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DESCRIPTION:The Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series will advance the visi
 on of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2014)\, Former Director of the Neuro (1972
 –1984)\, to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The talks 
 will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology\, co
 gnitive neuroscience\, and neuroimaging.\n\nSpeakers will include scientis
 ts from across The Neuro\, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally
  and from around the world. The series is intended to provide a virtual fo
 rum for scientists and trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary ex
 changes on the mechanisms\, diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive
  disorders.\n\n\nTo watch via Vimeo\, click here\n\nTo register\, click he
 re\n\n\nValerie Sydnor\n\nPostdoctoral scholar\, University of Pittsburgh
 \n\nDr. Valerie Sydnor is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Pitt
 sburgh working in the Laboratory of Neurocognitive Development. Valerie co
 mpleted her undergraduate degree in Health and Human Biology at Brown Univ
 ersity and received her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsyl
 vania. Her research program investigates when during development different
  areas of the human cortex are most plastic—and therefore most sensitive t
 o environmental exposures that confer either vulnerability or resiliency t
 o psychopathology. To pursue this research\, she integrates environmental 
 and behavioral phenotyping with multi-modal neuroimaging\, including struc
 tural\, functional\, diffusion\, and neurochemical imaging acquired at 3T 
 and 7T. Valerie has published 50 peer-reviewed articles (13 as first autho
 r)\, received 8 years of continuous external funding to support her work\,
  and was recently named a Rising Star of Neuroscience by The Transmitter. 
 Outside of the lab\, Valerie is an avid runner as well as an avid consumer
  of fantasy novels\, sunshine\, and donuts.\n\nAbstract: The human cortex 
 exhibits a multi-decade maturational time course during which it retains a
 n innate capacity for environment-driven plasticity. Elucidating how plast
 icity is refined in the cortex over time is foundational to understanding 
 when the youth brain is most vulnerable to negative environments—and most 
 amenable to positive environments that can promote healthy development and
  resiliency. Yet\, it remains unclear precisely how plasticity unfolds in 
 the child and adolescent brain\, in part due to the challenge of studying 
 developmental plasticity in vivo. In this talk\, I will describe how multi
 -modal MRI can be harnessed to study hallmarks of critical period plastici
 ty that have been identified in animal research\, including age-related ch
 anges in intrinsic activity\, thalamocortical connectivity\, and cortical 
 myelination. I will then demonstrate that developmental refinements in ima
 ging correlates of critical period neurobiology progress along a sensorimo
 tor-to-association axis across cortical regions\, a deep-to-superficial ax
 is across cortical layers\, and a posterior-to-anterior axis in the hippoc
 ampus. Next\, I will provide evidence that the organization of development
 al programs along these cortical axes influences when and where socioecono
 mic environmental influences become embedded in the brain. The talk will c
 onclude by considering how progress in studying developmental plasticity m
 ay help to inform the type and timing of environmental enrichment interven
 tions for youth at risk for psychopathology.\n
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LOCATION:De Grandpre Communications Centre\, Montreal Neurological Institut
 e\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue University
SUMMARY:Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series: Charting cortical axes of pl
 asticity and environmental sensitivity: From animal critical periods to hu
 man development
URL:/arts/channels/event/feindel-brain-and-mind-semina
 r-series-charting-cortical-axes-plasticity-and-environmental-372004
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