17th Annual
Neuroscience Day 2008

Last Name

First Name

Poster Title

Authors

Assignment

Geng

Yanyan

Is a Large Entrance to the Inner Vestibule of BK Channels Required for their Large Conductance?

Y Geng, X Niu, K L Magleby

1

Hower

Amy

Dimerization decreases functional activity in Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase PTPRO.

A Hower, J L Bixby

2

Pablo

Justo

Neurotoxic Non-Protein Amino Acid BMAA in Brain Dying with ALS and Alzheimer’s Disease.

JP Pablo, Y Ali, S Banack, P Cox,
T Johnson, S Papapetropouls, D Mash

3

Noga

Brian

Serotonin and norepinephrine concentrations measured simultaneously at various depths in the lumbar spinal cord of the adult cat following dorsal surface (bath) application.

M Brumley, A Taberner,
A Blythe, F Sanchez,
I Hentall, B R Noga

4

Monje

Paula

PKA-mediated gating of ErbB2-ErbB3 activation is involved in the synergistic enhancement of neuregulin-stimulated ERK and Akt signaling by cAMP in Schwann cells.

P V Monje, P M Wood

5

Hackman

John

D-aspartate activates excitatory amino acid receptors in the frog spinal cord.

N Chaudhari, J Peacock,
A Holohean,
J Hackman

6

David

Gavriel

Impaired Mitochondrial Handling of Calcium Loads in
Motor Terminals of Mutant
SOD1 fALS mice.

G David, L Garcia-Chacon, K Nguyen,
J Barrett, E Barrett.

7

Furmanski

Orion

MASH1 Forced Expression and FGF-2 Deprivation Exert Complementary Neuronal Enrichment Effects in Cultured Rat Embryonic Neural Precursor Cells.

O Furmanski, S Gajavelli, J Huan, J Sagen

8

Atkins

Coleen

MAP Kinase Phosphatases are Regulated by Hypothermia Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury.

C  Bartley,
D Dietrich,  C Atkins

9

Del Valle

Kara Mae

The role of ephrinB3 and its receptors in regulating neurogenesis in the developing subventricular zone.

K M del Valle,
J Ricard,  D Liebl

10

Atkins

Coleen

Synaptic Plasticity Changes in Supraspinal Regions
after Spinal Cord Injury.

J Weinrich,
W D Dietrich,C Atkins

11

Tapanes-Castillo

Alexis

Multiple modifier loci contribute to L1CAM X-linked hydrocephalus.

A Tapanes-Castillo,
E Weaver, T Caspary,
J Moran, K Hamilton,
S Slifer, E Martin,
J L Bixby  V P Lemmon

12

Kamiyama

Daichi

Detecting  Cdc4-2’s endogenous signal partners within differentiating neuron in vivo

D Kamiyama, M Hayden, A Chiba

13

Burns

S

Recovery from incomplete spinal cord injury improved by electrical stimulation in the hindbrain raphe or midbrain periaqueductal gray.

SB Burns, ML Rodriguez, E Fun, ID Hentall

14

Burns

S

Recovery from incomplete spinal cord injury improved by electrical stimulation in the hindbrain raphe or midbrain periaqueductal gray.

SB Burns, ML Rodriguez, E Fun, ID Hentall

14

Rodriguez

M

Calorie restriction, alternate day fasting and dietary addition of acetyl-carnitine plus lipoic acid: effects on motor and bladder recovery after thoracic spinal contusion in mice.

ML Rodriguez, ID Hentall, WA Hargraves,

15

Chou

Tsung-Han

Functional phenotyping of retinal ganglion cells in mouse models of optic nerve disease.

TH Chou, M Nagaraju,
V Porciatti

16

Fontanesi

Flavia

Transcriptional activators HAP4/NF-YA rescue a cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in yeast and in human cell lines from a patient with a neurological disease.

F Fontanesi, A Barrientos

17

Bhattacharya

Sanjoy

Global hyperdeimination and local hypodeimination in multiple sclerosis retinas.

S K Bhattacharya
M Alegciras, R Marc,
F Mastronardi

18

Hertz

Jonathan

Survival and Integration of Developing Retinal Ganglion Cells Following Transplantation

J Hertz, Y Hu,
J L Goldberg

19

Vempati

Uma

Brain function in a mouse with a conditional deletion of the Cytochrome c in neurons”.

U Vempati,
D Hernandez,
C Moraes

20

Kelley

Jonathan

The nNOS gene plays a role in long-term memory formation of contextual fear learning but not cued fear learning.

