OMV-SfN's 2008 Neuroscience Day was held at Wright State University on Friday, May 16. Barry Connors Ph.D., professor and chair of neuroscience at Brown University, was the keynote speaker. The title of his talk was “Eclectic Electric Synapses in the Brain.” Dr. Connors says of his research, "I study the largest part of the brain, the neocortex, which thinks, remembers and processes sensory information for us. The neocortex is made up of a vast network of interconnected neurons. The challenge is to understand why there are so many neurons, what's the function of each, how they're interconnected, and why they're interconnected in the way they are. In the lab, we search for this information by measuring electrical impulses from the neurons of rodent brains, which are striking in their similarity to ours. I'm very interested in the possibility that our research may have relevance to human problems, including epilepsy and psychiatric diseases such as depression and schizophrenia. What drives me is a desire to understand how the brain works - and in some cases why it doesn't work."

10:00-10:45 a.m.
White Hall Lobby

Keynote Lecture
Barry Connors, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Neuroscience, Brown University
Eclectic Electric Synapses in the Brain

1:30-3:00 p.m.
101 White Hall

Student Presentations

Soumya Banerjee (Miami University)
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 (Wright State University)
Calcium Binding Proteins in The Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body of Normal and Deaf (dn/dn) Mice

Ian Wenker (Wright State University)
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

Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati
http://neuroscience.uc.edu

Center for Neuroscience, Department of Zoology, Miami University
http://zoology.muohio.edu/neurosci/

Department of Psychology, Miami University
http://www.units.muohio.edu/psychology/cogsci/neurocenter/

Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, Wright State University
http://www.med.wright.edu/cnc/

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