Symposia: New insights for the role of striatal dopamine signaling in learning and behaviour
Chair: Dr Thomas Burton
Speakers:
Dr Vijay Namboodiri
Dopamine and causal learning
Dr. Namboodiri is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr Genevra Hart
Hemispherically distributed dopamine signals for goal-directed learning
Dr. Hart is an EMCR based in the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of New South Wales.
Dr Miriam Matamales
Beyond the dopamine receptor: intersecting cell-to-cell modulation and predictive learning
Dr. Miriam Matamales co-leads the Neuromodulatory Systems and Behaviour team in the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Topic: Beyond the dopamine receptor: intersecting cell-to-cell modulation and predictive learning
Dr Roger Varela
Translational models for Deep Brain Stimulation control of mesolimbic dopamine system and reward-related behaviours across natural and pathological conditions
Dr. Varela is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Queensland Brain Institute as part of the Functional Neuromodulation and Novel Therapeutics laboratory under Dr. Susannah Tye supervision, and has over 10 years of experience in preclinical research of pathophysiological mechanisms and new treatment approaches for depression and bipolar disorder.