BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251109T160224EST-3279v6IJwF@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251109T210224Z DESCRIPTION:A neural circuit approach to psychiatric illness\n\nJoshua A. G ordon\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\n\nDirector of the National Institute of Mental Healt h\n\nAt this unique and exciting time for psychiatry\, novel therapies for individuals with mental illnesses seem just around the corner. In particu lar\, recent technological advancements in the study of neural circuits pr ovide reasons to be optimistic that the field is headed in the right direc tion. Nonetheless\, maximizing the chances of translating these advancemen ts into real improvements in patient care requires a carefully considered road map. In this context\, I will discuss my laboratories’ work on unders tanding the neural circuit basis for psychiatrically relevant behaviors\, as well as what neural circuit-based translational road map might look lik e.\n\nBiography\n\nDr. Gordon’s research focuses on the analysis of neural activity in mice carrying mutations of relevance to psychiatric disease. His lab studied genetic models of these diseases from an integrative neuro science perspective\, focused on understanding how a given disease mutatio n leads to a behavioral phenotype across multiple levels of analysis. To t his end\, he employs a range of systems neuroscience techniques\, includin g in vivo imaging\, anesthetized and awake behavioral recordings\, and opt ogenetics\, which is the use of light to control neural activity. His rese arch has direct relevance to schizophrenia\, anxiety disorders\, and depre ssion.\n\nDr. Gordon’s work has been recognized by several prestigious awa rds\, including the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation – NARSAD Young Investigator Award\, the Rising Star Award from the International Mental H ealth Research Organization\, the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Soc iety of Biological Psychiatry\, and the Daniel H. Efron Research Award fro m the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.\n\nThis annual lecture honours Dr. Bernice Grafstein. Dr. Grafstein received her B.A. in physiolo gy at the University of Toronto and her Ph.D. in neurophysiology at º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ University in Montreal. As a graduate student\, she trained as an electro physiologist\, working on structure-function correlations in the cerebral cortex. Her thesis work was on the mechanism of cortical spreading depress ion\, which appears as a wave of decreased electrical activity advancing s lowly over the grey matter. This phenomenon has been recognized as playing an important role in migraine\, stroke and other cortical pathology. Her contributions established the role of the extracellular movement of potass ium ions in propagation of spreading depression\, and her work has become a classic in its field. She subsequently became interested in nervous syst em development and regeneration\, and is known for her work on intracellul ar transport of protein in normal and regenerating neurons\, as well as ot her forms of molecular signaling among various cell types in the brain. Sh e was the first woman to become President of the Society of Neuroscience a nd is currently a Trustee and Vice-President of the Grass Foundation\, whi ch supports training and research in neuroscience. She is Professor of Phy siology & Biophysics and the Vincent & Brooke Astor Distinguished Professo r in Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.\n DTSTART:20171110T200000Z DTEND:20171110T220000Z LOCATION:R. Howard Palmer Amphitheatre (Entrance via the 5th or 6th floor)\ , McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 promenad e Sir William Osler SUMMARY:Inaugural Dr. Bernice Grafstein Annual Lecture in Neuroscience URL:/ipn/channels/event/inaugural-dr-bernice-grafstein -annual-lecture-neuroscience-270021 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR