Programme Annual Conference 2025

TimeActivity
09:00–09:40Keynote – Ana Muñoz Manchado
09:40–10:00Talk T1 Gideon Sarpong: Spatiotemporal patterns of acetylcholine and their role in behavioral flexibility
10:00–10:20Talk T2 Maya Molinari: Dopamine and serotonin co-transmission filters striatonigral synaptic activity via 5-HT1B receptor activation
10:20–10:40Talk T3 Joseph Baxendale: Serotonin and serotonergic inputs modulate cholinergic interneurons in the striatum on different timescales
10:40–11:00Break
11:00–11:20Talk T4 Juliette Contandini: Logic of spatial and functional organization of connectivity patterns on striatal parvalbumin and somatostatin interneurons
11:20–11:40Talk T5 Nathalie Krauth: A hypothalamus-brainstem circuit governs the prioritization of safety over essential needs
11:40–12:00Talk T6 Sebastiano Bariselli: Striatal Metabolic Alterations Link Maternal Alcohol Exposure to Offspring Motor Deficits
12:00–13:00Lunch Break
13:00–14:00Poster Session
14:00–14:40Keynote – Marcus Stephenson Jones
14:40–15:00Talk T7 Melina Bordone: Comparing cell type-specific transcriptomics patterns in the parkinsonian and dyskinetic striatum
15:00–15:20Talk T8 Valerie Lewitus: Exercise improves motor coordination and increases dopaminergic neuron excitability selectively in female mice
15:20–15:40Break
15:40–16:00Talk T9 Zhuojun Yu: CLAWing toward threshold: how the dynamic interplay of cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic pathways shapes the decision-making process
16:00–16:20Talk T10 Daniel F. Cardozo Pinto: Opponent control of reinforcement by striatal dopamine and serotonin
16:20–17:00Keynote – Marco Pignatelli