POSTER # 1
PRESENTER: Michael Bierl (Zoology , Center for Neuroscience, Miami University)
CO-AUTHOR: Lori Isaacson
TITLE: Alterations in nerve growth factor expression in aged sympathetic neurons
KEYWORDS: neurotrophins, aging, proNGF, western blot analysis, superior cervical ganglion
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POSTER #2
PRESENTER: Elizabeth Jones (Zoology, Center for Neuroscience, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Keith Crutcher and Lori Isaacson
TITLE: Increased neurotrophin-3 protein expression in adult sympathetic neurons following in vivo infusion of nerve growth factor
KEYWORDS: neurotrophins, NGF, NT-3, sympathetic neurons, SCG, ELISA
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POSTER #3
PRESENTER: Janelle Allen (Zoology, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Kaushik Ghosal, Phyllis Callahan, Kathleen A. Killian
TITLE: A neuroethological investigation of behavioral choice in the cricket, Acheta domesticus.
KEYWORDS: aggression, biogenic amines, brain, c-Fos, social behavior
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POSTER #4
PRESENTER: Anne Christiansen (Zoology , Center for Neuroscience, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Kelly Zullig, Tiffany Derringer, James Janik, Phyllis Callahan
TITLE: Endocrine Effects of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin (OFQ/N): Studies with OFQ/N Knock-Out Mice
KEYWORDS: prolactin, stress, dopamine, estrogen, tyrosine hydroxylase
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POSTER #5
PRESENTER: Prajakta Mangeshkar (Zoology, Center for Neuroscience, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Phyllis Callahan, James Janik
TITLE: Mechanism of Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin - Induced Prolactin Secretion in Female Rats
KEYWORDS: tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons, estrogen
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POSTER #6
PRESENTER: Mayur Madhavan (Zoology, Miami University)
CO-AUTHOR: Jason R.Spence, Bret Lehman, David Jones, John Ewing and Katia Del Rio-Tsonis
TITLE: Sonic Hedgehog as a Modulator of Retina Regeneration
KEYWORDS: Shh, Chick, Retina, Regeneration
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POSTER #7
PRESENTER: Sarita Hebbar (Zoology, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Aswati Subramanian and Joyce Fernandes
TITLE: Neuromuscular Development In Drosophila: Remodeling and Plasticity During Metamorphosis
KEYWORDS: neuromuscular, remodeling, plasticity, metamorphosis
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POSTER #8
PRESENTER: Kristin Christy (Psychology, Miami University
CO-AUTHORS: Matt Warden, Chris Jones, Steve Berry
TITLE: A more refined analysis of learning rates: Using model fitting to specify the exact trial that learning occurs.
KEYWORDS: classical conditioning, learning rate, model fitting
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POSTER #9
PRESENTER: Ryan Darling (Psychology, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Amy Griffin, Jen Muncy, Loren Hoffmann, Teresa Garrett, Angie Caudill, Kanako Takatsuki, Stephen Berry
TITLE: Hippocampal-Prefrontal Interactions During Classical Conditioning and Extinction in the Rabbit
KEYWORDS: Hippocampus, Prefrontal Cortex, Classical Conditioning, Extinction, Theta, Evoked Potentials, Single Unit Analysis
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POSTER #10
PRESENTER: Kanako Takatsuki (Psychology, Miami University)
CO-AUTHORS: Shigenori Kawahara, Masayoshi Mishina, Yutaka Kirino
TITLE: Characterization of hippocampal theta rhythm in wild-type mice and glutamate receptor subunit delta 2 mutant mice during eyeblink conditioning with a short trace interval
KEYWORDS: classical conditioning, eyeblink, hippocampus, cerebellum, long-term depression, mouse, theta rhythm
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POSTER #11
PRESENTER: Melissa Bautista (Center for Brain Research, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: R. E .W. Fyffe, B. Walmsley
TITLE: A SERIAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF INHIBITORY AND EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC INPUTS ON THE SOMA OF PRINCIPAL CELLS IN THE MEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE TRAPEZOID BODY (MNTB) IN NORMAL AND CONGENITALLY DEAF (DN/DN) MICE.
KEYWORDS: MNTB, Calyx of Held, Electron Microscopy, Ultrastructure, 3D reconstruction, Mouse, DN/DN
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POSTER #12
PRESENTER: Dianne Dewey (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: P .J. McMillin, R. E .W. Fyffe
TITLE: SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF A G-PROTEIN-ACTIVATED INWARD RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL (GIRK-1) SUBUNIT IN RAT SPINAL CORD MOTONEURONS
KEYWORDS: Potassium Channel, Motoneurons, Immunoreactivity
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POSTER #13
PRESENTER: Hong Sun (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: R. E. W. Fyffe, B. Walmsley
TITLE: Gephyrin membrane clusters and intracellular aggregates in principal neurons in the MNTB of normal and congenitally deaf (DN/DN) mice.
KEYWORDS: Gephyrin, Immunohistochemistry, MNTB, Mice, development, deafness
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POSTER #14
PRESENTER: Zhihui Deng (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
TITLE: Distribution of P2x7 receptors in presynaptic terminals in the ventral horn of rat lumbar spinal cord
KEYWORDS: P2X7 receptor, immunoreactivity, ventral horn spinal cord, presynaptic terminals, co-localization
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POSTER #15
PRESENTER: Susan Conrad (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Daniel K. Mulkey, Nick A. Ritucci, Jay B. Dean, and Robert W. Putnam
TITLE: Development of Chemosensitive Neurons in the NTS
KEYWORDS: Chemosensitivity, Development, NTS
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POSTER #16
PRESENTER: Stephanie Potter (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Robert W. Putnam and Jay B. Dean
TITLE: Decreasing Oxygen Causes an Acidification in Neurons from Respiratory Regions of the Medulla
KEYWORDS: Oxygen, intracellular pH, brainstem, neuron
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POSTER #17
PRESENTER: Alfredo Garcia III (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: R.A. Henderson III, Robert W. Putnam, Jay B. Dean
TITLE: Hyperbaric Oxygen Affects Synaptic Transmission and Membrane Properties to Increase Excitability in the CA1 Hippocampus
KEYWORDS: Hyperoxia, Synaptic Transmission, Hippocampus
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POSTER #18
PRESENTER: Nick Ritucci (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: J.S. Erlichman, M. Temkin, J.C. Leiter and R.W. Putnam
TITLE: Effects of hypercapnia on membrane potential and intracellular pH in neurons and glia from the retrotrapezoid nucleus
KEYWORDS: hypercapnia, membrane potential, pH, neurons, glia, brainstem
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POSTER #19
PRESENTER: Nicole Nichols (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Amit S. Rattan, Nick A. Ritucci, Jay B. Dean and Robert W. Putnam
TITLE: Neuronal Responses to Hypercapnic Acidosis in Medullary
Brain Slices from Rats Chronically Adapted to Hypercapnia
KEYWORDS: chronic hypercapnia; intracellular pH; neuronal firing
rate; respiratory control; ventilation
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POSTER #20
PRESENTER: Robert Putnam (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Nick A. Ritucci, Susan C. Conrad and Jay B. Dean
TITLE: The Relative Chemosensitive Response to Hypercapnia of Brainstem Neurons from Various Chemosensitive Regions
KEYWORDS: carbon dioxide, chemosensitivity, neuron, brainstem
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POSTER #21
PRESENTER: Jay Dean (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: DK Mulkey, AJ Garcia, SJ Potter, SH Hwang, NA Ritucci, RA Henderson & RW Putnam
TITLE: Hyperoxia and Respiratory Control: Interactions Between PO2,Reactive Oxygen Species and pH in Brainstem Neurons.
KEYWORDS: hyperbaric, hyperoxic, hypercapnia, ROS, O2, cardiorespiratory control
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POSTER #22
PRESENTER: Mel Goldfinger (Anatomy & Physiology, Wright State University)
TITLE: RALLIAN "EQUIVALENT" CABLES DO NOT RECONSTRUCT THE RESPONSES OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS
KEYWORDS: equivalent cable, branch point, cable theory, axonal arborizations, computational neuroscience
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POSTER #23
PRESENTER: Mojmir Mach (Pharmacology/Toxicology, Wright Sate University)
CO-AUTHORS: Grubbs R.D., Price W.A., Paton S., Gonzales A.M. and Lucot J.B.
TITLE: Behavioral effects of subclinical doses of sarin alone and combined with stress or pyridostigmine in mice.
