OhioMiamiValley Chapter, Society for Neuroscience
Neuroscience Day – May 16, 2008
WrightStateUniversity
Program
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.Lobby – White Hall /
Registration & Poster Set-up
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. /Introductory Comments
Tim Cope, Ph.D., 2008 President OMV-SfN11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Gandhi Auditorium
101 White Hall /
Distinguished Speaker
Barry Connors, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Neuroscience, BrownUniversityTitle: Eclectic Electric Synapses in the Brain
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Tent on lawn between White Hall and the Student Union /
Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.Gandhi Auditorium
101 White Hall / Student Presentations
Soumya Banerjee (MiamiUniversity)
Remodeling the Drosophila Abdominal Motor System during Metamorphosis
Martine Lamy (University of Cincinnati)
Alterations in fMRI Brain Activation are Associated with Biochemical Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder
Katrina Paumier (University of Cincinnati)
Antidepressant-mediated Neuroprotection of the Nigrostriatal Pathway in a Rodent Model of Parkinson's Disease
Adam Deardorff (WrightStateUniversity)
Calcium Binding Proteins in The Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body of Normal and Deaf (dn/dn) Mice
Ian Wenker (WrightStateUniversity)
The Role of Purnergic Signaling in the Activation of the Volume-Regulated Anion Channel in 1321N1 Astrocytoma Cells
3:00 – 5:30 p.m.
White Hall Lobby / Poster Session and Reception
5:15 p.m.
White Hall Lobby / Poster Competition Awards
OhioMiamiValley Chapter, Society for Neuroscience
Neuroscience Day – May 16, 2008
WrightStateUniversity
Poster Presentations
Poster1
Presenter: AnneChristiansen,Psychiatry,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Y.M. Ulrich-Lai, J.P. Herman
Title: Stress and sucrose modulation of pro-opioid mRNA expression in neural pathways mediating stress and reward
Key words:
Poster2
Presenter: ShwetaNayar,Zoology,MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: Dr.Phyllis Callahan, Dr.Emily Murphree, Dr. James Janik
Title: Role of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin in the neuroendocrine response to stress in postpartum female mice
Key words: Stress,Opiates
Poster3
Presenter: NicoleNichols, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Katie A. Wilkinson, Frank L. Powell, Robert W. Putnam
Title: Chronic Hypoxia (CHx) Suppresses the Chemosensitive Response of Individual Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (NTS) Neurons from Adult Rats
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Poster4
Presenter: NathanEvanson,Neuroscience Graduate Program,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Y.M. Ulrich-LaiA.R. FurayJ.G. TaskerJ.P. Herman
Title: Hypothalamic paraventricular cannabinoid receptor signaling in fast feedback inhibition of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis response to acute restraint stress
Key words: HPA axis, rats, cannabinoid, CB1, glucocorticoid
Poster5
Presenter: JamesOlson,Emergency Medicine,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Leasure, James E.
Title: ATP-mediated cell volume regulation during oxidative stress.
Key words: hippocampus
Poster6
Presenter: JonathanFlak,Psychiatry,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: M. M. OSTRANDER, N. K. MUELLER, J. P.HERMAN
Title: Chronic stress-induced neurotransmitter plasticity in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus
Key words: HPA axis, CRH, synaptophysin, glutamate, norepinephrine, GABA
Poster7
Presenter: Meera Seshadri,Zoology,MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: Dr.Phyllis Callahan, Dr.Emily Murphree, Dr. James Janik
Title: Gender differences in and the effects of OFQ/N on the Prolactin-receptor expression in the rat choroid plexus following stress
Key words: Stress, Prolactin, Opiates
Poster8
Presenter: AnnHemmerle,Neuroscience Graduate Program/Neurology,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: J.W. Dickerson, K.H. Lundgren, B.A. Packard, K.R. Jones, J.P. Herman, K.B. Seroogy
Title: Chronic variable stress alters neurotrophic factor and neurotransmitter synthesizing enzyme expression within the mesotelencephalic system of adult rats
Key words: depression, animal model, gene expression, neurotrophic factor, stress
Poster9
Presenter: CrystalStuckey,Emergency Medicine,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Olson, James E.; and D'Agostino, Dominic P.
Title: Hypoosmotic swelling of rat C6 glioma cells causes cell death via oxidative stress.
Key words:
Poster10
Presenter: EricKrause,Psychiatry,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Susan J. Melhorn, Jon F. Davis, Karen A. Scott, Li Y. Ma, Annette D. de Kloet, Stephen C. Benoit, Stephen C. Woods, and Randall R. Sakai.
