Event:
We are delighted to announce our next Neuroscience Seminar Series talk. Presentations by experts in their field will take place both here at MPINB and via Zoom.
"Midbrain circuits for flexible instinctive behaviours"
Vanessa Stempel, Research Group Leader- Instinctive Behaviour Circuits, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Abstract
Instinctive behaviours, such as hunting, pup care and defence have evolved to ensure survival without the need for learning. In vertebrates, instinctive behaviours are generated by remarkably conserved brain circuits, and it has become increasingly clear in recent years that instinctive behaviours are flexible in regard to both action selection and execution. Despite a large body of behavioural work, the neural mechanisms underlying the flexible implementation of instinctive behaviours remain largely unknown. In this talk, I will discuss how excitatory and inhibitory neural circuits in the midbrain periaqueductal gray shape the initiation and execution of instinctive behaviours, and how they may support action selection during motivational conflict.
In-Person
MPINB Lecture Hall, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn
Zoom
https://mpinb-mpg-de.zoom.us/j/63767300567
Meeting-ID: 637 6730 0567