J B Kelley, K Anderson,
Y Itzhak

21

Iqbal

Zahid

Axon-Specific Roles of JNK Isoforms and JNK Scaffolding Proteins.

Z Iqbal, M Fajardo,
V Lemmon, A Oliva

22

Thomas

Christine

Muscle spasms after human spinal cord injury.

C Thomas, L Onate,
S Ferrell, S Patki,
D Tepavac, C Klein

23

Martinez-Calle

Nicolas

Behavioral Assessment of hand-arm function in non-human primates after chronic unilateral radiofrequency lesion of the pyramid.

N Martinez-Calle,
A Maldonado, D Tovar,
J D Guest

24

Theus

Michelle

EphB3 restricts proliferation of neural progenitor cells in the adult SVZ and under hypoxic culture conditions.

M H Theus, G Baumann,
J Ricard, D J Liebl

25

Mastronardi

Claudio

Integration of central and peripheral transcriptional responses during LPS-induced SIRS.

C. Mastronardi,
F Whelan, S McCann,
J Licinio, M L Wong

26

Jayakumar

Radhakrishnan

Na+-K+-2Cl- Cotransporter-1 in the Mechanism of Ammonia-Induced Astrocyte Swelling.

A Jayakumar, M Moriyama, M Liu,
R Ramakrishnan,
P Reddy, MD Norenberg

27

Norenberg

Michael

Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress,  The Permeability Transition and Map  Kinase in the Mechanism of Brain Edema in Acute Liver Failure

MD Norenberg,
AR Jayakumar,
PV Reddy, M Moriyama and KS Panickar

28

Fukui

Hirokazu

Development of a mouse model that allows regulated induction of partial mitochondrial respiratory deficiency in neurons.

H Fukui, CT Moraes

29

Nichols

Andy

Identification of the honeybee odorant receptor for the queen substance, 9-ODA.

A Nichols, K Wanner,
K Walden,  A Brockman, H Robertson, CW Luetje,

30

Luetje

Charles

A Positive Allosteric Modulatory Site on Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors: Structure and Function.

C W Luetje,  K B Mihalak, B Hsiao, D Everhart,
K L Magleby, A Malhotra

31

Peterson

Andrea

Mechanisms underlying inhibition of regeneration in CNS neurons.

M Hayden, D Kamiyama, A Chiba, A Peterson,
 L Usher, A Erturk,
D Strikis, W Buchser,
R Smith, S Hoffman,
 F Bradke, Y Chang,
 V Lemmon, J Bixby

32

Ruiz

Carlos

Regulation of Synaptic Acetylcholinesterase Assembly and Expression in Skeletal Muscle by Protein Disulfide Isomerase.

C A Ruiz, R L Rotundo

33

Ghosh

Mousumi

Identifying Mechanisms for the Downregulation of Cyclic
AMP signaling in TNF-α
Activated Microglia.

M Ghosh, M Laporte,
L Puzis, C Atkins,
D Dietrich, D Pearse

34

Golshani

Roozbeh

Human Fetal Spinal-Cord Derived Neural Progenitor Cell Implantation Within The Injured Nude Rat Spinal Cord.

R. Golshani,
S Savant-Bhonsale,
L Tuesta, J Louro,
S Wilson, S Patel,
D Pearse

35

Singh

Amanpreet

Identifying the Long-term Role of i-NOS in Contusive Spinal Cord Injury using a Transgenic Mouse Approach.

A Singh, D Maggio, D Bliecher, M Lopez, L Tuesta, G Flora, W Dietrich, D Pearse

36

Hayden

Melissa

Evidence that Rac1 and Cdc42 signal through distinct effectors within a single neuron

M Hayden, D Kamiyama, A Chiba

37

Nakamura

Yukiko

L1cam and the cytoskeleton – a role in myelinated axon but not hydrocephalus.

Y Nakamura, C Haddox, S Lee, V Lemmon

38

Haddox

Candace

L1cam cytoplasmic domain regulates L1 protein expression in the adult brain.

C Haddox, Y Nakamura, S Lee, V Lemmon

39

Fukui

Hirokazu

Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency
in neurons decreases
both oxidative stress and amyloid
formation in a mouse
model of Alzheimer’s disease.

H Fukui, F Diaz,
S Garcia,  C T Moraes

40

Garcia

H

Labeling embryonic rat neural precursors with Gad1 promoter driven EGFP

H Garcia, C Echavarria
M Estrada, J Huang,
O Furmanski, A Oliva,
S Gajavelli, J Sagen

41

Samuels

Stuart

Innexon Channels in the Leech CNS are Involved in the Microglial Response to Injury"

S Samuels,, L Bao,
S Locovei, J  Lipitz, E Macagno, K Muller

42

Li

Yiwen

CNTF Induces Regeneration of Cone Outer Segments.

