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FENS Forum 2008 - Geneva

- For posters, morning sessions: 9:30-13:30; afternoon sessions 13:30- 17:30.
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Poster presentation 1 - Session 011 - Sunday 13/07/2008, 09:30-13:30
Hall 1
B: Ionotropic-R 1

011.1. Poster board B33 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Aller M. I. (1), Ali R. (2), Brickley S. (3), Wulff P. (4), Korpi E. R. (5), Farrant M. (2) & Wisden W. (4)
(1) Inst de Neurociencias de Alicante, CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain; (2) University College London, London, UK; (3) Imperial College London, London, UK; (4) Inst of Medical Sciences, Univ of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; (5) Inst of Biomedicine, Univ of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- PHASIC INHIBITION ONTO CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELLS.

011.2. Poster board B34 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Briatore F. (1), Patrizi A. (1), Viltono L. (1), Wisden W. (2), Wulff P. (2) & Sassoè-Pognetto M. (1)
(1) Dept. Anat. Pharm. Forens. Med, Turin, Italy; (2) Inst. Med. Sci., Aberdeen, Scotland Uk
- QUANTITATIVE ORGANIZATION OF GABAERGIC SYNAPSES IN THE MOLECULAR LAYER OF THE CEREBELLAR CORTEX.

011.3. Poster board B35 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Brickley K. D., Kenny A. V., Pozo K. & Stephenson F. A.
Univ. of London Sch. of Pharmacy, London, UK
- TRAK1 AND GRIF-1(TRAK2): KINESIN ADAPTOR PROTEINS INVOLVED IN MITOCHONDRIAL TRAFFICKING IN NEURONS?

011.4. Poster board B36 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Concas A., Calza A., Sogliano C., Santoru F., Angioni M. M., Piras F. & Biggio G.
Dept. Exp. Biol. Univ of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
- NEONATAL EXPOSURE TO ESTRADIOL INDUCES PERSISTENT CHANGES IN NEUROACTIVE STEROID LEVELS, GABAA RECEPTOR SUBUNIT EXPRESSION AND SENSITIVITY TO ANXIOLYTIC DRUGS.

011.5. Poster board B37 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Druzin M. & Johansson S.
Physiology section, IMB, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- BLOCKING GABA-A RECEPTORS: A NEW PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE OF 2-AMINOETHYL DIPHENYLBORINATE (2-APB).

011.6. Poster board B38 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Es-Salah Z. (1), Tricoire-Leignel H. (1), Le Goff G. (2), Lapied B. (1) & Hamon A. (1)
(1) Université d'Angers, RCIM, Angers, France; (2) INRA, UMR 1112, ROSE, Sophia-Antipolis, France
- MODULATION OF INSECT IONOTROPIC GABA RECEPTOR FUNCTION AND FIPRONIL SENSITIVITY BY RNA EDITING AND PKC PHOSPHORYLATION.

011.7. Poster board B39 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Fernandez S. P. (1), Mewett K. N. (1), Chebib M. (2), Hanrahan J. R. (2) & Johnston G. A. R. (1)
(1) Department of Pharmacology, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia; (2) Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
- FLAVAN-3-OL DERIVATIVES ARE POSITIVE MODULATORS OF GABAA RECEPTORS WITH HIGHER EFFICACY FOR THE ALPHA2 SUBUNIT AND ANXIOLYTIC, BUT NOT SEDATIVE, ACTIONS.

011.8. Poster board B40 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Haythornthwaite A., Stoelzle S., Farre C., Brueggemann A., Haarmann C., George M. & Fertig N.
Nanion Technologies GmbH, Munich, Germany
- AUTOMATED PATCH CLAMP ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS.

011.9. Poster board B41 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Hoestgaard-Jensen K. (1, 2), Dalby N. O. (2), Jensen K. (1) & Ebert B. (2)
(1) Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; (2) Department of Electrophysiology, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark
- SUBTYPE-DEPENDENT MODULATION OF HUMAN GABAA RECEPTORS BY AA29504.

011.10. Poster board B42 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Houston C. M. (1), Hosie A. M. (2) & Smart T. G. (1)
(1) Dept. Pharmacology, UCL, London, UK; (2) Biophysics, Imperial, London, UK
- DIFFERENT GABA-A RECEPTOR SUBTYPES, CONTAINING BETA2 OR BETA3 SUBUNITS, ARE LOCATED TO SPECIFIC GABAERGIC SYNAPSES IN CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELLS.

011.11. Poster board B43 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Johansson S., Karlsson U. & Druzin M.
Physiology Section, IMB, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- DESENSITIZATION OF GABA-A AND GLYCINE RECEPTORS: REAL OR ARTEFACT?

011.12. Poster board B44 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Jovanovic J. N. (1), Muneton S. (1), Ali A. B. (1) & Sihra T. S. (2).
(1) School of Pharmacy, London, UK; (2) UCL, London, UK
- AGONIST-DEPENDENT DOWNREGULATION OF "EXCITATORY" GABAA RECEPTORS: DISSECTING THE SIGNALLING MECHANISMS.

011.13. Poster board B45 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Kasap Z., Marchionni I., Zacchi P. & Cherubini E.
Neurobiology Dept, SISSA - ISAS, Trieste, Italy
- FUNCTIONAL ABLATION OF GEPHYRIN WITH GEPHYRIN-SELECTIVE INTRABODIES REDUCES GABA-A RECEPTOR CLUSTERS AND ALTERS THE GATING PROPERTIES OF GABA-A RECEPTORS IN CULTURED HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS.

011.14. Poster board B46 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Lambert J. D. C. & Korshoej A. R.
Dept. Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
- PICROTOXIN BLOCKS IPSCS ON CULTURED HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONES BY STABILIZING DESENSITIZED STATE(S) OF THE GABA-A RECEPTOR.

011.15. Poster board B47 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Mortensen M. & Smart T. G.
UCL, London, UK
- SINGLE CHANNEL ANALYSIS OF THIP’S SUPERAGONIST ACTIVITY ON ALPHA4BETA3DELTA GABA-A RECEPTORS.

011.16. Poster board B48 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Muir J. (1), Griffin L. D. (2) & Kittler J. (3).
(1) CoMPLEX, UCL, London, England; (2) Dept. Comp. Sci., UCL, London, England; (3) Dept. Physiol., UCL, London, England
- LIVE CELL IMAGING OF QUANTUM DOT LABELLED GABA-A RECEPTORS IN CELL LINES AND CULTURED NEURONS.

011.17. Poster board B49 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Myakhar O., Dvorzhak A. & Kirischuk S.
Inst. Neurophysiol., Charite-Uni-Med, Berlin, Germany
- POSTSYNAPTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO GABAERGIC INPUTS TO CAJAL-RETZIUS CELLS IN THE MOUSE NEOCORTEX.

011.18. Poster board B50 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Sacco C. B. (1, 2), Tardif E. (1, 2), Janzer R. C. (3) & Clarke S. (1)
(1) Service Neuropsych. Neurorehab., CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland; (2) DBCM, Univ. of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; (3) 3 Div. Neuropath. Inst., Univ. Path., CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
- GABAA RECEPTOR SUBUNITS IN HUMAN AUDITORY CORTEX: SELECTIVE DOWN-REGULATION OF THE ALPHA2-SUBUNIT IN CHRONIC ISCHEMIC DAMAGE.

011.19. Poster board B51 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Saito M. (1), Toyoda H. (1), Sato H. (1), Ishii H. (2) & Kang Y. (1)
(1) Dept. Neurosci. & Oral Physiol., Osaka Univ. Grad. Sch. Dent., Osaka, Japan; (2) Dept. Oral Physiol., Sch. Dent., Health Scis. Univ. Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
- PKC- AND CA2+ -DEPENDENT RECOVERY FROM USE-DEPENDENT DEPRESSION OF GABA(A) RESPONSES IN RAT MESENCEPHALIC TRIGEMINAL NEURONS.

011.20. Poster board B52 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Smith K. R. (1), Chen G. (2), Yan Z. (2) & Kittler J. (1).
(1) Dept. of Phys., UCL, London, UK; (2) Dept. Phys. And Biophys., SUNY, New York, USA
- REGULATION OF INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION BY THE GABA-A RECEPTOR BETA3 AND GAMMA2 SUBUNITS BINDING TO THE CLATHRIN ADAPTOR PROTEIN, AP2.

011.21. Poster board B53 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Smolinsky B. (1), Meier J. (2) & Schwarz G. (1)
(1) University of Colonge, Institute of Biochemistry, Cologne, Germany; (2) Max-Delbrück Center for Mol. Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- DIRECT INTERACTION OF THE SCAFFOLDING PROTEIN GEPHYRIN WITH GABAA RECEPTORS.

011.22. Poster board B54 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Sumegi M. (1, 2), Fukazawa Y. (2), Matsui K. (2), Nusser Z. (1) & Shigemoto R. (2)
(1) Inst. Ext. Med. Acad. Sci., Budapest, Hungary; (2) Nat. Inst. Phys. Sci., Okazaki, Japan
- AN IN VITRO SCREENING METHOD FOR OPTIMAL AFFINITY TAGGING NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTORS.

011.23. Poster board B55 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Svob Strac D., Jazvinscak Jembrek M., Vlainic J. & Pericic D.
Lab. Mol. Neuropharm. Dep. Mol. Med. Rudjer Boskovic Instit., Zagreb, Croatia
- LONG-TERM DIAZEPAM TREATMENT OF HEK 293 CELLS STABLY EXPRESSING RECOMBINANT GABA-A RECEPTORS INDUCES UP-REGULATION OF GABA-A RECEPTOR BINDING SITES IN PARALLEL WITH THEIR FUNCTIONAL UNCOUPLING.

011.24. Poster board B56 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Swinny J. D. (1), Roberts J. D. (1), Sieghart W. (2) & Somogyi P. (1)
(1) MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Oxford, UK; (2) Center for Brain Research, Section of Biochem. and Mol. Biol., Vienna, Austria
- QUANTITATIVE SYNAPTIC AND EXTRASYNAPTIC IMMUNOGOLD LOCALISATION OF THE GABA-A RECEPTOR ALPHA 4 SUBUNIT IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS.

011.25. Poster board B57 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Taupignon A. I. (1, 2), Belujon P. (1, 2), Baufreton J. (1, 2), Grandoso L. (3), Boué-Grabot E. (1, 2), Batten T. F. C. (4), Ugedo L. (3) & Garret M. (1, 2)
(1) University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France; (2) CNRS UMR 5227, Bordeaux, France; (3) Pharmacology, Univ. Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain; (4) LIGHT, Leeds, UK
- INHIBITORY TRANSMISSION IN LOCUS COERULEUS NEURONS EXPRESSING GABAA RECEPTOR EPSILON SUBUNIT HAS A NUMBER OF UNIQUE PROPERTIES.

011.26. Poster board B58 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Thomas P. & Smart T. G.
Dept. of Pharmacol., UCL, London, UK
- USING A FUNCTIONALLY-TAGGED GABA-A RECEPTOR ALPHA 5 SUBUNIT TO INVESTIGATE CELL SURFACE TRAFFICKING.

011.27. Poster board B59 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Tretter V. (1), Houston C. (2), Revilla-Sanchez R. (1), Couve A. (3), Jurd R. (1), Warren N. (1), Carr G. (1), Lucki I. (1), Smart T. G. (2) & Moss S. J. (1)
(1) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; (2) University College London, London, UK; (3) Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- MUTATION OF TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION SITE OF THE GABAA RECEPTOR GAMMA2 SUBUNIT RESULTS IN LETHAL PHENOTYPE OF HOMOZYGOUS MICE AND CELLTYPE SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN HETEROZYGOUS ANIMALS.

011.28. Poster board B60 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Twelvetrees A. E. (1), Yuen E. (2), Arancibia-Carcamo I. L. (1), Lumb M. J. (1), Yan Z. (2) & Kittler J. (1).
(1) Dept. of Phys., UCL, London, UK; (2) Dept. Phys. and Biophys., SUNY, New York, USA
- A HUNTINGTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1 / KINESIN FAMILY MEMBER 5 (KIF5) TRAFFICKING COMPLEX DIRECTS TRANSPORT OF GABA-A RECEPTORS TO MAINTAIN INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AND IS INHIBITED BY MUTANT HUNTINGTIN.

011.29. Poster board B61 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Uusi-Oukari M. (1), Kontturi L. (1) & Wallner M. (2)
(1) University of Turku, Dept. Pharmacol., Drug Dev. & Ther., Turku, Finland; (2) Univ. California Los Angeles, Dept. Mol. Med. Pharmacol., Los Angeles, United States
- SLOW ASSOCIATION AND DISSOCIATION OF [3H]RO 15-4513 BINDING IN ALPHA4- AND ALPHA6-CONTAINING RECOMBINANT GABA-A RECEPTORS.

011.30. Poster board B62 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Vargas-Caballero M. & Paulsen O.
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- L655, 708 - AN ALPHA-5 SELECTIVE BENZODIAZEPINE INVERSE AGONIST - REDUCES GABA(A), SLOW CURRENT IN CA1 PYRAMIDAL NEURONS.

011.31. Poster board B63 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Viltono L. (1), Patrizi A. (1), Varoqueaux F. (2), Wisden W. (3), Wulff P. (3) & Sassoè-Pognetto M. (1)
(1) Dept. Anat. Pharm. Forens. Med., Turin, Italy; (2) Max-Planck Inst. Exp. Med., Gottingen, Germany; (3) Inst. Med. Sci., Aberdeen, Scotland Uk
- SYNAPSE ORGANIZATION IN CEREBELLAR PURKINJE CELLS AFTER SELECTIVE ABLATION OF GABAA RECEPTOR SUBUNITS.

011.32. Poster board B64 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Vlainic J., Jembrek Jazvinscak M., Svob Strac D. & Pericic D.
Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Lab. Mol. Neuropharmacol., Zagreb, Croatia
- THE EFFECT OF PROLONGED ZOLPIDEM TREATMENT ON THE RECOMBINANT ALPHA1BETA2GAMMA2S GABA-A RECEPTORS STABLY EXPRESSED IN HEK 293 CELLS.

011.33. Poster board B65 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1
Waldvogel H. J. (1), Baer K. (2), Eady E. (1), Gilbert R. T. (1), Nicholson L. F. B. (1), Rees M. I. (2) & Faull R. L. M. (1)
(1) Dept Anat with Radiol, Auckland, New Zealand; (2) Inst Life Sci, Swansea, Wales Uk
- AN IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF GEPHYRIN AND THE GABAA RECEPTOR ALPHA1 AND BETA2/3 SUBUNITS IN THE NORMAL HUMAN HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS.

011.34. Poster board B66 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1
Wojtowicz T., Piast M., Lebida K., Wyrembek P., Mercik K. & Mozrzymas J. W.
Lab. Neuroscience, Wroclaw, Poland
- BRIEF EXPOSURE TO GABA IN SYNAPSE SETS THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MINIATURE INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS (MIPSCS) TO MODULATION BY BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AGONISTS IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS.


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