Affiliates Present at Neuroscience Event

HBC affiliates presented papers at Neuroscience 2002, the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Orlando in November

• Calcium signaling in neurons through nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), Mary Lou Michaelis and Elias Michaelis.

• Cloning and analysis of the promoter of mouse glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT) gene, Dong Hui, Keshava Kumar, Mary Lou Michaelis, and Elias Michaelis.

• Identification of a dendrite-targeting mRNA sequence for n-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor splice variants in neurons, Abdulbaki Agbas Ranu Pal, Dong Hui, Mary Lou Michaelis, Elias Michaelis, Keshava Kumar.

• Effects of superoxide-induced oxidative stress on calcium transporters in primary neurons, Asma Zaidi, Kathleen Seyb, and Mary Lou Michaelis.

• Stabilization of the cyclin-dependent kinase 5 activator P35 by paclitaxel decreases beta-amyloid toxicity in cortical neurons, Brandon Turunen, Gunda Georg, Guibin Li, Alexander Faibushevich, Mary Lou Michaelis, and Rick Dobrowsky.

• Attenuated disease in C57BL/6 X CAST/El Twitcher mice, S. Biswas, S.M. LeVine, H. Biesiada, andTodd Williams.

• Altered harmaline response suggests changes in olivocerebellar function in potassium channel-deficient mice, Stephen Fowler.

• Operant microcatalepsy in C57BL/6, BALB/C and Cd - 1 mice: Comparison of Haloperidol and Risperidone, Todd McKerchar, Troy Zarcone, and Stephen Fowler.

• Chronic sodium valproate attenuates the development of amphetamine-induced focused tereotypies in rats, Stephen Fowler.

• Cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization and functional changes in plasmalemmal and vesicular dopamine transporter, Stephen Fowler.

• Central Epinephrine (EPI) injection reverses via Alpha 1 -Adrenoceptor: The behavioral inactivity cased by inhibition of PNMT, Gary Grunewald and D. Quartermain. •