Title: AT1 receptors in the subfornical organ mediate the drinking and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to systemic isoproterenol.
Key words: angiotensin II, corticosterone, ACTH, water intake, hypotension, hypovolemia, HPA
Poster11
Presenter: Brian Tucker, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: James Olson, PhD
Title: The Role of Glutamate in Taurine Efflux during Oxidative Stress
Key words: Glutamate, Taurine, Oxidative Stress
Poster12
Presenter: JenniferMcGuire,Psychiatry,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: James P. Herman, Floyd R. Sallee, Renu Sah
Title: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Studies in a chronic variable stress model
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Poster13
Presenter: BrianMurphy,Anesthesia,University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children's MedicalCenter
Coauthors: Steve Danzer, Cynthia Walter, Raymund Pun
Title: Real-time imaging of dentate granule cells in organotypic hippocampal explant cultures made from Thy1-YFP-expressing mice
Key words: hippocampus, dentate gyrus, organotypic explant culture, lesioning, neuronal circuitry, transgenic mouse linesSTev
Poster14
Presenter: Soumya Banerjee,Zoology,MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: Meredith Dorr, Holly Rataiczak, Badrinath Krishan and Joyce Fernandes
Title: Nervous system remodeling in Drosophila: The fate of Hb9-positive neuron during metamorphosis
Key words: nervous system remodeling, Motor neuron,cell death
Poster15
Presenter: Lynn Hartzler,Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Jay B. Dean, Robert W. Putnam
Title: Developmental changes in the chemosensitive response in locus coeruleus neurons from neonatal rats
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Poster16
Presenter: RobertHufnagel,Neuroscience,University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Quinn M, Brown NL
Title: Evaluating the competence of the earliest retinal progenitors to precociously adopt late fates
Key words: Retinal neurogenesis, bHLH transcription factors, Math5, Math1
Poster 17
Presenter: Christian Gutierrez,Zoology,MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: Alexander BerrebiKatia Del Rio-Tsonis
Title: Regulators of Retina Pigmented Epithelial(RPE) Cell Transdifferentiation
Key words: Transdifferentiation, Retina Regeneration
Poster18
Presenter: Valerie Siembab,Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: C. A. Smith, N. A. Shneider, M. C. Berrocal, F. J. Alvarez
Title: Alterations in Ia afferent input strength modulates the maturation of synaptic excitatory input organization on Renshaw cells
Key words: Renshaw Cell, Recurrent Collaterals, VGLUT1, VAChT
Poster19
Presenter: Meghana Tare,Biology, University of Dayton
Coauthors: Madhuri Kango Singh Amit Singh
Title: Opposing interactions between homothorax and Notch pathway genes Lobe and Serrate define ventral eye margin of the developing eye field
Key words: Eye Development,Drosophila melanogaster, Axial Patterning, Growth, Homothorax, Lobe
Poster20
Presenter: Courtney Smith, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Shneider N.A., Berrocal M.C., Alvarez F.J.
Title: Influence of sensory afferents and motoneurons on the developmental regulation of calbindin and parvalbumin expression in spinal interneurons.
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Poster21
Presenter: JieZhu, Zoology, MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: Tracy Hynes, KatiaDelRio Tsonis
Title: Canonical Wnt Signaling Regulates Chick Retina Regeneration
Key words: Wnt, chick, retina, regeneration
Poster22
Presenter: SarahOros,Biology, University of Dayton
Coauthors: Monica Berkemeier, Dr. Amit Singh, Ph.D.
Title: Drosophila model to study genetic basis of birth defect in eye
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Poster23
Presenter: MindyCall,Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: CY Kuan, Cincinnati Children's Medical CenterWW Kao, University of Cincinnati
Title: Development of a Mouse Model to Characterize and Ablate Pyramidal Neurons in the Hippocampus
Key words: bi-transgenic mouse model, hippocampus
Poster24
Presenter: TeresaGarrett, Pharmacology & Toxicology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: C.M. Rapp, A.R. Kessler, & J.B Lucot
Title: The effects of CBDP and sarin on fear-potentiated startle and y-maze performance in mice.
Key words: fear potentiated startle, y-maze, sarin, behavior training, mice, locomotor activity
Poster25
Presenter: Martine Lamy, Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Lamy, M; Cerullo, MC;Mills, NP; Allendorfer JB; Eliassen, JC; Adler, CM; Strakowski, SM; DelBello MP
Title: Alterations of face-responsive visual regions in adolescent bipolar disorder during emotional face processing.
