POSTER SESSION II - FRIDAY

TOP STUDENT ABSTRACTS:

Presentation Time
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Abstract Title
  Author
Author Affiliation
10:00 - 10:15
40
The Role Of L-selectin In Demyelination Of White Matter In The Murine Spinal Cord After Contusion Injury
A Olivas
University of California, San Francisco, United States

09:45 - 10:00
65
LIPID RAFTS MEDIATE TNF RECEPTOR-1 SIGNALING IN THE NORMAL AND TRAUMATIZED BRAIN
G Lotocki
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Miami Project to Cure Paralysis University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States
10:15 - 10:30
98
Engineering Nerve Constructs for Clinical Application
B.J. Pfister
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
10:30 - 10:45
133
Living Nerve Constructs bridging peripheral nerve lesions demonstrate long-term survival and restoration of function
JH Huang
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
10:45 - 11:00
136
EFFECT OF FRESH FROZEN PLASMA IN PREVENTION OF DELAYED INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA IN SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
H Baharvahdat
Neurosurgical Department, Emdadi Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
11:00 - 11:15
170
EFFECTS OF IFENPRODIL ON THE LEVEL OF CALPAIN AND CASPASE-3 MEDIATED CELL DEATH IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS
M.N. DeRidder
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
11:15 - 11:30
180
TRANSPLANTS OF NEURONAL AND GLIAL RESTRICTED PRECURSORS PROMOTE RECOVERY OF FUNCTION IN INJURED SPINAL CORD
T Mitsui
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
11:30 - 11:45
199
THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON INTERSTITIAL GLUTAMATE AND LACTATE/PYRUVATE LEVELS IN HUMAN BRAIN AFTER SEVERE HEAD INJURY
A. M. Puccio
University of Pittsburgh Brain Trauma Research Center, Pittsburgh, United States
10:00 - 10:15
210
SYNAPTIC NMDA RECEPTORS ARE AN INITIATING FACTOR IN THE CYTOSOLIC CALCIUM RESPONSE TO STRETCH
DM Geddes
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States

09:45 - 10:00
219
THE RAT CEREBELLUM IS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO INDIRECT TRAUMA FOLLOWING MILD AND SEVERE FOREBRAIN FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY
E Park
Cara Phelan Center for Trauma Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
10:15 - 10:30
220
EVIDENCE FOR ALTERED METABOLIC PATHWAYS IN ANIMALS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: A 13C NMR STUDY.
B.L. Bartnik
UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, Division of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
10:30 - 10:45
236
IN VIVO ELECTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF METHYLPHENIDATE ON STRIATAL DOPAMINE NEUROTRANSMISSION AFTER EXPERIMENTAL TBI:   AN INITIAL ANALYSIS  
JE Sokoloski
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
10:45 - 11:00
250
Cerebrospinal Fluid Caffeine Levels are Increased and Associated with Favorable Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans.
KT Sachse
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
11:00 - 11:15
284
Role of FAS in apoptosis of oligodendrocytes after neurotrauma:   In vitro studies in a human oligodendrocyte cell line
J.W. Austin
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
11:15 - 11:30
285
CULTURE CONFIGURATION AND LOCAL STRAIN REGIME AFFECT THE RESPONSE TO HIGH RATE DEFORMATION IN NEURONS CULTURED IN TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONS
DK Cullen
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States
11:30 - 11:45
293
Evidence For Neuro-Plasticity After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective 2-Year Magnetic Resonance Study
P Goetz
Oxford Centre for Magnetic Resonance, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

ALL OTHER PRESENTATIONS:

Presentation Time
Poster #
Abstract Title
  Author
Author Affiliation
12:15 - 12:30
169
Changes In Axonal Function In Genetically Dysmyelinated Long Evans Shaker Rats: Electrophysiological, Pharmacological And Immunohistochemical Evidence For Involvement Of Kv1.1 And Kv1.
