McGill University, Canada

 

Mortyn Jones Lecture

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TITLE: Osmotic control of vasopressin: What have we learned since Verney and Andersson?
 

CHAIR: Dr. Colin Brown,

University of Otago, NZ

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BIO: Bourque obtained a B.Sc.in Biology from the University of Ottawa and a Ph.D. in physiology under the supervision of Leo Renaud at McGill University (Montreal). Following Postdoctoral work with David A. Brown (University of London) he was recruited by the Department of Neurology-Neurosurgery at McGill University (currently Distinguished James McGill Professor) and as a Medical Scientist with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. 

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New York University, USA

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TITLE:  Love, Death and Oxytocin

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CHAIR: Dr. Inga Neumann,

University of Regensburg, Germany

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BIO: Dr. Froemke is the Skirball Foundation Professor of Genetics in the Neuroscience Institute and Departments of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience/Physiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. The Froemke lab studies how sounds acquire meaning by relating synaptic plasticity to changes in behavior, such as the adaptations in the maternal brain to recognize infant cries or how cochlear implant stimulation leads to auditory perception.

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Jichi Medical University, Japan

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TITLE:  Metabolic and stress-coping actions of oxytocin

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CHAIR: Dr. Sue Carter,

Indiana University, USA

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BIO: Tatsushi Onaka is a Professor in the Department of Physiology at Jichi Medical University and has been the department head since 2011. He also serves as the Vice President of the Japan Neuroendocrine Society. Dr Onaka’s research primarily focuses on the function of oxytocin neurons in regulating energy consumption, food intake, and stress coping behaviors.

Columbia University, USA

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TITLE:  Portal pathways in the brain: Their potential for transporting neurovascular peptidergic signals

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CHAIR: Dr. Mike Ludwig,

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

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BIO: Dr. Silver is a professor of Psychology at Columbia University and the Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural & Physical Sciences in the Neuroscience Department at Barnard College. She is the director of The Silver Neurobiology lab at Columbia, which studies the brain clock located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus.

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