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Professor Tom Salt, Department of Visual Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London
Abstract: Glutamate is the major excitatory transmitter in thalamo-cortical processing loops. In addition to its fast neurotransmitter action via ionotropic receptors, glutamate also mediates modulatory effects via metabotropic glutamate receptors. This presentation discusses how the metabotropic glutamate receptors on different neural and glial elements in the thalamus may be activated under (patho)physiological conditions, and how this may relate to sensory and cognitive processing.
Furthermore, the possibility that these receptors may be important drug targets for the treatment of sensory and cognitive disorders will be discussed.
Translatinal Neuroscice Seminar Programme
- Speaker
- Professor Tom Salt, Department of Visual Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London
- Hosted by
- Professor Bettina Platt
- Venue
- level 7 Conference Room, IMS