[BIC-announce] Special BIC Lecture (Mon-July-11th, 1pm, de Grandpré Communications Centre; "Emotions, motivation and basal ganglia in human: What can we learn from deep brain stimulation?" -- Dr. Marc Vérin)

[Zografos 'Aki' CARAMANOS]

 *Special BIC Lecture: Monday, July 11th at 1pm*

Please note that we will be presenting a Special BIC Lecture on Monday, July
the 11th at 1:00 pm.

Dr. Marc Vérin (University Renne) -- Emotions, motivation and basal ganglia
in human: What can we learn from deep brain stimulation?  (see abstract
below).

This lecture will be held  in the de Grandpré Communications
Centre<http://neuromedia.mcgill.ca/mnibooking/facdirections/dgccdir.htm>
of
the MNI (3801 University Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4).


We hope to see there!
Zografos Caramanos, Petra Schweinhardt, Amir Shmuel, Sridar Narayanan, and
Jennifer Chew (Organizers)


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*Emotions, motivation and basal ganglia in human: What can we learn from
deep brain stimulation?*

There is growing evidence of a link between both emotional and motivational
impairment and deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus
(STN), a treatment that constitutes a therapeutic advance for severely
disabled Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. In this context, the STN DBS PD
patient model seems to represent a unique opportunity for studying the
functional role of the STN in emotional and motivational processing in
human. In the present seminar, we will focus first on information relevant
to emotional and motivational processing in PD before and after STN DBS,
using the neuropsychological approach correlated with metabolic imaging by
Pet Scan. We then discuss the functional roles of the STN in emotional and
motivational processing assuming that the STN plays a central role in these
human abilities among the basal ganglia circuitry.

Dr. Marc Vérin, MD PhD
Department of Neurology - Deep Brain Stimulation Center - University
Hospital of Rennes - France
Director of the Laboratory “Behavior and Basal Ganglia” - University Renne
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-- 
Zografos Caramanos, M.A.

Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Unit
Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre,
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4
(phone) 514-299-8160;  (fax) 514-398-2975
(e-mail) zografos.caramanos at mcgill.ca
(website) www.zcaramanos.com
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