FENS Forum 2008 - Geneva - For posters, morning sessions: 9:30-13:30; afternoon sessions 13:30- 17:30.   Authors are expected to be in attendance at their posters at the time indicated. - For other sessions, time indicates the beginning and end of the sessions. - Click on the abstract number to view/print the abstract.

List of poster sessions

Poster presentation 1 - Session 016 - Sunday 13/07/2008, 09:30-13:30 Hall 1 C: Motor and sensory 016.1. Poster board C51 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Acevedo Arozena A. (1), Rowe C. (1) & Fisher E. M. C. (2) (1) MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, United Kingdom; (2) Inst of Neurology, UCL, London, United Kingdom - A MUTAGENESIS STRATEGY TO FIND SOD1 ALS MODIFIERS IN THE MOUSE. 016.2. Poster board C52 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Babu G. N., Kumar A., Kalita J. & Misra U. K. SGPGIMS, Lucknow, India - ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN THE PROGRESSION AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.3. Poster board C53 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Bockaert J. (2), Pichon X. (1), Wattiez A. S. (1), Alonso G. (2), Eschalier A. (1), Marin P. (2) & Courteix C. (1) (1) INSERM U776. University of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France; (2) UMR CNRS5203. INSERM U661. UM1. UM2, Montpellier, France - DISRUPTION OF 5-HT2A RECEPTOR/PDZ PROTEIN INTERACTIONS REDUCES MECHANICAL HYPERALGESIA AND ENHANCES SSRI EFFICACY IN PAINFUL DIABETIC NEUROPATHY. 016.4. Poster board C54 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Bohl-Delfaud D. (1), Liu S. (1), Blanchard S. (1), Hocquemiller M. (1), Haase G. (2) & Heard J. M. (1) (1) Lab. Rétrovirus et Transfert Génétique U622, INSERM, I. Pasteu, Paris, France; (2) Lab. Dégénerescence et Protection Axonale, Inserm, Marseille, France - DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF MOTOR NEURONS FROM GENETICALLY ENGINEERED NEURAL PRECURSORS. 016.5. Poster board C55 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Cartoni R. (1), Arnaud E. (2), Chrast R. (2) & Martinou J. C. (1) (1) Dept. Cell Biol., Geneva, Switzerland; (2) Dept. Med. Gen., Lausanne, Switzerland - MITOFUSIN-2 R94Q-INDUCED CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE TYPE 2A: A MOUSE MODEL. 016.6. Poster board C56 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Coradazzi M., Giusto E., Codrich M. & Leanza G. B. R. A. I. N. Lab for Neurogenesis and Repair, Univ. of Trieste, Trieste, Italy - COMPENSATORY EVENTS IN THE SPINAL CORD OF THE G93A TRANSGENIC MOUSE DURING ONGOING MOTONEURONAL DEGENERATION: ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL EVIDENCE. 016.7. Poster board C57 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Cupidi C. (1, 2), Mariotti R. (2), Kassa R. M. (2), Giaccone G. (3), Bugiani O. (3) & Bentivoglio M. (3) (1) Dept. Clinical Neurosci., Univ. of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; (2) Dept. Morphological and Biomed. Sci., Univ. of Verona, Verona, Italy; (3) Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy - ENHANCED VULNERABILITY OF MOTONEURONS TO PERIPHERAL AXONAL DAMAGE THROUGH INNATE IMMUNITY-MEDIATED MECHANISM IN TAU-MUTANT MICE. 016.8. Poster board C58 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Filipchuk A. A. (1, 2), Amendola J. (1), Korogod S. M. (2) & Durand J. (1) (1) CNRS UMR 6196, P3M, Marseille, France; (2) Lab. Biophys. Bioel., DNU, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine - STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES OF LUMBAR MOTONEURONS IN THE SOD1 ALS MODEL MICE DETECTED BY ELECTROTONIC ANALYSIS OF RECONSTRUCTED DENDRITIC ARBORIZATIONS. 016.9. Poster board C59 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Fontana E. (1), Bendotti C. (2), Daleno C. (2), Vitellaro-Zuccarello L. (1) & De Biasi S. (1) (1) Dept. Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, Milan, Italy; (2) Dept. Neuroscience, M. Negri Institute for Pharmacol Res, Milan, Italy - EXPRESSION OF SOD1, UBIQUITIN AND GLIAL MARKERS IN THE BRAINSTEM OF TRANSGENIC SOD1G93A MICE, A MODEL OF FAMILIAL AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.10. Poster board C60 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Fraboulet S. (1, 2), Briese M. (1), Esmaeli B. (1), Burt E. C. (1), Christodoulou S. (1), Towers P. R. (1), Davies K. (1) & Sattelle D. B. (1) (1) MRC, FGU Dept of Physiol Anat Genet, Oxford, England; (2) GIN, Inserm U 836-UJF-CEA-CHU, Grenoble, France - DELETION OF SMN-1, THE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS ORTHOLOGUE OF THE SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY GENE, RESULTS IN LOCOMOTOR DYSFUNCTION AND REDUCED LIFESPAN. 016.11. Poster board C61 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Götze R. (1), Basta D. (2) & Ernst A. (2) (1) Dept. Biol., Neuro-otological team, Berlin, Germany; (2) Dept. of Otolaryngology at ukb, Berlin, Germany - EFFECTS OF SALICYLATE APPLICATION ON THE SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY IN BRAIN SLICES OF THE MOUSE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS, MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY AND PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX. 016.12. Poster board C62 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Gulati M. (1), Goebels N. (1), Tzartos S. (3) & Willcox N. (2) (1) Dept. of Clin. Neuroimm, Univ. Hospital Zurich, Univ. Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; (2) Weatherall Inst., Univ. Oxford, Headington, U K; (3) Univ. of Patras, Dept. of Pharmacy, Patras, Greece - CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTI-ACHR ALPHA-SUBUNIT SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES ORIGINATING FROM B AND PLASMA CELLS IN MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. 016.13. Poster board C63 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Henriques A. (1), Pitzer C. (1), Dittgen T. (1), Klugmann M. (2) & Schneider A. (1) (1) Sygnis Bioscience, Heidelberg, Germany; (2) Johannes Gutenberg Uni., Inst. Phy. Chem., Mainz, Germany - ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) -MEDIATED DELIVERY OF GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR (G-CSF) PROLONGS SURVIVAL AND IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME IN A TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL OF ALS. 016.14. Poster board C64 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Hezel M. P. & Galbiati F. Pharm. and Chem. Bio., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA - CAVEOLIN-3 AFFECTS ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR CLUSTERING AT THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION. 016.15. Poster board C65 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Hideyama T. (1), Yamashita T. (1), Tsuji S. (1), Takahashi R. (2), Misawa H. (3), Suzuki T. (4) & Kwak S. (1) (1) Dept. Neurol., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; (2) Dept. Neurol., Univ. of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan; (3) Dept Pharmacol, Kyoritsu Univ. of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan; (4) Dept Basic Biol Sci, Kyoritsu Univ. of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan - MOUSE MODEL OF SPORADIC ALS BY TARGETING RNA EDITING ENZYME IN MOTOR NEURONS. 016.16. Poster board C66 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Jaarsma D., Teuling E., Ahmed S., Haasdijk E., Van Dis V. & Hoogenraad C. C. Dept. Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands - TRANSGENIC MICE EXPRESSING ALS-MUTANT VAPB DEVELOP ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM-DERIVED TUBULAR AGGREGATES IN MOTOR NEURONS. 016.17. Poster board C67 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Jablonka S., Rak K., Lechner B. D., Drexl H. & Sendtner M. Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, Wuerzburg, Germany - VALPROIC ACID EFFECTS ON ISOLATED SMN-DEFICIENT MOTONEURONS FROM A MOUSE MODEL FOR TYPE I SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY. 016.18. Poster board C68 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Kabashi E. (1, 2), Valdmanis P. N. (1), Gros-Louis F. (1), McDearmid J. (2), Drapeau P. (2) & Rouleau G. (1, 2) (1) Centre of Excellence in Neuromics, CRCHUM, Montreal, Canada; (2) Fac de Medecine, Univ de Montreal, Montreal, Canada - DEVELOPING ALS MODELS IN ZEBRAFISH FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT DRUG SCREENING. 016.19. Poster board C69 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Li L., Jennert-Burston K., Yeoman M. & Adu J. Sch Pharm & Biomolec Sci, Brighton, UK - CALPASTATIN EXPRESSION IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.20. Poster board C70 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Locatelli D. (1), Setola V. (1), D’Errico P. (1), Terao M. (2), Finardi A. (1), Colciaghi F. (1), Garattini E. (2) & Battaglia G. (1) (1) Mol. Neuroanatomy and Pathology Unit, Neurol. Inst "C. Besta", Milan, Italy; (2) Mo. Biol. Lab., “Mario Negri” Institute, Milan, Italy - ROLE OF THE AXONAL-SMN (A-SMN) PROTEIN IN AXON GROWTH AND SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY (SMA) PATHOGENESIS. 016.21. Poster board C71 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Nicaise C. (1), Soyfoo M. S. (2), Perret J. (2), Delporte C. (2) & Pochet R. (1) (1) Lab. d'Histologie, Neuroanatomie et Neuropathologie, Brussels, Belgium; (2) Lab. de Chimie Biologique et de la Nutrition, Brussels, Belgium - MODIFIED AQUAPORIN-4 EXPRESSION IN THE SOD1 (G93A) RAT MODEL OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.22. Poster board C72 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Peviani M., Spano G. & Bendotti C. Lab. Mol. Neurobiology. "Mario Negri" Institute, Milan, Italy - THE NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC-TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS ALTERED IN MOTOR NEURONS OF A MOUSE MODEL OF FAMILIAL AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.23. Poster board C73 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Rajangam S., Rao Laxmi T. & Raju T. R. Department of neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India - CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FROM PATIENTS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS INDUCED CHANGES IN RAT MOTOR CORTEX – A LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL STUDY. 016.24. Poster board C74 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Ruiz M., Martinez-Vidal A., Herrera M. & Giménez Y Ribotta M. Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Alicante, Spain - ERYTHROPOIETIN, A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR MOTONEURON DEGENERATION. 016.25. Poster board C75 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Saxena S., Cabuy E., Oakeley E. & Caroni P. FMI, Basel, Switzerland - SELECTIVE VULNERABILITY DETERMINES DISEASE ONSET TIME IN A MOUSE MODEL OF FALS. 016.26. Poster board C76 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Schaefer M. (1, 2), Bielli S. (1), Bellouze S. (1) & Haase G. (1) (1) IBDML, INSERM, Avenir Team, Marseille, France; (2) Inst of Anatomy and Cell Biol, Freiburg, Germany - SYNAPSE AND AXON DEGENERATION IN THY1-YFP MICE WITH PROGRESSIVE MOTOR NEURONOPATHY. 016.27. Poster board C77 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Simon C. M. (1), Jablonka S. (1), Ruiz R. (2), Tabares L. (2) & Sendtner M. (1) (1) Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, Wuerzburg, Germany; (2) Department of Medical Physiology and Biophysics, Seville, Spain - INCREASED SINGLE MOTOR UNIT ACTION POTENTIALS BY ENHANCED AXONAL SPROUTING AS A COMPENSATORY MECHANISM IN A MOUSE MODEL FOR SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY TYPE III. 016.28. Poster board C78 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Spoelgen R., Pitzer C., Krüger C., Kirsch F., Plaas C., Laage R. & Schneider A. SYGNIS Bioscience, Heidelberg, Germany - NEURONAL OVEREXPRESSION OF GRANULOCYTE-COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR (G-CSF) PROLONGS SURVIVAL IN THE SOD1(G93A) TG MOUSE MODEL FOR ALS. 016.29. Poster board C79 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Tovar-Y-Romo L. B. & Tapia R. Inst. Fisiol. Cel. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico - VEGF RECEPTOR-2 ACTIVATION IS INVOLVED IN THE PROTECTION OF SPINAL MOTONEURONS AGAINST AMPA RECEPTOR-MEDIATED EXCITOTOXICITY IN VIVO. 016.30. Poster board C80 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Towne C., Schneider B. L. & Aebischer P. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Brain Mind Inst., Lausanne, Switzerland - RNAI-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR FAMILIAL AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS: ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS SEROTYPE 6 AS A NOVEL VECTOR TO DELIVER SHRNAS AGAINST MUTANT SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 1 IN THE G93A SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 1 MOUSE MODEL. 016.31. Poster board C81 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Veglianese P., Caron I., Marino M. & Bendotti C. Mario Negri Inst, Milan, Italy - STUDY ON THE GLUTAMATE AMPA RECEPTOR SUBUNIT-2 (GLUR2) AND ITS ASSOCIATED TRAFFICKING PROTEINS (ABP, NSF, PICK-1, GRIP-1 AND ALSIN) IN A MOUSE MODEL OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.32. Poster board C82 - Sun 13/07/2008, 11:30 - Hall 1 Walker A. K., Farg M. A., Horne M. K. & Atkin J. D. Howard Florey Inst., Univ. Melbourne, Parkville, Australia - UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE AND ER-GOLGI TRANSPORT DYSFUNCTION IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. 016.33. Poster board C83 - Sun 13/07/2008, 12:15 - Hall 1 Wichert S. P., Nave K. A. & Rossner M. J. Max Planck Institute for experimental medicine, Goettingen, Germany - EXPRESSION PROFILING OF CORTICAL PROJECTION NEURONS IN PLP1 AND CNP1 MUTANT MICE.

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