Final Schedule: Posted February 7, 2003

Wednesday, March 12

7:30 PM; Keynote Address

Neurobiology of Fragile X

Steve Warren, Emory Univ

Thursday, March 13

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

Microarray Analysis of CNS Development and Injury

organized by Eldon E Geisert, Univ of Tennessee, Memphis

• Divyen Patel, Genome Explorations
• James Eberwine, Univ of Pennsylvania
• Daniel Goldowitz, Univ of Tennessee
• Eldon E Geisert, Univ of Tennessee

8:30-10:00 AM; Plenary Session II

Genetic Dissection of Brain Structure and Function: A New Wave of Complex Trait Analysis

organized by Robert W Williams, Univ of Tennessee

• Jeffrey S Mogil, McGill Univ
• Robert J Hitzemann, Oregon Health Science Univ
• Robert W Williams, Univ of Tennessee

10:00-11:30 AM; Plenary Session III

Spinal Cord Injury/Repair: Will Transgenic Animals Provide the Mechanistic Answers?

organized by Bradford T Stokes, Ohio State Univ

• Lyn B Jakeman, Ohio State Univ
• Phillip G Popovich, Ohio State Univ
• Oswald Steward, Univ of California, Irvine

11:30-Noon; Plenary Address A

It's a Wonderful Life: The Story of the Toiling Growth Cone

David Sretavan, Univ of California, San Francisco

Friday, March 14

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

Alcohol Memory and Molecules

organized by Michael D Browning, Univ of Colorado

• John J Woodward, Medical Univ of South Carolina
• Jeff L Weiner, Wake Forest Univ
• Richard A Morrisett, Univ of Texas

8:30-10:00 AM; Plenary Session V

Role of Neurotrophins in Axons Targeting

organized by Richard T Robertson, Univ of California, Irvine

• Reha Erzurumlu, Louisiana State Univ
• Douglas E Wright, Univ of Kansas
• Richard T Robertson, Univ of California, Irvine

10:00-11:30 AM; Plenary Session VI

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Their Structure, Function and Potential as Novel Therapeutic Targets

organized by Patrick M Lippiello, Targacept, Inc

• Allan C Collins, Univ of Colorado
• Ronald J Lukas, Barrow Neurological Institute
• Patrick M Lippiello, Targacept, Inc

11:30-12:30 PM; Poster Session

7:30 PM; Plenary Address B

Greek Battleships, Roman Bedrooms and the Brain

EG Jones, Univ of California, Davis

Saturday, March 15

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

The Ins and Outs of Pain Information Processing in the Spinal Cord

organized by H Richard Koerber, Univ of Pittsburgh

• Alan R Light, Univ of North Carolina
• Brain M Davis, Univ of Pittsburgh
• H Richard Koerber, Univ of Pittsburgh

8:30-10:00 AM; Plenary Session VIII

Brain Images of Mental Illness

organized by Thomas A Woolsey, Washington Univ

• Randy L Gollub, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Mark Mintun, Washington Univ
• Paul M Thompson, Univ of California, Los Angeles

10:00-11:00 AM; Plenary Session IX

The Roles of the Dorsal Columns in Pain States

organized by Frank Porreca, Univ of Arizona

• Elie D Al-Chaer, Univ of Texas Medical Branch
• Frank Porreca, Univ of Arizona

11:00-Noon; Plenary Session X

How Morphine Kills Pain: The View from the Brainstem

organized by Martin Wessendorf, Univ of Minnesota

• Mary Heinricher, Oregon Health Sciences Univ
• Martin Wessendorf, Univ of Minnesota

12:00-12:30 PM; Plenary Address C

Pilot Clinical Trials at NINDS

Katherine Woodbury-Harris, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke