On December 13, 2024 we spoke with the speakers at our annual UTSA Neuroscience Symposium, on the Basal Ganglia Circuitry. Topics of discussion included the heterogeneity of cells and connections, the usefulness of the idea of cell types (or lack thereof), and the relationship between neuromodulators and fast synaptic transmission.

Sorry about the sound quality on this one.

Guests:

Charles Gerfen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health

Joshua Goldberg, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Neurobiology, The Hebrew University

Zayd Khaliq, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke

Tianyi Mao, Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University

Gilad Silberberg, Professor | Docent, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute

D. James Surmeier, Professor, Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA