Episode 33 -- Ion Channels and Firing Patterns of Dopaminergic Neurons
Wednesday, April 21, 2009
\nJim Surmeier (Northwestern University), Jochen Roeper (Goethe University, Frankfurt), Bruce Bean (Harvard Medical School), Carlos Paladini (UTSA), and John Williams (Oregon Health & Science University).
\nOn April 21st, the UTSA Neurosciences Institute hosted an all-star panel of physiologists for a symposium on "Ion Channels and Firing Patterns of Dopamine Neurons." This discussion, recorded after the day's talks, has Charles Wilson leading the group in covering a wide range of topics, including ionic mechanisms that drive tonic and phasic activity of dopamine neurons, the purpose of intrinsic pacemaking to dopamine signaling, and recent work that highlights how certain patterns of activity can facilitate calcium toxicity and cell death in Parkinson's Disease.
\nDuration: 48 minutes
\nacknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.