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A Satellite event of the FENS Forum 2012, Barcelona:

Date: July 13, 2012

Title of morning symposium: The thalamus and its relationship to the cortex

Title of Afternoon symposium: Cajal's contributions to cortical development and connectivity


Venue: AC Hotel Barcelona Forum by Marriott, Paseo Taulat 278, Barcelona, Spain
Organizers: Javier DeFelipe and Dennis O’Leary
Contact person: Charles E. Ribak, tel +1 949-824-5494
E-mail: ribak@uci.edu

Name and address of the Cajal Club contact: Dr. Charles E. Ribak, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-1275

Telephone of the contact person: 949-824-5494

 

Morning symposium:  The thalamus and its relationship to cortex (9:00-12:30, July 13)

This symposium is in honor of long standing Cajal Club board member and ardent supporter of the club, Ted Jones who passed away last year. The symposium will explore new insights gained about the thalamus and its relationship to cortex.

Speakers: 

Javier DeFelipe, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain will provide a brief statement about Ted Jones life and work.

S. Murray Sherman, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL USA

Vivien A. Casagrande, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Nashville TN, USA

Jon H. Kaas, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA

Ray W. Guillery, MRC Neuroanatomical Pharmacology Unit, Oxford, UK

Robert  H. Wurtz, Laboratory of Sensorymotor Research, NIH-NEI, Bethesda MD, USA

 

Afternoon symposium:  Cajal’s Contributions to Cortical Development and Connectivity

The Cajal Club and its Officers and Board members are honored to present a review of Cajal’s contributions to Cortical Structure and Function in one of Cajal’s Hometowns, Barcelona. The talks will focus on specific contributions made by Cajal during his career on the development and connections of the cerebral cortex in mammals. Each speaker has studied various aspects of the mammalian brain and will provide details of current research based on this backdrop of Cajal’s original writings. In addition, a Krieg Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Tomas Hökfelt.

Programme schedule with speakers, speaker affiliations, titles of presentation and time table:

Javier DeFelipe, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

Title: Cajal, the neuron theory and modern connectomics

Pasko Rakic, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Dennis O'Leary, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

John Rubenstein, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Larry Swanson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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  FENS Special Event Sponsored by the Cajal Club:

The Falck-Hillarp histofluorescence method: 50 years in prespective

A  panel discussion on the impact of the first neuroanatomical method that allowed studies of neurotransmitters at the ceullar level. 

In 2012 it is 50 years since the publication of the Falck-Hillarp histofluorescence method (Falck, Hillarp, Thieme and Torp, J. Histochem. Cytochem,  10: 348-354, 1962).  This method, following in the footsteps of classical neuroanatomy, was the first approach that allowed visualization of transmitter-specific systems at the microscopic level. During the first two decades after its introduction it had a ground-breaking impact on the development of our understanding of the anatomy, pharmacology and function of the monoamine systems in the CNS and PNS. In the early 1960’ies dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline and serotonin were known to be present in the brain, but it was the application of the new formaldehyde histofluorescence method that made it possible to link these putative transmitters to specific neuronal systems and map their distribution and anatomical projections in great detail. In the 1980ies the Falck-Hillarp method was superseded by other more flexible and accessible microscopic techniques, in particular the powerful immunohistochemical method and the in situ hybridization technique.

In this Special Event we propose to invite 6 leading scientists who played a central role in the study of catecholamine and serotonin systems during this dynamic period. Our proposed format is a 2 hour evening panel discussion, where the invited scientists are asked to give a brief, max.10 min, personal account of selected key events, followed by an open Q&A session with participation of members in the audience. It is our hope that other colleagues with experience with the Falck-Hillarp method and/or are working on the monoamine systems with other approaches will attend the event, resulting in a vivid discussion.

Propsed Program: 

Moderators: Tomas Hökfelt (Stockholm) and Pasco Rakic (New Haven)

Panel members: Kjell Fuxe (Stockholm), Anders Björklund (Lund), Susan Iversen (Oxford), Jacques Glowinski (Paris), Floyd Bloom (La Jolla) and Larry Swanson (Los Angeles) (none of them have been contacted yet)

Program Committee: Anders Björklund, Tomas Hökfelt, Pasco Rakic and Larry Swanson

 

 

Click here to go the FENS 2012 web page

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