Virginia Tech® home

In Person Seminar: Electrochemistry in the Conscious Human Brain

Insert your title here

Your Text Here
Dan Bang, Ph.D.

Dan Bang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Aarhus University
Adjunct Associate Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
View Speaker Profile

In Person Seminar: Electrochemistry in the Conscious Human Brain

Date: Nov. 8, 2023

Time:  1 p.m.

Download Flyer

About this Seminar

The brain’s major neuromodulators, such as dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline, are crucial for healthy function. Yet our understanding of how and why has been impeded by an inability to measure neuromodulators at fast timescales in the human brain. Excitingly, this situation is rapidly changing. In this talk, Dr. Bang will present recent work from the Montague Lab, who have pioneered electrochemical recordings of sub-second neuromodulator fluctuations in conscious humans. Among other things, Dr. Bang will show that human electrochemistry can be performed using clinical depth electrodes already in place for epilepsy monitoring – opening the door to a truly new area of research on the neuromodulatory basis of human health and disease.

You May Also Be Interested In...

  • Home Item
    A Ribocentric View of Muscle Proteostasis in Health and Disease: Novel Mechanisms Potential Therapeutic Opportunities
    A Ribocentric View of Muscle Proteostasis in Health and Disease: Novel Mechanisms Potential Therapeutic Opportunities , home

    Nov. 22, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Gustavo A. Nader, Ph.D., FAPS, Professor, College of Health and Human Development; Chair, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology; Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; The Pennsylvania State University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Exercise Medicine Research

  • Home Item
    Human Laboratory Evaluation of Cannabis Products
    Human Laboratory Evaluation of Cannabis Products , home

    Dec. 13, 2024, 11:00 a.m. | Ryan Vandrey, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Health Behaviors Research and the Addiction Recovery Research Center

  • Home Item
    Mechanics of Convective Cell Motion
    Mechanics of Convective Cell Motion , home

    Jan. 10, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Michael Murrell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Yale University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center – Roanoke

  • Home Item
    The Role of Pericytes in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
    The Role of Pericytes in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases , home

    Jan. 17, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Vinicio de Jesus Perez, M.D., FCCP, FAHA, Assistant Professor, Wall Center Adult PH Clinic Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Vascular and Heart Research

  • Home Item
    Rethinking Human Health with AI: Solving Old Mysteries with Modern Tools
    Rethinking Human Health with AI: Solving Old Mysteries with Modern Tools , home

    Jan. 23, 2025, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Regina Barzilay, Ph.D., School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health; AI Faculty Lead, Jameel Clinic; MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab; MacArthur Fellow; Member, National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture

  • Home Item
    Neural Circuits for Social Behaviors
    Neural Circuits for Social Behaviors , home

    Jan. 24, 2025, 11:00 a.m. | Marcelo de Oliveira Dietrich, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine and Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Center for Neurobiology Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute