| Tipo de Actividad | Curso/Seminario/Workshop |
| Area(s) de interés | VIDA Biología, Ecología, y Medioambiente
SALU Salud |
| Denominación | Workshop "Synapse formation, specification and elimination: from molecules to circuits" |
| Fecha Inicio | 25/09/2017 | Fecha Finalización | 27/09/2017 |
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| Lugar de celebración | Baeza - Jaén - España |
| URL | http://www.unia.es/biomedicine |
Observaciones
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This workshop belongs to the series Workshops "Current Trends in Biomedicine", organized by the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA).
More information and application at:
http://www.unia.es/biomedicine
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Resumen
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Precise patterns of synaptic connections between neurons characterize the nervous system organization. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms mediating synapse formation and elimination, the specification of synapse diversity and the processes underlying the assembly of synapses to sculpt neural circuits are not well understood yet. The direct implication of those processes in major psychiatric disorders such as autism or schizophrenia demand a deeper understanding of neural circuit assembly mechanisms to be able to design therapeutic tools. Almost twenty-five years ago, the molecular diversity of cell surface molecules was postulated to impart the specific neuronal surface properties required for differential cell-cell recognition. Currently, a major scientific challenge is to answer key questions on the role of those molecules in synaptic formation and specification of synaptic diversity: How synaptic cell surface proteins mediate specific connections of presynaptic and ...
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