BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250824T031519EDT-8576t8rMdE@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250824T071519Z DESCRIPTION:Registration is not required to attend the event\, but please R SVP here.\n\n \n\nA neural circuit approach to psychiatric illness\n\nJosh ua A. Gordon\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\n\nDirector of the National Institute of Menta l Health\n\nAt this unique and exciting time for psychiatry\, novel therap ies for individuals with mental illnesses seem just around the corner. In particular\, recent technological advancements in the study of neural circ uits provide reasons to be optimistic that the field is headed in the righ t direction. Nonetheless\, maximizing the chances of translating these adv ancements into real improvements in patient care requires a carefully cons idered road map. In this context\, I will discuss my laboratories’ work on understanding the neural circuit basis for psychiatrically relevant behav iors\, as well as what neural circuit-based translational road map might l ook like.\n\n \n\nBiography\n\nDr. Gordon’s research focuses on the analys is of neural activity in mice carrying mutations of relevance to psychiatr ic disease. His lab studied genetic models of these diseases from an integ rative neuroscience perspective\, focused on understanding how a given dis ease mutation leads to a behavioral phenotype across multiple levels of an alysis. To this end\, he employs a range of systems neuroscience technique s\, including in vivo imaging\, anesthetized and awake behavioral recordin gs\, and optogenetics\, which is the use of light to control neural activi ty. His research has direct relevance to schizophrenia\, anxiety disorders \, and depression.\n\nDr. Gordon’s work has been recognized by several pre stigious awards\, including the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation – N ARSAD Young Investigator Award\, the Rising Star Award from the Internatio nal Mental Health Research Organization\, the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry\, and the Daniel H. Efron Resear ch Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.\n\nThis ann ual lecture honours Dr. Bernice Grafstein. Dr. Grafstein received her B.A. in physiology at the University of Toronto and her Ph.D. in neurophysiolo gy at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ in Montreal. As a graduate student\, she trained a s an electrophysiologist\, working on structure-function correlations in t he cerebral cortex. Her thesis work was on the mechanism of cortical sprea ding depression\, which appears as a wave of decreased electrical activity advancing slowly over the grey matter. This phenomenon has been recognize d as playing an important role in migraine\, stroke and other cortical pat hology. Her contributions established the role of the extracellular moveme nt of potassium ions in propagation of spreading depression\, and her work has become a classic in its field. She subsequently became interested in nervous system development and regeneration\, and is known for her work on intracellular transport of protein in normal and regenerating neurons\, a s well as other forms of molecular signaling among various cell types in t he brain. She was the first woman to become President of the Society of Ne uroscience and is currently a Trustee and Vice-President of the Grass Foun dation\, which supports training and research in neuroscience. She is Prof essor of Physiology & Biophysics and the Vincent & Brooke Astor Distinguis hed Professor in Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. \n DTSTART:20171110T200000Z DTEND:20171110T220000Z LOCATION:R. Howard Palmer Amphitheatre \, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler SUMMARY:Inaugural Dr. Bernice Brafstein Annual Lecture in Neuroscience URL:/psychiatry/channels/event/inaugural-dr-bernice-br afstein-annual-lecture-neuroscience-271311 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR