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  cholinergic: Scientific Program
MONDAY,
MAY 6, 2002
TUESDAY,
MAY 7, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 8, 2002
THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
POSTER
SESSIONS:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002
POSTER SESSION 4
1 BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF MICE TRANSGENIC FOR A MUTATION IN AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN (APP) KNOWN TO CAUSE FAMILIAL ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
P.T. Francis, K.L. Matthews, K.E. Heslop, P.F. Chapman, UK
2 SYMPATHETIC SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIA (S.C.G.) OF CAT CHOLINERGIC RELAY OF HYPOTHALAMIC- STIMULATED ORGAN-SPECIFIC VASCULAR CHANGES-RELEVANCY TO NORMAL AND TO CLINICAL DYSAUTONOMIC FUNCTION
B. Blum, J. Israeli, Israel
3 CATECHOLAMINE INDUCED CYTOTOXOCITY AND ITS PROTECTION, TAURINE AND ANALOGUES: SOME MORE THOUGHTS
R.C. Gupta, India
4 THE EFFECT OF TYROSINE ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN ANIMAL MODELS FOR ANOREXIA NERVOSA
D. Ben Shushan, Y. Avraham, S. Hao, S. Mendelson, E.M. Berry, Israel
5 THE EFFECT OF DIET RESTRICTION, SEPARATION STRESS AND TYROSINE ADMINISTRATION ON THE CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM IN MICE
S. Hao, Y. Avraham, S. Mendelson, E.M. Berry, Israel
6 EFFECTS OF LITHIUM CHLORIDE ON MEMORY PERFORMANCES OF MICE IN ELEVATED PLUS-MAZE TEST
P. Yamanturk, L. Eroglu, Turkey
7 EFFECTS OF 7-NITROINDAZOLE ON MEMORY PERFORMANCES OF RATS TRAINED FOR THREE-PANEL RUNWAY TASK: HIPPOCAMPAL CHOLINERGIC ENZYME ACTIVITIES
P. Yamanturk, Y. Unlucerci, S. Bekpinar, H. Koyuncuoglu, Turkey
8 ACETYLCHOLINE AND NO-MEDIATED CGMP SYNTHESIS IN THE RAT BRAIN
W.C.G. Van Staveren, M. Markerink-van Ittersum, H.W.M. Steinbusch,
J. De Vente
, The Netherlands
9 HYDROCORTISONE AFFECTS THE DENSITIES OF CARDIAC MUSCARINIC AND ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS
J. Myslivecek, J. Ricny, S. Tucek, Czech Republic
10 EEG EVALUATION OF HUPERZINE A, A REVERSIBLE CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR
S.L. Hale, H. Ved, A. Williams, B. Doctor, F. Tortella, USA
11 HUPERZINE A AND CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS: GLUTAMATE AND BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS
S.V. Nigam, B.P. Doctor, H.S. Ved, R.K. Gordon, USA
12 CALCIUM MOBILISATION AND CELLULAR CONTRACTION OF EMBRYONIC LENS VESICLE AND NEURAL TUBE ON MUSCARINIC CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION
U. Drews, M. Oppitz, G. Schriek, Germany
13 CHOLINERGIC MODULATION OF CHEMOTAXIS IN HUMAN MELANOMA CELLS
A. Boss, S. Noda, M. Sailer, M. Oppitz, U. Drews, Germany
14 COMBINED ANDROGEN-DONEPEZIL TREATMENT IN POST-STROKE REHABILITATION
J.W. Crayton, L.M. Konopka, A.G. Karczmar, USA
15 LOCALISATION OF THE HIGH-AFFINITY CHOLINE TRANSPORTER-1 IN RAT SKELETAL MUSCLE AND SPINAL CORD
K.S. Lips, U. Pfeil, R.V. Haberberger, W. Kummer, Germany
16 CHOLINERGIC-GLUTAMATERGIC INTERACTIONS IN HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS: POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE NORMAL AND DISEASED HIPPOCAMPUS
L. Pavlovsky, A. Friedman, Israel
17 HUPERZINE A, A PROMISING ANTI-ALZHEIMER'S AGENT, REDUCES STAUROSPORINE-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN NG108-15 CELLS
Y-F. Han, X-Q. Xiao, D-C. Wu, Y. Gao, W-L. Ho, N.T-K. Lee,
Y. Fu, K.W.K. Tsim, China
18 DOPMINE RELEASE FROM RAT STRIATAL SLICES IN VITRO AND FUNCTIONAL EFFECTS IN 6-OHDA TREATED RATS IN VIVO ARE MEDIATED BY BETA2 CONTAINING NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS
T.K. Murray, F.A. Jones, D. Steggles, D.R. Dobson, C.P. Dell, I.A. Pullar,
M.J. O'Neill, UK
19 THE EFFECTS OF GALANTAMINE IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY SCHIZOPHRENIA RECEIVING RISPERIDONE
J.P. McEvoy, T.B. Allen, USA
20 CEREBRAL METABOLIC ACTIVATION WITH CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR THERAPY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
