Monday, February 12, 2024 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM
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NIH NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR SERIES
When: February 12, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Presentation: Mapping the neural dynamics of social dominance and defeat
Speaker: Annegret Falkner
Where: Porter Neuroscience Bldg., Room 620/630.
NIH Host: Michael Krashes, NIDDK
Please contact Dr. Krashes if you wish to meet with the speaker.
* If you are unable to attend, Dr. Falkner’s seminar will be available for later viewing by NIH employees at NIH VideoCasting - Past Events
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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Annegret Falkner, PhD
Assistant Professor
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Research Focus
Behavioral choice depends on both current environment and previous experience. For example, the choice to initiate social contact may be influenced not only by who we encounter, but also by the outcomes of past encounters and perceived social rank. Our lab is interested in how social experience and internal state shapes sensory perception and social motivation in order to influence behavioral choice. We focus on understanding the interplay between circuit nodes in the brain’s “social decision-making network”, an evolutionarily conserved suite of brain areas in the hypothalamus, amygdala, and midbrain that process social-sensory information and drive social behaviors. We use genetic tools in mice in tandem with in vivo physiology and optical recording strategies to probe how activity in these networks changes as a function of experience, neuromodulatory, and hormonal influences.
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HOST |
SEMINAR TITLE |
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Feb. 26 |
Mazen Kheirbek |
Hugo Tejeda, Lorna Role |
Representing rewarding and aversive experiences in hippocampal circuits |
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Mar. 4 |
Antonina Roll-Mecak |
Claire Le Pichon |
TBD |
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Mar. 11 |
Gyorgy Buzsaki |
Mark Histed |
Credit Assignment: How does the brain select what is worth remembering |
NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series Webpage:
https://research.ninds.nih.gov/seminars-events/neuroscience-seminar-series
Series Supported by the NIH Neuroscience Scientific Directors