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The preliminary programme of the Symposium
Oral presentations
Friday
| 13:00 | Registration of active participants |
| 14:00 | Poster-mounting |
| 15:00 | Official opening of the symposium |
| 15:30 | Cognitive neuroscience
chair: Grega Repovš |
| 15:30 | The role of nuclear calcium signaling in long-term memory formation Clara Limbaeck Stokin, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:50 | Cholinergic regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis: A possible role in learning? Giampiero Leanza, Department of Physiology and Pathology and B.R.A.I.N. Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy |
| 16:10 | Manipulation and maintenance in working memory evaluated with functional magnetic resonance imaging Jure Bon, Psychiatric Hospital Begunje, Begunje, Slovenia |
| 16:30 | Electroencephalographic coherence study of working memory brain oscillations Simon Brežan, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:50 | Coffee break |
| 17:00 | Subliminal perception - only what we attend to? Grega Repovš, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA |
| 17:30 | Exploration of the neural substrates of executive functioning by functional neuroimaging Fabienne Collette, Department of Neuropsychology, University of Liège, Belgium |
| 18:00 | Dual mechanisms of cognitive control Todd Braver, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA |
| 19:00 | Round table discussion (in Slovene): "Pomen raziskav možganov za dobrobit posameznika in družbe" ("Role of brain research for the quality of life of an individual and the society") |
| 19:00 | Guided evening tour of the old center of Ljubljana |
Saturday
| 08:00 | Registration of active participants |
| 08:30 | Developmental neurology
chair: Damjan Osredkar, David Neubauer |
| 08:30 | Vitamin B6 dependent seizures and related disorders Barbara Plecko-Startinig, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria |
| 09:00 | Transient organization of cortical connections in late fetuses and preterm infants Ivica Kostović, Croatian Institute for Brain Research (C.I.B.R.), School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 09:30 | Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy Damjan Osredkar, Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:45 | Amiel-Tison Neurological Assessment at term age Darja Paro-Panjan, Department of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:00 | Melatonin and sleep-wake rhythm in infants with apparent life threatening event Barbara Gnidovec, Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 | Neurology
chair: Maja Bresjanac, Blaž Koritnik |
| 10:45 | Probing the function of neural pathways in Parkinson's disease Tamara Hershey, Medical School, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA |
| 11:15 | Metabolic effects of surgical treatment in Parkinson's disease Maja Trošt, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11:35 | Eyelid movements during blinking in patients with Parkinson's disease Marko Korošec, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11:55 | Coffee break |
| 12:05 | People, cows and madness: lessons from prion disease Herbert Budka, Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| 12:35 | Dementias: Monitoring disease progression with PET Jorge Barrio, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 |
| 13:05 | In vitro evaluation of molecular-imaging probe FDDNP as a marker of aggregated protein deposits in human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and other conformational diseases Mara Bresjanac, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 15:00 | Psychiatry
chair: Jure Bon |
| 15:00 | Emotional processing in schizophrenia: Deficits in wanting versus liking Deanna Barch, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA |
| 15:30 | Dysfunction of supervisory attentional system in schizophrenia: From neuropsychology to neurophysiology Aleš Kogoj, University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:50 | Clinical and neuropsychological correlates of poor insight in schizophrenia
Andrej Žmitek, Psychiatric Hospital Begunje, Begunje, Slovenia |
| 16:10 | Brain perfusion in chronic schizophrenic patients Brigita Novak, University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:30 | Increased Th1 and Th2 immune reactivity in patients with acute exacerbation of schizophrenia Bojana Avguštin, University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:50 | Coffee Break |
| 17:10 | Cognitive dysfunction in late-onset depression Marko Pišljar, Psychiatric Hospital Idrija, Idrija, Slovenia |
| 17:30 | When suicidal genes meet suicidal environment Andrej Marušič, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 17:50 | The impact of emotional context on cognitive processing in the group of suicidal alcoholics Mojca Šoštarič, Institute of Medical Sciences, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 18:10 | A case-control molecular genetic study of completed suicide in Slovenia: Some serotonergic genes Tina Žagar, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 18:30 | Effects of LEK-8829 in a model of cocaine-addiction Nataša Milivojevič, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Sunday
| 08:30 | Registration of active participants |
| 09:00 | Neuromuscular junction: development and function
chair: Tomaž Marš, Marko Jevšek |
| 09:00 | Alternative splicing and the synapse: a role for the paraneoplastic neurologic disease antigen Nova at the neuromuscular junction Matteo Ruggiu, Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, HHMI, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA |
| 09:25 | Role of the acetylcholine receptor before innervation Paola Lorenzon, Department of Physiology and Pathology and Centre for Neuroscience B.R.A.I.N., University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy |
| 09:50 | Is ammodytoxin A, a presynaptically neurotoxic phospholipase A2, internalized into motoneurons? Zala Jenko, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:05 | Development of the neuromuscular junction in the human muscle in vitro Tomaž Marš, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:20 | Microarray screen for synaptic genes in the neuromuscular junction Marko Jevšek, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| 10:35 | Expression of the nerve-derived components of the neuromuscular junction during its synaptogenesis Katarina Miš, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:50 | Acetylcholinesterase interactions with highly toxic organophosphorus compounds
Zrinka Kovarik, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 11:05 | Age-related differences regarding collateral sprouting of sensory axons in the rat Uroš Kovačič, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Modelling mechanism of neurodegeneration
chair: Eva Žerovnik |
| 11:30 | The role of microtubule-based transport in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease Gorazd B. Stokin, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11:55 | Cystatin C role in Alzheimer's disease: from neurodegeneration to neuroregeneration Luisa Benussi, Neurobiology Laboratory - Memory Clinic, Scientific Institute IRCCS - "Centro San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli", Brescia, Italy |
| 12:20 | Human stefin B (cystatin B) as a good model system to study amyloid-fibril formation. Kinetics, morphology and structure Saša Jenko Kokalj, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 12:40 | Amyloid proteins versus pore-forming toxins: prefibrilar oligomers of human stefin B interact with and permeabilise lipid membranes Gregor Anderluh, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 13:00 | Coffee break |
| 13:20 | Synaptic activity regulates interstitial fluid amyloid-beta levels in vivo Steven Mennerick, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, USA |
| 13:45 | The neurotoxicity of venom phospholipase A2, ammodytoxin Igor Križaj, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 14:10 | Regulation of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis during brain development and aging Veronika Stoka, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 14:30 | Conformation-dependent recognition of peptide fragment PrP(214-226) by PrPSc-specific antibody Nataša Poklar Ulrih, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 14:50 | Expression changes in blood in Huntington's disease: Potential biomarkers Luca Lovrecic, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Poster presentations
The posters are expected to be mounted on Friday at 14:00. They will be displayed throughout the duration of the Symposium. The authors are asked to be present for questions and discussion at noted days during coffee breaks.
Saturday
Brain perfusion in first-episode schizophrenic patients, Brigita Novak, Marga Kocmur, Metka Milčinski
Memory-delineated subgroups in schizophrenia, Jure Bon, Andrej Žmitek, Melita Pretnar Silvester, Emil Benedik, Aleksandra Meško, Sana Čoderl, Grega Repovš
Personality disorder, substance use and parasuicidal behaviour: A case report, Nuša Šegrec, Peter Pregelj
Efficancy in treating neuroborreliosis compared with patients with Lyme disease without CNS involvement, Dejan Nikolić, Radmila Karan, Željka Milinčić, Jelena Vuković, Ivana Davidović
ORL infection as dispositional factor of intracranial bacterial infection, Radmila Karan, Dejan Nikolić, Goran Stevanović
Cannabis use and psychosis, Ilonka Vučko Miklavčič, Peter Pregelj
Gender specific disparities in prescribing antipsychotic drugs in the first 24 hours after admission, Matej Furlan, Rok Tavčar
Emotional Stroop task in alcoholic inpatients, Tanja Jazbinšek, Saška Roškar, Grega Repovš, Maja Zorko, Andrej Marušič, Valentin Bucik
Information processes in the motor system: approach with transcranial magnetic stimulation, Martin Rakuša, Blaž Koritnik, Janez Zidar, Piero Paolo Battaglini
Sunday
Effect of chronic psychosocial and physical stress on the level of glucocorticoid receptor and heat shock protein 70 in rat brain, Dragana Filipović, Ljubica Gavrilović, Sladjana Dronjak, Marija B. Radojčić
PO680C a novel sigma-1 receptor agonist: Anti-amnesic effects, as studied in a rodent model of memory dysfunction, Vuokko Antonini, Marino Coradazzi, Orazio Prezzavento, Simone Ronsisvalle, Giampiero Leanza
Selective cholinergic immunolesioning in α7 nAChR KO mice: Anatomical, neurochemical and functional effects, Marco Ledri, Carlo Cusulin, Arianna Novati, Eugenio Manuel Aztiria, Giampiero Leanza
T-type Ca2+ current mediates electrical spontaneous activity in cultured mouse myotubes, Mihaela Jurdana, Marina Sciancalepore, Paola Lorenzon, Fabio Ruzzier
Muscle agrin and MuSK are present in primary mouse myotubes differentiated in vitro, Elena Bandi, Elena Formaggio, Cristiano Chiamulera, Marko Jevšek, Tomaž Marš, Guido Fumagalli, Paola Lorenzon
Neuronal regulation of ColQ mRNA expression in rat skeletal muscle, Miha Trinkaus, Saša Trkov, Igor Dolenc, Janez Sketelj
ApoE receptor 2 proteolytic processing modulated by PSD-95, Ana Pocivavsek, Stephen Logan, Hyang-Sook Hoe, Zhanyang Fu, Stefano Vicini, G. William Rebeck
Amyloid-fibril formation and lipid binding of human stefin B and some of its mutants in vitro, Sabina Rabzelj, Ion Gutierrez-Aguirre, Gregor Anderluh, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik
Higher oligomers and prefibrillar aggregates of stefin B, which is not involved in any amyloid pathology, are toxic to cells, Slavko Čeru, Sabina Razbelj, Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik
Dimerization coupled to slow folding of P36G mutant of human stefin B, Aida Kriještorac, Selma Berbić, Manca Kenig, Eva Žerovnik
The role of glutamate dehydrogenase activity in neuroexcitotoxic glutamate development, Matej Kravos, Ivan Malešič
Neurotrophic activity of astrocytes and its regulation, Damijana Mojca Jurič, Špela Miklič, Darja Lončar, Marija Čarman-Kržan
Neuronal proliferation in adult human brain with subarachnoidal haemorrhage, Donatella Sgubin, Eugenio Aztiria, Alessandro Perin, Pierluigi Longatti, Giampiero Leanza
In vivo application of overoxidized poly(1,2-phenylenediamine) coated carbon fiber microelectrode for simultaneous measurement of dopamine, serotonin and ascorbate, Samo B. Hočevar, Marko Živin, Marko Hawlina, Aleksandra Milutinović, Božidar Ogorevc
Ibogaine affects brain energy metabolism, Roman Paškulin, Polona Jamnik, Marko Živin, Peter Raspor, Borut Štrukelj
Identification of genes induced in rat brain by acute administration of diisopropylfluorophosphate using differential display, Nejc Jelen, Jernej Kristl, Borut Štrukelj, Marko Živin
Integrin modulators with a dual/triple action on αVβ3, αVβ5 and α5β1. New targets for treating central nervous system tumors, Kristina Nadrah, Marija Sollner Dolenc
Calcium dynamics and compartmentalization in leech neurons, Sofija Andjelic, Vincent Torre
Growth promoting effect of alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butyl nitrone on regeneration of sensory axons in the rat, Tilen Žele, Uroš Kovačič, Nataša Milivojevič, Marko Živin, Janez Sketelj, Fajko F. Bajrović
Induction pattern of synaptotagmin IV mRNA and protein in hippocampus of rats after systemic kainic acid treatment, Špela Glišovič, Mehdi M. Saghafi, Nataša Milivojevič, Gordana Glavan, Marko Živin
Effects of donepezil on Diisopropyl fluorophosphate toxicity, Peter Pregelj, Saghafi M. Mehdi, Marko Živin
Differential expression of serotonin receptor subtypes in neonatal and adult cerebellum, David Osredkar, Mojca Kržan
