Recorded as a panel discussion following the UTSA Neurosciences Institute’s 2018 research symposium. The group discusses the tripartite synapse concept, which was coined by two of our panelists, Phil Haydon and Alfonso Araque, in the late 1990s. The group considers the diverse mechanisms of astrocyte-neuron communication, and the magnitude of how we are beginning to redefine the neural circuits of behavior and disease based on this new framework. Hosted by Salma Quraishi.

Duration: 49 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

The Panelists

Alfonso Araque, Robert & Elaine Larson Neuroscience Research Chair, University of Minnesota Medical School

Philip Haydon, Annetta and Gustav Grisard Professor of Neuroscience, Sackler School of Medicine, Tufts University

Erik Herzog, Professor of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis

Carlos Paladini, Professor of Biology, UTSA

Joining the discussion

James Lechleiter, Professor of Cells Systems & Anatomy, UT Health San Antonio

Salma Quraishi, Assistant Professor of Research, UTSA

Matt Wanat , Assistant Professor, UTSA

Charles Wilson, Ewing Halsell Chair, Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.