SATURDAY, MARCH 14

8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Transportation provided
to Emory and Yerkes

12:00 am - 5:00 pm 

ASN Council Meeting I

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Atlanta

ASN President's Welcome Reception
Sponsored by University of Alabama Dean's Office

SUNDAY, MARCH 15

ASN Registration Desk Open

President’s Welcome & Introductions
Tika Benveniste, PhD, President 2013-2015
   New Member Recognition
   Travel Awardees Recognition

8:15 am - 9:15 am

Plenary Lecture 01
Looking at the Epigenomic Landscape of Developing
Oligodendrocytes

Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD

9:15 am - 10:00 am

View Posters & Visit Exhibitors - Coffee Break

S01- microRNAs (miRNAs) in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Chair: Walter Lukiw
Co-Chair: Debomoy Lahiri
Introduction to microRNA in AD and AMD
Walter Lukiw

S01-01 - ROLE OF MicroRNA-346 IN IRON HOMEOSTASIS AND
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Debomoy Lahiri

S01-02 - MicroRNA-650 MODULATES THE PATHOGENESIS
 OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE THROUGH REGULATING CDK
Peng Jin

S01-03 - MicroRNA THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Sebastien Hebert

S01-04 - MicroRNA: SPECIATION & COMPLEXITY, SEQUENCE
& STABILITY, VIROID-LIKE PROPERTIES & DISEASE
PROPAGATION WITHIN THE HUMAN CNS
Walter Lukiw

Sponsored by:

C01 - Proinflammatory Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration
Chair: Michael Nichols

C01-01 - TARGETING SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO
INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE DYSREGULATION IN
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
Linda Van Eldik

C01-02 - THE CONTRIBUTION OF APP TO MICROGLIAL
ACTIVATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Colin Combs

C01-03 - EFFECTS OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION FRAGMENT
C5A IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MOUSE MODELS.
Andrea Tenner

C01-04 - INFLUENCE OF AMYLOID-BETA AGGREGATION STATE
ON INNATE IMMUNE PATHWAYS
Michael Nichols

S02 - Glial Vesicular, Metabolic and Morphologic Function
in Health and Disease
Chair: Robert Zorec
Co-Chair: Vladimir Parpura

S02-01 - ADRENERGIC CONTROL OF ASTROCYTE
MORPHOLOGY, EXCITABILITY AND METABOLISM
Nina Vardjan

S02-02 - DUAL ROLE OF MICROGLIA IN NEURODEGENERATIVE
DISEASES
Michela Matteoli

S02-03 - METABOLIC REGULATION OF VESICULAR GLUTAMATE
RELEASE FROM CULTURED ASTROCYTES
Vedrana Montana

S02-04 - THE TRIPARTITE SYNAPSE - A DEVELOPMENTAL
RESTRICTED PHENOMENON?
Maiken Nedergaard

Lunch with the Plenary Speaker - Dr. Patrizia Casaccia
Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

S03 - RNA Toxicity in Neurodegeneration
Chair: Rita Sattler
Co-Chair: Christopher Donnelly

S03-01 - ROLE OF SYNAPTIC DYSFUNCTION IN
C9ORF72-MEDIATED PATHOGENESIS IN
PATIENT-DERIVED IPS NEURONS AND IN VIVO ANIMAL
MODELS
Rita Sattler

S03-02 - NUCLEAR TRANSPORT DEFECT UNDERLIES
C9ORF72 ALS/FTD NEURONAL INJURY
Christopher Donnelly

S03-03 - RAN TRANSLATION IN C9ORF72 FRONTOTEMPORAL
DEMENTIA AND AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
Tania Gendron

S03-04 - CUG RNA TOXICITY DISRUPTS THE
DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED MICRORNA
PROGRAM IN MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY
Auinash Kalsotra

S03-05 - YEAST GENETIC SCREENS REVEAL NEW INSIGHTS
INTO NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE MECHANISMS:
TDP-43, FUS/TLS, C9ORF72, AND BEYOND
Aaron Gitler

S03-06 - TDP-43 DEPENDENT TRANSLATION DYSREGULATION
IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 
Daniela Zarnescu

S03-07 - ALS-CAUSING MUTATIONS IN THE FUS PRION-LIKE
DOMAIN BLOCK TRANSCRIPTION-COUPLED
PRE-MRNA SPLICING 
Robin Reed

S04 - Frontiers of Neurolipids
Chair: Stefka Spassieva
Co-Chair: Glyn Dawson

S04-01 - DEFICIENCY OF GM1 AS CAUSE OF IDIOPATHIC
PARKINSON’S DISEASE: RESTORATION OF GM1-GDNF
INTERACTION AS CURE IN PD MOUSE.
Robert Ledeen

S04-02 - TOXICITY OF LONG CHAIN BASES: ACCUMULATION
OF LONG CHAIN BASES UNDERLIES
NEURODEGENERATION CAUSED BY CERS1
DEFICIENCY
Lihong Zhao

S04-03 - CERAMIDE HOMEOSTASIS IN THE BRAIN
Glyn Dawson

S04-04 - CERAMIDE-ENRICHED COMPARTMENTS IN NEURAL
STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND NEURODEGENERATION
Erhard Bieberich

S04-05 - CELL DEATH SPREADING BY EXOSOME SHEDDING:
THE ROLE OF CERAMIDE-ENRICHED SECRETED
MICROVESICLES IN SYNERGISTIC CYTOKINE
TOXICITY
Narayan Bhat

S04-06 - PACLITAXEL TREATMENT GENERATES NEUROTOXIC
DEOXYSPHINGOLIPIDS
Stefka Spassieva

Sponsored by:
  

S05 - Novel Strategies in Stem Cell Therapy and Clinical Potentials
Chair: Michael Chopp
Co-Chair: Shan Ping Yu

S05-01 - NEUROPROTECTION AND GENE-STEM CELL THERAPY
FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE
Koji Abe

S05-02 - CO-TRANSPLANTATION OF GLIAL RESTRICTED
PROGENITOR AND SCHWANN CELLS IN PROMOTING
REPAIR AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
Xiao-Ming Xu

S05-03 - MICRO RNA AND SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN STEM
CELL THERAPY AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE
Michael Chopp

S05-04 - IPS CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND COMBINATIONAL
THERAPY FOR THE REGENERATIVE TREATMENT
AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE 
Ling Wei

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

S06 - Autophagy in Neurodegeneration: Role in Disease
and Therapy Target
Chair: Kenneth Hensley
Co-Chair: Marni Harris-White

S06-01 - CELL-PENETRATING LANTHIONINE KETIMINE
DERIVATIVE ACTIVATES AUTOPHAGY THROUGH A
NOVEL MECHANISM INVOLVING CRMP2 AND MTORC1
Kenneth Hensley

S06-02 - THE ELUSIVE ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY IN TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY
Mami Harris-White

S06-03 - AUTOPHAGY-ENDOSOMAL-LYSOSOMAL PATHWAY
DYSFUNCTION IN Aβ(1-42) DEPENDENT
NEURODEGENERATION
Paul Salvaterra

S06-04 - AUTOPHAGOSOME BIOGENESIS IN PRIMARY
NEURONS FOLLOWS AN ORDERED AND SPATIALLY
REGULATED PATHWAY
Sandra Maday

S07 - Central and Peripheral Inflammatory and Immune Responses
in Parkinson's Disease
Chair: Malú Tansey
Co-Chair: Etty (Tika) Benveniste

S07-01 - DESTRUCTIVE OR PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY IN
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Howard Gendelman

S07-02 - ROLES FOR MICROGLIAL LRRK2 EXPRESSION AND
FUNCTION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Matt LaVoie

S07-03 - CRITICAL GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTIONS AND
DISEASE MARKERS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Kathleen Shannon

S07-04 - A COMMON GENETIC VARIANT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
ALTERED MHC-II EXPRESSION AND SYNERGIZES WITH
PYRETHROID EXPOSURE TO INCREASE PD RISK
Malu Tansey

S07-05 - INHIBITION OF THE JAK/STAT PATHWAY PROTECTS
 AGAINST ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN-INDUCED NEUROINFLAMMATION
AND DOPAMINERGIC NEURODEGENERATION
Etty Benveniste

Sponsored by:
         Parkinsons Disease Coalition of the South

S08 - Wiring of the Nervous System: From Molecular Mechanisms to
Complex Behaviors
Chair: Tracy Tran

S08-01 - A MOLECULAR PATHWAY REGULATING AXOGENESIS
Anthony Barnes

S08-02 - COMBINATORY CIS AND TRANS RET SIGNALING
CONTROLS THE SURVIVAL AND CENTRAL
PROJECTION GROWTH OF RAPIDLY ADAPTING
MECHANORECEPTORS
Wenquin Luo

S08-03 - ROLES FOR NEUROPILIN 2 SIGNALING IN
HIPPOCAMPAL- AND CORTICO-STRIATAL-DEPENDENT
LEARNING AND MEMORY
Tracey Tran

S08-04 - EXTRINSIC MECHANISMS GOVERNING
INJURY-INDUCED AXON DEGENERATION
Christopher Deppmann

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Poster Session I - Authors Present
Wine & Cheese

7:00 pm

Neurochemical Research Editorial Board Dinner

Location:  TBA

MONDAY, MARCH 16

 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

ASN Registration Desk Open

General Session - Opening Remarks
  Jordi Folch-Pi Award Presentation by Eric Murphy
  ASN NEURO Award Presentation by Monica Carson

Plenary Lecture 02
The Teen Brain

Jay Giedd, PhD

9:15 am - 10:00 am

View Posters & Visit Exhibitors - Coffee Break

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

S09 - Astrocytes as Obligatory Partners in Purinergic and
Glutamatergic Neurotransmission
Chair: Arne Schousboe
Co-Chair: Vladimir Parpura

S09-01 - ASTROCYTES AS OBLIGATORY PARTNERS IN
PURINERGIC AND GLUTAMATERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION
Alex Verkhratsky

S09-02 - ON VESICULAR FUSIONS IN ASTROCYTES: SINGLE
VESICLE/MOLECULE APPROACHES
Vlad Parpura

S09-03 - ASTROGLIAL GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT: AT THE
INTERSECTION OF EXCITATORY SIGNALING AND
BRAIN ENERGETICS
Michael Robinson

S09-04 - GLUTAMATE AS A KEY ENERGY SUBSTRATE FOR
SUPPORTING ASTROCYTIC GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT
AND NEURONAL-GLIAL INTERACTIONS
Mary McKenna

S10 - Neuropsychiatric Disorders: New Mechanisms and Models
Chair: Cristina Ghiani
Co-Chair: Antonieta Lavin

S10-01 - CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISRUPTION IN A MOUSE MODEL
OF RETT SYNDROME
Dawn Loh

S10-02 - A NATURAL PRODUCT AS A TOOL TO EXPLORE
NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR
STRESS-INDUCED IMMUNE CHANGES AND
DEPRESSIVE BEHAVIORS
Atsushi Kamlya

S10-03 - GENETIC RISK FACTORS AND BRAIN
MALDEVELOPMENT
Cristina Ghiani

S10-04 - MOLECULAR AND GENETIC STUDIES OF A
SCHIZOPHRENIA SUSCEPTIBILITY INTERACTOME
Victor Faundez

S10-05 - DURABLE CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL ADVERSITY IN
ADOLESCENCE: NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND
BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ISOLATION
Shannon Gourley

S10-06 - EFFECTS OF FINGOLIMOD ADMINISTRATION IN
DYSBINDIN DEFICIENT MICE: A GENETIC MODEL FOR
COGNITIVE DEFICITS
Antonieta Lavin

