Due to the unexpectedly high level of interest in this symposium, as of 9/1/2009 we are at full capacity. There is no additional room available for non-Yale community members at this time. Please note that this does not apply if you are a member of the Yale community or have already RSVP’d to the organizers.

Origins and functions of the local field potential

September 21, 2009
Brady Auditorium, Brady Memorial Labs (BML 131)
310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT (directions)

Morning Session

9:00-9:05am Introductory Remarks

9:05-10:00am David McCormick (Yale)

"Cortical LFP: Mechanisms of Generation and Possible Role in Network Activity”

10:00-10:55am Harvey Swadlow (University of Connecticut)

"Single-axon LFPs"

10:55-11:05am Coffee break

11:05-12:00am Alain Destexhe (Institut Alfred Fessard, Paris)

“The frequency-filtering properties of local field potentials in cerebral cortex: data, models and consequences”

12-1:30pm Lunch break

Afternoon Session

1:30-1:35pm Remarks

1:35-2:30pm Gyorgy Buzsaki (Rutgers University)

“Cellular-synaptic generation of LFP”

2:30-3:25pm Carl Petersen (EPFL, Lausanne)

“Behavioural modulation of cortical dynamics"

3:25:3:35pm Coffee break

3:35-4:30pm Charles Schroeder (Columbia University/Nathan Kline Institute)

“The brain's use of neuronal oscillations as tools for selecting and representing information”

4:30-5:00pm General Discussion