Y Li, R Wen

43

Chaudhry

Nauman

D-aspartate activates excitatory amino acids in the frog spinal cord.

N Chaudhry, J Peacock, A Holohean  J Hackman

44

Marrero

Emilio

Translational Control of Acetylcholinesterase by the Nanos Element Binding Protein Pum2 at the Neuromuscular Junction.

E Marrero, S Rossi,
A Darr,  P Tsoulfas,
R L Rotundo

45

Kamiyama

Daichi

Corroborating activation and function of Cdc4-2 within differentiating neuron in vivo.

D Kamiyama

46

Del Valle

Kara Mae

The role of ephrinB3 and its receptors in regulating neurogenesis in the developing subventricular zone.

K M del Valle ,
J Ricard ,D Liebl

47

Sacino

Matthew

Sonic hedgehog signaling regulates axon and dendrite morphogenesis.

MSacino, ATapanes-Castillo, JL Bixby,
V P Lemmon

48

Blackmore

Murray

A high throughput screen to identify novel regeneration associated genes in the developing corticospinal tract.

M Blackmore, G Lambert, J L Bixby, VP Lemmon

49

Berrocal

Yerko

Transplantation of Schwann Cells within a NeuraGen® Tube to Repair a Lengthy gap of the Sciatic Nerve in Rats.

Y A Berrocal,
D M Panczykowski,
X Li,  A D Levi,

50

Buchser

William

Screening Candidate Genes with an In-Vivo Transplantation Assay to Test CNS Neurons’ Ability to Overcome Myelin Inhibition.

W Buchser,
D Braun,W Hasson,
E Weaver, B Grimpe,
J Bixby, V Lemmon

51

Shelley

Christopher

Butyl Nitrite (poppers) activate BK channels with beta 1 subunits differentially in the presence of absence of Ca2+.

C Shelley, K L Magleby

52

Jones

Lana

Biochemical and Behavioral Variations in Aged Rats Related to the Inhalation-Anesthetic Isoflurane.

L Jones, J P de Rivero Vaccari, M C Lewis,
I Nevo, H Bramlett

53

Zakharova

Elena

Social and environmental factors alter locomotor activity and cocaine conditioned place preference (CPP) in adolescent rats.

E Zakharova, D Wade,
S Izenwasser

54

Noelia

Kunzevitzky

Characterizing Developing Amacrine Cells: Purification, Survival Signaling, and Gene Expression.

N J Kunzevitsky
J L Goldberg

55

Pearlman

Amy

Expression of Novel NPCD Isoforms in Cultured Cell.

A Pearlman, L Tseng,
S Bingham,  J L Bixby

56

Gajavelli

Shyam

Antinociceptive effect of the peptides conantokin-G and conotoxin MVIIA in rat models of chronic pain

S Gajavelli, A Hama,
J Sagen

57

Smith

Robin

The Role of STAT3 in Enhanced PNS vs. CNS Regeneration.

RP Smith, WJ Buchser,  JR Pardinas, JL Bixby,
VP Lemmon

58

Dallman

Julia

Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in a Zebrafish Glial Glycine
Transporter Mutant.

R Mongeon, M Masino,
J Fetcho, G Mandel,
P Brehm, J Dallman

59

Wang

Gaofeng

Variation in the miRNA-433 binding site of FGF20 confers risk for Parkinson disease by over-expression of a-synuclein.

G Wang, J van der Walt, G Mayhew, YJ Li, S Zuchner

60

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Balda

Mara

Differential role of the nNOS gene in the development of psychomotor sensitization to cocaine in adolescent and adult mice.

M A Balda, K L Anderson,
Y Itzhak

62

Gizelda

Casella

Trophic factors promote reinnervation of adult rat skeletal muscle by embryonic ventral spinal cord cells transplanted into peripheral nerve.

G Casella, K Hemstapat,
V Almeida, R Grumbles, CK Thomas

63

Wang

Ying

A novel DEG/ENaC channel expressed in glia functions with neuronal channel DEG-1 to mediate specific chemosensory functions in C. elegans.

Y Wang, A Apicella, SK Lee, M Ezcurra, D S lone, W Schafer, M Driscoll,
L Bianchi

64

Ocampo

Alejandro

Spontaneous reversion of cytotoxicity in a yeast model of Huntington's disease.

A Ocampo, A Amaral  A Barrientos

65

Dawson

Jacqueline

The Prevalence of Thyroid Disease in a Rural Heart Failure Disease Management Clinic.

J Dawson

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