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Neuroscientists Talk Shop

Neuroscientists Talk Shop

Neuroscientists Talk Shop is the University of Texas at San Antonio"s (UTSA) Neurobiology Podcast, showcasing the current research of internationally renowned guest Neuroscientists. Each episode features a moderated discussion with a cross section of UTSA Neurobiology faculty, highlighting the featured guest"s research, and the state of the art in the field at hand.

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Episode 178 -- Veronica Alvarez PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/10/19

Thursday, October 19, 2017 Veronica Alvarez (NIAAA) discusses using drugs of abuse to probe D2 mechanisms in striatal circuitry and effects on behavior. Duration: 46 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Professor, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Matthew Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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00:37:51

Episode 177 -- Ann Graybiel PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/10/12

Thursday, October 12, 2017 Ann Graybiel (MIT) discusses her work on cortical-basal ganglia loops and habit formation. Duration: 46 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Professor, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Matthew Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 176 -- Dean Buonomano PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/09/21

Thursday, September 21, 2017 Dean Buonomano (UCLA) talks about strategies that neural networks might use to store information about time in the states of neural networks. Duration: 38 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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00:44:57

Episode 175 -- Neural Codes of Navigation Symposium

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/09/14

Recorded as a panel discussion following the UTSA Neurosciences Institute’s 2017 research symposium on September 14, 2017.Hosted by Salma Quraishi. Duration: 38 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Andre Fenton, Professor of Neural Science, NYU James Knierim, Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins Isabel Muzzio, Associate Professor, UTSA A. David Redish, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, U of Minnesota Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for

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Episode 174 -- Suzanne Haber PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/09/07

Thursday, September 7, 2017 Suzanne Haber (U Rochester Med Ctr) talks about defining anatomy and structural connections in the context of function in the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic system. Duration: 37 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 173 -- Mark Shapiro PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/08/24

Thursday, August 24, 2017 Mark Shapiro (UT Health, San Antonio) talks about visualizing how the anchoring protein AKAP79/150 orchestrates functional coupling of ion channel assemblies using super-resolution microscopy. Duration: 39 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel Santamaria (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 172 -- Joanna Phillips MD PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/04/13

Thursday, April 13, 2017 Joanna Phillips (UCSF) fields our questions about the cellular microenvironment: how cell signaling and interactions are mediated by glycocalyx proteoglycans and components of the extracellular matrix. The discussion touches on how these cell surface and microenvironment factors impact migration and cancer proliferation. Duration: 44 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Annie Lin (Asst Professor, UTSA) Asif Maroof (Asst Prof,

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00:47:51

Episode 171 -- D. James Surmeier PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/04/10

Monday, April 10, 2017 Jim Surmeier (Northwestern University) talks to us about integrating circuit, ion channel and bioenergetic vantage points to define quantitative, neuron-specific mechanisms of pathology in Parkinson’s disease. He guides the group through a discussion of how his hypothesis-driven approach is informing an exciting new clinical trial for slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Duration: 47 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof,

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Episode 170 -- James Tepper PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/04/06

Thursday, April 6, 2017 James Tepper (Rutgers Newark) joins us 10 years down the line to revisit the topic of our inaugural podcast discussion, which centered on the diversity and origins of striatal interneurons. A number of the original group are joined by some new faculty to consider how the field has expanded and evolved in the last decade. Duration: 43 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Alfonso Apicella (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Asif Maroof (Asst Prof,

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Episode 169 -- Alan J Lerner MD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/03/30

Thursday, March 30, 2017 Alan Lerner (Case Western Reserve) offers his perspective as a clinician-scientist in understanding the scope of Brain Health as a “big science” initiative. He describes how a broad alignment of public health, medical, clinical and basic science perspectives are informing new perspectives on the treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia. Duration: 38 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Asif Maroof (Asst

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Episode 168 -- Gemma Casadesus-Smith PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/03/23

Thursday, March 23, 2017 Gemma Casadesus-Smith (Kent State) discusses new strategies in thinking about Alzheimer’s disease and its prevention, and what we understand about the disease process through clinical indicators. The group takes on some hard questions about the approaches being used to guide clinical trials, and why some ideas appear to linger past their prime. Duration: 52 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Hyoung-gon Lee (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Asif

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Episode 167 -- Nick Hollon PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/03/09

Nick Hollon (Fellow, Xin Jin Lab, Salk Institute) leads us in a fantastic discussion on neuroeconomic approaches to understanding the neural correlates that govern value-based decision making. Duration: 41 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Professor, UTSA) Matt Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music. Thursday, March 9, 2017

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Episode 166 -- Christiane Linster PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/03/02

Thursday, March 2, 2017 Christiane Linster (Cornell) discusses the theory and experimental realities at play in modeling learning, memory and neuromodulation in the olfactory system of rodents. Duration: 40 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 165 -- Bennet Ibey PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/02/16

Thursday, February 16, 2017 Bennet Ibey (Air Force Research Laboratory) discusses the biophysics of how membranes react to electric field pulses. The discussion centers around our reference point for this phenomenom, electroporation. Duration: 48 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel Santamaria (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 164 -- Peter Kalivas PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/02/09

Thursday, February 9, 2017 Peter Kalivas (Medical University of South Carolina) discusses how he is incorporating the tetrapartite synapse (pre-synapse, post-synapse, glia and extra-cellular matrix) into understanding addiction circuits and behavior. Duration: 38 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Matt Wanat (Assist Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 163 -- Harel Shouval PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/02/02

Thursday, February 2, 2017 Harel Shouval (UT Health, Houston) discusses building models for how time constants of neural circuits adapt to reflect the time constraints of the world. For instance, learning requires associating cues and later rewards, yet the teaching signal (the reward) is temporally distant from the cue itself well outside the timescale of individual neurons. For reference, the discussion touches on these

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Episode 162 -- Henry Yin PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/01/26

Thursday, January 26, 2017 Henry Yin (Duke) discusses a take on hierarchical movement control based on integrative approaches that marry kinematics and optogenetically controlled behavioral assays. The discussion references this review and paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306757 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091436 Duration: 34 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Matt Higgs (Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Assoc. Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel

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00:38:49

Episode 161 -- Leslie Whitaker PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2017/01/19

Thursday, January 19, 2017 Leslie Whitaker (NIDA Fellow) talks about how silent synapses in neuronal ensembles might underlie associative learning in the ventral tegmental area and prefrontal cortex. Duration: 39 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Assoc. Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Alyssa Petko (PhD student, UTSA Claire Stelly (Fellow, UTSA) Matt Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original

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Episode 160 -- David Weinshenker PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2016/12/01

Thursday, December 1, 2016 David Weinshenker (Emory U School of Med ) discusses norepinephrine physiology and it’s relevance to the neuropathology of degenerative diseases and addiction. Duration: 47 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Assoc. Prof, UTSA) Alyssa Petko (PhD student, UTSA Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA Matt Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

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Episode 159 -- Geoffrey Schoenbaum MD PhD

Neuroscientists Talk Shop ·

2016/11/03

Thursday, November 3, 2016 Geoffrey Schoenbaum (National Institutes of Drug Abuse) discusses the advantages of using principles of learning theory in physiological investigations of associative learning and decision making. The group reflects on the caveats of constraining behavior and losing the generality of coding Duration: 30 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Assoc. Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA Matt Wanat (Asst Prof,

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