Neuroscience Behavior and Health Events

Sponsored by the Macmillan Trust October 9-10

 

Friday October 9

12 noon

Davis Auditorium, UVM Medical Education Center

 

Listening” and “talking” to Neurons: Clinical Implications of Glial Dysregulation of Pain,

Opioid Actions, and Drugs of Abuse

Moving from Concept to Clinical Trials!

Co-sponsored by Neurological Sciences Grand Rounds

 

Linda Watkins, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience

Director, Interdepartmental Neuroscience PhD Program

University of Colorado, Boulder

 

Friday October 9

2:30 pm

Davis Auditorium, UVM Medical Education Center

 

Behavioral Control Blunts Reactions to Contemporaneous & Future Adverse Events:

Medial Prefrontal Cortex Plasticity & A Corticostriatal Network

Co-sponsored by Vermont Center for Behavior and Health

 

Steven Maier, PhD

Distinguished Professor. Psychology and Neuroscience

University of Colorado, Boulder

 

Friday October 9

4:30 pm

John Dewey Hall 314

 

Adolescents and Alcohol: Acute Sensitivities, Enhanced Intake, and Later

Consequences

Co-sponsored by Psychological Science

 

Linda Spear, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Psychology

Binghamton University