Program of the 2020 Meeting of the SSN

10:00 – 10:45 Keynote lecture

Michael Häusser, University College London

All-optical interrogation of neuronal circuits during behaviour

11:15 – 12:30 Parallel Symposia

Symposium 1a: Integrative function of the thalamus

Chair: Antoine Adamantidis, Experimental Neurology, Bern

11:15 – 11:40 Nadia Urbain, University of Lyon

Thalamocortical dynamics during natural sleep

11:40 – 12:05 Carolina Gutierrez Herrera, University of Bern

A circuit perspective on reticular thalamic modulation of sleep

12:05 – 12:30 Helene Bastuji, University of Lyon

Thalamocortical networks: from nociception to perk option in human

Symposium 1b: Novel mechanisms in the development of psychiatric disorders

Chair: Werner Strick, Psychiatry Bern

11:15 – 11:40 Urs Meyer, University of Zürich

Aberrant neurodevelopment in mouse models of psychosis

11:40 – 12:05 Kim Do, University of Lausanne

Translational models of psychosis from bench to prevention

12:05 – 12:30 Sebastian Walther, University of Bern

Brain circuit dysfunction in psychosis

12:30 – 15:30 Poster Session and Lunch

13:30 – 14:00 Poster Session 1 (odd numbers)

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Coffee

14:00 – 15:30 Poster Session 2 (even numbers)

15:30 – 16:45 Parallel Symposia

Symposium 2a: Neural mechanisms of memory representation

Chair: Stephane Ciocchi, Physiology Bern

15:30 – 15:55 Johannes Felsenberg, FMI Basel

Re-evaluation of learned information – changing behavior on the fly

15:55 – 16:20 Thomas Forro, University of Bern

Principles and diversity of the GABAergic code: How distinct interneuron types contribute to behavior-related activity in the CA1 hippocampus

16:20 – 16:45 Katharina Henke, University of Bern

Memory encoding in the human hippocampus

Session 2b: Robot-supported motor Learning after Brain Injury

Chair: Tobias Nef, Artorg, Bern

15:30 – 15:55 Laura-Marchal Crespo, University of Bern

Robotic training for neurorehabilitation

15:55 – 16:20 Oliver Lambercy , ETH Zürich

Rehabilitation and neurorobotics

16:20 – 16:45 Arseny Sokolov, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne

Cognitive Neurorehabilitation through serious video games and virtual reality