S11 - Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Acute Neurologic Injury
Chair: Carol Troy

S11-01 - INTRA-AXONAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AS A MEDIATOR
OF LONG-RANGE NEURODEGENERATIVE SIGNALS
Ulrich Hengst

S11-02 - THE ROLE OF BETA AMYLOID AND TAU IN THE
RESPONSE TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Russell Nicholls

S11-03 - NEUROTROPHIN REGULATION OF NEURONAL DEATH
AFTER INJURY
Wilma Friedman

S11-04 - MECHANISMS OF AND THERAPIES FOR BRAIN INJURY
AND NEURODEGENERATION
Carol Troy

Women in Neurochemistry Lunch
Ticket Required ($25 Faculty / $15 Student)

Lunch with the Plenary Speaker - Dr. Giedd
Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs

S12 - Signaling Pathways Regulating Remyelination
Chair: Teresa Wood

S12-01 - SOX17 IN WHITE MATTER REPAIR: VENTURING
BEYOND WNT
Li-Jin Chew

S12-02 - ERK2 MAP KINASE REGULATES TIMELY
REMYELINATION IN THE ADULT BRAIN
Sharyl Fyffe-Maricich

S12-03 - GLIA-DERIVED BDNF AFFECTS RECOVERY FROM A
DEMYELINATING INJURY
Cheryl Dreyfus

S12-04 - THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION TO INDUCE
OLIGODENDROCYTE SURVIVAL AND
DIFFERENTIATION IN MOUSE MODELS OF
DEMYELINATION
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff

C02 - Post-translational Prenylation of GTPases in
Neurodegeneration and Repair
Chair: Evan Stubbs
Co-Chair: DiAnna Hynds

C02-01 - PROTEIN PRENYLATION AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY:
IMPLICATIONS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Ling Li

C02-02 - TRICKING THE CHOLESTEROL PATHWAY TO TARGET
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS:
ISOPRENOID DYSFUNCTION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF
AUTISM
MariVi Tejada-Simon

C02-03 - FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF NATIVE, NON-PRENYLATABLE
GTPASES IN NEURON MORPHOLOGY AND NEURITE
OUTGROWTH
Jairus Reddy

C02-04 - CDC42 AND RALA GTPASES AS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC
TARGETS IN INFLAMMATORY AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPATHY
Kelly Langert

C02-05 - PRENYLATION OF RHO GTPASES: A NOVEL
MECHANISM REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION AND
PROTEIN STABILITY
Cynthia Pervan

Sponsored by:
   

S13 - Mechanisms of Cell Death and Diseases
Chair: Elias Aizenman
Co-Chair: Shan Ping Yu

S13-01 - CONVERGENT ZINC AND CALCIUM SIGNALING
CASCADES IN KV2.1-ENABLED NEURONAL CELL
DEATH
Elias Aizenman

S13-02 - THE SOMATODENDRITIC K+ CHANNEL KV2.1 IS A
CRITICAL REGULATOR OF NEURONAL SURVIVAL AND
DEATH
Durga Mohapatra

S13-03 - MITOCHONDRIAL BASE EXCISION REPAIR
ATTENUATES REPERFUSION INJURY IN ISCHEMIC
STROKE
Roger Simon

S13-04 - THE Sur1-Trpm4 CHANNEL IN CNS INJURY
Marc Simard

S13-05 - WNK3-SPAK/OSR1-NKCC1 SIGNALING PATHWAY IN
ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY
Dandan Sun

S13-06 - DYSFUNCTION OF MEMBRANE
TRANSPORTER/EXCHANGER AND HYBRID CELL
DEATH IN NEURONAL AND CANCER CELLS
Shan Ping Yu

Coffee Break

S14 - Retromer and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Chair: Wen-Chen Xiong

S14-01 - CHEMICAL CHAPERONES AS AN APPROACH TO
TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Dagmar Ringe

