BMI SEMINAR // Basal forebrain circuits contribute to default mode network regulation
Event details
| Date | 21.03.2018 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Gregor Rainer, Visual Cognition Laboratory, Dept. of Medicine / Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The default mode network (DMN) is a collection of cortical brain regions that is active during task-off, internally directed brain states associated with quiet wakefulness. I will summarize recent evidence obtained in the rat suggesting that the basal forebrain may represent a hitherto undiscovered subcortical node of the default mode network. I will discuss potential roles of distininct basal forebrain projections in DMN regulation, with particular reference to GABAergic and neuropeptidergic systems. These findings may represent a novel way to influence DMN activity, which may have an impact on brain disorders that bear a relation to the DMN such as depression and epilepsy.
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- SV BMI - Host : C. Sandi