• Plenary Sessions - proposal deadline August 1, 2001
• Poster Session - abstract deadline January 25, 2002

Wednesday, March 13, 2002

Keynote Address

Tau in Alzheimer's Disease - It's not How You Start but How You Finish

Michael L Hutton, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Thursday, March 14, 2002

7:00-8:30 AM; Plenary Session I

The Role of "Peptide Poor" Sensory Neurons in Nociception

organized by Christopher Honda, Univ of Minnesota

• Christopher Honda, Univ of Minnesota; Selective destruction of IB4-binding neurons: Anatomic and behavioral consequences.
• Cheryl L Stucky, Medical College of Wisconsin; Response properties of IB4-binding and non-IB4-binding nociceptors.
• Kathryn Albers, Univ of Pittsburgh; Trophic factor modulation of non-peptidergic and peptidergic neurons.

8:30-9:00 AM; Plenary Address

A History of Ideas About Pain Mechanisms: A Reverberating Circuit

Edward R Perl, Univ of North Carolina

9:00-10:30 AM; Plenary Session II

Glial Cell Modulation of Neuronal Activity

organized by Eric Newman, Univ of Minnesota

• Eric Newman, Univ of Minnesota; Glial modulation of light-evoked neuronal responses in the retina.
• Philip Haydon, Univ of Pennsylvania; Astrocyte-induced, glutamate dependent synaptic modulation.
• Richard Robitaille, Univ of Montreal; Glial-neuronal interactions at the neuromuscular junction.

10:30-11:30 AM; Plenary Session III

A New Technique to Define Neuronal Function: Exploiting Molecular Markers

organized by Douglas A Lappi, Advanced Targeting Systems

• Douglas A Lappi, Advanced Targeting Systems; Targeting to the Neuronal Cell Surface: An Overview.
• Robert S Sloviter, Univ of Arizona College of Medicine; Inhibitory interneuron loss and principal cell hyperexcitability in the rat hippocampus.

11:30-12:30 PM; Plenary Session IV

Basal Signaling in G-Protein Coupled Receptors

organized by Edward Bilsky, Univ of New England

• Wolfgang SadÈe, UCSF; Inverse agonists and neutral antagonists at mu opioid receptor (MOR): Possible role of basal receptor signaling in narcotic dependence.
• Edward Bilsky, Univ of New England ; Opioid neutral antagonists precipitate less severe withdrawal in isolated tissues and mice.

Friday, March 15, 2002

7:00-8:30 AM; Plenary Session V

Aging and White Matter

organized by Allan Peters, Boston Univ

• Allan Peters, Boston Univ; Fine structural changes in myelinated nerve fibers of the central nervous system.
• Douglas Rosene, Boston Univ; White matter changes in aging monkey: MRI and evoked potential findings.
• Thomas Kemper, Boston Univ; Age-related changes in myelin in the human brain.

8:30-9:00 AM; Plenary Address

Current Concepts in Headache Research

Rami Burstein, Harvard Univ

9:00-10:30 AM; Plenary Session VI

How Do Growth Cones Navigate Through Complex Environments to Find Their Targets?

organized by Paul C Letourneau, Univ of Minnesota

• Sheryl A Scott, Univ of Utah; Sensory neurons: Do they know who they are and where they are going?
• Paul C Letourneau, Univ of Minnesota; Growth cones integrate signaling from multiple guidance cues.
• Timothy M. Gomez, Univ of Wisconsin; Calcium and cAMP signaling regulates axon guidance in the developing spinal cord.

10:30-11:30 AM; Plenary Session VII

Embryonic Stem Cells and Recovery Following Damage to the CNS

organized by Douglas C. Smith, Southern Illinois Univ

• John McDonald, Washington Univ; Repairing the damaged spinal cord: Early experience with embryonic stem cell transplantation.
• Tracy McIntosh, Univ of Pennsylvania; Cell transplantation and trophic factors as a strategy for traumatic brain injury.

11:30-1:00 PM; Poster Session and Lunch

6:30-8:00 PM; Reception and Dinner

8:00-8:45 PM; Plenary Address

Cortical Localization - All in the Family

Thomas Woolsey, Washington Univ

Saturday, March 16, 2002

7:00-8:30 AM; Plenary Session VIII

Recent Advances in Neurotransmission and Synaptic Plasticity

organized by Paul G Mermelstein, Univ of Minnesota

• David Zacharias, Merck Research Labs; Partitioning of lipid-modified monomeric GFPs into membrane microdomains of live cells.
• Stephen M Smith, Oregon Health Sciences Univ; Regulation of neurotransmission at the synapse.
• Paul G Mermelstein, Univ of Minnesota; L-type calcium channels mediate activity-dependent gene expression.

8:30-9:00 AM; Plenary Address

Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 - From Gene to Treatment

Harry T Orr, Univ of Minnesota

9:30-11:00 AM; Plenary Session IX

Neural Pathways Mediating Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Activation

organized by William C Engeland, Univ of Minnesota

• Mary F Dallman, UCSF; The PVN: Behavioral, metabolic, and endocrine responses in male entering and leaving puberty.
• James Herman, Univ of Cincinnati; Neurocircuitry of limbic-PVN interaction: Role in stress integration.
• William C Engeland, Univ of Minnesota; Extra-ACTH mechanisms controlling adrenal corticosteroid responses to stress.

11:00-12:00 PM; Plenary Session X

The Hippocampus, Space and Time

organized by A David Redish, Univ of Minnesota

• Carol Barnes, Univ of Arizona; Hippocampal ensemble dynamics in old rats: What changes?
• Bruce L McNaughton, Univ of Arizona; Hippocampal-cortical interactions and memory consolidation