Registration via https://event.ugent.be/registration/Noradrenaline_Astrocyte from 12-10-2025 14:30 until 28-10-2025 00:00
Session 1: Symposium on the role of noradrenaline and astrocytes in the healthy and damaged brain:
14h30-14h50: Drs. Isabeau De Bie Irradiation of the juvenile mouse brain impairs activity of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system
14h50-15h10: Drs. Maren De Colvenaer The role of astrocytes in noradrenergic modulation of hippocampal excitability
15h10-15h30: Dr. Jérôme Wahis Alpha 1 adrenoreceptors in astrocytes: a key component of noradrenergic neuromodulation
15h30-15h50: Prof. Dr. Dimitri De Bundel Astrocyte modulation of hippocampal excitability: from synapse to seizure
16h00-16h15: Coffee Break
16h15-17h15: Prof. Dr. Carolina Gutierrez From dynamic identities to stable functions: the role of neuron-astrocyte networks in sleep regulation in health and disease
Session 2: Public PhD defense of Sielke Caestecker
18h00-20h00: Drs. Sielke Caestecker Role of the locus coeruleus in modulation of hippocampal excitability in the healthy and epileptic brain