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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
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
09:45 - 10:00
003
DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY-TREATMENT OPTION IN SEVERE HEAD INJURY PATIENTS
I. Aksiks   
Neurosurgery Clinic of the University Hospital, Riga, Latvia   
09:45 - 10:00
016
PROTEIN RELEASE FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
L. NIe   
Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
027
ESTROGEN NOT UNCOUPLING PROTEIN-2 (UCP-2) ALTERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA IN MICE.
A. A. Webb   
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada   
09:45 - 10:00
038
NORMOXIC VENTILATORY RESUSCITATION FOLLOWING CONTROLLED CORTICAL IMPACT REDUCES REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES-MEDIATED PROTEIN NITRATION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS
ES Ahn   
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
053
ELEVATION OF SERUM S100B AND NSE IN TBI AFTER BLOCKING OF VEGF RECEPTOR 2.
M.K. Sköld   
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden   
09:45 - 10:00
064
POSTUROGRAPHY IN THE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF MILD TRAUMA BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS
A. DE TOMMASI   
CHAIR OF NEUROSURGERY UNIVERSITY OF BARI, Bari, Italy   
09:45 - 10:00
076
Inhibition of astrocytic activation prevents induction and maintenance of central neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury in rat.
Y.S. Gwak   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
088
PROFILING NEURONAL DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY: COMPARING mRNA PATTERNS AFTER HEMISECTION OR RADIAL GLIAL CELL TRANSPLANT INTO CONTUSED SPINAL CORD
S. Batteur-Parmentier   
Rutgers Univesity, Piscataway NJ, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
100
NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF KETOGENIC DIET FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN JUVENILE RATS  
M.L. Prins   
UCLA, Los Angeles, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
111
LONG-TERM ACCUMULATION OF AMYLOID-ß IN AXONS WITHOUT PROLONGED AMYLOID PLAQUE FORMATION   AFTER BRAIN TRAUMA IN HUMANS  
XHC Chen   
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
122
PROTON MRS PREDICTS DISABILITY AND EMPLOYABILITY IN SEVERELY INJURED TBI PATIENTS.
BA Holshouser   
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda,CA, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
134
ADMINISTRATION OF FK506 DIFFERENTIALLY ATTENUATES NEUROFILAMENT ALTERATIONS AND IMPAIRED AXONAL TRANSPORT IN DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF INJURED AXONS FOLLOWING DIFFUSE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
C.R. Marmarou   
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
146
DEGENERATING FLUORO-JADE-POSITIVE NEURONS IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ARE ZINC-TOXIC
KA Eidson   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
09:45 - 10:00
157
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL IMPROVES FUNCTION OF ISOLATED BRAIN MITOCHONDRIA: IMPLICATIONS IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TRAUMA
H CHEN   
Purdue University, West Lafayette, 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
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
10:00 - 10:15
006
DYSREGULATION OF THE Nav1.3 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL IS NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT FOR ENABLING NEUROPATHIC PAIN AFTER SCI
BC Hains   
Dept. Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
017
INCREASED EXPRESSION AND ACTIVATION OF CASPASE-7 AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN RATS
SF Larner   
University of Florida, Gainesville, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
028
TELEMETRIC MONITORING IN CONSCIOUS RATS OF MICTURITION AND PENILE ERECTILE EVENTS USING CORPUS SPONGIOSUM PENIS PRESSURES FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
Y.S. Nout   
The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
039
HEAD ACCELERATIONS AND PRE-IMPACT KINEMATICS IN SOCCER HEADING
PV Bayly   
Washington University, St. Louis, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
054
EVALUATION OF MOTOR, SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME MEASURES IN THE FORCEPS COMPRESSION MODEL OF SPINAL CORD INJURY
A Ganguly   
Acorda Therapeutics, Hawthorne, New York, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
066
A NOVEL NEUROPROTECTANT, PAN-811, DECREASES INFARCT VOLUME FOLLOWING TRANSIENT FOCAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA IN RATS
XCM LU   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
077
MECHANICAL STRAIN STIMULATES PHOSPHORYLATION OF GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE-3BETA IN ASTROCYTES
JT Neary     
Depts Pathol, Biochem & Molec Biol, Neurosci Prog, Univ Miami Sch Med, Miami, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
089
INCREASED PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE FLUX FOLLOWING SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY:   A 13C-LABELING STUDY
JR Dusick   
UCLA Medical Center - Division of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, CA, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
101
NAAG PEPTIDASE INHIBITOR REDUCES ACUTE NEURONAL DEGENERATION AND ASTROCYTE DAMAGE FOLLOWING LATERAL FLUID PERCUSSION TBI IN RATS
C. Zhong   
UC Davis, Davis, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
112
ADULT RAT FORELIMB DYSFUNCTION AFTER DORSAL CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY
S M Onifer   
University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery, Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Louisville, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
123
FATE AND ACTION OF NEURAL STEM CELLS TRANSPLANTED INTO THE SPINAL CORD AFTER ACUTE TRAUMATIC INJURY  
A. Gorio   
University of Milano, Milano, Italy   
10:00 - 10:15
135
THE EFFECTS OF INTENSIVE LOCOMOTOR TRAINING AND CUTANEOUS FEEDBACK ON LOCOMOTOR RECOVERY AFTER INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY IN RATS
R. Smith   
University of Louisville, Louisville, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
147
GLOBAL GENE CHIP ANALYSIS SHOWS A DRAMATIC SUPPRESSION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN INJURED RAT HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS
DR Kennedy   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
10:00 - 10:15
158
PROGESTERONE ADMINISTRATION REDUCES AQUAPORIN-4 EXPRESSION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MALE RATS
Q. Guo   
Emory University, Atlanta, United States   
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
10:15 - 10:30
98
Engineering Nerve Constructs for Clinical Application
B.J. Pfister
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
10:15 - 10:30
007
BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF MALE AND FEMALE MOTOR PERFORMANCE ON THE BEAM-WALKING TASK AFTER A UNILATERAL CORTICAL INJURY
T Schmanke   
TMA Technology, Grapevine, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
018
MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE HEAD INJURY AND ITS RESULTS
B. Djurovic   
Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Yugoslavia   
10:15 - 10:30
029
MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: CAUSE OR EFFECT?
P.G. Sullivan   
University of Kentucky Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Lexington, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
041
THE ROLE OF BIOETHICS TO INTRODUCE NEW SURGICAL METHOD IN THE TREATMENT OF LIFETHREATENING TRAUMATIC BRAIN SWELLING
A. Csókay   
Markusovszky Hosp., Szombathely, Hungary   
10:15 - 10:30
055
THE EFFECTS OF CHONDROITINASE ON SOMATIC AND AUTONOMIC MOTOR FUNCTION FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY IN THE RAT
A O Caggiano   
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc, Hawthorne, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
067
RESUSCITATION WITH ALBUMIN IMPROVES CEREBRAL OXYGENATION FOLLOWING HEMORRHAGE IN RATS  
GMT Hare   
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
10:15 - 10:30
078
PAN-811, A NOVEL NEUROPROTECTANT, PROVIDES NEUROPROTECTION IN PRIMARY NEURONAL CULTURES BY UP-REGULATING BCL-2 EXPRESSION.
JR Dave   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
090
LACTATE:PYRUVATE RATIOS AFFECT VASCULAR TONE OF ISOLATED RAT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIES
TC Glenn   
Harbor-UCLA Neurosurgery, Torrance, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
102
LIPID-MEDIATED DELIVERY OF THE X-LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS GENE IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD CONTUSION INJURY
JJ Overman   
University of California Davis, Davis, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
113
Stimulation of Endogenous Ependymal Region Stem/Progenitor Cells by Neurotrophic Factors to Promote Axonal Regeneration and Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
AM Parr   
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
10:15 - 10:30
124
IL-8 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROMOTES RECOVERY AND NEUROREGENERATION AFTER TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY
A. M. Di Giulio   
UNiversity of Milano, Milano, Italy   
10:15 - 10:30
137
CRITICAL ROLE OF L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS AND INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM STORES IN MEMBRANE RESEALING FOLLOWING AXONAL TRANSECTION.   
A Nehrt   
Purdue University, Basic Medical Sciences Department, Center for Paralysis Research, West Lafayette, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
148
MODELING CHRONIC CENTRAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN USING ADJUSTMENTS IN FORCE AND DWELL-TIME IN CONTUSIVE SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI)
M.W. Carter   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
10:15 - 10:30
159
Human recombinant factor VIIa is neuroprotective in a model of traumatic brain injury and secondary hypoxemia: preliminary data
R.A. Bauman   
Div of Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 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
10:30 - 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
10:30 - 10:45
008
Noninvasive Monitoring of CSF Mobility for Optimization of Treatment of Craniocerebral Trauma Consequences
Yu.E. Moskalenko   
Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Acad.Sci., St.Petersburg, Russia   
10:30 - 10:45
019
Microglial Response to Unilateral Spinal Cord Compression in Rabbits
H Ozawa   
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan   
10:30 - 10:45
030
BOTH ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AFTER DIFFUSE TBI IN FEMALE AND MALE ANIMALS
C O'Connor   
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia   
10:30 - 10:45
042
SIMULTANEOUS BREAKDOWN OF ΑII- AND ΒII-SPECTRIN BY CALPAIN AND CASPASE-3 IN RAT CEREBROCORTICAL CULTURE UNDER ONCOTIC, APOPTOTIC AND EXCITOTOXIC CHALLENGES
W Zheng   
University of Florida, Gainesville, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
056
MECHANISM OF NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF CALPAIN INHIBITOR MDL-28170, ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN WHITE MATTER INJURY
J AI   
Traumatic Brain Injury Laboratory, Cara Phelan Center for Trauma Research, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto , Toronto, Canada   
10:30 - 10:45
068
ESTABLISHMENT OF A GRADED SPINAL CORD INJURY MODEL IN COMMON MARMOSETS
J Yamane   
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio Unversity, Tokyo, Japan   
10:30 - 10:45
079
PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF THE PKC ACTIVATOR PHORBOL MYRISTATE ACETATE ON BRAIN EDEMA FOLLOWING MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION IN THE RAT
A Kleindienst   
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
091
A RAT MODEL OF FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME: INSIGHTS INTO ETIOLOGY.
B. A. Rooney   
UTMB, Galveston, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
103
TREATMENT WITH THE CYCLOSPORIN DERIVATIVE NIM811 IMPROVES MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND REDUCES OXIDATIVE DAMAGE FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD CONTUSION
ML McEwen   
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
114
DERIVATIVES OF 4-AMINOPYRIDINE INCREASE AXONAL CONDUCTION WITHOUT ALTERING ELECTRICAL RESPONSIVENESS FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD TRAUMA   
JM McBride   
Department of Basic Medical Sciences and Center for Paralysis Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
125
Brain interstitial glutamate and glutamine levels after intravenous administration of nutritional amino acids in the neuro-ICU
T Karlsson   
Dept of Anesthesiology, Uppsala, Sweden   
10:30 - 10:45
138
SPINAL CORD INJURY TRIGGERS B-CELL ACTIVATION AND ANTIBODY SYNTHESIS
DP Ankeny   
The Ohio State University College of Medicine & Public Health, Columbus OH, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
149
NEUROPROTECTIVE GENE EXPRESSION IS DOWNREGULATED IN INJURED HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY  
JM Garcia   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
10:30 - 10:45
160
LONG-TERM VASCULAR EFFECTS OF POSTTRAUMATIC HYPOTHERMIC INTERVENTION FOLLOWING FLUID PERCUSSION BRAIN INJURY
E.P. Wei   
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 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
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
10:45 - 11:00
009
Application of Manipulative Osteopathic Techniques for Treatment of Craniocerebral Trauma Consequences
V.M. Frymann   
Osteopathic Cednter for Children, San Diego, CA, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
020
NEUROLYSES OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS
V. Matejcik   
Neurosurgical Clinic of Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia   
10:45 - 11:00
031
ATP and Glutamate Modulate Interleukin 1-Beta Release From Microglia.
C. Liang   
Va College of Osteopathic Medicine/Va Tech, Blacksburg, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
044
CLINICAL CORRELATION OF HEMORRHAGIC SHEARING LESIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
K.A. Tong   
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
057
NEUROSURGICAL INJURIES FROM OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM TREATED AT ECHELON V FACILITIES DURING THE FIRST YEAR
CJ Neal   
National Capital Consortium, Washington DC, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
069
CHONDROITINASE ABCI TOXICITY AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY IN A RAT MODEL OF SCI
JF Iaci   
Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., Hawthorne, NY, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
081
REDUCED EXPRESSION OF THE KCl CO-TRANSPORTER, KCC2, IN DENTATE GYRUS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR COMPROMISED INHIBITION.
DP Bonislawski     
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
092
Novel Strategies for Functional Recovery After Complete Spinal Cord Transection Based on the Implantation of Synthetic Hydrogel Tubes
H.N Nomura   
Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada   
10:45 - 11:00
104
HIGH LACTATE/GLUCOSE RATIO CORRELATES WITH POOR OUTCOME 3 AND 6 MONTHS AFTER HUMAN SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)
A.T. Mazzeo     
Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatric and Anesthesiological Sciences, University of Messina / Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Virginia, Messina, Italy   
10:45 - 11:00
115
TRANSPLANTATION OF A LINEAR BIODEGRADABLE FOAM AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
Y Jin   
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
126
SYNAPTOPHYSIN EXPRESSION FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE IMMATURE RAT
PD Adelson   
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
139
ESTROGEN: A POTENTIAL NEUROPROTECTANT IN SPINAL CORD INJURY.
E. A. Sribnick   
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
150
CONNEXIN EXPRESSION IN CEREBRAL BLOOD VESSELS IS UPREGULATED AFTER FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY
M Avila   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galvston, United States   
10:45 - 11:00
161
Polyethylene Glycol Treatment Reduces Ethidium Bromide Fluorescence in Injured Neurons after Traumatic Brain Injury
AO Koob   
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States   
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
11:00 - 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
11:00 - 11:15
010
Heat Shock Protein Modulation of KATP and Kca Channel Cerebrovasodilation After Brain Injury
WM Armstead   
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
021
NEUROLYSES OF PERIPHERAL NERVES IN LOWER EXTREMITIES
V. Matejcik   
Neurosurgical Clinic of Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia   
11:00 - 11:15
032
POSTTRAUMATIC HYPOTHERMIA PROVIDES PERSISTING CEREBROVASCULAR PROTECTION.;~PIAL MICROCIRCULATION EVALUATED BY CLOSED CRANIAL WINDOW METHOD 7 DAYS AFTER IMPACT ACCELERATION INJURY IN RATS~
Y Ueda   
Dept of Neurosurgery Shuto General Hospital, Yanai, Japan   
11:00 - 11:15
045
Role of RyR-Receptors And Immunophillin (FK-506) After Hypoxic Injury
S.K. Agrawal   
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
058
EVALUATION OF MINOCYCLINE IN A FORCEPS COMPRESSION MODEL OF SPINAL CORD INJURY IN RAT
MP Zimber   
Acorda Therapeutics, Hawthorne, NY, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
070
HYPERCARBIA PROVIDES NEUROPROTECTION IN FLUID PERCUSSION INJURED RATS.
ML Rolli   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
082
THE TIME COURSES OF METHYLPREDNISOLONE CONCENTRATION CHANGES IN CSF AND IN BLOOD FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
L. WU   
Neurology,UTMB, Galveston, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
093
GENDER OUTCOME DIFFERENCES IN PRE- AND POST-MENOPAUSAL PATIENTS WITH MODERATE-TO-SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
DP Davis   
UC San Diego, San Diego, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
105
SEVERE HUMAN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY DEPRESSES ACTIVATED LYMPHOCYTES:   EFFECT ON INCIDENCE OF INFECTION AND HOSPITAL STAY
C. Gilman   
Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
116
Decreased Cellular Proliferation Results In Decreased Contusion Size and Improved Behavioral Outcome In Rats Following CCI
KE Soderstrom   
DePaul University, Chicago, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
127
IS DEPTH OF CORTICAL COMPRESSION OR IMPACT VELOCITY MORE PREDICTIVE OF CORTICAL AND HIPPOCAMPAL PATHOLOGY?
SW Scheff   
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
140
REGULATION OF INNATE IMMUNITY AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY IN MICE: INVOLVEMENT OF TOLL-LIKE (TLR) RECEPTORS  
K.A. Kigerl   
The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
151
CONNEXIN 43 EXPRESSION IS INCREASED ACUTELY AFTER MODERATE LATERAL FLUID PERCUSSION TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT
CL Floyd   
University of California, Davis, Davis, United States   
11:00 - 11:15
162
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY APPLICATIONS IN NEUROTRAUMA
H McNally   
Purdue University, West Lafayette, 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
11:15 - 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
11:15 - 11:30
011
USE OF MRI TO STUDY THE NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF AGMATINE FOLLOWING EXCITOTOXIC SCI IN THE RAT
SA Berens   
University of Florida, Gainesville, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
022
DELIBERATE OPERATIONS OF PERIPHERAL NERVES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES  
V. Matejcik   
Neurosurgical Clinic of Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia   
11:15 - 11:30
033
ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT INCREASES NEURAL PROGENITORS IN THE HILUS FOLLOWING LATERAL FLUID PERCUSSION BRAIN INJURY
R.R. Hicks   
University of Washington, Seattle, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
046
NEUROPATHIC PAIN AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GLIA AND ATP RECEPTOR UPREGULATION
MR Detloff   
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, OH, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
059
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: I. MODELING A SURVIVABLE, HIGH VELOCITY GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD WITHOUT USING A FIRED PROJECTILE.
A.J. Williams   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
071
PHYSIOLOGIC LIMITS OF TOLERABLE HYPOXIA AND HEMORRHAGE IN THE SETTING OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
ML Rolli   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
083
INDUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF AREA CA1 LONG TERM POTENTIATION (LTP) IS LOSSED FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE MOUSE.    
EP Schwarzbach     
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
094
SPINAL CORD INJURY ACTIVATES INTRASPINAL SIGNALING CASCADES ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-TERM POTENTIATION AND CENTRAL SENSITIZATION
ED Crown   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
106
GDNF Gene Therapy Together with Cerebral Blood Flow Augmentation Reduces Contusion Size but not Behavioral Deficits Following CCI
ML DeGeorge   
DePaul University, Chicago, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
117
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: FINDINGS FROM AN 88-HOSPITAL "REGISTRY"
D L McArthur   
David Geffen Sch Med, Los Angeles, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
128
COMPUTER CONTROLLED CORTICAL CONTUSION DEVICE FOR THE MOUSE
KN Roberts   
Univeresity of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
141
SPINAL CORD CONTUSION INJURY INDUCES UPREGULATION OF CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II IN SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT NEURONS  
K.M. Johnson   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
152
COMBINATION THERAPY OF NEURONAL AND GLIAL RESTRICTED PRECURSORS TRANSPLANTS WITH TAMSULOSIN, AN ALPHA 1A-ADRENERGIC ANTAGONIST, IMPROVES BLADDER FUNCTION IN SPINAL CORD INJURY RATS
T Mitsui   
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia, United States   
11:15 - 11:30
164
EVALUATION OF ERYTHROPOIETIN AS A NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT IN RAT SPINAL CORD CONTUSION AND COMPRESSION MODELS
A Pinzon   
University of Miami, Miami, 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
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
11:30 - 11:45

012

Penetrating Gunshot Brain Injuries Out of Wartime: Prevention of Infection Complications by Continuous Infusion of Antibiotics into the Carotid Artery  
M.D. Blagodatsky   
Irkutsk Medical University, Irkutsk, Russia   
11:30 - 11:45
023
Dynamic regulation of scar related genes after spinal cord injury (SCI)
P. Gris   
Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada   
11:30 - 11:45
034
Regional Cell Death in the Hippocampus is Dependent on Tissue Biomechanics after a Controlled Deformation Stimulus
B. Morrison III   
Columbia University, New York, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
048
GRADED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE P7 RAT PUP
EE Black   
Washington University, St. Louis, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
060
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: II. NEUROLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS.
