Neuroscience Finland 2018 was held on May 2, 2018 (12:00–18:00) at the University of Helsinki, Main Building, Small Lecture Hall (Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki). The programme included invited speakers, the BRSF award ceremony, and a poster session.
Speakers
- Åsa Mackenzie (Uppsala University, Sweden): Midbrain dopamine subpopulations in reward and motivation
- Annika Hultén (Aalto University): Word abstractness is an emerging property of language, mirrored in neural activity
- Tarja Malm (University of Eastern Finland): Modelling human microglia in neurodegeneration
- Miriam Nokia (University of Jyväskylä): Hippocampal plasticity and learning
- Tomi Rantamäki (University of Helsinki): Nitrous oxide and rapid-acting antidepressant mechanisms
- Aleksi Sihvonen (University of Turku and Helsinki): Neural basis of acquired amusia: from brain lesions to function
- Merja Voutilainen (University of Helsinki): Effect of CDNF in SOD1-G93A mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Awards
- Neuroscientist of the Year: Miia Kivipelto (Karolinska Institute and University of Eastern Finland): Multidomain interventions to prevent cognitive impairment and Alzheimer
- Novartis Neuroscience Award for the Best PhD Thesis: Jaakko Kopra (University of Helsinki): Endogenous GDNF as a regulator of midbrain dopamine neurons