The TNC presents the Bernstein - „Robust Vision“ Lecture:

Speaker: Read Montague (Fralin Biomedical Research Institute & Dept. of Physics at Virginia Tech, USA)

Title: Dynamic neurochemistry in conscious humans during stereoEEG monitoring

Hosts: Stefanie Liebe & Peter Dayan (Dep. of Neurology & Epileptology, UKT & MPI-BC)

Location: Lecture Hall of the Department for Psychiatry, Calwerstr. 14, Tübingen and online. Please contact silke.dutz@medizin.uni-tuebingen.de for the zoom login details.

Afterwards, there will be a Get Together with drinks and Butterbrezeln for everybody to enjoy.

Abstract: In recent years, voltammetric methods used in model organisms for the detection of important information-bearing molecules like dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine have been paired with modern machine learning methods to improve the speed and chemical specificity of the methodology.  In this talk, we show how this same basic approach can be piggybacked onto standard clinical monitoring systems using stereo EEG electrodes to provide a new capacity for detecting sub-second fluctuations in monoamines in conscious humans.  This innovation opens the door for equipping perceptual and cognitive tasks with concurrent monoamine monitoring. I will also discuss some important practicalities for these methods in terms of data sharing strategies.