K Sinha     
Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada   
09:45 - 10:00
171
Transduced Fibroblasts Over-expressing Matrix Metalloproteinases Degrade Inhibitory Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Of The Glial Scar
M.A. Pizzi     
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
172
Apoptotic Sensitivity Of The Immature Mouse Brain To DNA Damage Decreases With Age
GT Gobbel     
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
173
COMPARING TRANPLANTATION OF OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING GLIA, BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS OR ASTROCYTES INTO DORSAL HEMISECTION LESIONED   RAT SPINAL CORD
C.G. Boyd   
University of California, Davis , Davis , United States   
10:30 - 10:45
174
SPINAL CORD INJURY MECHANISMS: A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY
C.Y. Greaves     
University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada   
10:45 - 11:00
175
SELECTED MOUSE STRAINS DEMONSTRATE A WIDE RANGE OF CELLULAR RESPONSES TO MODERATE SPINAL CORD CONTUSION INJURY   
LB Jakeman     
The Ohio State university, Columbus, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
176
NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN (rHuEpo) AFTER CORTICAL IMPACT INJURY IN RATS
L Cherian     
Baylor College of medicine, Houston, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
177
THE EFFECT OF CYCLOSPORIN ON CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ISOPROSTANE AND NEUROPROSTANE CONCENTRATIONS IN ADULTS WITH SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
J Hatton
 University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States
11:30 - 11:45
178
The Electrophysiology Of Mammalian Nerves Subjected To Mechanical Strain: An In Vitro Study
J Li   
Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
179
ACUTE AND TRANSIENT BEHAVIORAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH REVERSIBLE APP IMMUNOREACTIVITY AFTER MILD LATERAL FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY IN MONGOLIAN GERBILS
S Li     
Department of Neurosurgery,Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan   
12:00 - 12:15
181
Glial And Neuronal Protein Serum Concentrations Reflect Primary Damage And Secondary Complications After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
P.E. Vos     
UMCN Dept. Neurology, Nijmegen, Netherlands   
12:15 - 12:30
182
TRANSPLANTATION OF EMBRYONIC NEURONAL STEM CELLS TRANSFECTED BY LENTIVIRAL VECTOR TO EXPRESS NOVEL MULTINEUROTROPHIN PROTEIN AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY INJURY IN RATS
A Farahvar     
University of Miami, Miami, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
183
LEPTIN IS INCREASED FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
HJ Thompson     
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
184
CHARACTERIZATION OF A CALIBRATED CLIP COMPRESSION OPTIC NERVE INJURY MODEL FOR NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELL TRANSPLANTATION
I. Kulbatski     
University of Toronto and Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada   
10:15 - 10:30
185
TARGETED DELETION OF THE HEME OXYGENASE-2 GENE PROTECTS STRIATAL CELLS FROM HEMOGLOBIN TOXICITY IN VIVO
Y. Qu     
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
186
BEYOND NEUROPROTECTION OF CORTICOSPINAL TRACT FOLLOWING DENDRITIC CELL VACCINATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURED RATS
A Gothilf     
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel   
10:45 - 11:00
187
OUTCOME AFTER MILD HEAD INJURY: SOCIAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING AFTER SIX MONTHS, A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON THE POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME  
M Stulemeijer     
University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Department of Neurology, Nijmegen, Netherlands   
11:00 - 11:15
188
THE ENDOCANNABINOID 2-ARACHIDONOYL-GLYCEROL PROTECTS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND INHIBITS NF-KAPPAB AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
D Panikashvili     
Dept. of Pharmacology , Jerusalem, Israel   
11:15 - 11:30
189
CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS FROM PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE AND DEGRADABLE HYDROGELS
JA Burdick     
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
190
CHRONIC RISPERIDONE TREATMENT DELAYS MOTOR AND COGNITIVE RECOVERY AFTER EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
A.E. Kline     
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
191
Relationship of BAD/Bcl-xL Heterodimerization to Impaired Axonal Transport and Overt Axolemmal Disruption in Traumatic Axonal Injury
J.R. Stone     
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
192
Bax/VDAC Binding Occurs in Relation to Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Release and Caspase-3 Activation in Traumatic Axonal Injury
A.S. Hawkins     
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
193
LOCOMOTOR TRAINING FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI) INDUCED SPASTICITY
P Bose     
Dept. of Neuroscience, Univ of Florida Brain Inst, Gainesville, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
194
Adenosine A1-Receptor Knockout Mice Develop Lethal Status Epilepticus after Controlled Cortical Impact.
