| Date |
Speaker
streaming video |
room |
Title of the 1o Journal Paper |
Authors |
year
journal |
volume:
pages |
| Aug 28 |
Cliff |
UCL
173 |
Story Telling is at the heart of Science
Seminar Success Guide
Intinerary, Schedule and Organization
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CH Summers |
2020 |
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| Sept 4 |
Cliff |
UCL
173 |
How to chose a paper, What makes a good talk, Guide to Seminar Design
Seminar Success Guide Organization
Full USD Syllabus for the Seminar course Molecular Mechanisms of Affect
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CH Summers |
2020 |
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| September 18 |
Jazmine
Yaeger |
UCL
173 |
Gephyrin palmitoylation in basolateral amygdala mediates the anxiolytic action of benzodiazepine
Background papers:
Fang et al., 2018 Frontiers in Neuroscience 12:387doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00387 1-13 Traumatic stress produces distinct activations of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in amygdala
Saha et al., 2017 Neuropsychopharmacology 42:473–484 GABAergic synapses at the axon initial segment of basolateral amygdala projection neurons modulate fear extinction |
Z-C Shen
P-F Wu
F Wang
Z-X Xia
Q Deng
T-L Nie
S-Q Zhang
H-L Zheng
W-H Liu
J-J Lu
S-Q Gao
X-P Yao
L-H Long
Z-L Hu
J-G Chen
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2018
Biological
Psychiatry |
85:
202–213 |
| September 25 |
Chinenye
Izuegbunam |
UCL
173 |
The gut microbiota metabolite indole increases emotional responses and
adrenal medulla activity in chronically stressed male mice
Background papers:
Zheng et al., 2016 Molecular Psychiatry 21:786–796 Gut microbiome remodeling induces depressive-like behaviors through a pathway mediated by the host’s metabolism
Kelly et al., 2016 Journal of Psychiatric Research 82: 109-118 Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat |
H-D Mir
A Milman
M Monnoye
V Douard
C Philippe
A Aubert
N Castanon
S Vancassel
NC Guérineau
L Naudon
S Rabot
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2020
Psychoneuro-
-endocrinology |
119:
104750: 1-10 |
| October 2 |
Kevin
Krupp |
UCL
173 |
Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 3 in the medial prefrontal cortex promotes stress resilience by reducing inflammatory processes
Background papers:
Couch et al., 2013 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 29:136–146 Microglial activation, increased TNF and SERT expression in the prefrontal cortex define stress-altered behaviour in mice susceptible to anhedonia
McKlveen et al. 2013 Biological Psychiatry 74:672–679 Role of prefrontal cortex glucocorticoid receptors in stress and emotion |
BF Corbett
S Luz
Jay Arner
J Pearson-Leary
A Sengupta
D Taylor
P Gehrman
R Ross
S Bhatnagar
|
2019
Nature
Communications |
10:
3146: 1-13 |
| October 9 |
Chad
Ryan |
UCL
173 |
Dorsal hippocampus ERK2 signaling mediates anxiolytic-related behavior in male rats
Background papers:
Iñiguez et al., 2019 Behavioral Neuroscience 133: 225–231 Upregulation of hippocampal extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)–2 induces antidepressant-like behavior in the rat forced swim test
Aringhieri et al., 2017 European Neuropsychopharmacology 27: 383–398 Clozapine as the most efficacious antipsychotic for activating ERK 1/2 kinases: Role of 5-HT2A receptor agonism
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JA Sierra-Fonseca
LF Parise
Francisco J. Flores-Ramirez
EH Robles
I Garcia-Carachure
SD Iñiguez |
2019
Chronic
Stress |
3:
1–7 |
| October 16 |
Jason
Gale |
UCL
173 |
Mechanisms of memory impairment induced by Orexin-A via Orexin 1 and Orexin 2 Receptors in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Rats
Background papers:
