Opening event (Tuesday June 13)
17:00-18:30 Welcome address and honorary lectures
Honoring lifetime achievements of scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of translational basal ganglia research.
18:30-21:00 Welcome reception
Light buffet dinner for meeting participants and accompanying persons, offered at the meeting venue.
Scientific programme synopsis
The meeting will consist of 10 plenary lecture sessions and 3 poster sessions. Most lecture sessions will include an oral presentation selected from the submitted abstracts (shown in purple).
For session titles, speakers, and lecture topics see the next pages.
III. Plenary session programme
(session titles, speakers, and lecture topics are confirmed unless otherwise specified)
Wednesday, 14 June
08.45-10.20 – Session 1
Dopamine cell types and functions
10.20-10.45 – Coffee break
10:45-12.20 – Session 2
Cortical and thalamic interplay with the basal ganglia
12.20-13.30 – Lunch
13.30-15:05 – Session 3
The basal ganglia network and maladaptive behaviors
15:05-15:35 – Coffee break
15:35-16:45 – Session 4
Cell types, connections, and functions of the intrinsic basal ganglia nuclei
17:00 – 18:30 – POSTER SESSION 1
18:30-19:00 – posters removal
Thursday, 15 June
08:45-10:20 – Session 5
Glial-neuronal interactions at basal ganglia circuits
10.20-10.45 – Coffee break
10:45-12:20 – Session 6
Synaptic plasticity and behavioral reinforcement
12.20-13.30 – Lunch
13.30-14:40 – Session 7
External inputs to the basal ganglia
14:40-15:05 – Coffee break
15:05-16:15 – Session 8
Basal ganglia neurochemistry revisited using new sensor technology
16:30 – 18:00 – POSTER SESSION 2
18:00-18:30 – posters removal
18:30:19:00 – transportation to the Gala Dinner
19:00-23:00 – GALA DINNER
Friday, 16 June
09:00-10.10 – Session 9
Striatal microcircuits and compartments
10.10-10:30 – Coffee break
10:35-12:10 – Session 10
Utilising circuit dynamics and oscillations to treat basal ganglia disorders
12.10-13.20 – Lunch
13:20 -16:00: POSTER SESSION 3
16:00-16:30 – poster removal
16:15-17:00 General assembly;
new council member election
17.00-17.30 – Wrap-up
–End of meeting–
Wednesday, June 14th
Session 1. Dopamine cell types and functions
08.45-10.20
Marisela Morales, NIDA (USA)
Differential dopamine signaling achieved by co-release of other neurotransmitters
Thomas Perlmann, Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
Identity shifts of dopaminergic neurons across development and disease
Pablo Henny, Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile) awaiting confirmation
Recording and modeling of somatodendritic control of dopamine neurons
4th Speaker from the submitted abstracts
Session 2: Cortical and thalamic interplay with the basal ganglia
10:45-12.20
Yoland Smith, Emory University, Atlanta (USA)
Comparative Anatomy of Thalamocortical and Corticofugal Systems
Pavel Rueda-Orozco, UNAM Mexico City (Mexico)
Role of corticostriatal systems in bilaterally coordinated movements and their disruption in PD models
Hayriye Cagnan, University of Oxford (UK)
Thalamocortical dynamics and the emergence of basal ganglia oscillations
4th Speaker from the submitted abstracts
Session 3: The basal ganglia network and maladaptive behaviors
13.30-15:05
Christiane Schreiweis, Sorbonne Université & Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris (France)
Behavioural features and synaptic dysfunctions in mouse models of OCD
Cristina Alcacer, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal)
Behavioural features and striatal pathways in mouse models of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia
Alexandra Nelson, UCSF (USA)
PD-related impulse control disorders: models and mechanisms
4th Speaker from the submitted abstracts
Session 4: Cell types, connections, and functions of the intrinsic basal ganglia nuclei
15:35-16:45
Nicolas Mallet, University of Bordeaux (France)
On the functions and connections of GPe cell types
Yoni Kupchik, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Cells and connections of the ventral pallidum
3rd Speaker from the submitted abstracts
Thursday, June 15th
Session 5: Glial-neuronal interactions at basal ganglia circuits
08:45-10:20
Baljit Khakh, UCLA (USA)
Astrocytic functions in the regulation of basal ganglia physiology and behaviors
Stephanie Cragg, University of Oxford (UK)
Astrocyte role in signal integration
Marta Navarrete-Llinas, Institute Cajal CSIC (Spain)
Input-specific astrocyte activation in the ventral striatum
4th Speaker from the submitted abstracts
Session 6: Synaptic plasticity and behavioral reinforcement
10:45-12:20
Ann Graybiel, MIT McGovern Institute (USA)
Behavioural consequences of neural plasticity in nigro-striato-nigral loops
Sho Yagishita, University of Tokyo (Japan)
Multimodal systems-level interrogations of striatal plasticity
John Reynolds, University of Otago (New Zealand)
Dopamine effects on basal ganglia systems and plasticity – a translational perspective
Peter Dayan, University of Tübingen (Germany)
A computational approach to study basal ganglia plasticity in reinforcement learning
Session 7: External inputs to the basal ganglia
13.30-14:40
Kamran Khodakhah, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (USA)
Cerebellum and basal ganglia interplay
François George, University of Bordeaux (France)
Amygdala and basal ganglia interplay
Nadine K. Gut, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (USA)
Pedunculopontine connections to the basal ganglia
Session 8: Basal ganglia neurochemistry revisited using new sensor technology
15:05-16:15
Jun Ding, Stanford Univ (USA),
Voltage sensitive indicators in striatal neurons
Alan Pradip Jasanoff, MIT Dept. Biological Engineering (USA)
Functional dissection of striatal circuitry using molecular fMRI
3rd Speaker from the submitted abstracts.
Friday, June 16th
Session 9: Striatal microcircuits and compartments
09:00-10.10
Gustavo Murer, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Functional properties of cholinergic interneurons in health and disease.
Joshua Plotkin, SUNY Stony Brook (USA)
New vistas on striosome and matrix
3rd Speaker from the submitted abstracts
Session 10: Utilising circuit dynamics and oscillations to treat basal ganglia disorders
10:35-12:10
Aryn Gittis, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh (USA)
Translating cell-specific interventions from optogenetics to deep brain stimulation
Andrew Sharott, University of Oxford (UK)
Utilising phase information from beta oscillations for adaptive neuromodulation
Roxanne Lofredi, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany)
Oscillatory and behavioural mechanisms of neuromodulation in patients with basal ganglia disorders
4th Speaker from the submitted abstracts