Neural control of action: basal ganglia mechanisms in health and disease with Professor Jim Surmeier (Christchurch)

This public lecture is suitable for the public, bench researchers and clinicians. Everyone is welcome!

Drawing on Professor Jim Surmeier’s internationally recognised research, this talk will explore how basal ganglia circuits regulate movement, learning and decision making in the healthy brain. It will highlight how dysfunction of these networks contributes to disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and discuss emerging strategies to restore normal brain function.

Professor Jim Surmeier is based at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA.

This lecture viewed near the Christchurch Hospital, but is livestreamed from Dunedin. Stay on to hear Professor Terry Sanger talk about a career that weaves neurology, engineering and mathematics.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served after the lecture so you can catch up with colleagues and friends.

An online (zoom) option is also available on a different ticket.