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| THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002 |
| POSTER SESSION 4 |
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
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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 |
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THE
EFFECTS OF GALANTAMINE IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY SCHIZOPHRENIA
RECEIVING RISPERIDONE
J.P. McEvoy, T.B. Allen, USA |
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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
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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
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| 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 |
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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 |
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NICOTINE
INDUCES GLUTAMATE RELEASE FROM HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBRES SYNAPTOSOMES
V. Bancila, A. Bloc, Y. Dunant, Switzerland |
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NICOTINIC
CHOLINERGIC ACTIVATION OF MAGNOCELLULAR ENDOCRINE NEURONS OF THE
HYPOTHALAMUS
M. Zaninetti, E. Tribollet, D. Bertrand, R. Ogier, M. Raggenbass,
Switzerland |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE
RECEPTOR alpha5 SUBUNITS MODULATE OXOTREMORINE-INDUCED SALIVATION
AND TEMOR
N. Wang, A. Orr-Urtreger, J. Chapman, R. Rabinowitz, A.D.
Korczyn, Israel |
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AUTONOMIC FUNCTION OF NEURONAL
NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS alpha5 SUBUNITS
N. Wang, A. Orr-Urtreger, J. Chapman, R. Rabinowitz, R. Nachman,
A.D. Korczyn, Israel |
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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 |
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ALPHA7
ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: DECREASED mRNA LEVELS IN
PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES
O. Perl, T. Ilani, R.D. Strous, S. Fuchs, Israel |
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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 |
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