V Vagni (5)
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, United States
10:00 - 10:15
195
T-CELL RECRUITMENT TO THE INJURED MOUSE SPINAL CORD: MOLECULAR CONTROL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FUNCTION
P.G. Popovich     
The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
196
HBO IMPROVES COGNITIVE DEFICIENT IN RATS FOLLOWING FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY
ZW ZHOU     
Medical College of Virginia, VCU, Richmond , United States   
10:30 - 10:45
197
IN SITU EVIDENCE FOR NEURONAL APOPTOSIS WITH CALPAIN OVEREXPRESSION AND NEUROPROTECTION WITH CALPAIN INHIBITOR FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY IN RATS
S. K. Ray     
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
198
CONFOCAL VIDEOMICROGRAPHY OF MICROGLIA IN LIVING BRAIN SLICES FROM ADULT MICE AFTER FOCAL BRAIN INJURY: NOVEL DYNAMIC INSIGHTS AND ERK-DEPENDENT MIGRATION
WS Carbonell     
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
200
IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN A MODEL OF CENTRAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
H.-Y. Tan     
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
201
OLDER PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES: ASSESSMENT OF DEMENTIA RELATED NEUROPATHOLOGY  
CA Gorrie     
School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia   
11:30 - 11:45
202
ACCIDENTAL PENETRATING HEAD INJURY BY A SCREWDRIVER: CASE REPORT
A. DE TOMMASI     
CHAIR OF NEUROSURGERY UNIVERSITY OF BARI, Bari, Italy   
11:45 - 12:00
203
CEREBRAL DISPLACEMENT AS AN INDEX TO CONTROL POST-TRAUMATIC BRAIN SWELLING IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE SUBDURAL HAEMATOMAS
A. DE TOMMASI     
CHAIR OF NEUROSURGERY UNIVERSITY OF BARI, Bari, Italy   
12:00 - 12:15
204
PENETRATING CRANIO-CEREBRAL INJURIES: REVIEW OF 34 CASES OF SURVIVORS.
A. DE TOMMASI     
CHAIR OF NEUROSURGERY UNIVERSITY OF BARI, Bari, Italy   
12:15 - 12:30
205
NEUROENDOCRINE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
F Murillo Cabeza     
University Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain   
09:45 - 10:00
206
DYNAMIC AND TRANSIENT CHANGES IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND EXTRACELLULAR GLUCOSE AND LACTATE IN ACUTE BRAIN INJURY: A COLLABORATIVE CLINICAL STUDY
A J STRONG     
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom   
10:00 - 10:15
207
EFFECT OF SPINAL CORD INJURY SEVERITY AND LOCOMOTOR RECOVERY ON H-REFLEX RATE SENSITIVITY
J.K. Lee     
Georgetown University, District of Columbia, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
208
NEURONAL RESPONSE TO INJURY VARIES DEPENDING ON BOTH MAGNITUDE AND DIRECTIONALITY OF APPLIED STRETCH
KK Schiffman     
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
209
Effects Of Vitamin B3 On Edema Formation Following Cortical Contusion Injury In The Rat
D. R. Gilbert     
East Carolina University, Greenville, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
211
MECHANICALLY INJURED ASTROCYTES ACTIVATE NEARBY ASTROCYTES THROUGH AN ATP-MEDIATED PATHWAY IN VITRO
WJ Miller     
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
212
N-acetylcycteine Attenuates Early Heme Oxygenase-1 Induction Following Brain Trauma
J Yi     
University of Montreal, Deptartment of Medicine, m=Montreal, Canada   
11:15 - 11:30
213
SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE CORTICAL CELLULAR RESPONSE AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT
S Guerrero     
University of Miami, Miami, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
214
EFFECTS OF TRKB GENE TRANSFER COMBINED WITH BDNF INFUSION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MICE.
