DESCRIPTION

This school will focus on the neural basis of behavior and the origin of behavioral disorders. It will consist of different lectures, seminars, and experimental work covering fundamental, translational, and clinical studies and techniques aimed to research in neurodevelopment, sexual, parental, aggressive/defensive behavior, reward and aversion, stress and anxiety, cognition, and consciousness.

The school will start covering fundamental aspects of neurodevelopment and the consequences of early experiences on brain development that would lead the student to understand the basis of early behavioral and cognitive disorders. Talks will quickly move into adolescence and prevalent behavioral disorders at this age and cover then adult behavior and behavioral disorders. Students will learn the neurobiological basis of healthy and altered behavior and will discuss how genetics and early and late experiences interact to contribute to the emergence of behavioral disorders.

This School will cover mainly mammalian species, emphasizing the human health and disease. Students will participate of short experimental projects. The school will be intense and is planned to last 9 days. During that intensive week all students will be exposed to different techniques used in animals or humans for research purposes (Immunohistochemistry, local field potential recording, PET, behavioral test, stereotaxic surgery and brain lesions, among others).

TARGET STUDENTS

The school is mainly focused on graduate students with backgrounds in Science, Medicine, Psychology and other related disciplines. The school’s classes and conferences will be conducted in English and will be open to the public (prior registration). Only practical activities will be restricted to students.

There is a limited number of places to participate in the entire school (12 local students and 12 students from Latin America). Interested students should send a letter of motivation, CV, undergraduate or graduate scores and a request for financial support if needed (we have scholarships). Send files to schoolbehavioralneuroscience@gmail.com

Deadline for registration is June 10th.

ORGANIZERS

Latin American Organizing Committee: Juan Belforte (IFIBIO-Houssay, CONICET), Carolina Escobar Briones (Facultad de Medicina, UNAM), Newton Canteras (Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo), Alonso Fernandez Guasti (Cinvestav), José Fuentealba (Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica), Daniel Olazábal (Facultad de Medicina, Udelar), Deborah Suchecki (Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo),

Local Uruguayan Organizing Committee: Gabriel González (Pereira Rossell/Facultad de Medicina), Victoria Gradin (Facultad de Psicología), Daniel Olazábal (Facultad de Medicina, Udelar), Eduardo Savio (CUDIM), Cecilia Scorza (IIBCE), Ana Silva (Facultad de Ciencias, Udelar), Pablo Torterolo (Facultad de Medicina, Udelar).

For more information contact: schoolbehavioralneuroscience@gmail.com

SYMPOSIUM

Neural circuits of avoidant, agonistic and affiliative behavior

The symposium will bring together researchers from inside and outside the region specially selected for their contribution to the theme of the event. The symposium will consist of 6 conferences that will seek to determine common and different mechanisms used by the brain to generate avoidance, affiliation or aggressive behaviors towards other individuals. The focus of this symposium is both basic and translational, seeking to contribute to the understanding of the neural bases of social behavior in animals and humans, both in their healthy and pathological conditions.

Intendencia Municipal Montevideo, Uruguay, September 21st.