[MURG] Basal Ganglia Workshop CNS04 (fwd from kasigvardt@ucdavis.edu)

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: "Karen A. Sigvardt" <kasigvardt at ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:19:31 -0700
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Subject: Basal Ganglia Workshop CNS04
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Theoretical Approaches to Basal Ganglia Function

Mini-symposium at the annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting

July 21-22, 2004, Baltimore, MD

 

http://neuroscience.ucdavis.edu/leo/bg-workshop/index.htm


The basal ganglia are implicated in many functions (and dysfunctions) of the mammalian brain. 
By the early 90s the amount of experimental data about basal ganglia was rather substantial, 
which has led, over the past ten years, to considerable interest in theoretical approaches 
to the analysis of basal ganglia function. Efforts have concentrated on a number of different 
aspects of basal ganglia function: reinforcement learning, motor (and cognitive) program control, 
rhythms in basal ganglia networks etc. Different levels of analysis have been adopted 
and different types of models used. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers 
who use theoretical methods to study various aspects of basal ganglia physiology. 
Participants will present their approaches, problems and solutions, will discuss each other's
developments and propose new theories. The goal is to ensure cross-fertilization 
of different ideologies of mathematical and computational analysis in order 
to advance understanding of basic principles of basal ganglia function 
as well as to get insights into basal ganglia-associated disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, 
Huntington's disease, Tourett's syndrome, addiction-related disorders etc.  
 
A one and a half day workshop is planned. Ample time for discussion after each presentation
and at the end of the day will be allocated. The aim is to have an informal exchange of ideas. 
Those who have presentation at the main CNS meeting are welcomed to briefly present 
the same results (especially with altered perspectives) to initiate discussion. 

Following the spirit of CNS workshops, this mini-symposium is informal, no registration is required and everybody is welcome to participate (organizers of the main CNS04 meeting may require CNS registration; please, check CNS web page www.cnsorg.org). However we encourage you to let us know your intention to participate by sending an e-mail to us kasigvardt at ucdavis.edu, lrubchinsky at ucdavis.edu. If you would like to make a presentation, please send us the title and brief abstract of your communication by JUNE 15.

Since the framework of CNS workshop calls for everybody's participation in discussions (which will take some time), we can not guarantee that all requests for oral presentation will be accommodated; however, we will try to provide an opportunity to give a brief talk to everybody.

 

The workshop will run from 9 to 5 on Wednesday and 9 to noon on Thursday. We plan to put together a preliminary schedule near the end of June.


Organizers: 
 
Karen Sigvardt (kasigvardt at ucdavis.edu)
Leonid Rubchinsky (lrubchinsky at ucdavis.edu)


Center for Neuroscience
University of California, Davis

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