V Conte     
Philadelphia, United States, United Kingdom   
11:45 - 12:00
215
Profiling of Trx-dependent system gene expression after spinal cord injury: A new therapeutic target to reduce secondary injury.
E Eftekharpour     
Krembil Neuroscience Center,Toronto Western Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
12:00 - 12:15
216
Progression From Frontal-Parietal To Mesial-Temporal Epilepsy After Fluid Percussion Injury In The Rat
JS Fender     
University of Washington, Seattle, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
217
Decreased Membrane Permeability to Potassium in Frontal-Parietal Neocortical Glia Following Fluid Percussion Injury In The Rat
CL Eastman   
University of Washington, Seattle, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
218
MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN IMMATURE RATS
CL Robertson     
University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
221
EVIDENCE FOR A NEUROPROTECTIVE ROLE FOR ASTROCYTIC NF-κB FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MICE
A.J. Bramwell   
University of Miami, Miami, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
222
CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT DELIVERED OVER THE RAT STRIATUM INDUCES MOTOR DEFICITS AND STRIATAL NEURODEGENERATION
MSW Margaret S. Wilson     
University of Pittsburgh Dept of Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
223
Low-frequency Depression of the H-reflex During Sitting and Standing in Able-bodied and Spinal Cord Injured Individuals
K.M. Brown     
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami , United States   
10:45 - 11:00
224
COMPENSATORY BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES IN BEAMWALKING FOLLOWING CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT INJURY IN MICE  
Y.K. Baskin     
University of Miami, Coral Gables, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
225
FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION IN A PARAPLEGIC RODENT MODEL: ELECTRODE DESIGN, IMPLANTATION AND ASSESSMENT
G Venkatasubramanian     
Harrington Department of Bioengineering and Center for Rehabilitation Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Engineering at Arizona Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
226
AMPHETAMINE AND RECOVERY IN PEDIATRIC TBI: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
JP Phillips     
Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
227
SYSTEMIC TREATMENT WITH N-ACETYLCYSTEINE INHIBITS NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION OF APOPTOSIS-INDUCING FACTOR AFTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT INJURY IN MICE
Y Chen     
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
228
THE PARP INHIBITOR INO-1001 PREVENTS NAD DEPLETION AND IMPROVES MORRIS-WATER MAZE PERFORMANCE AFTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT INJURY IN MICE
RSB Clark     
Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Pittsburgh, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
229
A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY & MOTOR RECOVERY IN PEDIATRIC TBI: DOES AMPHETAMINE TREATMENT AFFECT OUTCOME?
C Bergsohn     
Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
230
Apoptosis in the Traumatically-injured Mouse Brain: Sustained Activation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase and the Transcription Protein, Elk-1
VL Holod     
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
231
Effects of Age and Gender on the Axonal Survival within Spinal Cord White Matter after Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
J.C. Furlan     
Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
10:00 - 10:15
232
CHANGES IN MMP-3 EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION WITH ENDOGENOUS TIMP-3 DURING TRAUMA-INDUCED SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY.
LL Phillips     
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
233
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DOPAMINE LEVELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FUNCTIONAL AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOME AFTER SEVERE TBI
AK Wagner     
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
234
Cyclosporin is neuroprotective in a model of traumatic brain injury and secondary hypoxemia
R.A. Bauman     
Div of Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
235
THE EFFECT OF IMPACT VELOCITY ON SPINAL CORD CONTUSION INJURY
C.J. Sparrey     
Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada   
11:00 - 11:15
237
CHANGES IN HIPPOCAMPAL ALPHA AND BETA SYNUCLEIN AFTER MODERATE PEDIATRIC TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN A PND 17 RAT CCI MODEL
MS Chadha     
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
238
PHOSPHORYLATION OF RIBOSOMAL S6 PROTEIN AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
SY Chen     
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
239
Hematological Abnormalities within the First Week after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
J.C. Furlan     
Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
12:15 - 12:30
240
 EFFECT OF LOCAL CORTICAL COOLING (15 C FOR 24 HOURS) WITH THE CHILLERPAD AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE NONHUMAN PRIMATE (NHP)
E. M. Nemoto
 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
11:45 - 12:00
241
UNMYELINATED AXONS OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM SHOW SELECTIVE FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES AFTER INJURY AND FK506 TREATMENT
TM Reeves     
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
242
Traumatic Brain Injury-Spasticity From Mild Injury?
F.J. Thompson     
University of Florida, Gainesville, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
244
GLUTAMINE TREATMENT FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY IN RATS INCREASES FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AND TISSUE SPARING
S.T. Rigley     
Dept. Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada   
10:00 - 10:15
245
TRANSPLANTATION OF EPENDYMAL REGION DERIVED ADULT RAT SPINAL CORD STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS INTO INTACT OR MINIMALLY INJURED RAT SPINAL CORD
AJ Mothe     
Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada   
10:15 - 10:30
246
IN VIVO ELECTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CAFFEINE ON PRESYNAPTIC DOPAMINE NEUROTRANSMISSION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY:   A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
ZD Repanshek     
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
247
Traumatic Axonal Injury And Alterations In Synapse Structure Following Closed Head Injury In The Immature Rat: Evidence For An Age-At-Injury Effect
WB Rittase     
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
248
EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY INDUCES CHANGES IN NOREPINEPHINE TRANSPORTER EXPRESSION IN RAT FRONTAL CORTEX AND STRIATUM
X Chen     
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
249
DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING PREDICTS HISTOPATHOLOGY OF CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT
A Obenaus     
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
251
Transplantation of Adult Neural Stem Cells for the Repair of Adult Dysmyelinated Spinal Cord: Survival, Migration and Differentiation
E Eftekharpour     
Krembil Neuroscience Center, Toronto Western Hospital & University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
11:30 - 11:45
252
A Novel Technique for the Formation of a Brevican-Producing Glial Scar In Vitro
B M Sutton     
University of Kentucky , Lexington, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
254
IMPACT OF LOCOMOTOR TRAINING ON MUSCLE MORPHOLOGY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD CONTUSION INJURY
M Liu     
McKight Brain Institute at the University of Florida, Gainesville, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
255
Mechanism Of Stem Cell Graft Rejection In TBI: The Role Of Apoptotic Pathway  
A Bakshi     
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylavania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
256
THE USAGE OF KI-67 IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN STUDIES OF CELL PROLIFERATION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.  
S Ekmark   
Department of Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Uppsala, Sweden   
09:45 - 10:00
257
TRANSPLANTATION OF GABAERGIC NEURONS BUT NOT ASTROCYTES INDUCE RECOVERY OF SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION IN THE TRAUMATICALLY INJURED BRAIN
G.D. Becerra     
East Carolina University, Greenville, United States
10:00 - 10:15
258
STATIN THERAPY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI): PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN HUMANIZED AMYLOID-BETA MICE.
EE Abrahamson     
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
259
ADMINISTRATION OF VITAMIN B3 REDUCES BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER BREAKDOWN IN THE TRAUMATICALLY INJURED BRAIN
S. Kaplan   
East Carolina University, Greenville, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
260
SHORT TERM SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE DECREASES PROTEIN NITRATION AND CELL DEATH AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY  
H Bayir     
Dept. of Critical Care Medicine, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
261
THE LYS-EGFP-KI TRANSGENIC MOUSE AS A MODEL TO STUDY THE CELLULAR INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
L.A. Mawhinney     
University of Western Ontario , London, Canada   
11:00 - 11:15
262
ROLE OF THE FAS DEATH RECEPTOR IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SPINAL CORD INJURY
MG Fehlings     
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
11:15 - 11:30
263
ALTERATION IN N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR SUBUNIT COMPOSITION AND IMPAIRED NEUROPLASTICITY AFTER FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY IN THE DEVELOPING RAT
N S Santa Maria     
Brain Injury Research Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
265
BRAINSTEM VAGAL CONTROL OF GASTRIC REFLEXES IS BLOCKED BY SPINAL CORD INJURY
G.M. Holmes     
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
266
Histopathological findings 96 hours following mild parasagittal controlled cortical impact injury in the mouse  
J Mirzayan    
Nordstadt Hospital, Hannover, Germany
12:00 - 12:15
267
CHANGES IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVELS OF AMYLOID-BETA PROTEIN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH SEVERE BRAIN TRAUMA.
M.D. Ikonomovic     
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
268
SIMVASTATIN PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST CA1 TRAUMATIC NEURONAL INJURY.   
RA Wallis     
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
269
Inhibition of the p75 Neutrophin Receptor after   Compressive Spinal Cord Injury in C57/Bl6 Mice does not Attenuate Caspase-3 Activation or Improve Functional Recovery  
GKT Chu     
The Toronto Western Research Institute, The Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
10:00 - 10:15
270
Induction of Mitochondrial Apoptosis Signaling Pathways by FAS Activation after Spinal Cord Injury in vivo and in vitro
W. Yu     
Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada   
10:15 - 10:30
271
MODULATION OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL ATP-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL BY DIAZOXIDE PROVIDES PROTECTION AGAINST CA1 TRAUMATIC NEURONAL INJURY.   
KL Panizzon     
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
272
NEURONAL PLASMA MEMBRANE IS TRANSIENTLY DISRUPTED BY MECHANICAL TRAUMA: AN INSIGHT INTO THE MECHANISMS INVOLVED
GR Prado     
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
273
NEURONAL PLASMA MEMBRANE DISRUPTION IN THE TRAUMATICALLY INJURED BRAIN
GR Prado     
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
274
ADMINISTRATION OF RALOXIFENE REDUCES SENSORIMOTOR AND WORKING MEMORY DEFICITS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY  
O. K. Kokiko     
East Carolina University, Greenville, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
275
MEASURING THE PARAMOUNT OUTCOME:

OPTIMUM QUALITY OF LIFE
B Forman     
British Columbia Paraplegic Association, Vancouver, Canada   
11:30 - 11:45
276
Use of Multiphoton Fluorescent Lifetime Microscopy (FLIM) to Illuminate VDAC/Bax Interactions in Traumatic Axonal Injury (TAI)
JD Mills     
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
277
CELL DEATH AND NEUROLOGIC DYSFUNCTION AFTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT IN IMMATURE MICE DEFICIENT IN TNF ALPHA AND FAS GENES
D Bermpohl     
Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Charlestown, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
278
TRANSPLANTATION OF ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS FOR THE REPAIR OF COMPRESSIVE SPINAL CORD INJURY IN RAT
S. Karimi-Abdolrezaee     
Krembil Neuroscience Center, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto Western Research Institute, , Toronto, Canada   
12:15 - 12:30
279
CHRONIC LOSS OF VE-CADHERIN, AN ADHERENS-JUNCTION PROTEIN, IN BLOOD VESSELS FOLLOWING SPINAL CONTUSION INJURY IN RAT
R.J. Grill     
University of Texas-Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
280
PREDICTION OF A RESPONSE IN ICP ON INDUCED HYPERTENSION USING DYNAMIC TESTING OF CEREBRAL PRESSURE AUTOREGULATION.
R. Hlatky     
Center for Neurosurgical Sciences, UTHSC, San Antonio, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
281
Conferring Neuroprotection by Downregulating Apoptosis and Reactive Gliosis with Quercetin
H E Nsoh Tabien     
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada   
10:15 - 10:30
282
The Nogo-A Neutralizing Antibody 7B12 Attenuates

Cognitive and Vestibulomotor Deficits Following Fluid Percussion Brain Injury in Rats

N Marklund     
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
283
THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN B3 ON APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING CORTICAL CONTUSION INJURY IN THE RAT
A. L. Ellis     
East Carolina University, Greenville, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
286
IN VIVO PROPIDIUM IODIDE AND EX VIVO TUNEL IDENTIFIES NECROSIS AND APOPTOSIS IN DISCREET BRAIN CELL POPULATIONS AFTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT IN MICE.
