Journal Club

Fridays at Noon in the Neuroscience Library

The purpose of this journal club is to critically discuss the current literature relevant to CNIR and to gain experience with an oral presentation of data and comments in a mixed forum not unlike that at scientific meetings. All NIP trainees are required to attend and mentors are encouraged to join trainees!

Papers are disseminated the week prior to the presentation to all interested researchers. Once a semester an ethics discussion will occur instead of a scientific paper. The purpose of the ethics component is to demonstrate the consequences of unethical scientific behavior on the research community and on the public perception of science.

Fall 2024 Presentations

September 6
Pauline Wonnenberg (NIP trainee: 1-Methyltryptophan treatment ameliorates high-fat diet-induced depression in mice through reversing changes in perineuronal nets.

September 13
Helena Schuch (NIP trainee): Sex- and exposure age-dependent effects of adolescent stress on ventral tegmental area dopamine system and its afferent regulators.

September 20
Zac Colon (NIP trainee): Chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation versus conventional stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: a blinded randomized feasibility trial.

September 27
Mateo Nelson (NeuroHIV trainee): Intranasal Administration of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes Alleviates Parkinson’s Disease.

October 4
Lara Stefansson (NIP trainee): Different neural circuitry is involved in physiological and psychological stress-induced PTSD-like “nightmares” in rats.

October 11
Anna Pearson (NeuroHIV trainee): Impaired extinction of cocaine seeking in HIV-infected mice is accompanied by peripheral and central immune dysregulation.

October 18
Katie Hummel (NIP trainee): Decreased Phase-Amplitude Coupling Between the mPFC and BLA During Exploratory Behaviour in Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress-Induced Depression Model of Rats

October 25
Briana Bernstein (NIP trainee): Superior colliculus projections drive dopamine neuron activity and movement but not value .

November 1

NIP Trainees led an Ethics/Rigor Discussion on Scientific Misconduct

November 8
Phil Pikus (AART trainee). The presence of circulating human apolipoprotein J reduces the occurrence of cerebral microbleeds in a transgenic mouse model with cerebral amyloid angiopathy

November 15
Melanie Becher (NeuroHIV trainee): Neuronal ApoE upregulates MHC-I expression to drive selective neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

November 22
Rebekah Evans (CNIR faculty & NIP mentor): Learning critically drives parkinsonian motor deficits through imbalanced striatal pathway recruitment.

November 29
Fall Recess: No Journal Club

December 6
Mark Burns (CNIR faculty & NIP mentor): Prefrontal cortex molecular clock modulates development of depression-like phenotype and rapid antidepressant response in mice.