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Virtual club
April 29
10-00 to 11-00 EST
Sylvain Crochet
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
https://people.epfl.ch/sylvain.crochet
The mouse cortical states in wakefulness, sleep and task-engagement
The cortex constantly generates spontaneous activity that is strongly correlated to states of vigilance, cognitive processes and motor activity and is believed to affect sensory perception. The cellular correlates and mechanisms controlling cortical states remained poorly understood until recently. The development of methodologies allowing for the study of brain functions at cellular levels in awake animals, on one hand, and of tools allowing for the recording or manipulation of the neuronal activity of genetically-defined cell types, on the other hand, has led to major advances in our understanding of cortical states. Over the last decade, we have investigated how cortical states are generated in the mouse sensory cortex and how cortical states interact with sensory processing and perception.
Upcoming talks
May 6
10-00 to 11-00 EST
Marco Canepari
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPhy),
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
http://marco-canepari.com
May 13
10-00 to 11-00 EST
Roberto Araya
Université de Montréal, Canada
https://umontreal.ca/recherche/les-chercheurs/roberto-araya/
May 20
10-00 to 11-00 EST
Klas Kullander
Uppsala University, Sweden
https://www.neuro.uu.se/research/research-groups/klas-kullander/
May 27
10-00 to 11-00 EST
Derek Bowie
McGill University, Canada
http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/pharma/dbowielab/
Project Coordinators:
Parisa Iloun
parisa.iloun.1@ulaval.ca
PhD student
Laboratory of Lisa Topolnik
Neuroscience Axis, CRCHUQ-CHUL
Université Laval
Canada
Félix Michaud
felix.michaud.2@ulaval.ca
Master student
Laboratory of Lisa Topolnik
Neuroscience Axis, CRCHUQ-CHUL
Université Laval
Canada