat based rhythms."

November 12, 2012

Jeffrey Wong


Jordan Robinson


Amir Mohseni

"Working memory: Are category and process specific models orthogonal or mutually exclusive."

"Anterior vs. Posterior lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmentum (PPT)."

"Long lasting effect of early life seizure."

November 19, 2012
*Note: these seminars will be held at LHSC Auditorium B

Invited Speaker
Dr. Keir Pearson

November 26, 2012

Diedre Desouza


Heather McGregor


Brittany Draycott

"The organization of the human auditory cortex: Responses to frequency modulated sounds."

"Exploring the neural basis of observational motor learning using resting-state fMRI."

"The effects of cortical cannabinoid transmission on emotional learning and memory."

December 3, 2012

Invited Speaker
Dr. Susanne Ferber

December 10, 2012

 James Kryklywy


Loretta Norton


Daniel Cameron

"Effects of emotion and location on auditory processing streams."

"Innovative prognostic testing of comatose patients using fMRI."

"Stages of beat perception and the influence of incongruity: Preliminary results from fMRI."

December 17, 2012 

Alvin Chin


Amber Good


Aaron Kirschner

"Can incremental training improve motor learning?"

"Toxin-induced gustatory conditioning in rats: Examining toxin-nutrient trade offs."

"Cognitive assessment in disorders of consciousness."

January 14, 2013

Scott Macdonald


Justin Arcaro


Stacey Holbrook

"The effect of tool handle orientation of fMRI activation."

"Subcortical involvement in a rat model of absence seizures."

"Temporal changes of neuropathology following spaced intracerebroventricular infusions of propionic acid in rats."

January 21, 2013

Invited Speaker
Dr. Michael Poulter

"Remodeling of the epileptic brain."

January 28, 2013

Peter Nguyen


Chris Fields


Samantha Podrebarac

"Processing of action words in Parkinson's disease."

"The non-neuronal release of achetylcholine by murine cardiomyocyctes."

"Are visual texture-selective areas recruited during haptic texture discrimination?"

February 4, 2013

Adrianna Diez


Chao Gu


Christian Battista

"Testing the template hypothesis of vocal learning in songbirds."

"Development of an animal model for the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the primate oculomotor system."

"How individual differences in strategy use impact the neural circuitry underlying arithmetic skills: Evidence from customized arithmetic training."

February 11, 2013

February 18, 2013

Invited Speaker
Dr. Deda Gillespie

February 25, 2013

Ben Kolisnyk


Danielle Bell Boucher


Teddy Chow

March 4, 2013

Ravnoor Singh


Tanaz Javan


Lindsay Oliver

"Exploring functional network alterations in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) using a kainic acid based model."

"Mindfulness vs. Metta (compassion-focused) meditation: Effects on EEG correlates of self-referential processing."

"Elucidating the empathy deficit in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia."

March 11, 2013

Carmen Wong


Jordan Zunder


Komal Shaikh

"Cortical area 5 deactivation in walking cats: Effects on obstacle memory."

"The emotional and motivational valence of cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol microinjections in rat ventrostriatal structures."

"Motor and cognitive abilities of the transgenic LRRK2 rat model of Parkinson disease."

March 18, 2013

March 25, 2013

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Easter Monday - No Seminars

April 1, 2013

 Alex Moszczynski


Ambrose Ty


Jason Chan

"Tau protein in ALS with cognitive impairment."

"A fMRI study of the neural correlates of guilt and restitution."

"Communicating with prefrontal cortex: Executive control and the superior colliculus."

April 8, 2013

no seminars

April 15, 2013

Invited Speaker
Dr. Yu-Tian Wang
 

"Allosteric potentiation of GABA-A receptor function by glutamate."

 April 22, 2013

Adam Wang

Laura Rosen

Nikoo Hashemi

"The role of neurexin-1a in neurite growth."

"Exploring the opiate-induced molecular memory switching mechanism in the mesocorticolimbic pathway."

"Investigating neural correlates of BOLD signal: Simultaneous fMRI-LFP recording."

April 29, 2013