Micro-, meso- and macro- connectomics of the brain
Meeting - Paris, France
Biological brains are extraordinarily complex devices for processing information and controlling behavior. Recent advances in systematically characterizing brain circuitry at different spatial scales offer exciting prospects for deepening our understanding of brain function in humans and in a diversity of animal models. This Colloque Médecine et Recherche will bring together leading investigators who work in the new arena of brain connectomics. This includes ‘macro-connectome’ efforts to comprehensively chart long-distance pathways and functional networks; ‘micro-connectome’ efforts to identify every neuron, axon, dendrite, synapse, and glial process within restricted brain regions; and ‘meso-connectome’ efforts to systematically
map both local and long-distance connections using anatomical tracers. Presentations will highlight cutting-edge methods that can accelerate progress in elucidating static ‘hard-wired’ circuits of the brain as well as dynamic interactions that are vital for brain function. The power of connectomic approaches in characterizing abnormal circuits in the many brain disorders that afflict humankind will be considered. Experts in computational neuroscience and network theory will provide perspectives needed for synthesizing across different scales in space and time. Altogether, this symposium will provide an integrated view of the challenges and opportunities in deciphering brain circuits in health and disease.
Organization: Fondation IPSEN
(Courtesy of brain at the macro scale, using a combination of multiple imaging technologies and resolutions, via en.wikipedia.org)
Micro-, meso- and macro- connectomics of the brain
Mon, May 05, 2014 - Mon, May 05, 2014
Centre de Conférences et de Réceptions Etoile St-Honoré
21-25 rue Balzac, 75008, Paris, France
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