M Whalen     
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
288
EFFECT OF ACUTE, POST-TRAUMATIC MK-801 ADMINISTRATION ON DELAYED APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH IN THE THALAMUS OF BRAIN-INJURED MICE
S Shimizu     
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University , Philadelphia, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
289
alfaII-SPECTRIN AND SEVERITY OF INJURY AFTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT IN THE IMMATURE RAT BRAIN.
JA Pineda     
Evelyn F & William L McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
290
Involvement of MAPKs   and Cell Death after Mechanical Injury
G Serbest     
Neurosurgery, Philedelhia, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
291
POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DEPRESSED CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN AFTER SEVERE BRAIN INJURY
UE Ogbeide     
UCLA, Los Angeles, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
292
CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN- A "SOS" MOLECULE IN CNS REPAIR  
A Rolls     
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel   
12:15 - 12:30
295
EICOSANOID TEMPORAL PROFILES IN CORTEX & HIPPOCAMPUS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
K.I. Strauss     
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
297
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Cytoskeletal Degradation and Neurodegeneration After Controlled Cortical Impact in Mice: More Than a Focal Injury  
P. G. Sullivan   
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
298
Gender Differences in Diffuse vs. Focal TBI in Mice
E.D. Hall     
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
299
EFFECT OF FK-506 ON FKBP-12, PHOSPHO-CREB AND BDNF EXPRESSION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN RAT HIPPOCAMPUS
C.E. Dixon     
University of Pittsburgh, Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
300
SCIATIC NERVE LESION RECOVERY IN RATS IS NOT INFLUENCED BY NITRIC OXIDE INHIBITION
V F Garcêz   
FORP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil   
10:45 - 11:00
301
LOSS OF LEARNING IN THE SPINAL CORD: ROLE OF GLUTAMATE SYSTEMS
AR Ferguson     
Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
302
ADENOSINE A2A AND DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTORS INTERACTIONS IN RAT STRIATUM AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
H.Q. Yan     
University of Pittsburgh, Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
303
TRANSPLANTATION OF ADULT SUBEPENDYMAL ZONE CELLS TO THE ADULT HIPPOCAMPUS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
D Sun     
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
304
EFFECTS OF CORTICAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AFTER SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX LESION ON BEHAVIORAL RECOVERY AND CELL PROLIFERATION IN RATS.
DL Adkins     
University of Texas, Austin, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
305
INFLUENCE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION ON CEREBRAL OXYGENATION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE BRAIN INJURY
SR Leal-Noval   
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain   
12:00 - 12:15
306
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY INCREASES PHOSPHO-SYNAPSIN I AND DECREASES SYNAPTOPHYSIN EXPRESSION IN RATS AND HUMANS
X. Ma     
University of Pittsburgh, Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
307
SURVIVAL AND DIFFERENTIATION OF ADULT MOUSE NEURAL STEM CELLS TRANSPLANTED INTO SPINAL CORD INJURED IMMUNOSUPRESSED CATS
SNK Shekar N Kurpad     
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
308
FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF CD40/CD154 INTERACTIONS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY.
CA Jackson     
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
309
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CAUSES DECREASED EXPRESSION OF PHOSPHO-BAD AND ACTIVATION OF CASPASE-3 IN RATS AND HUMANS
Y. Li     
University of Pittsburgh, Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
310
GENETICALLY TARGETED ASTROCYTE SCAR ABLATION RESULTS IN MODEST LOCAL GROWTH OF AXONS AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
JR Faulkner     
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
311
Reduced Bladder And Bowel Control After Severe Spinal Cord Injury--Even In Patients Able To Walk
W.P. Coleman     
WPCMath, Buffalo , United States   
10:45 - 11:00
312
BEHAVIORAL OUTCOME FOR eNOS DEFICIENT TRANSGENIC MICE TREATED WITH L-ARGININE AFTER A CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT.
