The Nordic Neuroscience 2015 JUNE 10-12, 2015 CONFERENCE BOOK FIRST NORDIC NEUROSCIENCE MEETING A scientific meeting for all neuroscientists arranged in Trondheim, Norway. A wish of achieving greater knowledge about the work done in Nordic institutes to open more interactions with neighboring countries and establish networks for future collaborations. 2 THE NORDIC NEUROSCIENCE 2015 JUNE 10-12 IN TRONDHEIM, NORWAY We are delighted to welcome you to the first-ever gathering of Nordic Neuroscience, held in the city of Trondheim, Norway. This is a newly initiated conference with the goal of increasing our interaction with neighbouring countries and establishing networks for future collaboration. Our wish is simple and unambiguous: we want to increase our collective knowledge about the work being conducted at Nordic and Baltic institutes. As the first event of this kind, we hope that speakers, poster presenters, participants and exhibitors will come away from the conference with the feeling they have met with success. We also have the larger ambition that this first conference in Trondheim will create a strong platform for the concept, so our goal of arranging this event biannually in various Nordic locations become a reality. The programme committee has worked on the conference since the autumn of 2013. Members have met in Trondheim to look at locations and discuss the programme’s composition. The result, we believe, is a stong line-up of excellent symposium speakers from Nordic institutes and top international plenary speakers from whom we hope you learn, are motivated by and enjoy. The programme committee also believes poster presentations are an essential aspect of the conference, and it is with great pleasure that we acknowledge the many individuals who have offered to present their work. We hope you have a wonderful experience and find the conference a memorable one, both because of the great science and because of the future collaborations it helps create. Welcome! Bryndis Birnir Sten Grillner Poul Henning Jensen Dan Lindholm Cecilia Lundberg Edvard Moser Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen Menno Witter 3 4 CONTENTS Conference Book ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 The Nordic Neuroscience 2015 ............................................................................................................................... 3 June 10-12 in Trondheim, Norway ........................................................................................................................ 3 Speaker List .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Plenary Speakers ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Symposium Speakers ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Chairs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Exhibitors ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Participants ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 General Information .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Poster Presentations ............................................................................................................................................ 17 Transport and Venues in Trondheim ............................................................................................................ 22 What am I Invited to Attend? ............................................................................................................................ 24 Practicalities ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 Program .......................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Short ................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 June 10 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26 June 11 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26 June 12 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Legend ........................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Detailed .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Wednesday June 10 .............................................................................................................................................. 28 Thursday June 11 .................................................................................................................................................. 29 Friday June 12 ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 Legend ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Abstracts ........................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Abdolrahman Khezri ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Adrian Szum ............................................................................................................................................................ 34 Agata Bochynska .................................................................................................................................................... 35 Alaa Sharif................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Aliona Nacu .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 Amy Robinson ......................................................................................................................................................... 38 Anastasia Ludwig................................................................................................................................................... 39 Anders Victor Petersen ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Andreas Kardamakis ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Ane Charlotte Christensen ................................................................................................................................. 42 5 Angel Moldes-Anaya ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Anne Elisabeth Sølsnes ....................................................................................................................................... 44 Anne Marte Sjursen Kvello ................................................................................................................................ 45 Anne Nagelhus ........................................................................................................................................................ 46 Annetta Redmann .................................................................................................................................................. 47 Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen ....................................................................................................................................... 48 Aurea Castilho ......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Axel Sandvig............................................................................................................................................................