Key words: bipolar disorder, ADHD, adolescence, fMRI, emotion,
Poster26
Presenter: JamesLucot, Pharmacology & Toxicology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: James B. Lucot, Shenika Poindexter, Steven Baird, M. Mach
Title: Low dose sarin suppresses dopamine function in selected brain regions: relevance to fear potentiation of startle.
Key words: sarin,FPS,dopamine
Poster27
Presenter: JonathanDickerson, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: A.M. Hemmerle, K.H. Lundgren, and K.B. Seroogy.
Title: Supranigral infusion of neuregulins improves behavioral recovery in a partial-lesion model of Parkinson’s disease.
Key words: neuregulin, Parkinson's Disease, 6-hydroxydopamine, motor function, substantia nigra, stereology.
Poster28
Presenter: ChristineRapp, Pharmacology & Toxicology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: T. L. Garrett, K. E. Irwin, R. D. Grubbs, J. B. Lucot
Title: Neuronal damage in mice over time after injecton with CBDP and sarin.
Key words: sarin, CBDP, immunohistochemistry, neuronal cell death
Poster29
Presenter: RyanWalker, Zoology, MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: A. Foster, C.L. Randolph, and L.G.Isaacson
Title: Changes in NGF and NT-3 protein species in the superior cervical ganglion following axotomy or crush injury of postganglionic axons
Key words: neurotrophin transport, retrograde, proNGF
Poster30
Presenter: MatthewLoftspring, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Matthew C. Loftspring, Jeremiah McDole, Aigang Lu, Aaron J. Johnson, Joseph F. Clark
Title: Intracerebral hemorrhage leads to infiltration of several leukocyte populations with concomitant pathophysiological changes.
Key words: stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, inflammation, leukocyte infiltration
Poster31
Presenter: JeremiahMcDole, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Istvan Pirko, Jeremiah McDole, Yi Chen, Scott Dunn, Diana M. Lindquist, Aaron Johnson
Title: Prospective MRI Study of Brain Atrophy and Its Relationship to Disability in a Murine Model of MS
Key words: MRI, MRS, TMEV, MS,
Poster32
Presenter: JenniferO'Malley, Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: N. D. Levine, C. E. Sortwell, T. J. Collier, T. Schallert, K. Steece-Collier;
Title: Therapeutic Implications of Dendritic Spine Loss in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s disease.
Key words: parkinson's disease, dendritic spines, MSN, nimodipine, dyskinesias, levodopa
Poster33
Presenter: KatrinaPaumier, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Sortwell CE, Daley BF, Terpstra BT, Madhavan LM, Levine ND, and Collier TJ.
Title: Chronic antidepressant treatment is neuroprotective in a rat model of Parkinson's disease
Key words: Parkinson's disease, neuroprotection, antidepressants
Poster34
Presenter: AnneSpieles-Engemann, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Michael M. Behbehani, Brian T. Terpstra, Timothy J. Collier, Kathy Steece-Collier, Lalitha Madhavan, Katrina Paumier, Susan L. Wohlgenant, Sara Gombash, and Caryl E. Sortwell
Title: Establishment of a Clinically Relevant Model of Long-Term STN Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinsonian Rats
Key words: Deep brain stimulation, Parkinson's disease, Subthalamic nucleus
Poster35
Presenter: BrianTerpstra, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: J.W. Lipton, K.L. Paumier, N.D. Levine, S.L Wohlgenant, A.Y. Yu and C.E. Sortwell
Title: Inosine Protects Mesencephalic Dopamine Neurons from Parkinsonian Insult in vitro and Accumulates in the Nigrostriatal Pathway Following Peripheral Administration
Key words: Parkinson's Disease, Inosine, Neuroprotection
Poster 36
Presenter: Jane Allendorfer, Neuroscience/Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Lamy M, Eliassen JC
Title: Human recreational MDMA use affects fMRI brain activation during working memory
Key words: fmri, memory, mdma
Poster37
Presenter: MelissaBautista, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: B. Walmsley, R. E. W. Fyffe
Title: Ultrastructural analysis of endbulbs and calyces of Held in the AVCN and MNTB in normal andcongenitally deaf mice
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Poster38
Presenter: LorenHoffmann, Psychology, MiamiUniversity, Oxford
Coauthors: Stephen D. Berry
Title: Hippocampal Modulation of Cerebellar Learning I: IPN
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Poster39
Presenter: Loren Hoffmann, Psychology, MiamiUniversity, Oxford
Coauthors: Stephen D. Berry
Title: Hippocampal Modulation of Cerebellar Learning II: Cortex
Key words:
Poster 40
Presenter: JeannineCrum, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: K. Bullinger, L. Goss, P. Nardelli, & T. Cope
Title: Neuregulin 1 implicated in injury induced synaptic plasticity.
