The Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Vermont is a multidisciplinary, Ph.D. granting program that has more than 50 faculty mentors across 9 departments and two colleges. This program emphasizes rigorous training in neuroscience-related research and prepares students for a variety of science related careers in addition to tenure-stream academic careers.

NGP Students and Faculty Participate in The Second Annual Neuroscience, Behavior and Health Research Forum

The Second Annual Neuroscience, Behavior and Health Research Forum was held on February 6-7, 2012 at UVM's Davis Center. NGP faculty and students presented posters and gave talks on their various research projects. NGP faculty lectures included:

Hugh Garavan: The Neurobiology of Cognitive Control in Addiction, Addiction Risk, and Treatment Outcome

Matthew Rand: Neurotoxicity of Methylmercury: a fundamental activity for Cytochrome p450 enzymes in neuroprotection during development

Julie Dumas: Increased frontal activation during working memory performance in postmenopausal women with cognitive complaints

Some of the NGP students to give talks included:

Greg Lieberman : Diffusion Tensor Imaging for the study of Chronic Pain

Anthony Pappas: Kv1 and Kv2 channel currents are differentially suppressed in parenchymal arteriolar myocytes obtained from subarachnoid hemorrhage model animals

Simone Otto: PSCA interaction with α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the avian ciliary ganglion

Abbie Chapman : Mechanisms of the Cerebral Myogenic Vasodilatory Response to Acute Hypotension in Female Rats

The keynote address was given by Michael D. Rugg, PhD, Distinguished Chair in Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. His lectures was titled, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Memory: A Perspective from fMRI. For a complete schedule of the event please visit http://www.uvm.edu/~vtsfn/forum2012.php.

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