The role of astrocytes in neural activity modulation and neuronal structures

by Prof. Alfonso Araque (University of Minnesota, USA), Prof. Nathalie Rouach (C. de France, Paris), Dr Sebastiano Curreli (IIT)

Thursday 1 Dec 2022, 14:15 → 16:15 Europe/Rome

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Schedule

 

14:15 – 14:30 → Introduction

14:30 – 15:00 → Dr. S. Curreli (25’ + 5’ questions) | Investigating information encoding in the brain beyond neural cells

15:00 – 15:30 → Prof. N. Rouach (25’ + 5’ questions)  | Astrocytes, guardians of critical period plasticity in the visual cortex

15:30 – 16:00 → Prof. A. Araque (25’ + 5’ questions) | Tripartite synapses: Astrocyte regulation of synaptic function, network activity and animal behavior

16:00- 16:30 → Follow-up session – Open questions
 

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Chairs: Dr. M. Brondi, Dr. L. Mariotti, Dr. M. Zonta