POSTER SESSION NEUROSCIENCES

Circadian rhythm
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Day-time dependence of the physiological properties of rat CA3 pyramidal neurons
MHP Kole (Göttingen, D)
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Circadian pacemaker influences heart rate and corticosteroid secretion in humans and rats
FAJL Scheer (Amsterdam) now moved to Poster session Endocrinology as #19
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Neuronal regulation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in Xenopus laevis
BMR Kramer (Nijmegen)

Synapse function and plasticity
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Characterization of the gene repertoire responsible for synapse stabilization using subtractive hybridization
J Bouwman (Utrecht)
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The role of exocytotic proteins in neuromuscular transmission
MS Sons (Leiden)
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RAB3A is involved in synaptic vesicle transport in mouse central nerve terminals
AGM Leenders (Amsterdam)
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Dynamics of the exocytosis protein SNAP-25 in the process of background adaptation of Xenopus laevis
SM Kolk (Nijmegen)
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Analysis of MUNC18-1 and MUNC18 mutant transgenic mice
RFG Toonen (Utrecht)
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The generation of DOC2B knockout mice
AJA Groffen (Utrecht)
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Ca²⁺-dependent modulation of the secretion capacity
EC Brian (Utrecht)
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In vitro reconstruction of perinatal GABA_A-receptor subunit switching in developing neocortex
KTH Heinen (Amsterdam)
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Functional consequences of plasticity in the GABA_A receptor expression during postnatal development
LWJ Bosman (Amsterdam)
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The role of calcium in glutamate-induced cytotoxicity in rat spinal motoneurons
JCVM Copray (Groningen)
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The phosphokinase C/calcineurin balance in diabetic rats with hippocampal synaptic plasticity defects
A Kamal (Utrecht)

Pathophysiology - Stress
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Localisation and in vitro release of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) in the teleost fish Oreochromis mossambicus
P Pepels (Nijmegen)
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Corticosteroid modulation of calcium currents in mouse neuroblastoma cells
M Makkink (Amsterdam)
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Chronic psycho-social stress in rats: effects of concomitant repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
B Czeh (München, D)
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Effects of chronic physical and emotional stress on locomotor activity and saccharine preference in rats
FTA Pijlman (Utrecht)
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Behavior as a predictor of individual susceptibility to stress-induced changes of intestinal macromolecular permeability in mice
AA Van Kalkeren (Amsterdam)
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Long-term sensitization of CRH but not p-CREB responsivity in the rat central nervous system after a single stressful experience
AW Bruijnzeel (Utrecht)
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Effects of fluvoxamine treatment on brain serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in psychosocially stressed tree shrews
M van Kampen (Göttingen, D)
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Neuroplastic changes in the noradrenergic innervation of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus during stress sensitization
ASP Jansen (Amsterdam)
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Long-term hyperreactivity of intra-hypothalamic noradrenergic nerve terminals associated with IL-1 or amphetamine induced HPA (cross-) sensitization
ED Schmidt (Amsterdam)
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Regulation by corticosterone of splice-variants of a novel Ca²⁺/calmodulin dependent protein kinase mRNA in the rat hippocampus
BM Engels (Leiden)
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Gene-expression profiling in the rat hippocampus: identification of corticosteroid-responsive genes
NA Datson (Leiden)

Pathophysiology - Addiction
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Large-scale mapping of gene expression profiles underlying morphine-induced neuronal plasticity in the rat nucleus accumbens
SWJ Houtzager (Amsterdam)
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Profiling acute morphine-induced gene expression in the nucleus accumbens of drug-naive and -sensitized rats
S Spijker (Amsterdam)
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Cholinergic modulation of GABA-ergic and glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the NAc shell of the rat
M de Rover (Amsterdam)
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Factors predicting cocaine seeking behaviour
JR Homberg (Amsterdam)
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Drugs of abuse effects on attention and driving performance
CTJ Lamers (Maastricht)
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Self-administration of heroin induces the expression of a different subset of genes than forced administration in rat nucleus accumbens shell after long-term extinction
EH Jacobs (Amsterdam)

Pathophysiology - Epilepsy
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Distribution of glutamate transporters in the hippocampus of patients with pharmaco-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy
EA Proper (Utrecht)
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Distribution of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in temporal lobe epilepsy
RGE Notenboom (Utrecht)
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Differences in KCl-induced intracellular Ca²⁺ dynamics in absence epileptic and non-epileptic rat strains
MC Janssen (Nijmegen)
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NMDA-induced LTD in rat hippocampal slices is associated with a decrease in postsynaptic PKC substrate phosphorylation
EJM van Dam (Utrecht)
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The RNA of the glutamate transporter EAAT2 is aberrantly spliced in the neocortex and hippocampus of epilepsy patients and normal individuals
G Hoogland (Utrecht)

