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International Graduate School of Neuroscience

SFB 874 / IGSN Conference

Sensory Processes: from molecules to cognition

12th - 13th of April 2016, Veranstaltungszentrum, Ruhr University Bochum

April 12th 9:15—16:20

Programme / Sessions

Session 1:

(9:25—12:35)

Cellular Mechanisms

Siegrid Löwel

Department of Systems Neuroscience, Göttingen University

The dynamic architecture of the adult visual cortex, or:How can I keep my brain young?

Tobias Moser

University Medical Center Göttingen / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

Inner hair cells decompose auditory signals through active zones with different Ca2+-influx

Dirk Dietrich

Laboratory of Experimental Neurophysiology, Department of Neurosurgery,University of Bonn Medical School

Activity-dependent myelination and neuro-glia synapses: role of oligodendrocyte precursor cells

Including Poster Session

Session 2:

(13:40—16:20)

Neuronal Networks and Circuits

Benedikt Grothe

Ludwig-Maximilians-University München / Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried

The evolution of neuronal circuits for sound localization

Rohini Kuner

Institute of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University

Cortical circuits in nociception and chronic pain

Mark Hübener

Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried

How sensory experience and learning change neuronal responses in the visual cortex

Including Brainstorming Sessions (1) and (2)

April 13th 9:15—16:00

Programme / Sessions

Session 3:

(9:15—12:00)

Neuronal Oscillations and Cellular Communication

Heinz Beck

Department of Epileptology, Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research,Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn Medical Center

Mechanisms of sparse coding in the dentate gyrus

Andreas Draguhn

Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Heidelberg University

Multineuronal activity patterns and hippocampal network oscillations

Andreas Engel

Department of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Intrinsic Coupling Modes and Cognition

Including Poster Session

Session 4:

(13:10—16:00)

Sensory Integration and Representation

Denise Manahan-Vaughan

Department of Neurophysiology, Ruhr University Bochum

Neuronal processing and integration of sensory information by the hippocampus

Jan Born

Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University Tübingen

Sleep, Memory and Perception

Onur Güntürkün

Department of Biopsychology, Ruhr University Bochum

Visual categories in the pigeon brain

Including Brainstorming Sessions (3) and (4)

16:00

Farewell —end of the conference


  • All talks with a duration about 30 min plus discussion
  • Coffee and lunch breaks

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