National Neurotrauma Society

As a special addition to the 2005 program, we are pleased to announce the return of the highly successful Sanofi-Aventis Networking Center, which will act as a central gathering place for attendees to check in and pick up their registration credentials, meet for breakfast, check their email at the Internet Cafe, or just sit and chat about the latest neurotrauma news.

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Updated 10/10/05

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th
12:00 - 5:00 PM	Registration Desk Open	West Registration Desk
12:00 – 3:00 PM * Note: Room Change	Journal of Neurotrauma Editorial Board Meeting	Diplomat Ballroom
3:00 – 6:00 PM	EXHIBITOR INSTALLATION	Networking Center (Ambassador Ballroom)
3:30 – 5:30 PM*	WINTR Business Meeting	Executive Room
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Speaker Rehearsals	Regency Ballroom
6:00 PM	POSTER MOUNTING (P1 - P199)	Regency Ballroom
6:00 – 7:00 PM	WINTR WELCOME RECEPTION * Ticket Required	Palladian Ballroom
7:15 – 9:30 PM	NNS Officers and Councilors Dinner Meeting	Diplomat Ballroom
7:15 – 9:30 PM	INTS Planning Committee Dinner Meeting	Executive Room

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration Desk Open	West Registration Desk
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open	Networking Center (Ambassador Ballroom)
7:00 – 8:00 AM	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST	Networking Center (Ambassador Ballroom)
8:00 – 9:40 AM	WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Jean Wrathall, PhD SESSION I - Acute Mechanisms of Injury in Neurotrauma: New Targets for Acute Therapy Chair: Patrick Sullivan, Univ. of Kentucky	Regency Ballroom
8:10 - 8:40	Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Acute CNS Injury - Patrick Sullivan, Univ. of Kentucky
8:40 - 9:10	The Role of Traumatic Microvascular Injury in the Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury - Douglas DeWitt, Univ. of Texas, Galveston
9:10 - 9:40	Calpain in Neural Degeneration: Assassin or Tombstone? - Kathryn Saatman, Univ. of Kentucky
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM	POSTER SESSION I (P17-P106) JUDGING SESSION A: TOP STUDENT POSTERS (P1-8)	Regency Ballroom
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM	BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS	Networking Center
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM	SESSION II: BREAKOUT A - Contemporary Clinical Care for Neurotrauma Patients Chair: P. David Adelson, Univ. of Pittsburgh	Palladian Ballroom
11:15 - 11:45	Traumatic Brain Injury - Raj Narayan, Univ. of Cincinnatti
11:45 - 12:15	Care of the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury - James Wilberger, Jr., Drexel University
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM	SESSION II: BREAKOUT B - New Outcome Measures for Animal Models of Neurotrauma Chair: Frank Hamers, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience	Regency Ballroom
11:15 - 11:35	MRI for Rodent TBI Models - Stan Fricke, Georgetown University
11:35 - 11:55	The "Catwalk" for Rodents - Frank Hamers, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience
11:55 - 12:15	Mouse BMS Locomotor Score - Michelle Basso, Ohio State University
12:15 - 1:30 PM	NNS CAFE OPEN Lunch & snack items will be available for purchase at the Cafe. Attendees may take their lunches into the WINTR Session or remain in the Networking Center. Cash only.	Networking Center
12:15 – 1:30 PM	WINTR SESSION - Writing the Perfect NIH Grant Abstract - David Armstrong, National Institutes of Health	Diplomat Ballroom
BY 12:45 PM 12:45 - 2:45 PM	POSTER REMOVAL (Session I) POSTER MOUNTING (Session II)	Regency Ballroom
1:30 – 3:00 PM	SESSION III - Combination Strategies to Promote Regeneration Chair: Barbara Bregman, Georgetown University	Regency Ballroom
1:30 - 2:00	cAMP and Schwann Cells Promote Regeneration and Recovery After SCI - Mary Bunge, University of Miami
2:00 - 2:30	Switching Mature Retinal Ganglion Cells to a Robust Growth State in Vivo - Larry Benowitz, Children's Hospital, Boston
2:30 - 3:00	Stimulating Optic Nerve Regeneration - Alan Harvey, Univ. of Western Australia
3:00 – 4:30 PM	POSTER SESSION II (P107-P196) JUDGING SESSION B: TOP STUDENT POSTERS (P9-16)	Regency Ballroom
3:00 - 4:30 PM	BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS	Networking Center
4:30 – 5:30 PM	SESSION IV - SCI OPEN COMMUNICATIONS Abstract Chair: Edward Hall, PhD	Regency Ballroom
4:30 - 4:45	P4 RECOMBINANT HUMAN TNFa INDUCES CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT ALTERATIONS IN AXONAL CONDUCTION IN MAMMALIAN SPINAL CORD - A.L. Davies
4:45 - 5:00	P3 INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSES MEDIATED BY TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR (TLR) 2 AND TLR4 SIGNALING ARE IMPORTANT FOR RECOVERY AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY - K.A. Kigerl
5:00 - 5:15	P5 TRANSPLANTATION OF ADULT RAT BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS INTO THE INJURED ADULT RAT SPINAL CORD - A.M. Parr
5:15 - 5:30	P7 LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE IS ENHANCED BY TRAINING USING A COMBINATION OF EPIDURAL STIMULATION AND QUIPAZINE IN COMPLETELY TRANSECTED ADULT RATS - R.M. Ichiyama
4:30 – 5:45 PM 5:45 - 6:00 PM	POSTER REMOVAL (Session II) POSTER MOUNTING (Session III)	Regency Ballroom
6:00 - 7:30 PM	WELCOME RECEPTION Included with all delegate and accompanying spouse registrations.	Palladian Ballroom