Pathophysiology - Human behavior
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Serotonergic challenge, hormonal release, mood and cognition
WJ Riedel (Maastricht)
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Shared and differential cognitive effects of serotonin reuptake inhibitors in healthy volunteers
JAJ Schmitt (Maastricht)
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Interpersonal and cognitive processes linking neuroticism and depression
E Geerts (Groningen)

Pathophysiology - Human physiology
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Test specificity of two information processing paradigms: P50 gating and prepulse inhibition
NMWJ de Bruin (Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
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Apolipoprotein E is required for the maintenance of the integrity of the blood-brain barrier during aging
M Mulder (Maastricht, the Netherlands)

Pathophysiology - Molecular and cellular biology
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Altered mRNA expressions of neurotrophins in muscles of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
BM Küst (Groningen)
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Analysis of RNA expression in single mutant ubiquitin immunopositive neurons of Alzheimer’s disease brain
RF Roelofs (Amsterdam)
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Molecular misreading of $ amyloid precursor protein and ubiqutin B genes in various tauo- and ubiquitopathies
R de Pril (Amsterdam)
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Wild type and mutant amyloid precursor protein (APP) are both secreted by HEK 293 and SH-SY5Y cell lines
R van Dijk (Amsterdam)
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Effects of mutant ubiquitin on neuronal functioning
FMS de Vrij (Amsterdam)
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Localization and role of interleukin-10 and IL-10 receptor in the rat brain during inflammation-induced symptoms of illness
A Ledeboer (Amsterdam)
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AMPA-toxicity in cultured spinal cord slices of SOD1 transgenic mice
AC Kil (Utrecht)
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Cytosolic Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) accumulates in the intermembrane space of mitochondria in motoneurons of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-SOD1 mice
D Jaarsma (Rotterdam)
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Catalase inhibits amyloid $-induced cell death in human brain pericytes in vitro
AAM Rensink (Nijmegen)
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Anti-GQ1b antibodies specifically induce "-latrotoxin-like effects at mouse motor endplates?
RWM Bullens (Leiden)
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Mice deficient for LAR protein tyrosine phosphatase show delayed sensory nerve regeneration (PNS) and septohippocampal (CNS) cholinergic collateral sprouting
TY Man (Nijmegen)
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Lipopolysaccharide regulates the expression of inducible chemokine receptor (CCRI) mRNA in murine glial cells in-vitro and in-vivo
MW Zuurman (Groningen)

Animal behavior - structure and mechanism
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Differential pyramidal neuronal densities along the anterior-posterior axis of the rhesus monkey hippocampus established with a stereological counting technique
JIH Keuker (Göttingen, D)
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Postnatal development of connections between the basolateral amygdala and prefrontal, striatal and thalamic structures in the rat
H Bouwmeester (Utrecht)
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The neuroanatomical basis of Pavlov's response: connections between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex and the lateral hypothalamus
CG van Eden (Amsterdam)
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Synaptic plasticity and neural activity in the prefrontal cortex of freely moving rats
PA Naber (Amsterdam)
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Differential effects of increasing cGMP and cAMP levels in the hippocampus on the memory performance in an object recognition task
J Prickaerts (Maastricht)
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Molecular markers of learning in the limbic corticostriatal system
RE Nordquist (Amsterdam)
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Tryptophan depletion as a pharmacological model of mood and memory disorders
L Booij (Maastricht)
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Acute tryptophan depletion affects anxiety and depressive-like behavior, but not cognition in rats
C Lieben (Maastricht)
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The influence of soy-derived phosphatidylserine on cognition in age-associated memory impairment
BL Jorissen (Maastricht)
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Aggressive rats and mice have a more sensitive postsynaptic serotonin-1A receptor system than non-aggressive ones
BJ Van der Vegt (Groningen)
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Characterisation and identification of entorhinal neurons receiving input from the subiculum in the rat in vivo
F Kloosterman (Amsterdam)

Late entrees
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying cholinergic synaptic transmission between soma-soma paired Lymnaea neurons
P van Nierop
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Gene expression profiling in the hippocampus of short attack latency and longer attack latency mice
DEM Feldker
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Expression of homeodomain genes in adult rat dorsal root ganglia: a role in neuronal regeneration?
CF Vogelaar
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Evoked neurotransmission is essential for the stabilization of the neuromuscular junction
JH Heeroma