The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Research Frontiers in Brain Function & Disorders

September 7 & 8, 2007
Ponca State Park Education Center
Ponca, Nebraska

Speakers:

James Bibb, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Talk title: The Role of the Neuronal Protein Kinase Cdk5 in Synaptic Plasticity

H. Eugene Hoyme, Ph.D.
Chair of Pediatrics
Sanford School of Medicine at The University of South Dakota
Talk title: Molecular Cytogenetics in Clinical Practice: FISH and Chips

Klaus A. Miczek, Ph.D.
Moses Hunt Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Tufts University
Talk title: Social stress and disorders of reward: cocaine, BDNF and dopamine

Zouxin Wang, Ph.D.
Psychology and Neuroscience
Florida State University
Talk title: The Monogamous Male Brain

Randolph Nudo, Ph.D.
Landon Center on Aging
Talk title: Mechanisms Underlying Recovery After Stroke

The symposium on Research Frontiers in Brain Function and Disorders is designed to provide a forum for clinicians and basic scientists to identify collaborative research opportunities.

Audience

The symposium is intended for clinicians in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, neuropharmacology, basic science researchers, medical students and residents, and graduate students.

Support

This conference is supported by a National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant on Neural Mechanisms of Adaptive Behavior to the University of South Dakota Neuroscience Group.