S14-02 - VPS10-FAMILY RECEPTORS IN NEURODEGENERATION
AND INSULIN RESISTANCE
Samuel Gandy

S14-03 - VPS35-DEFICIENCY IS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE
PATHOGENESIS OF BOTH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND
PARKINSON’S DISEASE 
Wen-Cheng Xiong

S14-04 - PARKINSON DISEASE-ASSOCIATED MUTANT VPS35
CAUSES ABNORMAL MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS
AND MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION
Xiongwei Zhu

S15 - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Myelin Disorders
Chair: Wensheng Lin

S15-01 - IMPAIRED EIF2B ACTIVITY IN OLIGODENDROCYTES
CONTRIBUTES TO VANISHING WHITE MATTER
DISEASE PATHOGENESIS
Wensheng Lin

S15-02 - OLIGODENDROCYTE PROTECTION BY THE
INTEGRATED STRESS RESPONSE: A POTENTIAL
PHARMACOLOGICAL TARGET
Brian Popko

S15-03 - ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS IN CHARCOT
MARIE TOOTH NEUROPATHY
Lawrence Wrabetz

S15-04 - ER STRESS AND SPINAL CORD INJURY
Scott Whittemore

S16 - Wiring Axons by mRNA Regulation in Neuronal
Health and Disease
Chair: Jeffery Twiss
Co-Chair: Gary Bassell

S16-01 - OPPOSING ROLES OF HUD AND KSRP IN SHARED
TARGET MRNA STABILITY AND AXONAL GROWTH
Nora Perrone-Bizzozero

S16-02 - FUTSCH/MAP1B IS A TRANSLATIONAL TARGET OF
TDP-43 AND IS NEUROPROTECTIVE IN A DROSOPHILA
MODEL OF ALS
Daniela Zarnescu

S16-03 - RNA PROTEIN INTERACTIONS FOR AXONALLY
TRANSPORTED MRNAS
Jeffery Twiss

S16-04 - IMPAIRED MRNP COMPLEX ASSEMBLY AND AXONAL
MRNA LOCALIZATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF SPINAL
MUSCULAR ATROPHY
Gary Bassell

S16-05 - COORDINATING SYNTHESIS OF AXONAL
CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS WITH CELL SIGNALING
PATHWAYS THROUGH RNA REGULATION BY HNRNP K
Ben Szaro

Sponsored by:
 

5:45 pm - 8:00 pm

Young Investigators Funding Opportunities & Mingle
Chair: Sanoj K. Suneja, PhD, National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

Presentation followed by Pizza & Beer

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

ASN Business Meeting
All Members Welcome!

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

ASN Registration Desk Open

General Session - Opening Remarks

Plenary Leture 03
BDNF Proteins: Three Forms, Many Functions

Barbara Hempstead, PhD 

9:15 am - 10:00 am

View Posters & Visit Exhibitors - Coffee Break

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

S17 - Stress Organelles and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Chair: Zixu Mao
Co-Chair: Michael Lee

S17-01 - INHIBITING HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 AS A
THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR TAUOPATHIES
Leonard Petrucelli

S17-02 - ROLE OF C-ABL AND P53 IN AUTOPHAGIC DEFECTS
ASSOCIATED WITH ALPHA-SYNUCLEINOPATHY IN VIVO
Michael Lee

S17-03 - REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF NEURONAL
SURVIVAL FACTOR BY MULTIPLE STRESS
ORGANELLES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Zixu Mao

S17-04 - MITOCHONDRIAL HOMEOSTASIS AND DENDRITIC
STABILIZATION: BEYOND MITOPHAGY
Charleen Chu

S18 - Cys -loop Receptors in Neurotransmission: Structural Aspects of
Regulation by Exogenous and Endogenous Compounds
Chair: Victor Tsetlin
Co-Chair: Jerrel Yakel

S18-01 - GABA-A RECEPTOR SUBTYPES - RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN PHARMACOLOGY
Margot Ernst

S18-02 - INTERACTION OF NICOTINIC RECEPTORS WITH
THREEE-FINGER NEUROTOXINS AND LY6 PROTEINS 
Victor Tsetlin

S18-03 - PRESYNAPTIC α7 NICOTINIC ACH RECEPTORS
ENHANCE HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER
GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION VIA PKA ACTIVATION
Jerrel Yakel

S18-04 - BACTERIAL AND BACTERIAL-HUMAN CHIMERAS AS
MODELS TO STUDY THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS
GOVERNING PENTAMERIC LIGAND-GATED ION
CHANNELS
Pierre-Jean Corringer

S19 - Mechanisms of Cell Death in Inflammatory Processes
Chair: Malú Tansey

S19-01 - NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS VIA PERIPHERAL
ADMINISTRATION OF XPRO1595 TO BLOCK SOLUBLE
TNF SIGNALING IN A RAT MODEL OF PD
Malú Tansey

S19-02 - CELL DEATH PATHWAYS IN HOST DEFENSE,
INFLAMMATION, AND DEVELOPMENTAL FAILURE
William Kaiser

S19-03 - TARGETING ASTROCYTE SIGNALING PATHWAYS
PROTECTS HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC FUNCTION
FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Christopher Norris

Sponsored by:
      Parkinsons Disease Coalition of the South

Lunch with Plenary Speaker - Dr. Hempstead
Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs

S20 - Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interactions in Development
and Disease
Chair: Vittorio Gallo
Co-Chair: David Pleasure

S20-01 - ACTIVITY-BIASED SELECTION OF AXONS FOR
MYELINATION IN VIVO
Bruce Appel

S20-02 - NEONATAL BRAIN INJURY CAUSES ABNORMALITIES
IN NEURON-NG2 CELL SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATION
Vittorio Gallo

S20-03 - IMMUNE-MEDIATED DEMYELINATION AND
NEURONOPATHY IN AN AUTOIMMUNE MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS MODEL
David Pleasure

S20-04 - OLIGODENDROCYTE SUPPORT OF NEURONS
AS A BASIS FOR NEURODEGENERATION INITIATION
Jeff Rothstein

S21 - Glia Amino Acid Transporters in Health and Disease
Chair: Arturo Ortega

S21-01 - FUNCTIONAL CROSS-TALK BETWEEN DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS OF GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT AND
METABOLISM IN THE SPINAL CORD
Georgi Gegelashvili

S21-02 - THE SLC38 FAMILY OF GLUTAMINE TRANSPORTERS
AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
GLUTAMATE/GABA-GLUTAMINE CYCLE
Farruka Chaudry

S21-03 - GLAST-DEPENDENT CONTROL OF THE
GLUTAMATE/GLUTAMINE SHUTTLE: MOLECULAR
TARGETS OF POLLUTANTS
Arturo Ortega

S21-04 - GPR30 REGULATES GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER
GLT-1 EXPRESSION IN RAT PRIMARY ASTROCYTESITLE
Michael Aschner

S22 - Calpain Inhibitors in Preclinical Models of Neurodegenertion
and Neurotrauma
Chair: Naren Banik
Co-Chair: Supriti Samantaray

S22-01 - EFFECTS OF CALPAIN INHIBITION IN TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY AND AXONAL DEGENERATION
Kathryn Saatman


S22-02 - ISCHEMIA ACTIVATES CALPAINS IN EXPERIMENTAL
RETINAL NEUROPATHIES
Yoshiyuki Tamada

S22-03 - CHRONIC INTERMITTENT ETHANOL-INDUCED AXON
AND MYELIN DEGENERATION IS ATTENUATED BY
CALPAIN INHIBITION
Supriti Samantaray

S22-04 - CALPAIN INHIBITORS: A SURVEY OF COMPOUNDS IN
THE PATENT AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
Isaac Donkor

C03 - Stroke and Mitochondria
Chair: Selva Baltan
Co-Chair: Richard Morrison

C03-01 - LOSS OF BAX-INTERACTING FACTOR-1 INCREASES
NEURONAL SENSITIVITY TO ISCHEMIC INJURY 
Richard Morrison

C03-02 - ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN POST STROKE
NEUROGENESIS AND INFLAMMATION
Ludmila Voloboueva

C03-03 - MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS IN WHITE MATTER
STROKE
Selva Baltan

C03-04 - ROLE OF PBEF IN MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND
BIOGENESIS AFTER ISCHEMIA 
Shinghua Ding

S23 - Inflammation and Myelination: A Match Made in Heaven?
Chair: Dana McTigue

S23-01 - LATENT HERPESVIRUS 6 INFECTION IMPAIRS HUMAN
GLIAL PROGENITOR CELL FUNCTIONS IN VITRO AND
IN VIVO 
Margot Mayer-Proschel

S23-02 - HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF INFLAMMATION FOR
REMYELINATION
Voon Wee Yong

S23-03 - GLIAL INTERACTIONS IN INFLAMMATORY
DEMYELINATION AND MYELIN REPAIR: ROLE OF
GALECTIN-9
Jianrong Li

S23-04 - LEVERAGING MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION TO
PROMOTE OLIGODENDROCYTE GENESIS
Dana McTigue

R. Wayne Albers Memorial Symposium
S24 - Modulaton of ABC Transporters and APOE Levels as
Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimers
Chair: Danny Michaelson
Co-Chair: Mary Jo LaDu

S24-01 - KEY FUNCTIONS OF ABCA1 IN MULTIPLE TISSUES
John Parks

S24-02 - THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF ABCA1 FOR
ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Cheryl Wellington

S24-03 - APOLIPOPROTEIN E LIPIDATION AS A MECHANISTIC
THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR LOWERING SOLUBLE
AMYLOID-β LEVELS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Mary Jp LaDu

S24-04 - ABCA1 DIRECTED TREATMENT OF APOE4 DRIVEN
NEURODEGENERATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Daniel Michaelson

Sponsored by:
  

Poster Session II - Authors Present
Wine & Cheese

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

Plenary Lecture 04
Life in the Fast Lane: Regulation of Fast Axonal Transport
and Neurodegeneration

Scott Brady, PhD

S25 - Neurodegeneration and Oxidative Stress
Chair: Mohammed Akbar
Co-Chair: Byoung-Joon Song

S25-01 - SYNAPSE LOSS: AN INITIAL EVENT IN THE
PROGRESSION AND PATHOGENESIS OF ALZHEIMERS
DISEASE
Rukhsana Sultana

S25-02 - AN OVERVIEW ON THE MECHANISMS OF
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AND TISSUE INJURY
IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Mohammed Akbar

S25-03 - DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF FRUITS ALLEVIATE
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INFLAMMATION IN ALZHEIMER'S 
DISEASE TRANSGENIC MICE MODEL
Mohamed-Essa Musthafa

S25-04 - EARLY ACTIVATION OF STAT3 REGULATES REACTIVE
ASTROGLIOSIS INDUCED BY DIVERSE FORMS OF
NEUROTOXICITY
James O'Callaghan

S25-05 - INDUCTION OF NEURONAL DEATH BY MICROGLIAL
AGE-ALBUMIN: COMMON IMPLICATIONS FOR
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Bonghee Lee

S26 - CDK5 Signaling: A Double-edged Sword in Normal
and Diseased Brain
Chair: Yue Feng

S26-01 - IMPORTANT ROLE OF CDK5 IN PAIN MODULATION
Ashok Kulkami

S26-02 - INTEGRATION OF EXCITATORY AND METABOTROPIC
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
James Bibb

S26-03 - CONTROLLING CDK5 FUNCTION IN NEURONAL AND
GLIAL LINEAGES
Yue Feng

S26-04 - PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
ALTER THE ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATED JIP1 BY CDK5
Dianbo Qu

OP01 - Oral Presentations I

Lunch with Plenary Speaker - Dr. Brady
Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs

S27 - Sex-Specific Effects of Adolescent Drugs and Stressors
on Neural, Metabolic, Immune and Behavioral Outcomes
Chair: Kyle Frantz
Co-Chair: Gretchen Neigh

S27-01 - SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE AMYGDALA AS A RISK
FACTOR FOR MOOD DISORDERS
Bradley Cooke

S27-02 - INCUBATION AND REVERSAL OF ADOLESCENT
COCAINE-INDUCED HABITS
Shannon Gourley

S27-03 - STRESS AND PUBERTY: THE PERFECT STORM OR A
CHANGE OF COURSE?
Gretchen Neigh

S27-04 - ADOLESCENT (IN)VULNERABILITY TO ENDURING
EFFECTS OF DRUGS OF ABUSE
Kyle Frantz

S28 - Contribution of Environmental Chemicals to Neurodegenerative
Disease
Chair: Mike Caudle

S28-01 - SLC30A10 IS A CELL SURFACE-LOCALIZED
MANGANESE EFFLUX TRANSPORTER
Michael Aschner

S28-02 - THE BMAA/CYANOBACTERIAL THEORY AND ALS/PDC
IN GUAM
Paul Cox

S28-03 - MECHANISMS OF GENE-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTIONS IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE
Jason Richardson

S28-04 - THE STRIATAL SYNAPSE AS A TARGET FOR DAMAGE
BY FLAME RETARDANT COMPOUNDS
William Caudle

OP02 - Oral Presentations II

S29 - Neuroinflammation and Immune Responses in Autoimmune
Demyelination Diseases
Chair: Jae Kyung Lee
Co-Chair: Kareem Graham

S29-01 - ACTIVATION OF INNATE IMMUNITY BY
BLOOD-CLOTTING FACTORS: MECHANISMS, IMAGING,
THERAPEUTICS
Katerina Akassoglou

S29-02 - REGULATION OF CNS INFLAMMATION BY A NORMAL
LIPID-METABOLIZING ENZYME
Kareem Graham

S29-03 - THE NOVEL FUNCTION OF RGS10 IN EFFECTOR T
LYMPHOCYTES TO AUGMENT MOUSE EAE
Jae-Kyung Lee

S29-04 - FREQUENCY AND AFFINITY OF T CELLS IN THE CNS
DETERMINES EXTENT OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
Brian Evavold

S30 - Pharmacologically Induced Hypothermia and Clinical Implications
Chair: Shan Ping Yu
Co-Chair: Thomas A. Dix

S30-01 - NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR 1 AGONISTS INDUCED
HYPOTHERMIA FOR THE TREATMENT OF STROKE AND TBI
Shan Yu

S30-02 - TRANSLATING DRUG-INDUCED HIBERNATION TO
THERAPEUTIC HIBERNATION
Kelly Drew

S30-03 - DO CHILI PEPPERS PROVIDE THE SPICE OF LIFE?
HOW TRPV1 AGONISM PROMOTES REVERSIBLE
HYPOTHERMIA AND NEUROPROTECTION FOLLOWING
STROKE
Sean Marrelli

S30-04 - MULTI-TARGET TREATMENT IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC
STROKE
Flemming Fryd Johansen

S31 - Revisit Mitochondria in Neurodegeneration
Chair: Wenzhen Duan
Co-Chair: Xin Qi

S31-01 - IMPAIRED MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN IMPORT IN
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Hiroko Yano

S31-02 - LOSS OF BAX-INTERACTING FACTOR-1
EXACERBATES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATHOLOGY 
Richard Morrison

S31-03 - REGULATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL FISSION IN
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
Xin Qi

S31-04 - MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN DEACETYLATION AND
NEURODEGENERATION
Wenzhen Duan

ASN Closing Reception / Dinner / Dancing