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11th
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration Desk Open	West Registration Desk
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open	Networking Center (Ambassador Ballroom)
7:00 – 8:00 AM	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST	Networking Center
8:00 – 9:40 AM	WELCOME BACK & ANNOUNCEMENTS Jean Wrathall, PhD SESSION V - Recovery Mechanisms After Neurotrauma Chair: Dana McTigue, Ohio State University	Regency Ballroom
8:10 - 8:40	Mechanisms of Revascularization - Linda Noble, Univ. of California, San Francisco
8:40 - 9:10	Remyelination After SCI - Dana McTigue, Ohio State University
9:10 - 9:40	Plasticity of CNS Circuits - Martin Schwab, Univ. of Zurich
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM	POSTER SESSION III (P197-P286)	Regency Ballroom
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM	BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS	Networking Center
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM	SESSION VI - TBI OPEN COMMUNICATIONS Abstract Chair: Edward Hall, PhD	Regency Ballroom
11:15 - 11:30	P10 PERISOMATIC THALAMIC AXOTOMY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) IS ASSOCIATED WITH NEURONAL LOSS BUT NOT NEURONAL ATROPHY - J. Lifshitz
11:30 - 11:45	P13 CONCUSSIVE BRAIN INJURY PRODUCES A STATE OF ANATOMICAL AND BEHAVIORAL PRECONDITIONING TO SEIZURES IN THE DEVELOPING RAT BRAIN - G.G. Gurkoff
11:45 - 12:00	P12 AGE-DEPENDENT TEMPORAL PATTERN OF CELL INJURY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: RELATION TO BLOOD FLOW AND ACTIVATED MICROGLIA/MACROPHAGES - H.M. Manvelyan
12:00 - 12:15	P8 EVALUATION OF THE TRAUMATIC COMA DATA BANK CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE BRAIN IN MILD, MODERATE AND SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT? - B. Jacobs
12:15 - 1:30 PM	NNS CAFE OPEN Lunch & snack items will be available for purchase at the Cafe. Attendees may take their lunches into the NNS Meeting or remain in the Networking Center. Cash only.	Networking Center
12:15– 1:30 PM	NNS BUSINESS MEETING Open to all NNS Members in good standing	Diplomat Ballroom
BY 12:45 PM 12:45 – 2:45 PM	POSTER REMOVAL (P200 - P299) POSTER MOUNTING (P300 - P399)	Regency Ballroom
1:30– 3:00 PM	SESSION VII - Translating Research in Neurotrauma Chair: Susan Harkema, UCLA	Regency Ballroom
1:30 - 2:00	Military Neurotrauma: The DOD and the VA - Mindy Aisen, Veteran's Administration
2:00 - 2:30	Magnesium Sulfate for Neuroprotection after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Trial - Nancy Temkin, Univ. of Washington
2:30 - 3:00	Weight-Support Rehabilitation Trials for SCI - Susan Harkema, UCLA Brain Research Institute
3:00 - 4:30 PM	BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS	Networking Center
3:00 - 4:30 PM	POSTER SESSION IV (P287-P376)	Regency Ballroom
4:30– 5:00 PM	SESSION VIII - Neurotrauma From the Patient's Perspective Introduction - Jean Wrathall Patient Invitee - Daniel Heumann	Regency Ballroom
5:00– 5:45 PM	AWARDS CEREMONY Abstract Chair: Edward Hall, PhD CLOSING REMARKS - Jean Wrathall, PhD	Regency Ballroom
6:30 PM	Registration/Information Desk Closes All completed Evaluation forms, CME certificates and other materials must be turned in prior to this time.	West Registration Desk
by 7:00 PM	POSTER REMOVAL	Regency Ballroom