Neural Signaling
Organized by Solomon H. Snyder, MD, and Richard L. Huganir, PhD
February 15-17, 2001
Washington, DC
Brain Messengers
Sackler Lecture
Day 1:
Introductory Remarks
Solomon Snyder
Session I: Inter- and Intracellular Signaling in the Nervous System
Solomon Snyder, Chair
Molecular Mechanisms in Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis and Recycling
Pietro DeCamilli, Yale University
AMPA Receptors and Synaptic Plasticity
Richard L. Huganir, HHMI, Johns Hopkins University
The Brain's Own Cannabis
Roger Nicoll, University of California, San Francisco
Retrograde Signaling Associated with LTP/LTD
Moo Ming Poo, University of California, Berkeley
Session II: Inter- and Intracellular Signaling in the Nervous System (cont'd)
Richard Huganir, Chair
Molecular Regulation of Ion Channels
Lily Jan, University of California, San Francisco
Signal Transduction Pathways that Regulate Nervous System Development and Function
Michael Greenberg, Harvard University
Olfactory Diversity and Olfactory Behavior: A Novel Lateral Signaling Pathway that Requires Axon Contact and Calcium Signaling
Cori Bargmann, University of California, San Francisco
Presenilin, Notch and the Genesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Dennis Selkoe, Harvard University
Day 2:
Session III: Signaling in the Developing Nervous System
Cori Bargmann, Chair
Establishing and Maintaining an Olfactory Sensory Map
Richard Axel, Columbia University
Signaling in Axon Growth and Guidance
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, University of California, San Francisco
Wiring Up the Brain: Genes, Gradients, and Growth Cones
Corey Goodman, University of California, Berkeley
Nature and Nurture in Brain Wiring
Carla Shatz, Harvard University
Session IV: Drugs and Disease and Signalling in the Nervous System
Carla Shatz, Chair
Molecular Basis of Drug Addiction
Eric Nestler, Dallas Southwestern Medical School
Interplay Between Dopamine, Glutamate and Serotonin Systems in Mice Lacking the Dopamine Transporter
Marc Caron, Duke University
Zinc-Mediated Neural Signaling
Dennis Choi, Washington University
The Neurobiology of Dopamine Signaling
Paul Greengard, Rockefeller University