M. Mega, I.D. Dinov, M. Manese, J. Felix, S.M. O'Connor, J.L. Cummings,
A.W. Toga, USA,
21 THE ROLE OF LIPID PEROXIDATION IN THE MECHANISM OF NEUROTOXICITY OF ORGANOPHOPHATES
V.D. Tonkopii, Russia
22 RESCUE OF THE NEURODEGENERATIVE PHENOTYPE IN AD11 ANTI-NGF MICE
S. Capsoni, S. Giannotta, A. Cattaneo, Italy
23 ACUTE CHOLINERGIC RESCUE OF SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN THE NEURODEGENERATING CORTEX OF ANTI-NERVE GROWTH FACTOR MICE
E. Pesavento, S. Capsoni, L Domenici, A. Cattaneo, Italy
24 THE EFFECT OF NICOTINE ON EXPRESSION OF NICOTINIC RECEPTORS IN THE BRAIN OF PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
M. Mousavi, E.L Hellstrom-Lindahl, Z-Z. Guan, K-R. Shan, R. Ravid, A. Nordberg,
Sweden, The Netherlands
25 A PEPTIDE FROM THE C-TERMINAL OLIGOMERISATION DOMAIN OF HUMAN SYNAPTIC (T-FORM) ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE FORMS CLASSICAL AMYLOID FIBRILS
M.G. Cottingham, M.S. Hollinshead, D.J.T. Vaux, UK
26 NICOTINE INDUCES GLUTAMATE RELEASE FROM HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBRES SYNAPTOSOMES
V. Bancila, A. Bloc, Y. Dunant, Switzerland
27 NICOTINIC CHOLINERGIC ACTIVATION OF MAGNOCELLULAR ENDOCRINE NEURONS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS
M. Zaninetti, E. Tribollet, D. Bertrand, R. Ogier, M. Raggenbass, Switzerland
28 UNDERSTANDING THE DUAL MODE OF ACTION OF REMINYL(R) USING A VIRTUAL SYNAPTIC CLEFT
M. Lazarewicz, A. Spiros, L. Finkel, R. Carr, H. Geerts, USA
29 ALTERED ACTIVITY OF CHOLINERGIC ENZYMES IN MUSCLES AND BRAIN OF THE OBESE-DIABETIC (OB/OB) MOUSE
M.C. Lintern, L. Cooke, H. Scriven, M.E. Smith, UK
30 EFFECT OF PYRIDOSTIGMINE ADMINISTRATION ON ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE AND CHOLINEACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY IN THE GUINEA-PIG STRIATUM AND CEREBELLUM
M.E. Smith, M.C. Lintern, C.J. Brewer, J.R. Wetherell, UK
31 NICOTINIC BETA4 RECEPTOR MEDIATED ACETYCHOLINE RELEASE FROM RAT INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS
F.A. Jones, L.R. Johnson, N. Evans, S. Bose, P.J. Craig, S.G. Volsen, I.A. Pullar, UK
32 CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE AND CHOLINE SENSITIVITY OF SLOW CHANNEL SYNDROME ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MUTANTS
I. Spreadbury, R. Webster, D. Beeson, A. Vincent, UK
33 BEYOND THE USUAL SUSPECTS. A CHOLINERGIC ROUTE FOR PANIC ATTACKS
M. Battaglia, A. Ogliari, C. Maffei, Italy
34 SELECTIVE HISTOCHEMICAL STAINING OF PERINEURONAL ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE (AChE) IN THE LIVING ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (ENS) OF RAT AND GUINEA-PIG
S. Tsuji, R. Nakatomi, H. Tsuchiya, I. Motelica-Heino, K. Hirai, Y. Katayama,
K. Ishii, T. Hashikawa, France, Japan
35 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR alpha5 SUBUNITS MODULATE OXOTREMORINE-INDUCED SALIVATION AND TEMOR
N. Wang, A. Orr-Urtreger, J. Chapman, R. Rabinowitz, A.D. Korczyn, Israel
36 AUTONOMIC FUNCTION OF NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS alpha5 SUBUNITS
N. Wang, A. Orr-Urtreger, J. Chapman, R. Rabinowitz, R. Nachman, A.D. Korczyn, Israel
37 DEFICIENCY OF betaNICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR SUBUNITS CAUSES AUTONOMIC CARDIAC AND INTESTINAL DYSFUNCTIONS
N. Wang, A. Orr-Urtreger, J. Chapman, R. Rabinowitz, R. Nachman, A.D. Korczyn, Israel
38 ALPHA7 ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: DECREASED mRNA LEVELS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES
O. Perl, T. Ilani, R.D. Strous, S. Fuchs, Israel
39 USE OF THE MORPHING GRAPHICS TECHNIQUE TO VISUALIZE CONFORMATIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACHES FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES AND INHIBITOR-INDUCED CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES
T. Zeev-Ben-Mordehai, I. Silman, J.L. Sussman, Israel
MONDAY,
MAY 6, 2002
TUESDAY,
MAY 7, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 8, 2002
THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
POSTER
SESSIONS:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday