Program

Tuesday, June 12
2-7 PM Registration Annex Room
6:15 PM Welcome Tripp Commons
6:30 PM

Plenary lecture: Joseph Fetcho
How is the spinal cord organized to produce movement at different speeds?

Tripp Commons
7:30 PM Reception

Main Lounge
Wednesday, June 13
  Session I Tripp Commons
8:45 AM Chairperson: Meyer Jackson  
8:55 AM

Katsushige Sato
Spontaneous depolarization waves of multiple origins in the embryonic rat CNS

 
9:30 AM Keith Sillar
Development of a flexible pattern in the spinal cord of the Xenopus tadpole
 
10:05 AM

Angeles Ribera
Sodium channels regulate dorsal root ganglion development in the developing zebrafish embryo

 
10:40 AM Coffee Break Tripp Commons
  Session II
Tripp Commons
11:00 AM Chairperson: Kamal Sharma
 
11:10 AM

Samuel Pfaff
Molecular events controlling early spinal cord development

 
11:45 AM

Qiufu Ma
Tlx3 and Lbx1 determine the excitatory versus inhibitory neuron cell fate in the dorsal spinal cord

 
12:20 PM Group Photo
Great Hall
12:30 PM Lunch
Great Hall
  Session III
Tripp Commons
1:30 PM Chairperson: Matthew Tresch
 
1:40 PM

Ole Kiehn
Excitatory mammalian CPG neurons

 
2:15 PM Martyn Goulding
Genetic dissection of the locomotor CPG
 
2:50 PM

Su-Chun Zhang
Specification of spinal motor neurons from embryonic stem cells human

 
3:25 PM Coffee Break Tripp Commons
  Session IV  Tripp Commons
3:50 PM Chairperson: Gail Robertson  
4:00 PM

James Buchanan
Characterization of the spinal neurons that provide locomotor feedback to the brainstem in lamprey 

 
4:35 PM

Aharon Lev-Tov
Interneurons involved in sensory-induced activation of locomotor pattern generators in the spinal cord

 
5:10 PM

Ronald Harris-Warrick
Ionic currents shaping activity of neurons in the mouse spinal locomotor network

 
5:45 PM

Linying Wu
Synaptic and intrinsic mechanisms regulating locomotor-like rhythms in Hb9 interneurons

 
Thursday, June 14
  Session V Tripp Commons
8:45 AM Chairperson: Vjekoslav Miletic  
8:55 AM

Patrick Mantyh
Cancer pain: causes, consequences and therapeutic opportunities

 
9:30 AM

Nalini Sehgal
Spinal cord injury and neuropathic pain

 
10:05 AM

Daniel Resnick
Molecular Mechanisms of Post Spinal Cord Injury Neuropathic Pain

 
10:40 AM Coffee Break Tripp Commons
  Session VI Tripp Commons
11:00 AM Chairperson: Thomas McDowell  
11:10 AM

Yves De Koninck
Plasticity of chloride homeostasis as a means to control neuronal excitability

 
11:45 AM

Amy MacDermott
NMDA receptors and in vitro pain

 
12:20 PM

Maria Fitzgerald
Postnatal tuning and long term plasticity of dorsal horn cell receptive fields

 
12:55 PM

Lunch

Great Hall
  Session VII Tripp Commons
2:10 PM Chairperson: Raghu Vemuganti  
2:20 PM

Mary Bartlett Bunge
Combination therapies to improve repair of the injured spinal cord

 
2:55 PM

Reggie Edgerton
Gaining access to the spinal circuitry capable of generating a functional level of locomotion

 
3:30 PM Coffee Break Tripp Commons
  Session VIII Tripp Commons
3:50 PM Chairperson: Robert Fyffe  
4:00 PM

David McCrea
Creating a variety of mononeuron activity patterns in the two-level mammalian locomotor CPG

 
4:35 PM

Vivian Mushahwar
The balance between intrinsic rhythmicity and pertinent afferent input in locomotor function after spinal cord injury

 
5:10 PM

Rachel Ingram
Short term GABAergic plasticity in the developing dorsal horn

 
5:25 PM

Elizabeth Burand
Characterization of the growth PC12 cells on electrically conductive polypyrrole coated fabric

 
5:40 PM  

Kathleen Williams
A conformable elastomer-substrate microelectrode array (MEA) for stimulation of spinal white matter tracts

 
Friday, June 15
  Session IX Tripp Commons
8:45 AM Chairperson: Brian Schmidt  
8:55 AM

Jeffrey Rothstein
Astrocyte dysfunction in neurological disease- a target for protective therapy

 
9:30 AM

Shawn Hochman
Spinal cord dopamine and restless legs syndrome

 
10:05 AM

Gordon Mitchell
Respiratory Plasticity in the SOD1G93A mutant rat

 
10:40 AM Coffee Break Tripp Commons
  Session X Tripp Commons
11:00 AM Chairperson: Lingjun Li  
11:10 AM

Francisco Alvarez
Development of excitatory inputs on Renshaw cells

 
11:45 AM

George Mentis
Activation of the central pattern generator by stimulation of the ventral roots in the neonatal mouse spinal cord; possible mechanisms

 
12:20 PM Lunch Great Hall
  Session XI Tripp Commons
1:30 PM Chairperson: Albert Berger  
1:30 PM

Albert Berger
Brainstem and spinal cord rhythm generating mechanisms

 
1:40 PM

Paul Stein
Neuronal networks for rhythmic motor behaviors of the turtle hindlimb

 
2:15 PM

Jan-Marino Ramirez
The generation of inspiration: insight gained from a brainstem generator

 
2:50 PM

Christopher Del Negro
Synaptically activated intrinsic conductances in network-based mechanisms for respiratory rhythm

 
3:25 PM

Kamal Sharma
Input from excitatory v2a interneurons in the reticular formation regulates breathing

 
3:35 PM Coffee Break Tripp Commons
  Session XII Tripp Commons
4:00 PM Chairperson: Gillian Muir  
4:10 PM

Heather Brant
An in vitro model for investigating spinal control of limb movement

 
4:20 PM

Elizabeth Gozal
Trace amines excite spinal motor circuits in the isolated neonatal rat spinal cord

 
4:35 PM

Sandra Klein
Glial response to injury in the SOD1G93A  model of ALS

 
4:50 PM

Robert Krencik
Use of SOD1 mutations in embryonic stem cell derived motoneurons and astrocytes as a model for ALS

 
5:05 PM

Julia Wilkerson
Role of protein phosphatases in pattern-sensitivity of phrenic long-term facilitation

 
5:20 PM Conference Ends  
6:30 PM Banquet Edgewater Hotel

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DEADLINES
Invited speakers, abstract submission: Monday, April 2, 2007
Speakers must register before submitting an abstract.
Potential student speakers, abstract submission: March 9, 2007
Lodging reservations (via registration site): Friday, May 11, 2007
Payments: All charges must be paid in full after Friday, May 11, 2007


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Email:spinalcord@union.wisc.edu

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