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September 10-11, 2004
Pere Marquette Lodge and Conference Center
Blue
= Short presentation (a 15-min oral presentation)
Green
= Data Blitz (a 5-min oral presentation)
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September
10 (Friday)
4:00
- 5:30 pm Check-in/ Registration
5:30
- 6:30 pm Dinner
6:30
- 6:35 pm Greetings
Amy
C. Arai, Ph.D., President, Sangamon Chapter Society for Neuroscience
6:35-6:45
pm Opening Remarks
Edward
J. Moticka, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs
6:45-7:30
pm Special Lecture
Advances
of Proteomics in Biological Systems
Peter
M. Yau, Ph.D., Director of Proteomics, Biotechnology Center, University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
7:30-7:50
pm Theme Lecture
Proteomics:
Clinical Application
James
J. LaGuardia, M.D., Department of Neurology, SIU-Springfield
8:00
- 8:55 pm Neurological Disorders Moderator:
M. Steven Evans, M.D.
Epileptic
Seizure Reduce GABAa Receptor Function
M.
Steven Evans, M.D., Department of Neurology, SIU-Springfield
Alterations
in Seizure Susceptibility during the Aging Process
Peter
Patrylo, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, SIU-Carbondale
The
Role of B-cells in Opsoclonus-Myoclonus, a Paraneoplastic Syndrome
Michael
Pranzatelli, M.D., Department of Neurology, SIU-Springfield
Coffee break
9:15
- 9:35 pm Sleep Moderator: Linda
A. Toth, Ph.D.
The
Genetics of Sleep
Linda
A. Toth, Ph.D., D.V.M., Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
Thioether
S-methyltransferase (temt) Gene Expression during Influenza Infection in
Mice
Ming
Ding, Ph.D., Toth lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
9:40-10:00
pm Blood-Brain Barrier Moderator:
William A. Banks, M.D.
Obesity,
Leptin Resistance and Blood-Brain Barrier
William
A. Banks, M.D., Department of Geriatrics, St. Louis University
Developmentally
Regulated Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor-mediated Transport of a Lysosomal
Enzyme
across
the Blood-Brain Barrier
Akihiko
Urayama, Ph.D., Banks lab, Department of Geriatrics, St. Louis University
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Transport across the in vitro Mouse
Brain Endothelial Cell Monolayer
Ryota
Nakaoke, M.D., Banks lab, Department of Geriatrics, St. Louis University
September
11 (Saturday)
Blue
= Short presentation (a 15-min oral presentation)
Green
= Data Blitz (a 5-min oral presentation)
7:30-8:30 am Breakfast
8:30
- 9:00 am Auditory System and Aging Moderator:
Donald M. Caspary. Ph.D.
Geezer
Plasticity: GABA Changes in Auditory Cortex
Donald
M. Caspary, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology , SIU-Springfield
Mysteries
of Age-related Changes of GABAa Receptor Subunits in Rat A1: Protein Trafficking?
Lynne
Ling, Caspary lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
Functional
Consequences of Age-related Loss of Cortical Inhibition: Electrophysioloy
and Behavior
Jeremy
Turner, Ph.D., Caspary lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
9:00-9:30
am Auditory System Moderator:
Gayle Woodson, M.D.
Laryngeal
Paralysis as a Model for Studying Nerve Injury
Gayle
Woodson, M.D., ENT, Department of Surgery, SIU-Springfield
D-methionine
as an Otoprotective Agent
Kathleen
Campbell, Ph.D., ENT, Department of Surgery, SIU-Springfield
9:35-9:55
am Neurodegeneration Moderator: Gregory
J. Brewer, Ph.D.
Do
Mitochondria Control Brain Aging?
Gregory
J. Brewer, Ph.D., Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
SIU-Springfield
Age-related
NAD(P)H Decreases and Redox Declines during Glutamate Treatment of Hippocampal
Neurons
Mordhawaj
Parihar, Brewer lab, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
SIU-Springfield
Coffee break
10:20-10:35
am AMPA Receptor Function and Excitatory Synaptic Transmission Moderator:
Amy C. Arai, Ph.D.
Modulation
of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission through RF-amide Peptide Receptors
Amy
C. Arai, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
Inhibition
of AMPA Receptors by Guanine Nucleotides
Kyle
Montgomery, Arai lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
C-terminal
Truncation Affects Kinetic Properties of AMPA-GluR1 Receptors
Erika
Suzuki, Ph.D., Arai lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
10:40-11:05
am TRP channels Moderator:
Louis Premkumar, Ph.D.
TRP
Channels
Louis
Premkumar, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology , SIU-Springfield
Activation
of TRPV1 by Resinferotoxin"
Mallikarjuna
Pabbidi, Premkumar lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
Gabapentin:
a TRPV1 Antagonist?
Manish
Raisinghani, Ph.D., Premkumar lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
11:10-11:30
am Adenosine Receptor Moderator:
Vickram Ramkumar, Ph.D.
Nerve
Growth Factor - Adenosine Receptor Interactions
Vickram
Ramkumar, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
Adenosine
Receptor Binding and Expression in Striatum of NF-kB P50 Subunit Knockout
Mice
Xiaobin
Xie, Toth & Ramkumar lab, Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
11:
35- 11:45 am Biogenic amines
Moderator:
Ronald A. Browning, Ph.D.
Vagus
Nerve Stimulation and Norepinephrine Release
Rodney
Roosevelt, Browning lab, Department of Physiology, SIU-Carbondale
Can
Genotype Predict Behavior?
Jodi
Huggenvik, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, SIU-Carbondale
11:50
am -12:20 pm Genetically Epilepsy Prone Rats Moderator:
Carl L. Faingold, Ph.D.
Comparative
Studies of Audiogenic Seizure Networks
Carl
L. Faingold, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, SIU-Springfield
Preliminary
Microarray Studies on GEPR Brain and Cells Expressing Anti-sense Transcripts
to the
Suicide-related
DEAF-1
Michael
Collard, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, SIU-Carbondale