Neuroscience Retreat
NeuroClub
at the Neuroscience Annual Meeting (October 14-20, 2006), Atlanta, Georgia.
Saturday
(October 14)
Poster
79.6/JJ20
Age-related
respiratory differences in cultured cortical neurons from old rats and
3xTg-AD mice
(Saturday, Oct 14 2006
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
*T. T. JONES, A.
LINDSEY, G. J. BREWER;
Medical Microbiology,
Immunology, and Cell Biology, SIU Schl Med, Springfield, IL.
79. Mitochondria and
Oxidative Stress
79.4/JJ18
Age-related
increases in oxyradical damage in 3xTg-AD mouse in the absence of toxicity
in cultured hippocampal neurons
(Saturday, Oct 14 2006
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
*J. R. PATEL1, J.
R. TORRICELLI1, E. A. KUNZ1, M. S. PARIHAR1, A. L. LINDSEY1, S. ODDO2,
F. M. LAFERLA2, G. J. BREWER1,2;
1Med Micro Immuno Cell
Biol, Southern Illinois Univ Sch Med, Springfield, IL, 2Neurobiology and
Behavior, Univ Cal Irvine, Irvine, CA.
79. Mitochondria and
Oxidative Stress
Sunday
(October 15)
Poster
281.19/MM97
Increased
GAD level expression using lentivirus-mediated gene transfer reduces seizure
severity in genetically epilepsy prone rats
(Sunday, Oct 15 2006
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
*S. A. EPPS1, D.
E. VENABLE1, C. L. FAINGOLD2, S. P. WILSON3, J. R. COLEMAN1,4;
1Dept Psychol, Univ
South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2Dept Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 3Dept Pharmacology, Physiology &
Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Univ South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 4Pharmacology,
Physiology & Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC.
281. Anticonvulsant
and Antiepileptogenic Therapies
Monday
(October 16)
Poster
442.9/M14
Tinyatoxin:
another potent TRPV1 agonist
(Monday, Oct 16 2006
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
*M. RAISINGHANI,
S. YU, J. JEFFREY, L. S. PREMKUMAR;
Pharmacology, Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
442. Nocioceptors II
Dr. Victor Uteshev
recently joined the Departmet of Pharmacology.
453.20/Z10
Regulation
of glutamatergic synapses by nicotine in a subpopulation of the nucleus
of the solitary tract neurons that do not project to the parabrachial nucleus
(Monday, Oct 16 2006
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM)
*V. V. UTESHEV,
D. V. SMITH;
Dept Anatomy/Neurobiol,
Univ Tennessee, Memphis, TN.
453. Cardiovascular
Regulation II
Tuesday
(October 17)
Poster
Parul Sikand, a
pharmacology graduate student, is a SfN Travel Award winner.
642.1/Q1
Resiniferatoxin-induced
neuronal cell death in cultured DRG neurons
(Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM)
*P. SIKAND, A. PARIHAR,
S. YU, L. S. PREMKUMAR;
Department of Pharmacology,
SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
642. Pain Transduction:
Molecules and Channels III
580.19/NN49
Novel
use-dependent modulation of an Alzheimer enzyme in rat olfactory bulb:
functional deprivation elevates gamma-secretase in a central synapse
(Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM)
*X. YAN1, K. XIONG1,2,
X. LUO2, R. G. STRUBLE3, R. W. CLOUGH1;
1Dept Anat, Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL, 2Dept Anat and
Neurobiol, Central South University Xiangya Medical School, Changsha, Hunan,
CHINA, 3Dept Neurol and Ctr Alzheimer Disease, Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine, Springfield, IL.
580. Alzheimer's Disease:
APP Proteases
659.2/CC17
Acute
estradiol replacement displays regional and temporal-specific effects on
synaptophysin, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and apolipoprotein E
(Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM)
*M. E. MCASEY1,
M. LI1, X. CHENG2, C. CADY3, B. P. NATHAN4, S. RANDALL2, R. G. STRUBLE5;
1Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 2Neurology,
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 3Biology,
Bradley University, Peoria, IL, 4Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois
University, Charleston, IL, 5Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related
Disorders, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield,
IL.
659. Estrogen and Plasticity
Slide
Dr. Kathy Bottum
recently joined the Department of Medicine. Dr. Shelly Tischkau will
join the Department of Pharmacology next year.
607.13
Suprachiasmatic
nucleus (SCN) neuroprotection is associated with stability in caspase and
calcium buffering protein levels following neurotoxic insult
(Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM)
*K. M. BOTTUM1,2,
E. POON3, J. COHEN4, J. STARK4, D. GROSS4, S. A. TISCHKAU4;
1Dept Molec & Cell
Biol, Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL, 2Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Southern
Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, 3Neuroscience,
Univ Illinois, Urbana, IL, 4Veterinary Biosciences, Univ Illinois, Urbana,
IL.
607. Biological Rhythms
Wednesday
(October 20)
Poster
721.2/C34
Adenosine
A2A receptor downstream signaling molecules are increased in striata of
mice lacking nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B p50 subunit
(Wednesday, Oct 18
2006 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
*X. XIE; V. RAMKUMAR;
L. TOTH;
Pharmacology, Southern
Illinois Univ, Springfield, IL.
721. Amino Acids: Intracellular
Signaling Cascades
726.13/D51
Kisspeptin/metastin
upregulates excitatory synaptic transmission in hippocampal dentate granule
cells
(Wednesday, Oct 18
2006 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM)
A. C. ARAI1, Y.
XIA1, E. SUZUKI1, *M. KESSLER1, O. CIVELLI2, H. NOTHACKER2;
1Dept Pharmacol, Southern
Illinois Univ Sch Med, Springfield, IL, 2Dept Pharmacol, Univ. California
Irvine, Irvine, CA.
726. Neuropeptide Receptors
726.14/D52
Kainate-induced
seizures cause changes in mRNA expression of KiSS-1 in the hippocampus
in vivo and in vitro
(Wednesday, Oct 18
2006 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM)
N. ORWIG, *A. C.
ARAI;
Dept Pharmacol, Southern
Illinois Univ Sch Med, Springfield, IL.
726. Neuropeptide Receptors
Society for Neuroscience Awards
2006
* Parul Sikand, Department
of Pharmacology, won the SfN Chapters Graduate Student Travel Award.
* Sangamon Chapter and Southern
Illinois Chapter won a Society for Neuroscience Chapter
Award for a third joint Neuroscience Retreat.
2005
* Erika Suzuki,Ph.D., Department
of Pharmacology, got the SfN Chapters Postdoctoral Travel Award.
2004
* Sangamon Chapter and Southern
Illinois Chapter won a Society for Neuroscience Chapter
Award for a secnod joint Neuroscience Retreat.