Synapses as sensors of environmental changes and molecular dysfunction
- Symposia
- Berlin
Symposium of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Memoriam of Michael Frotscher
- Date
- Location Berlin
The Communication of the brain with the environment is based on an optimal interconnection of its circuities within and among them. This is based on a myelin-associated macro-connectivity as well as on a synaptic based micro-connectivity. By focussing on synaptic connectivity this symposium bridges genetic principles, the outline of synaptic processes by imaging techniques and neuroanatomic correlates. To experimentally modulate synaptic connectivity in humans, rTMS is paradigmatically chosen here.
Speakers:
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Falkai, Munich
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Nils Brose, Göttingen: „Synaptic defects in autism spectrum disorders – focus on neuroligins at inhibitory synapses”
- Prof. Dr. Dietmar Schmitz, Berlin: „Synaptic autoimmunity in neuropsychiatric diseases”
- Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Vlachos, Dusseldorf: „Releasing the cortical synaptic brake? rTMS-induced synaptic plasticity”
Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Falkai, Munich
Further Information and Registration
The symposium is part of the "WPA XVII World Congress of Psychiatry" and open to participants of the congress only. The admission fee for the congress varies from 100 to 600 Euro or 730 Euro for late registration. Registration is requiered. Registration Admission fees
Contact
Josephine Winkler
Tel.: 030-2404-77219
E-Mail: j.winkler(at)dgppn.de