A Tale of Three Studies: Updates on rat behavioural studies evaluating chronic ropinirole, cannabis, and psychedelics

DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

This month, Dr. Catharine Winstanley from the Department of Psychology will present "A Tale of Three Studies: Updates on rat behavioural studies evaluating chronic ropinirole, cannabis, and psychedelics." Specifically, she will be talking about: some of her lab's latest studies with ropinirole to model iatrogenic gambling disorder her lab's forays into cannabis administration, including vaped […]


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Dr. Joseph Cheer: Endogenous cannabinoids and the pursuit of reward

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 In the early stages of substance abuse, subjects receive a drug that is highly reinforcing and are thus likely to repeat the actions that led them to obtain it.  This is termed positive reinforcement. However, in a minority of people who […]


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Dr. Jared Young: Crossing the death valleys of the translational continuum: Coupling domain specificity with clinical sensitivity

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 The vast majority of drugs fail when trying to go from animals to humans.  Some fields fail more than others, with psychiatry being at the pinnacle of a competition no field wants to win.  Understanding […]


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Brainstorm: Innovations and Breakthroughs

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Spend an interactive morning with some of UBC's top researchers in areas such as healthy aging, dementia, mental health, brain injury, Parkinson's disease and autism to learn how their research is improving the lives of British Columbians and what some of the next discoveries in brain health might be. Speakers include: Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Healthy […]


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Dr. Jesse Jackson: Examining the anatomy, physiology, and function of claustrum-cortical neurons

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 The claustrum is a small brain region forming dense synaptic connections with most of the cerebral cortex. However, the function of this region remains a mystery. I will highlight recent work from our group mapping […]


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Dr. Stuart Trenholm: A day in the life of a blind mouse

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 It is well established that after vision loss, capabilities of the other sensory systems can be enhanced. However, particularly in animal models of vision loss, little has been done to examine how vision loss leads […]


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Dr. Yingxi Lin: Active Neuronal Ensembles

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 How are transient experiences converted into long-lasting memories? How do experiences modify behaviors? How do similar experiences elicit drastically different behavioral responses in the healthy and disease states? These are some of the questions that […]


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Dr. Christopher Pack: Cortical basis of visual learning, fast and slow

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Hubel & Wiesel famously showed that the adult visual cortex changes very little with experience, and yet we are capable of learning to recognize new faces and places throughout our lives. I will describe recent […]


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Dr. Hokto Kazama: Representations and circuits for opposing odor values in the brain

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Odors are intrinsically associated with values ranging from positive to negative as they induce innate behaviors such as attraction and aversion. However, how opposing, innate values of odors are represented and computed in the brain […]


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Dr. Trevor Robbins: The neural basis of compulsive behavior: Implications for neuropsychiatry

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Dr. Trevor Robbins from Cambridge University will be presenting: The neural basis of compulsive behavior: Implications for neuropsychiatry. Talk abstract: Impulsivity and compulsivity represent complementary cases of dysexecutive control, of considerable relevance to psychiatry. Whilst there has been intense focus on the dimensional construct of impulsivity, compulsivity has received far less attention. A working definition […]


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Dr. Barbara Sahakian: Good Brain Health, Cognition and Wellbeing

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Dr. Barbara Sahakian from Cambridge University will be presenting: Good Brain Health, Cognition and Wellbeing. Talk abstract: Many people consider their physical health and regularly exercise and wear devices to count their steps, and to take other physiological measures. However, to realise our potential throughout our life and to ensure a flourishing society, it is […]


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Neuroscience Research Colloquium

The Neuroscience Research Colloquium (NRC), is a series of lectures featuring local and international neuroscientists.