KEYWORDS: sarin, pyridostigmine bromide, stress, acoustic startle response, mice
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POSTER #24
PRESENTER: Keshia Jackson (Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Rhonda A. Roxley, Jacqueline Phillips, Javier Stern
TITLE: Altered pattern of NMDA receptor subunits mRNA expression in the PVN and RVLM of the spontaneoulsy hypertensive rat
KEYWORDS: hypertension, hypothalamus, glutamate, synaptic
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POSTER #25
PRESENTER: Vinicia Biancardi (Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University
CO-AUTHOR: Javier Stern
TITLE: Altered glutamatergic innervation in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in renovascular
KEYWORDS: hypertensive rats
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POSTER #26
PRESENTER: Javier Stern (Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University
CO-AUTHORS: Helaine Silva, Arnold Coleman, Keshia Jackson, and Lisete Michelini
TITLE: Plastic changes in the cellular properties of preautonomic neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) during excercise training
KEYWORDS: exercise, cardiovascular, morphometric
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POSTER #27
PRESENTER: Patrick Sonner (Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Wenfeng Zhang and Javier Stern
TITLE: Cellular morphology and electrophysiology of GAD1-GFP-expressing hypothalamic GABAergic neurons
KEYWORDS: paraventricular, suprachiasmatic, supraoptic, autonomic, neuroendocrine, GABA
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POSTER #28
PRESENTER: Arnold Coleman (Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Wenfeng Zhang and Javier Stern
TITLE: Estrogen Receptor Beta expression in autonomic-related neurons in the PVN: link to NO signaling pathways?
KEYWORDS: estrogen, steroid, paraventricular, nitric oxide
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POSTER #29
PRESENTER: Silvia Skalska (Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Mariana Morris and Javier Stern
TITLE: Cellular osmosensitivity in magnocellular neurosecretory neurons in a mouse model lacking the angiotensin receptor subtype AT1a.
KEYWORDS: supraoptic, angiotensin, K+ conductance, vasopressin
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POSTER #30
PRESENTER: Vera Farah (Pharmacology/Toxicology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHORS: Luis F. Joaquim, Iveta Bernatova and Mariana Morris
TITLE: Acute and Chronic Stress Influence Blood Pressure Variability In Mice
KEYWORDS: cardiovascular, spectral analysis, heart rate variability, mice
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POSTER #31
PRESENTER: Anthony Polito (Pharmacology/Toxicology, Wright State University)
CO-AUTHOR: Khalid Elased, Mary Key, David Cool, and Mariana Morris
TITLE: Detection of Urinary Oxytocin using SELDI TOF Mass Spectroscopy
KEYWORDS: oxytocin, urinary, urine, SELDI TOF, mass spectroscopy, radioimmunoassay, RIA, mice, pituitary
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POSTER #32
PRESENTER: Brooke A. Davis (Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: Lique M. Coolen
TITLE: Activation of beta-endorphin neurons during sex behavior in male rats.
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POSTER #33
PRESENTER: Jon Davis (Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: Maarten Loos, Lique Coolen
TITLE: Lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex do not alter sexual behavior and reward in the male rat."
KEYWORDS: Prefrontal Cortex, sexual behavior
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POSTER # 34
PRESENTER: Jon P. Williams (Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: Melissa C. Colbert, David J. Anderson, Yoh-suke
Mukouyama, Shyra J. Miller, Nancy Ratner
TITLE: Evidence for incomplete cellular differentiation in neurofibromin-deficient Schwann cells.
KEYWORDS: Schwann cells, neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)
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POSTER #35
PRESENTER: Mei Dong (Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: Yongfei Wu, Nicholas J. Toepfer, Yunxia Fan, Ming Xu, and Jianhua Zhang
TITLE: Role of Endonuclease G in neuronal excitotoxicity.
KEYWORDS: endonuclease G, apoptosis, hippocampus, kainic acid, seizure, excitotoxicity
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POSTER #36
PRESENTER: Julien Allard (Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: Lique M. Coolen
TITLE: Central mapping of sensory and visceral afferences contributing to the ejaculatory reflex using cholera toxin B-subunit and wheat germ agglutinin
KEYWORDS: ejaculation, spinal cord, reflex pathway|
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POSTER #37
PRESENTER: Megan Straiko (College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: G.A. Gudelsky, F.P. Zemlan
TITLE: Trimethyltin Produces Increased Concentrations of Proteolytically Cleaved MAP-tau (C-tau) in the Rat Brain
KEYWORDS: MAP-tau, trimethyltin
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POSTER #44
PRESENTER: Katherine Eaton (Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: Renu Sah, Scott Andrews, Rodney Bush, James P. Herman, Ambikaipakan Balasubramaniam, Floyd R. Sallee
TITLE: Characterization of an orphan G protein coupled receptor: the glucocorticoid induced receptor (GIR)
KEYWORDS: GIR, pharmacology, expression, Neuropeptide Y-Y2
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POSTER #47
PRESENTER: Mary Nguyen (Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati)
CO-AUTHORS: K.L.K Tamashiro, D.C. Choi, L.Y. Ma, C.M. Markham, D.C. Blanchard, R.J. Blanchard, B.S. McEwen, M.P. Hardy, J.P. Herman, R.R. Sakai
TITLE: Expression of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD 65) in Testosterone Clamped VBS Animals
KEYWORDS: Visible Burrow System, Chronic Social Stress, Testosterone
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