Neuroscientists Talk Shop is the University of Texas at San Antonio's (UTSA) Neurobiology Podcast, showcasing the current research of internationally renowned guest Neuroscientists. Each episode features a moderated discussion with a cross section of UTSA Neurobiology faculty, highlighting the featured guest's research, and the state of the art in the field at hand.
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episode 95: Episode 95 -- Julie Kauer, PhD
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Julie Kauer (Brown University) discusses her work on plasticity and addiction, specifically her discovery of the potentiation of GABA synapses (GABA-LTP) on dopamine neurons. The group discusses how acute drugs and stress produce a persistent block of GABA-LTP, and how this phenomenon might be significant to behavior, addiction and its relevance to the reward prediction error function of dopamine neurons.
Duration: 42 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Carlos Paladini (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
Salma Quraishi (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Denard Simmons (PhD student, Paladini Lab UTSA)
Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.