Key words: synaptic plasticity, synaptic strengthening, nerve injury, axotomy, neuregulin, erbB
Poster41
Presenter: KatieBullinger, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Cope, Timothy C
Title: Synaptic responses to high frequency activation of regenerated Ia afferents
Key words: Regeneration, Synapses, Spinal Cord, Motoneurons, Primary Afferents, Muscle Spindles, Reinnervation
Poster42
Presenter: AdamDeardorff, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: R. Tracy, J. Roebel, B. Walmsley, R.E.W. Fyffe
Title: Calcium Binding Proteins in Brainstem Auditory Nuclei of Normal and Deaf (dn/dn) Mice
Key words: Auditory, Calcium
Poster43
Presenter: JimEliassen, Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Maria M. Martini, Jane B. Allendorfer, Martine Lamy
Title: Recreational MDMA use affects fMRI brain activation in serotonin target regions during associative learning
Key words: operant conditioning, instrumental learning, drug abuse, fMRI
Poster44
Presenter: ZhihuiDeng, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: S.H. Romer, T.C.Cope, L.Goss, P. Nardelli, K. Bullinger, R.E.W Fyffe
Title: Expression of small conductance Ca2+ -activated potassium (SK) channels in mammalian spinal motoneurons
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Poster45
Presenter: ParamaPaul, Zoology, MiamiUniversity
Coauthors: K. Ghosal, J.R. Allen, L. Wene, K.A. Killian
Title: Social Experience and Aggression in Male Crickets
Key words: aggression, insect, dominance, social behavior, invertebrate
Poster46
Presenter: RogerFecher, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: K. Dominguez, S.H. Romer, R. Fecher, Z. Deng, P. Nardelli, L. Goss, T.C. Cope, R.E.W. Fyffe
Title: Redistribution of somatic membrane Kv2.1 ion channels on spinal motoneurons following peripheral nerve injury
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Poster47
Presenter: JudithStrong, Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: J.-G. Wang, J. A. Strong, W.-R. Xie, J.-M. Zhang
Title: Chronic GRO/KC Exposure Enhances Voltage-Gated Na Currents in Small Diameter Rat Sensory Neurons.
Key words: inflammation, pain, cytokine, sodium current
Poster48
Presenter: PatrickSonner, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Jessica Filosa, Javier Stern
Title: Intracellular Ca2+ dynamics in presympathetic PVN neurons during repetitive firing.
Key words: intracellular calcium, presympathetic, PVN
Poster49
Presenter: GeorgetteSuidan, Neurology, University of Cincinnati
Coauthors: Jon Dickerson, Kim Seroogy, Istvan Pirko, Aaron J Johnson
Title: Rapid induction of VEGF by CD8 T cells precedes CNS vascular permeability
Key words: VEGF, CD8 T cells, Blood Brain Barrier, tight junctions
Poster50
Presenter: MelGoldfinger, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors:
Title: Markov NaCh Kinetics Shape the Form of Axonal Relative Refractoriness
Key words: sodium channel, Markov kinetics, computational neuroscience, relative refractoriness, supernormality
Poster51
Presenter: Guangze Li,Emergency medicine,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: James E. Olson
Title: Mechanisms of Hypoosmotic Sensitization of ATP-activated Anion Conductance in Cultured Hippocampal Astrocytes
Key words: Astrocytes, ATP, Patch Clamp, Purinergic receptor
Poster52
Presenter: IanWenker, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: James Olson PhD
Title: The Role of Purnergic Signaling in the Activation of the Volume-Regulated Anion Channel in 1321N1 Astrocytoma Cells
Key words: Astrocyte, electrophysiology, cell volume, purinergic signaling, VRAC
Poster53
Presenter: JamesOlson,Emergency Medicine,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors: Dines, Megan; Caraman, Elena; Aston, Jill; Ballester, Mike; McCarthy, Mary.
Title: Early Brain Edema Predicts Poor Outcome In Head Trauma Patients.
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Poster54
Presenter: JamesOlson,Emergency Medicine,WrightStateUniversity
Coauthors:
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