Program - Society of Toxicology
Program - Society of Toxicology
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44 th Annual Meeting<br />
and ToxExpo<br />
<strong>Program</strong> Description<br />
Monday Afternoon, March 7<br />
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM<br />
Exhibit Hall<br />
POSTER SESSION: NEUROTOXICITY OF METALS: DOSIMETRY<br />
AND EFFECTS<br />
Chairperson(s): Donald Smith, University <strong>of</strong> California Santa Cruz, Santa<br />
Cruz, CA and Vanessa Fitsanakis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,<br />
Nashville, TN.<br />
Displayed: 1:30 PM–4:30 PM<br />
Attended: 3:00 PM–4:30 PM<br />
#590 DISTRIBUTION OF COPPER (CU) AND ZINC<br />
(ZN) TRANSPORTER IN RAT CHOROID<br />
PLEXUS, BRAIN REGIONAL CAPILLARIES,<br />
AND CHOROIDAL Z310 CELLS BY REAL TIME<br />
RT-PCR. M. Chigurupati, G. Li, B. Choi, S. X. Wang<br />
and W. Zheng. School <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences, Purdue<br />
University, West Lafayette, IN.<br />
#591 COPPER (CU) TRANSPORT AND<br />
TRANSPORTERS IN THE BLOOD-BRAIN<br />
BARRIER (BBB) AND BLOOD-CSF BARRIER<br />
(BCB). B. Choi, J. S. Crossgrove, M. Chigurupati and<br />
W. Zheng. School <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences, Purdue<br />
University, West Lafayette, IN.<br />
#592 THE EFFECTS OF COPPER<br />
DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE (CDDC) ON<br />
RAT HIPPOCAMPAL ASTROCYTES. L. Passaint<br />
and L. D. Trombetta. Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Johns<br />
Universtty, Jamaica, NY.<br />
#593 MANGANESE EXPOSURE ALTERS IRON<br />
REGULATORY MECHANISMS AT BLOOD-<br />
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER (BCB) AND<br />
SELECTED REGIONS OF BLOOD-BRAIN<br />
BARRIER (BBB) IN RATS. G. Li 1 , J. Liu 2 , M. P.<br />
Waalkes 2 and W. Zheng 1 . 1 School <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences,<br />
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and 2 Inorganic<br />
Carcinogenesis Section, NCI at NIEHS, Research<br />
Triangle Park, NC.<br />
#594 OVEREXPRESSION OF DMT1 IN THE<br />
CHOROID PLEXUS FOLLOWING MANGANESE<br />
(MN) EXPOSURE. X. Wang, J. G. Li and W. Zheng.<br />
Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.<br />
Sponsor: W. Zheng.<br />
#595 IRON DEFICIENT AND MANGANESE<br />
ENHANCED DIETS ALTER METALS AND<br />
TRANSPORTERS IN THE DEVELOPING RAT<br />
BRAIN. S. J. Garcia 1 , T. Syversen 2 , K. Gellein 3 and M.<br />
Aschner 4 . 1 Physiology/ Pharmacology, Wake Forest<br />
University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC,<br />
2 Neuroscience, Norwegian University <strong>of</strong> Science &<br />
Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 3 Chemistry,<br />
Norwegian University <strong>of</strong> Science & Technology,<br />
Trondheim, Norway and 4 Pediatrics, Vanderbilt<br />
University Medical Center, Nashville, NC.<br />
#596 INFLUENCE OF SUBACUTE MANGANESE<br />
SULFATE ON DOPAMINE AND N-METHYL-D-<br />
ASPARTATE RECEPTORS. H. Komiskey. Xavier<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Louisiana, New Orleans, LA.<br />
#597 BIOLOGICAL MARKERS OF MN EXPOSURE:<br />
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MN DOSE,<br />
PARTITIONING IN BLOOD, AND<br />
ACCUMULATION IN BRAIN. C. Kern 1 , L. Cadena 1 ,<br />
R. Gwiazda 1 , R. Lucchini 2 and D. R. Smith 1 .<br />
1 Environmental <strong>Toxicology</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> California,<br />
Santa Cruz, CA and 2 Institute <strong>of</strong> Occupational Health,<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Brescia, Brescia, Italy.<br />
#598 PROGRESSION OF NEUROCHEMICAL<br />
EFFECTS IN DIFFERENT BRAIN REGIONS AS A<br />
FUNCTION OF THE MAGNITUDE AND<br />
DURATION OF MANGANESE EXPOSURE. R.<br />
Gwiazda, C. Kern and D. Smith. Environmental<br />
<strong>Toxicology</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> California, Santa Cruz, Santa<br />
Cruz, CA.<br />
#599 DETERMINATION OF DEPLETED URANIUM<br />
(DU) IN RATS FOLLOWING 6-MONTH<br />
EXPOSURE TO SURGICALLY IMPLANTED DU<br />
PELLETS. V. A. Fitsanakis 1 , K. M. Erikson 2 , S. J.<br />
Garcia 3 , T. L. Syversen 4 and M. Aschner 1 . 1 Pediatrics,<br />
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN,<br />
2 3 Nutrition, UNC-G, Greensboro, NC, Physiology &<br />
Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Medical School,<br />
Winston-Salem, NC and 4 Neuroscience, Norwegian<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Science & Technology, Trondheim,<br />
Norway.<br />
#600 NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ACUTE<br />
URANIUM EXPOSURE. D. Barber 1 , S. Hancock, 2 ,<br />
A. McNally 1 , J. Hinckley 2 , E. Binder 2 , M. Ehrich 2 and<br />
B. Jortner 2 . 1 Center for Environmental and Human<br />
<strong>Toxicology</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> Florida, Gainesville, FL and<br />
2 Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies, VPI&SU,<br />
Blacksburg, VA.<br />
#601 DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF LEAD (PB)<br />
EXPOSURE ON THE N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE<br />
(NMDA) INDUCED INWARD CURRENT IN<br />
DOPAMINE (DA)-CONTAINING NEURONS AND<br />
HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 NEURONS. D. K. Pitts and M.<br />
W. Lewis. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State<br />
University, Detroit, MI.<br />
#602 ORAL EXPOSURE TO INORGANIC LEAD (PB)<br />
IN RATS: BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS, BRAIN<br />
CONCENTRATIONS AND EFFECTS ON<br />
ACOUSTIC STARTLE. R. Commissaris, A. Davis and<br />
D. K. Pitts. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State<br />
University, Detroit, MI.<br />
#603 LIPID PEROXIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF<br />
INORGANIC ARSENIC AND ITS METABOLITES<br />
IN RAT NERVOUS SYSTEM. E. Garcia-Chavez 1 , I.<br />
Jimenez 2 , B. Segura 3 , L. C. Sanchez-Pena 1 , J. C.<br />
Guadarrama 2 and L. M. Del Razo 1 . 1 <strong>Toxicology</strong>,<br />
Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico D.F., Mexico, 2 Physiol.<br />
Biophys. & Neurosci., Cinvestav-IPN, Mexico D.F.,<br />
Mexico and 3 FES-Iztacala, UNAM, Mexico D.F.,<br />
Mexico.<br />
MONDAY<br />
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