nanosymposium - Society for Neuroscience

11:00 T11 356.16 Effects of cortical electrical stimulation
combined with motor training on anatomical plasticity following
traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rats. S. C. JEFFERSON*; N. A.
DONLAN; K. BOUCEK; D. A. KOZLOWSKI; T. A. JONES; D.
L. ADKINS. Univ. of Texas at Austin, DePaul Univ., Univ. of
Texas At Austin.
8:00 T12 356.17 Effects of deferoxamine on collagenaseinduced
hemorrhagic brain injury in mice. H. WU*; T. WU; S.
BUSSE; J. WANG; J. WANG. Anesthesiology/Critical Care
Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univ.
9:00 T13 356.18 Neuroprotective gene regulation after
traumatic brain injury. B. A. CITRON*; C. L. BUTLER; M. J.
KANE; V. RUBOVITCH; J. S. DENNIS; V. DELIC; H. HATIC;
J. N. CHANG; C. G. PICK. Bay Pines VA Healthcare Syst.,
Univ. of South Florida Col. of Med., Sackler Sch. of Med.
10:00 T14 356.19 The intricate involvement of survival and
ER stress signaling pathways following mild traumatic brain
injury in mice. C. G. PICK*; A. SHACHAR; H. WERNER; V.
RUOOVITCH. Tel Aviv Univ., Sackler Fac. of Medicine, Tel-
Aviv Univ.
11:00 T15 356.20 The therapeutic impact of Exendin-4 on
cognitive impairments in mice after mTBI. C. G. PICK; L.
RACHMANY; V. RUBOVITCH; D. TWEEDIE; Y. LI; N. H.
GREIG*. Tel-Aviv Univ., Intramural Res. Program, Natl. Inst.
On Aging, NIH.
8:00 T16 356.21 Effect of enriched environment on the
outcome of traumatic brain injury. E. KOVESDI*; A. GYORGY;
S. KWON; D. WINGO; J. WALKER; C. KASPER; D.
AGOSTON. Uniformed Univ. of the Hlth. Sci.
9:00 T17 356.22 Suppression of early cerebellar damage
and oxidative stress after sublethal total body irradiation by
tetrahydrobiopterin/ S-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-D-neopterin. L.
CUI*; D. PIERCE; K. E. LIGHT; Q. FU; M. HAUER-JENSEN.
Univ. of Arkansas For Med. Sci., Central Arkansas Veterans
Healthcare Syst.
10:00 T18 356.23 Transcranial direct current stimulation
targeting the spared right posterior parietal hemisphere
improves severe visuospatial neglect. C. DESIMONE; R. J.
RUSHMORE; L. AFIFI; A. VALERO CABRE*. Lab. Cerebral
Dynamics, Boston Univ. Sch. of Med.
11:00 U1 356.24 Neutrophil derived matrix
metalloproteinase-9 is a candidate determinant of an
emerging cognitive deficit after traumatic injury to the
developing murine brain. H. M. ADWANIKAR*; T. PFANKUCH;
J. RABER; L. J. NOBLE-HAEUSSLEIN. Univ. of California,
San Francisco, Oregon Hlth. & Sci. Univ.
POSTER
357. Spinal Cord Injury: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms:
Glia
Theme C: Disorders of the Nervous System
Mon. 8:00 AM — San Diego Convention Center, Halls B-H
8:00 U2 357.1 ER stress reaction of oligodendrocyte
precursor cell and astrocyte after traumatic spinal cord injury
in rat. D. MATSUYAMA*; M. WATANABE; K. SUYAMA; J.
MOCHIDA. Tokai Univ.
9:00 U3 357.2 Spatial and temporal changes in promoter
activity of the astrocyte glutamate transporter, GLT1,
following traumatic spinal cord injury. N. J. MARAGAKIS*;
J. O’DONNELL; J. F. BONNER; C. PAUL; M. E. MILLER; B.
RAUCK; R. A. KUSHNER; J. D. ROTHSTEIN; I. FISCHER; A.
C. LEPORE. Johns Hopkins Univ., Drexel Univ. Col. of Med.
10:00 U4 357.3 Reduction in levels of the astrocyte
glutamate transporter, GLT1, worsens functional and
pathohistological outcomes following traumatic spinal cord
injury. A. C. LEPORE*; J. O’DONNELL; C. P. O’BANION; N. J.
MARAGAKIS. Johns Hopkins Sch. Med.
11:00 U5 357.4 Spinal cord contusion injury stimulates
endogenous SOX2 expressing cells in adult mice. H. J. LEE*;
J. R. WRATHALL. Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr.
8:00 U6 357.5 GGF2 and FGF2, growth factors
that stimulate endogenous precursor cell proliferation,
improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury. M. T.
WHITTAKER*; H. J. LEE; A. PAJOOHESH-GANJI; J. WU; A.
SHARP; R. J. WYSE; J. R. WRATHALL. Georgetown Univ.
Med. Ctr.
9:00 U7 357.6 Spinal cord contusion alters chondroitin
sulfate proteoglycan expression distal to the site of injury in
rats. E. M. ANDREWS*; R. J. RICHARDS; Q. F. YIN; M. S.
VIAPIANO; L. B. JAKEMAN. Ohio State Univ.
10:00 U8 357.7 The effects of severe spinal cord contusion
injury on regional glial reactivity and CSPG expression in
distant segments of the spinal cord. R. J. RICHARDS*; E.
M. ANDREWS; F. YIN; M. VIAPIANO; L. B. JAKEMAN. Ohio
State Univ. Col. of Med.
11:00 U9 357.8 Understanding the role of transcription
factor PPAR-delta in oligogenesis after spinal cord injury. A. A.
ALMAD*; D. M. MCTIGUE. Ohio State Univ.
8:00 U10 357.9 Histone Deacetylase responses to
contusive spinal cord injury and ER Stress in mouse
oligodendrocyte precursor cells. T. A. DINCMAN*; J. E.
BEARE; S. S. OHRI; N. J. KUYPERS; V. GALLO; S. R.
WHITTEMORE. Univ. Louisville, Children’s Natl. Med. Ctr.
9:00 U11 357.10 Attenuating the ER stress response
improves functional recovery after spinal cord injury. S. S.
OHRI*; M. MADDIE; Y. ZHAO; M. QIU; M. HETMAN; S. R.
WHITTEMORE. Univ. Louisville.
10:00 U12 357.11 Mechanical trauma initiates astrocyte
border formation via STAT3 signaling. I. B. WANNER*; A. B.
FERNANDEZ; Z. GRAY-THOMPSON; A. LI; B. SONG; M. V.
SOFRONIEW. UCLA.
11:00 U13 357.12 Potential of C-Met agonists to attenuate
deposition of the glial scar. T. T. LOGAN*; P. YU; H. M.
GELLER; O. MUNGUNSUKH; R. M. DAY; A. J. SYMES.
Uniformed Services Univ. of Hlth. Sci., Natl. Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute, NIH.
8:00 U14 357.13 A specific role for Smad3 in mediating the
actions of TGF-β in glial scar formation. B. T. SUSARLA*; E.
D. LAING; P. YU; Y. KATAGIRI; H. M. GELLER; A. J. SYMES.
Uniformed Services Univ., Natl. Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute, Natl. Inst. of Hlth.
9:00 U15 357.14 In vitro model for the study of adult spinal
cord reactive astrocytes. S. CODELUPPI*; E. NORSTED-
GREGORY; C. G. WIGERBLAD; J. KJELL; L. OLSON; C. I.
SVENSSON. Karolinska Institutet.
10:00 U16 357.15 Characterization of the glial scar using
raman spectroscopy and microindentation. T. SAXENA*;
B. DENG; J. GILBERT; J. CHAIKEN; D. STELZNER; J.
HASENWINKEL. Syracuse Univ., SUNY Upstate Med. Univ.
11:00 U17 357.16 The multifaceted role of p53 following
spinal cord trauma. E. M. FLORIDDIA*; A. TEDESCHI; A.
WUTTKE; G. QUADRATO; S. DI GIOVANNI. Hertie Inst. for
Clin. and Brain Research, Univ. of Tuebingen, Grad. Sch. in
Cell. and Mol. Neuroscience. Univ. of Tuebingen and Max-
Plank Inst., Children`s Hosp.
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