HJ Hannay     
Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
313
EFFECT OF APOLIPOPROTEIN E POLYMORPHISM ON OUTCOME FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN CHILDREN
SM Lehman     
Children's Hospital Central California, Fresno, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
314
ALTERATIONS OF CAMKII AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
CL Liu   
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
315
LATERAL FLUID PERCUSSION SUSTAINED EALY IN LIFE PROTECTS HIPPOCAMPAL CELLS FROM SECONDARY SEIZURE  
GG Gurkoff     
UCLA, Los Angeles, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
316
Age As A Prognostic Factor In Severe Spinal Cord Injury
F.H. Geisler     
Illinois Neuro-Spine Center, Aurora, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
317
FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME SCALES IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: COMPARISON OF THE FUNCTIONAL STATUS EXAMINATION AND GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE-EXTENDED 6-MONTHS AFTER INJURY.
A.M. Hudak     
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
318
OLFACTORY MUCOSA PRODUCES FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN RATS WITH SEVERE, CHRONIC SPINAL CORD INJURIES
J.D. Peduzzi     
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
319
OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION:   A SEQUELAE OF PEDIATRIC HEAD INJURY
A Sandford     
University of California, School of Medicine, San Diego, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
320
FEASIBILITY OF A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE REHABILITATION SETTING.
M. Carlile     
Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
321
TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHANGES IN HIPPOCAMPUS AND NEOCORTEX FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) IN THE MOUSE
C Israelsson     
Dept Neuroscience, Dev Neurosci, Uppsala, Sweden   
10:30 - 10:45
322
ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY INSTRUCTS MICROGLIA TO PROTECT AGAINST AGGREGATED BETA-AMYLOID AND GLUTAMATE TOXICITY
Oleg Butovsky     
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel   
10:45 - 11:00
323
SURVIVIN EXPRESSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CASPASE-3 ACTIVATION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN RATS.
EA Johnson     
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
324
OLIGOMERIZATION OF CANNABINOID RECEPTORS AS A PATHOGENIC MARKER OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
SI Svetlov     
Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
325
THE ROLE OF OLIGODENDROCYTES IN TRANSMITTING FORCE TO AXONS DURING TRAUMA
H. Hao     
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
326
IMPAIRED GAP JUNCTION COMMUNICATION AFTER RAPID STRETCH INJURY IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS PARTIALLY MEDIATED BY PEROXYNITRITE
G-X Yu     
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
327
CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMEDIATE BLOOD-SPINAL CORD BARRIER INJURY DUE TO MECHANICAL TRAUMA
J.T. Maikos     
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
328
IMPLICATION OF MULTIPLE CATHEPSINS IN DELAYED CELL DEATH AFTER GRADED SPINAL CORD INJURY IN THE RAT
SM Knoblach     
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
329
EXERCISE COUNTERACTS THE GROWTH INHIBITORY ACTION OF MYELIN IN THE ADULT CNS
F Gomez-Pinilla     
Div. Neurosurgery, and Brain Injury Res. Ctr., UCLA, Los Angeles, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
330
OXIDATIVE STRESS IS AN INITIAL STEP BY WHICH CNS INJURY DECREASES BDNF-DEPENDENT SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY
Z Ying     
Div. Neurosurgery, and Brain Injury Res. Ctr., Los Angeles, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
331
THE EXPRESSION OF GLUR2 AMPA RECEPTOR AFTER CHRONIC TREATMENT WITH ANIRACETAM FOLLOWING MODERATE FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY IN RATS
A.I. Baranova     
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
332
LACTATE BUT NOT GLUCOSE CAN UP-REGULATE MITOCHONDRIAL OXYGEN UPTAKE BOTH IN SHAM AND FLUID PERCUSSED RAT BRAINS
J E LEVASSEUR     
VCU MEDICAL CENTER, RICHMOND,VA, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
333
ADMINISTRATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES NEUTRALIZING THE INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA AND INTERLEUKIN -6 DOES NOT ATTENUATE ACUTE BEHAVIORAL DEFICITS FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT
D LeBold     
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA , United States   
10:45 - 11:00
334
EXPERIMENTAL GRADED CERVICAL CONTUSION IN RATS USING SPINAL CORD DISPLACEMENT: PATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL RECOVERY
DD Pearse   
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
335
DRIVER OUTCOMES OF AN INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAM: A TEN YEAR ANALYSIS
J. Banfield     
Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   
11:15 - 11:30
336