Episode 33
Monday, June 15, 2009
Dopamine Symposium
Bruce Bean PhD
Jim Surmeier PhD
Carlos Paladini PhD
Jochen Roper MD/PhD
John Williams PhD
Charles Wilson PhD
On April 21st, The UTSA Neurosciences institute hosted an all-star panel of physiologists for a symposium on "Ion Channels and Firing Patterns of Dopamine Neurons." This discussion, recorded after the day's talks, has Charles Wilson leading the group in covering a wide range of topics, including ionic mechanisms that drive tonic and phasic activity of dopamine neurons, the purpose of intrinsic pacemaking to dopamine signaling, and recent work that highlights how certain patterns of activity can facilitate calcium toxicity and cell death in Parkinson's Disease.
Duration: 48 minutes
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
From left: Jim Surmeier (Northwestern University), Jochen Roeper (Goethe University, Frankfurt), Bruce Bean (Harvard Medical School), Carlos Paladini (UTSA), John Williams (Oregon Health & Science University), and Charles Wilson (UTSA).