• 2004 Program - download schedule [PDF, 192KB]
• 2004 Summary - download summary of presentations as printed in Somatosensory & Motor Research [PDF, 264 KB]

Wednesday March 10th

7:15-7:30pm Welcome

Paul Mermelstein, Robert Yezierski

7:30-8:30pm Keynote Address

The Neurobiology of Emotion: Classical and Novel Molecular Candidates

Dr. Huda Akil, University of Michigan
President, Society for Neuroscience

Thursday March 11th

7:00-8:00am Plenary Session I

Tauopathies and synucleinopathies, the two largest groups of human adult-onset neurodegenerative disease

• Dr. Mike Hutton, Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville): organizer and participant
• Dr. Dennis Dickson, Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville): participant
• Dr. Matt Farrer, Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville): participant

8:00-9:30am Plenary Session II

Synaptic Modulation by Extracellular Ions

• Dr. Stephen Smith, OHSU: organizer and participant
• Dr. Henrique von Gersdorff, Vollum Institute: participant
• Dr. Edwin McCleskey, Vollum Institute: participant

9:30-11:00am Plenary Session III

Mechanisms of Recovery and Novel Reparative Strategies Following Traumatic Brain Injury

• Dr. Douglas Smith, Southern Illinois University: organizer
• Dr. Dalton Dietrich, University of Miami: participant
• Dr. David Hovda, UCLA: participant
• Dr. Niklas Marklund, University of Pennsylvania: participant

11:00-12:30pm Plenary Session IV

Genetic Approaches to Neurological Diseases

• Dr. Katherine Woodbury-Harris, NINDS: organizer
• Dr. Tatiana Foroud, Indiana University: participant
• Dr. James Meschia, Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville): participant
• Dr. Louis Ptacek, UCSF: participant
• Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, NINDS: participant

7:30-9:00pm Business Meeting

Friday March 12th

7:00-8:30am Plenary Session V

Dyslexia and Brain

• Dr. Glenn Rosen, Harvard University: organizer and participant
• Dr. Thomas Zeffiro, Georgetown University Medical Center: participant
• Dr. Laurie Cestnick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: participant

8:30-10:00am Plenary Session VI

Glia, an essential element of the synapse

• Dr. Eric Newman, University of Minnesota: organizer and participant
• Dr. Erik Ullian, Stanford University: participant
• Dr. Dwight Bergles, Johns Hopkins University: participant

10:00-11:30am Plenary Session VII

Neuroimaging in normal aging, MCI, and Alzheimer's Disease

• Dr. Molly Wagster, NIA: organizer
• Dr. Dae-Shik Kim, Boston University: participant
• Dr. Charles DiCarli, UC Davis: participant
• Dr. Douglas L Rosene, Boston University: participant
• Dr. Ron Killiany, Boston University: participant

11:30-12:30pm Plenary Session VIII

Developmental Specialization of Auditory Signaling

• Dr. Lance Zirpel, University of Minnesota: organizer
• Dr. Thomas Parks, University of Utah: participant
• Dr. Dan Sanes, New York University: participant

12:30-1:30pm Poster Session

2:00-4:00pm Special Session

Funding Opportunities and Review Procedures for Brain Research at NIH

• Dr. Teresa Levitin, NIDA: organizer and participant
• Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, NINDS: participant
• Dr. Susan Volman, NIDA: participant
• Dr. Molly Wagster, NIA: participant
• Dr. Katherine Woodbury-Harris, NINDS: participant
• Dr. Daofen Chen, NINDS: participant

8:00-8:45pm Plenary Talk

The Perception of Space - Notre Dame de Paris

Dr. Henry J. Peter Ralston, UCSF

Saturday March 13th

7:00-8:30am Plenary Session IX

Images of Addiction

• Dr. Teresa Levitin, NIDA and James Smith, Wake Forest University: organizer
• Dr. Linda Porrino, Wake Forest Univ School of Medicine: participant
• Dr. AnnaRose Childress, Univ Pennsylvania: participant
• Dr. Dean Wong, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine: participant

8:30-10:00am Plenary Session X

Calcium homeostasis and Neurological Diseases

• Dr. Erika Piedras-Rentería, Loyola University: organizer
• Dr. Yu-Qing Cao, Stanford University: participant
• Dr. Stefan McDonough, Amgen Inc: participant
• Dr. Maureen McEnery, Case Western Reserve University: participant

10:00-11:00am Plenary Session XI

The d2 glutamate receptor and the Lurcher mutant: what happens when a good receptor goes bad?

• Dr. Michael Vogel, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center: organizer and participant
• Dr. Michisuke Yuzaki, St. Jude Children’s Hospital: participant

11:00-12:30pm Plenary Session XII

Stroke: Clinical Trials

• Dr. Katherine Woodbury-Harris, NINDS: organizer
• Dr. Susan Fagan, Medical University of Georga: participant
• Dr. Yuko Palesch, MUSC: participant
• Dr. Jeffrey Saver, UCLA: participant

Last Updated 03/08/04