sounds like a great focus... HURRAH.
K. P. Collins (ken)
Shane O'Mara wrote in message ...
>Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, March 30 and 31, 2000
>>The Nature of Hippocampal-Cortical Interaction: Theoretical and
>Experimental Perspectives
>>A conference held in association with a Special Issue of Hippocampus.
>>A central theme in theories of hippocampal function in memory and amnesia
>is the translation of temporary hippocampal information storage into a
>more permanent cortical store. Connections between hippocampus and cortex
>are hypothesized to undergo use-dependent changes in synaptic strength,
>enabling long-term consolidation of memory. Most theoretical and
>experimental work on the biological processes thought to underlie
>long-term memory has concentrated on the 'early' stages of hippocampal
>formation processing, rather than on the interaction between the
>hippocampal formation and cortex. This conference is specifically designed
>to redress this imbalance.
>>Conference Sessions include: Theoretical Perspectives; Lessons from
>Neuroanatomy and
>Neurochemistry; Synaptic Transmission; Behavioural and Imaging Analyses.
>>Call for Poster Presentations: Poster presentations are welcome; poster
>abstracts will be collated
>into a conference booklet.
>>Invited speakers include:
>>John Aggleton, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
>David G. Amaral, Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis,
>CA, USA
>Neil Burgess, Inst. of Cognitive Neuroscience University College, London,
UK
>Gyorgi Buzsaki, Center for Neuroscience, Rutgers, State University of New
>Jersey, NJ, USA
>Raymond P. Kesner, Dept of Psychology, University of Utah, Utah, USA
>Serge Laroche, Neurobiologie de l'Apprentissage et de la Memoire, Uni
>Paris Sud, France
>Marina A. Lynch, Dept of Physiology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
>Eleanor A. Maguire, Wellcome Dept of Cognitive Neurology, Inst of
>Neurology, London , UK
>Robert L. Muller, Dept of Physiology, SUNY Health Sciences Centre,
>Brooklyn, NY, USA
>Lynn Nadel, Dept of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
>Shane M. O'Mara, Dept of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
>Randall C. O'Reilly, Dept of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder,
>CO, USA
>Bruno Poucet, Lab Neurosciences Cognitives-CNRS, Marseille, France
>Ian H. Robertson, Dept of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
>Edmund T. Rolls, Dept of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford,
>Oxford, UK
>Anne-Marie Thierry, Collège de France, Paris, France
>Menno P. Witter, Dept of Anatomy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
>>Supported by the Wellcome Trust; the Provostís Fund of Trinity College;
>the Department of
>Psychology, Trinity College.
>>Registration (including conference banquet): Students and PostDoctoral
>Researchers £125 IEP;
>Senior Researchers (£175) (excluding conference banquet £100 IEP and £150
>IEP, respectively).
>>For further information, including registration materials, please check
>the conference website:
>http://www.tcd.ie/Psychology/HippCortConf/>>Or write/email/Fax:
>Dr Shane M. O'Mara, Academic Organizer, Hippocampal-Cortical Interaction
>Conference,
>Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland; Email:
>hippconf at tcd.ie; Fax:
>+353-1-671 2006
