Here is the program of the lectures that are organized during the next CAJAL course. Open to everyone.<\/p>\n
October 15 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Inna SLUTSKY
\n<\/b>Plasticity-stability balance in hippocampal circuits: From basic principles to malfunctions<\/p>\n
October 17 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Monica DI LUCA
\n<\/b>Synapses dynamic in health and diseases<\/p>\n
October 18 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Daniel CHOQUET
\n<\/b>Nanoscale imaging of synapse organization and function<\/p>\n
October 24 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Dietmar SCHMUCKER
\n<\/b>Molecular Mechanisms of Neurite branching and CNS Synaptogenesis<\/p>\n
October 25 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Bart DE STROOPER
\n<\/b>From biochemical to cellular phase in Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/p>\n
October 26 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Reinhard JAHN
\n<\/b>Synaptic vesicles – key organelles in synaptic transmission<\/p>\n
October 28 – 9:00
\n<\/b>Claudia BAGNI
\n<\/b>Brain connectivity and molecular pathways in autism<\/p>\n
October 29 – 9:00 <\/b>
\n<\/b>Matthijs VERHAGE
\n<\/b>Unique and shared principles in the secretion of different chemical signals from mammalian CNS neurons<\/p>\n
October 30 – 9:00
\nSt\u00e9phane OLIET
\n<\/b>Contribution of astrocytes to synaptic transmission and plasticity<\/p>\nAbout the course<\/h2>\n
Synaptic contacts are critical for information transfer in the brain. They are specialized sites, often far from the neuronal cell body, and operate in part as independent units.\u00a0 Synaptic contacts are very diverse and synaptic plasticity underlies memory formation and thought. Synaptic dysfunction is strongly associated with diseases of the brain and this is thought to be an early feature of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The study of the molecular mechanisms of synaptic function and plasticity are the key to understanding how the brain works and what goes wrong in disease. Many of these processes are evolutionarily very well conserved and researchers study synaptic processes in a variety of species and in human neuron models.\u00a0 The training of a new generation of neuroscientists with advanced techniques is crucial to make these studies a success in the coming decades.<\/p>\n
The advanced course will allow students to integrate the basic techniques in molecular and cellular neurobiology with advanced state-of-the art molecular, imaging and functional methodologies, through direct hands-on experiments using a variety of models.<\/p>\n
Course director <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Co-Directors<\/strong><\/p>\n Nathalie Sans <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laurent Groc <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This course is organised in partnership with\u00a0ERA-NET NEURON<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Patrik Verstreken
\n<\/a>VIB-KULeuven
\nBelgium<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fens.org\/Documents\/Image%20Gallery\/CAJAL%20programme\/Faculty%20ATSB%202015\/Natalie%20Sans%20.png\")
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\n<\/a>INSERM U8
\nUniversity of Bordeaux
\nFrance<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fens.org\/Documents\/Image%20Gallery\/CAJAL%20programme\/Faculty%20ATSB%202015\/groc.png\")
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\n<\/a>CNRS – IINS
\nUniversity of Bordeaux
\nFrance<\/p>\n
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