The Brain Prize Course
Lectures are open to everyone.
Venue: CARF
November 18 – 11:00am
Silvia Arber (Basel University, Switzerland)
Disentangling brainstem circuits for body movement.
November 19 – 9:00am
David McLean (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Sizing up principles of recruitment during locomotion in zebrafish.
November 20 – 9:00am
Samuel Sober (Emory University, USA)
Spiking codes for skilled motor control.
November 20 – 11:00am
Claire Wyart (Paris Brain Institute, France)
Optical innovations to probe connectivity and functions of sensorimotor circuits of the brainstem and spinal cord.
November 25 – 9:00am
Lora Sweeney (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria)
Evolution and development of swim versus limb motor circuits.
November 25 – 11:00am
Jonathan Whitlock (KISN, Norway)
Cortical integration of posture and active sensing in freely moving animals.
November 28 – 9:00am
Camille Jeunet (Bordeaux University, France)
BCI-based neurofeedback training procedures to restore or improve motor skills: a user-centred approach.
November 28 – 11:00am
Marie-Laure Welter (Paris Brain Institute, France)
Understanding Gait and Balance Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Basal Ganglia and Mesencephalic Locomotor Region Dysfunction.
November 29 – 9:00am
Nicolas Mallet (Bordeaux University, France)
Abnormal Network Dynamics in Basal ganglia circuits during Parkinsonism: Origins and pathophysiological insights.
December 2 – 9:00am
Claire Meehan (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Probing intrinsic motoneurone excitability from mice to human.
December 2 – 11:00am
Gilad Silberberg (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Striatal circuits underlying sensorimotor functions.
December 3 – 9:00am
Ian Duguid (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Neural circuits for executing task-specific movements.
December 3 – 11:00am
Rune Berg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Control of movement by spinal circuitry: Model and population recordings.
December 5 – 9:00am
Joaquim Da Silva (Champalimaud CU, Portugal)
Direct and indirect pathway dynamics in dystonia.
December 5 – 11:00am
Ole Kiehn (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Unraveling Brainstem Circuits for Movement: Insights into Motor Control and Implications for Treatment of Movement Disorders.
More details about the course
Website: https://cajal-training.org/on-site/movement-and-motor-control-in-health-and-disease/