Talk by Prof. Manuel Mameli, PhD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Encoding of aversion in the lateral habenula
- Date: Nov 8, 2019
- Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Manuel Mameli, PhD
- Associate Professor, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, The University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Location: MPI for Metabolism Research, Gleueler Strasse 50, 50931 Köln
- Room: Seminar room 1
- Host: Dr. Tatiana Korotkova
- Contact: tatiana.korotkova@sf.mpg.de
Prompt behavioural reactions to external aversive stimuli are essential for individual's survival. He will discuss the contribution of lateral habenula in encoding such aversive stimuli in the brain and the importance of synaptic plasticity in this structure for behaviourally-relevant events.