Neural Circuits and Behaviour CAN 2025 Satellite Meeting

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Wednesday, May 21

Neural Circuits and Behaviour CAN 2025 Satellite Meeting

Come join us at our second-annual CAN satellite event, bringing together Canadian neuroscientists studying circuits and behaviour.

By Paul Frankland and Mark Cembrowski

Date and time

Wednesday, May 21 · 9am - 4pm EDT

Location

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

123 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M5H 2M9 Canada

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

Opening Remarks

Paul Frankland

9:05 AM - 9:35 AM

Reward integration in prefrontal cortex and ventral hippocampus

Rose Bagot

There is reason to expect redundancy in neural circuit control of behavior, yet circuit neuroscience generally assumes specific circuits mediate specific functions. Focusing on the nucleus accumbens ...

9:35 AM - 9:50 AM

The dual role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the prefrontal cortex

Xin Zhao (trainee talk)

A prevailing view is that stress dampens the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and impairs cognitive function, allowing subcortical, primitive behaviours to dominate. However, recent studies showed that the PF...

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM

Endocannabinoid Signaling Governs the Temporal Kinetics of Stress Recovery

Matt Hill

Endocannabinoid signaling is known to buffer against the effects of stress, however, the circuits and cell types involved in the ability of endocannabinoids to promote termination of the stress respo...

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee break (provided by satellite)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Serotonin circuit dysregulation in behavioural symptoms of Alzheimer's

Derya Sargin

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonin neurons, which are critical for socioemotional regulation and cognitive function, are among the earliest to exhibit tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Usin...

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Associative learning in hypothalamic astrocytes stimulated by norepinephrine

Govind Peringod (trainee talk)

Astrocytes are increasingly recognized as dynamic partners in neural circuits. Using in vivo calcium imaging and temporally specific blockade of α1a-adrenoceptor signaling, we show that norepinephrin...

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Astrocytes drive stress-induced behavioural change in a sex-specific manner

Ciaran Murphy-Royal

Alterations in circadian and motivated behaviours form a hallmark of stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders. To understand the underlying mechanisms we focused our attention on the lateral hypotha...

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Lunch (provided by satellite)

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Using synthetic data from generative approaches to assist behavioral and brain

Tim Murphy

The central focus of the lab is in understanding how cortical activity flow impacts normal brain function and diseases of the nervous system; we develop tools that permit accurate linkage of brain ac...

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

mPFC-VTA synaptic transmission drives cognitive performance

Luca Pancotti (trainee talk)

Cortical dysregulation of subcortical circuits can trigger mood disorders in humans and animals. Recent findings show that chronic stress causes functional and transcriptional changes in cortical neu...

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

An emerging role of histone H2A variants in behavioural regulation

Iva Zovkic

Epigenetic modifications have an established function in learning and memory, but a role for histone variants in behavioral regulation was only recently uncovered. I will discuss emerging evidence fo...

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Coffee break (provided by satellite)

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Shining a light on glia in circuit refinement

Ed Ruthazer

In recent years glial cells have gained appreciation as active participants in regulating function and plasticity in the central nervous system. Using a combination of in vivo imaging and electrophys...

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Repeated electroconvulsive shocks impairs retrieval of long-term memory

Peiying Wen (trainee talk)

Electroconvulsive therapy is an efficacious non-invasive intervention for major depressive disorder, yet its wide use in clinical settings is limited by concerns about cognitive side effects, especia...

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Fear and extinction engrams in mice

Sheena Josselyn

Here I will talk about neural mechansisms mediating the acquisiton and extinciton of fear memories in mice. I will explore how these different experiences are represented at the level of engram ense...

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Top speaker award announcement and closing remarks

Mark Cembrowski

About this event

Event lasts 7 hours

Organized by

Paul Frankland and Mark Cembrowski

CA$80