8:15 Jane Johnson PhD Introduction

8:25 Erika Nelson (Monteggia) Transcriptional regulation of excitatory synaptic transmission

 

8:40 Zhengbei Wang, MD (Vernino) Antibodies from patients with autoimmune autonomic neuropathy inhibit ganglionic acetylcholine receptor currents

 

9:00 Lenora Volk (Huber) Gq-coupled neurotransmitter receptors in protein synthesis-dependent  plasticity

 

9:20 Omar Nelson (Bezprozvanny ) Effects of selected FAD mutations in presenilin 1 on calcium leak from the ER: Role in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis

9:40 Jing Zhou (Parada) Rapamycin treatment of PTEN conditional knock-out mice

 

10:00-10:10 BREAK

 

10:15 Zhiping Pang  (Südhof) Genetic Analysis of synaptotagmin 2 in spontaneous and Ca2+-triggered neurotransmitter release

 

10:35 Catherine Wasser PhD (Kavalali) Cholesterol dependence of synaptic vescicle recycling

 

11:00 Poster Session (posters must be taken down by 4 PM)

12:30 Lunch/Poster Session Cont.

1:15  Diane Lagace PhD (Eisch) Temporal Control of Gene Expression in the   Neurogenic Regions of Adult Mice Using a Tamoxifen-Inducible DNA recombinase CreERT2

 

1:35 Olivier Berton PhD (Nestler) Essential Role of BDNF in Dopaminergic Reward Regions in Social Defeat Stress 

 

1:55 Chris Cowan PhD Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Wiring and Synaptic Remodeling.

 

2:15  Craig Powell MD, PhD Synaptic Modifications Induced by Learning In Vivo

 

2:35-2:50 BREAK

2:50-3:50 Keynote: Al Collins PhD "Genetic Strategies for the Neuroscientist: Let Variance Be Your Friend"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006 Neuroscience Retreat

Dallas Arboretum

8525 Garland Rd

Dallas, TX 75208

Time: 8:15AM-4:00PM

Date: 05/12/06

· 2003 Langley Award for Career Contributions in Basic Science (Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco).

· NIDA Level II Research Scientist Development Award, 1988-2003.

· MERIT Award, NIAAA, 1996-2004.

· Editor for the Americas, Addiction Biology, 1998- .

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Poster Abstracts.PDF

1st Society for Neuroscience Travel Award for Best Poster $100

Congratulations to Kris Krishnan

1st Society for Neuroscience Travel Award for Best Presentation $100

Congratulations to Diane Legace

Leeds Instruments Outstanding Student Presentation Award

Olympus FE-100 4M pixel Digital Camera

Congratulations to Zhiping Pang