X-C.M. Lu   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
072
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: IV. PERSISTENCE OF CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION  
JA Hartings   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
084
EFFECTS OF MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE ON CEREBRAL EDEMA AND SPATIAL ACQUISITION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
PA Bryant   
Emory University, Atlanta, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
095
QUANTIFICATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS CONTRALATERAL TO UNILATERAL BRAIN INJURY:   A STEREOLOGY STUDY
L.D. Tran   
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
107
Brain Dependent Processes Contribute to the Adverse   Consequences of Uncontrollable Stimulation on the Recovery of Function
A.C. Bopp   
Texas A&M University, College Station, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
118
TAT FUSION PROTEINS AND ADENOVIRAL VECTORS AS STRATEGIES FOR ELEVATING CELLULAR CALPASTATIN LEVELS AND INHIBITING CALPAIN ACTIVITY IN NEURONS
T Sengoku   
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
129
EARLY REGIONAL SENSITIVITY TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AS DETERMINED BY FLUORO-JADE B STAINING
KM Miller   
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
142
Quantitative Analysis Of Interleukin-1 Beta (IL-1β), Caspase 3 (CASP3) and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) In The Hippocampus Of Young And Aged Mice After Traumatic Brain Injury
SA Shah   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
153
MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN PEDIATRIC TBI: PREDICTION OF COGNITIVE BUT NOT MOTOR DEFICITS
JP Phillips   
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, United States   
11:30 - 11:45
165
IMAGING AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR OLIGODENDROCYTE-AXONAL COUPLING IN SPINAL CORD WHITE MATTER: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEUROTRAUMA
A.A. Velumian   
Surgery/Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada   
11:45 - 12:00
013
INCREASED PROLINE-RICH AKT SUBSTRATE (PRAS40) EXPRESSION IN SOD1 TRANSGENIC RATS PROTECTED MOTOR NEURONS FROM DEATH AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
F Yu   
Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
024
TRAUMATIC AXONAL INJURY INDUCES PROTEOLYTIC CLEAVAGE OF THE VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS MODULATED BY TETRODOTOXIN AND PROTEASE INHIBITORS
A Iwata   
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
035
AUTOLOGOUS SKIN-COINCUBATED MACROPHAGES, A CELL THERAPY FOR ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURY: TRANSLATION OF PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CLINIC  
J.B. Marder   
Proneuron Biotechnologies, Ness Ziona, Israel   
11:45 - 12:00
049
IN VIVO MEASUREMENT OF STRAIN AND STRAIN RATE IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
PV Bayly   
Washington University, St. Louis, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
061
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: III. INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, BRAIN SWELLING AND PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS.
A.J. Williams   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
073
MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9 ACTIVITY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IS ATTENUATED BY HYPOTHERMIA
JS Truettner   
Department of Neurological Surgery, Neurotrauma Research Center, and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
085
DIRECT, LIPID-MEDIATED, AND INDIRECT, CELL-MEDIATED, GENE THERAPY FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY: A COMBINATORIAL APPROACH.
LL Hall   
University of California Davis, Davis, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
096
ACUTE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AFTER LATERAL FLUID PERCUSSION BRAIN INJURY RECOVERS BY ONE MONTH: EVALUATION BY CONDITIONED FEAR
J. Lifshitz   
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
108
UNCONTROLLABLE STIMULATION UNDERMINES RECOVERY OF FUNCTION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
SN Washburn   
Texas A&M University, Dept of Psychology, College Station, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
119
BLOCKADE OF N-TYPE VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNELS IS NEUROPROTECTIVE FOLLOWING STRETCH-INJURY OF NEURONAL-GLIAL CELL CULTURES
K Shahlaie   
University of California, Davis, Davis, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
130
Disturbed brain glucose metabolism in patients with early global edema following aneurysmal SAH
M Zetterling   
Dept of Neurosurgery, Uppsala, Sweden   
11:45 - 12:00
143
CORRELATION OF NEURONAL DEGENERATION IN RAT HIPPOCAMPUS WITH SEVERITY OF BRAIN INJURY  
BA Capra   
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
154
EMBRYONIC RADIAL GLIA BRIDGE SPINAL CORD LESIONS, PROTECT TISSUE ARCHITECTURE, AND PROMOTE FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
Y CHANG   
W. M. KECK CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE NEUROSCIENCE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, PISCATAWAY, United States   
11:45 - 12:00
166
AIT-082 AND METHYLPREDNISOLONE SINGLY, BUT NOT IN COMBINATION, ENHANCE FUNCTIONAL AND HISTOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER ACUTE SPINAL INJURY IN RATS.
S Jiang   
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada   
12:00 - 12:15
014
WITHDRAWAL FROM POST-TBI PROGESTERONE TREATMENT RESULTS IN SELECTIVE DEFICITS FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY
SM Cutler   
Georgia Tech/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
025
Analysis Of Reactive Astrocytes After Cortical Contusion Injury In Transgenic Mice  
D. J. Myer   
UCLA, Los Angeles, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
036
CONTRASTING MECHANISMS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY - CONTUSION, DISLOCATION AND DISTRACTION
AM Choo   
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada   
12:00 - 12:15
050
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL (OEC) PROTEOME AND ITS UTILITY IN DISTINGUISHING OECS FROM SCHWANN CELLS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
JG Boyd   
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada   
12:00 - 12:15
062
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: VI. NEUROPROTECTION TREATMENT WITH RECOMBINANT FACTOR VIIA (rFVIIa).
A.J. Williams   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
074
PERI-INFARCT DEPOLARIZATIONS REGULATE IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE EXPRESSION 8-24 HR FOLLOWING FOCAL BRAIN ISCHEMIA
JA Hartings   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
086
INHIBITION OF CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES BY FLAVOPIRIDOL IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN RATS
I Cernak   
Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
097
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ACTIVATES ADULT HIPPOCAMPAL NEURAL STEM CELLS IN GFP-EXPRESSING TRANSGENIC MICE
T.S. Yu   
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
109
TRAUMATIC NEURONAL PLASMALEMMAL DISRUPTION CAN LEAD TO CELL DEATH NOT NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED WITH CONCOMITANT CALPAIN ACTIVATION.
O. Farkas   
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
120
ACUTE SECONDARY ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
JR Dusick   
UCLA Center for Health Sciences Division of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, CA, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
131
Imipramine Treatment Increases Cell Proliferation Following Fluid-Percussion Injury in Rats
RF Groff   
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
144
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN ORGANOTYPIC HIPPOCAMPAL RAT SLICE CULTURES FOLLOWING SUBSTRATE DEFORMATION
HL Cater   
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom   
12:00 - 12:15
155
LIPID RAFTS MEDIATE FAS SIGNALING AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
AR Davis   
University of Miami, Miami, United States   
12:00 - 12:15
167
HALF-CENTERS OF THE HINDLIMB CPG: INDEPENDENT OR INTERDEPENDENT?
DSK Magnuson   
University of Louisville, Louisville, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
015
GLUTAMATE TOXICITY TO THE SPINAL CORD CAUSES LOCOMOTER IMPAIRMENTS
G.-Y. Xu   
Dept. of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch , Galveston, TX, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
026
GENETIC MANIPULATION OF AFFERENT FIBER SPROUTING FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY MODULATES THE SEVERITY OF AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA.
A.A. Cameron   
University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
037
A PROTEOMIC STUDY OF OXIDATIVELY MODIFIED MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
W.O Opii   
University of Kentucky,Department of chemistry , Lexington, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
051
TRAUMATIC AXONAL INJURY WITHIN PERISOMATIC DOMAINS: SPATIOTEMPORAL PROGRESSION AND HETEROGENEITY OF AXONAL / SOMATIC / DENDRITIC RESPONSES TO INJURY
BJ Kelley   
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
063
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: VII. PROTEOMICS BASED IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION
J.R. Dave   
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
075
PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: V. CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES    
JA Hartings   
Walter Reed Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
087
SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE USE FOLLOWING MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSIS
L.A. Kreber   
University of Colorado, Boulder, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
099
HEMOCOAGULATIONS PARAMETERS DURING MILD HYPOTHERMIA THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HEAD INJURY
Roman Gal   
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic   
12:15 - 12:30
110
GENDER INFLUENCES THE PATHOGENESIS OF DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY IN A RAT MODEL OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
A. Zsombok   
1Department of Neurosurgery, Pecs University, Pecs, Hungary   
12:15 - 12:30
121
NEUROBEHAVIORAL IMPACT OF GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY AFTER MODERATE OR SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
JR Dusick   
UCLA Center for Health Sciences Division of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles, CA, United States   
12:15 - 12:30
132
Evolution of Pressure Reactivity Over Time in Brain Trauma Patients
TP Howells   
Dept of Neurosurgery, Uppsala, Sweden