Neurofax Calendar - Neuroscience Research Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston January 2008
Seminars and Lectures

Monday, 4

Deborah M. Richman Memorial Lecture – UTMDACC
Francesc Graus, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, University of Barcelona
"Autoimmunity in Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes"
4:00 p.m., Onstead Auditorium, Third Floor, Mitchell Building

Wednesday, 9

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Hannah S. Decker, Ph.D., Department of History, UH
"A Revolution in American Psychiatry: The Making of DSM-III"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Friday, 11

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
“Title to be announced”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Wednesday, 16

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Chris Cargile, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas
"Measuring the Quality of Resident Education (Do We Know Good Teaching When We See It?)"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Perry Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
“Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Psychiatry”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Friday, 18

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Helen Mayberg, M.D., Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology, Emory University
“Modulating Putative Depression Circuits using Deep Brain Stimulation”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Inaugural Robert W. Hervey Distinguished Lecture on Parkinson's Disease – Methodist
Serge Przedborski, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Neurology, Pathology, and Cell Biology
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
“Parkinson's Disease: Mechanisms and Models”
12:00 p.m., Bluebird Auditorium, 1st Floor, Room NB137 of the Neurosensory Center-The Methodist Hospital

Keck Seminar – Rice
Susan Amara, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburg School of Medicine.
“Neurotransmitter Transporters: a Dance of Domains and Substrates”
4 p.m. Keck Hall, Room 102, Rice University
Hosted by the Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training, Gulf Coast Consortia

Tuesday, 22

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Eyal Seidemann, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, UT at Austin
"Optimal Decoding of Neural Population Responses in the Primate Visual Cortex "
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

 

Thursday, 24

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Ponnada A. Narayana, Ph.D., Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, UTMSH
"Advanced MRI in Neurological Disorders"
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037

Wednesday, 23

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Joyce Davidson, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
"Combining Medication and Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Therese A. Kosten, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, BCM
“Early Life Stress has Sex-Specific Effects on Addiction and Memory Processes in Rates”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Friday, 25

IMM Seminar Series
David A. Lewis, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
“Dissecting the Disease Process of Schizophrenia: Towards the Development of Pathophysiologically-based Treatments”
11:00 a.m., Conference Rooms 109-110
Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, 1825 Pressler Street
(Red brick building. next to UCT bldg., 7000 Fannin, across from Metro Bus station. Take Metro Rail going south or “Blue” Metro shuttle)

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Jim Surmeier, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Northwestern University
“ Dopaminergic Regulation of Striatal Dendritic Excitability and Plasticity ”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) Alliance William Grand Rounds – BCM/UTMSCH
Rami Burstein, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
"Headache/Migraine and Treatment with Neurotoxins"
12 Noon, UT Medical School Building, 6431 Fannin, Room B.605

ITES Networks Seminar – UH
Ranulfo Romo, M.D., Instituto de Fisiolog´ia Celular, Universidad Nacional Aut´onoma de M´exico
"Decoding the Temporal Evolution of a Simple Perceptual Task"
1:00 p.m., SEC 102, UH
For more information and directions visit http://www.math.uh.edu/networks

Wednesday, 30

The Schoolar Lecture in Psychopharmacology – BCM
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
"New Insight into the Molecular Basis of Stress and Antidepressant Treatment"
10:30 a.m., Alkek Tower, Room N-315

 

 

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