Dear all,
We are excited to announce that the next CRAM session will take place on Thursday, March 12th, from 12pm-1pm in room 461 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. We will have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Mihaela Iordanova from Concordia University who will be speaking about the behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues. Please see below for more details.
Coffee and snacks will be provided. Please BYOM (bring your own mug). All are welcome!
The CRAM Team
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Title: Behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues.
Abstract: The study of how the brain regulates learned fear has been fundamental to understanding brain function and has served as a pre-clinical animal model for fear- and anxiety-related disorders in humans. The current model has exclusively focused on primary cues for fear, that is, fear acquired through direct pairings between a cue and a fear-eliciting event. However, fear is also elicited by secondary cues, that is, cues that were never directly paired with the aversive event. These secondary cues gain fear-eliciting properties by virtue of their association with primary cues. The present seminar will present data showing how fear memories propagate across a memory network allowing for the development of secondary cues, how those memories are regulated by fear to the primary cues at the behavioural and neural level, as well as how they are supported by circuits in the brain.
Hi Everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that there will be a CRAM session today at 12 PM in room 461. Dr. Mihaela Iordanova from Concordia University will be speaking to us about the behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues. See below for details.
Best, The CRAM Team
On 2020-03-10 10:40, cram wrote:
Dear all,
We are excited to announce that the next CRAM session will take place on Thursday, March 12th, from 12pm-1pm in room 461 of 2001 McGill College Avenue. We will have the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Mihaela Iordanova from Concordia University who will be speaking about the behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues. Please see below for more details.
Coffee and snacks will be provided. Please BYOM (bring your own mug). All are welcome!
The CRAM Team
Title: Behavioural and neural mechanisms of secondary fear cues.
Abstract: The study of how the brain regulates learned fear has been fundamental to understanding brain function and has served as a pre-clinical animal model for fear- and anxiety-related disorders in humans. The current model has exclusively focused on primary cues for fear, that is, fear acquired through direct pairings between a cue and a fear-eliciting event. However, fear is also elicited by secondary cues, that is, cues that were never directly paired with the aversive event. These secondary cues gain fear-eliciting properties by virtue of their association with primary cues. The present seminar will present data showing how fear memories propagate across a memory network allowing for the development of secondary cues, how those memories are regulated by fear to the primary cues at the behavioural and neural level, as well as how they are supported by circuits in the brain.