Zhan et al., 2019 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 23:6822–6834 Molecular mechanism of tumour necrosis factor alpha regulates hypocretin (orexin) expression, sleep and behaviour
Yu et al., 2017 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 73:317-326 Microglial production of TNF-alpha is a key element of sustained fear
memory |
D Han
F Han
Y Shi
S Zheng
L Wen |
2020
Neuroscience |
432:
126–136 |
| October 23 |
Ben
Onserio |
UCL
173 |
Seasonal changes in NRF2 antioxidant pathway regulates winter depression-like behavior
Background papers:
Yao et al., 2016 Scientific Reports 6: 30659: 1-13 Role of Keap1-Nrf2 signaling in depression and dietary intake of glucoraphanin confers stress resilience in mice
Martín-de-Saavedra et al., 2013 Psychoneuroendocrinology 38: 2010—2022 Nrf2 participates in depressive disorders through an anti-inflammatory mechanism |
T Nakayama
K Okimura
J Shen
Y-J Guh
TK Tamai
A Shimada
S Minou
Y Okushi
T Shimmura
Y Furukawa
N Kadofusa
A Sato
T Nishimura
M Tanaka
K Nakayama
N Shiina
N Yamamoto
AS Loudon
T Nishiwaki-Ohkawa
A Shinomiya
T Nabeshima
Y Nakane
T Yoshimura |
2020
PNAS |
117:
9594–9603 |
| November 6 |
Danielle
Galvin |
UCL
173 |
The neural basis of tadpole transport in poison frogs
Background papers:
Zheng Wu, Anita E. Autry, Joseph F. Bergan, Mitsuko Watabe-Uchida & Catherine G. Dulac, 2014 Nature 509: 325-330 Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour
T Heer, CA Yovanovich, AG Pozzi DA Paz, 2008 Tissue & Cell 40: 333–342 Galanin: Presence and distribution in the brain and pituitary of Rhinella arenarum (Amphibia: Anura) during development |
EK Fischer
AB Roland
NA Moskowitz
EE Tapia
K Summers
LA Coloma
LA O’Connell |
2020
Proceeding
of the Royal
Society B |
286:
20191084
1–10 |
| November 13 |
Madhavi
Anuradha |
UCL
173 |
Atopic dermatitis induces anxiety- and depressive-like behaviors with concomitant neuronal adaptations in brain reward circuits in mice
Background papers:
O Hashimotoa, H Kuniishi, Y Nakatake, M Yamada, K Wada, M Sekiguchi, 2020 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 90: 319–331 Early life stress from allergic dermatitis causes depressive-like behaviors in adolescent male mice through neuroinflammatory priming
SH Park, S Jang, JE Ana, Bk Choob, HK Kim, 2020 Phytomedicine 67: 153137: 1-9 I. inflexus (Thunb.) Kudo extract improves atopic dermatitis and depressivelike behavior in DfE-induced atopic dermatitis-like disease
| M Yeom
S Ahn
J-Y Oh
S-Y Kim
H Leea
D-H Hahm
H-J Park |
2020
Progress in
Neuropsycho-
-pharmacology
& Biological
Psychiatry
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98:
109818:
1-9 |
| November 18 |
Riley
Paulsen |
UCL
173 |
GABAergic cell transplants in the anterior cingulate cortex reduce neuropathic pain aversiveness
Background papers:
Hua et al., 2020 Nature Neuroscience 23: 854–868 General anesthetics activate a potent central pain-suppression circuit in the amygdala
Corder et al., 2019 Science 363: 276–281 An amygdalar neural ensemble that
encodes the unpleasantness of pain |
DL Juarez-Salinas
JM Braz
A Etlin
S Gee
V Sohal
AI Basbaum |
2019
Brain |
142:
2655–2669 |
| November 20 |
Maddi
Bauer |
UCL
173 |
µ-Opioid receptors in primary sensory neurons are essential for opioid analgesic effect on acute and inflammatory pain and opioid-induced hyperalgesia
Background papers:
KM Raehal and LM Bohn, 2011 Neuropharmacology 60: 58-65 The role of beta-arrestin2 in the severity of antinociceptive tolerance and physical dependence induced by different opioid pain therapeutics
CE Groer, CL Schmid, AM Jaeger, and LM Bohn 2011 Journal of Biological Chemistry 286: 31731–31741 Agonist-directed interactions with specific ß-arrestins determine µ-opioid receptor trafficking, ubiquitination, and dephosphorylation
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J Sun
S-R Chen
H Chen
H-L Pan |
2019
J Physiology |
353:
147-165 |
| November |
26-27 |
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