Poster Presentations

Friday, March 14 – Saturday, March 15, 2009

Stem Cells:

TNF EXPRESSING STEM CELLS SURROUNDING THE THIRD VENTRICLE OF AGED MOUSE AND HUMAN BRAIN WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATHOLOGY
I. Granic¹, C. Nyakas², G.G. Kovacs³, P.G.M. Luiten¹, U.L.M. Eisel^1
1University of Groningen, Molecular Neurobiology, Haren, Netherlands, ²Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, ³National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary

BRAIN REPAIR STRATEGY: ARE MALE AND FEMALE NEURAL STEM CELLS EQUIVALENT?
L. Lecanu¹, J. Waldron^2
1McGill University, Dept of Medicine - The Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, ²The Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada

LENTIVIRAL DELIVERY OF LMX1A ENHANCES DOPAMINERGIC PHENOTYPE IN DIFFERENTIATED HUMAN BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS
R. Barzilay¹, T. Ben-Zur², S. Bulvik², E. Melamed¹, D. Offen^1
1Tel Aviv University, Neuroscience Laboratory, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Petach Tikva, Israel, ²Laniado Medical Center, Hematology Research Laboratory, Netanya, Israel

VENTRAL MESENCEPHALON-ENRICHED GENES THAT REGULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS IN VIVO
M. Yin¹, S.-X. Liu², Y.-Q. Yin², S. Li², S.-L. Ang³, Y.-Q. Ding², J.-W. Zhou^2
1Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SIBS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, ²Institute of Neuroscience, SIBS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, ³MRC National Institute for Medical, Division of Developmental Neurobiology, London, United Kingdom

SHORT TERM MEMORY DEFECTS AND DISREGULATED NEUROGENESIS IN NF-KAPPAB P50 KNOCK OUT MICE
A. Dellarole¹, V. Bortolotto¹, M.T. Francese¹, V. Meneghini¹, G. Quadrato¹, M. Orsetti¹, P.L. Canonico¹, P. Ghi², M. Memo³, A. Bonini³, G. Ferrari Toninelli³, S. Denis Donini⁴, M. Grilli^1
1University of Piemonte Orientale, DiSCAFF & DFB Center, Novara, Italy, ²University of Turin, Dept. of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, Turin, Italy, ³University of Brescia, Dept Biomed Sci & Biotech, Brescia, Italy, ⁴CNR Neuroscience Institute, Milan, Italy

ZUCKERKANDL´S ORGAN IMPROVES LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AND FUNCTION OF NEURAL STEM CELL DERIVED DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS IN PARKINSONIAN RATS
R. Chaturvedi, S. Shukla, A. Agrawal
Industrial Toxicology Research Center, Developmental Toxicology Division, Lucknow, India

ENHANCED SURVIVAL AND FUNCTION OF NEURAL STEM CELLS DERIVED DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS UNDER INFLUENCE OF OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELLS IN PARKINSONIAN RATS
S. Shukla¹, R.K. Chaturvedi², A.K. Agrawal^3
1Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Neurosurgery, New York, United States, ²Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Neurology and Neuroscience, New York, United States, ³Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Developmental Toxicology, Lucknow, India

ENHANCED DOPAMINE NEURON SURVIVAL AND PHENOTYPE MAINTENANCE BY SUSTAINED NURR1 PROTEIN STABILITY
A.-Y. Jo, H.-S. Lee, S.-H. Lee
HANYANG University, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF MOUSE ES CELLS DERIVED DOPAMINERGIC NEURONAL TRANSPLANTS IN HEMIPARKINSONIAN MODELS
R. Haobam¹, N. Lenka², G.C. Mishra², K.P. Mohanakumar^1
1Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR), Division of Cell Biology & Physiology, Kolkata, India, ²National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India

FLUOXETINE STIMULATES PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF FETAL NEURAL STEM CELLS
J.A. Kim, K.-A. Chang, Y.-H. Suh
Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

REGULATION OF STEM CELLS IN THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS BY FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2 AND NARDOSTACHY JATAMANSI
F. Islam
Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), Medical Elementology and Toxicology, New Delhi, India