2004 Presentations

In 2004 we had the following presentations (the research paper is also listed):

RPM 1/12/04 Dianne Lattemann
Mundinger TO, Mei Q, Figlewicz DP, Lernmark A, Taborsky GJ Jr. (2003) Impaired glucagon response to sympathetic nerve stimulation in the BB diabetic rat: effect of early sympathetic islet neuropathy. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 285:E1047-54; Figlewicz DP (2003) THE CNS PHYSIOLOGY OF FOOD REWARD: CURRENT INSIGHTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS in Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology E. Stricker & S.C. Woods, Eds. Plenum Publishers, New York.

NIDA Training Grant Retreat 2/9/04 Current trainees each gave brief (15-20 min) presentations on their research to an audience of the mentors and other trainees. Speakers: Brandon Willis, Eiron Cudaback, Janet Lowe, Chris Kearn, Blair Hoplight, Claire Matson

RPM 3/22/04 Klaus Miczek
Klaus A. Miczek, Eric W. Fish, and Joseph F. De Bolda (2003) Social stress, persistent gene expression in corticolimbic pathways, and cocaine binges Neurosteroids, GABA_A receptors, and escalated aggressive behavior. Hormones and Behavior 44: 42-257.     Herbert E. Covington III and Klaus A. Miczek (2001) Repeated social-defeat stress, cocaine or morphine: Effects on behavioral sensitization and intravenous cocaine self-administration "binges". Psychopharmacology 158:388-398.

RPM 4/19/04 Ken Mackie
Wetherington JP, Lambert NA. (2002) GABA(B) receptor activation desensitizes postsynaptic GABA(B) and A(1) adenosine responses in rat hippocampal neurones. J Physiol. 544:459-467.

RPM 5/17/04 Tom Hnasko
Kremer EJ. (2004) CAR chasing: canine adenovirus vectors-all bite and no bark? J Gene Med. 6 Suppl 1:S139-51.

RPM 6/14/04 Paul Amieux
Mills JC, Roth KA, Cagan RL, Gordon JI. (2001) DNA microarrays and beyond: completing the journey from tissue to cell. Nat Cell Biol. 3(8):E175-8.

RPM 9/27/04 Center Grant Steering Committee Review of Research Progress. 11AM - 1PM, Room 342 SCC

RPM 10/18/04 JP Jones
Heintz N. (2000) Analysis of mammalian central nervous system gene expression and function using bacterial artificial chromosome-mediated transgenesis. Hum Mol Genet. 9(6):937-43.

RPM 11/8/04 Carrie Heusner
Takahata R, Moghaddam B. (2003) Activation of glutamate neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex sustains the motoric and dopaminergic effects of phencyclidine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 28(6):1117-24.     Adams B, Moghaddam B. (1998) Corticolimbic dopamine neurotransmission is temporally dissociated from the cognitive and locomotor effects of phencyclidine. J Neurosci. 18(14):5545-54.

RPM 12/6/04 Carol Ware
Ware CB, Siverts LA, Nelson AM, Morton JF, Ladiges WC. (2003) Utility of a C57BL/6 ES line versus 129 ES lines for targeted mutations in mice. Transgenic Res. 12(6):743-6.

Other research Seminars and program events:

Research Seminar: Paul Phillips (UNC), 1/6/04 "Subsecond Dopamine Dynamics in Physiology and Behavior."

Research Seminar: Krzysztof Palczewski (Univ Wash), 1/13/04 "A concept for G protein activation by G protein-coupled receptor dimers: the transducin/rhodopsin interface."

Research Seminar: George Kunos (NIAAA), 2/3/04 "Endocannabinoids: Novel Lipid Mediators with a Broad Range of Physiological Functions."

Research Seminar: Loren H. Parsons (Scripps), 2/3/04 "5-HT Receptor Subtypes and the Regulation of Drug-Taking Behavior."

Research Seminar: Jay McLaughlin (Univ Wash), 2/5/04 "Molecular Determinants of Addictive Behavior: The Role of Opioid Receptor Phosphorylation."

Research Seminar: Joshua Berke (Boston U), 2/10/04 "Dynamic Properties of Cortex-Basal Ganglia Circuits: Relationships to Decision-Making and Habit Learning."

Research Seminar: David Self (UT Southwestern Medical Center), 3/2/04 "Regulation of Addictive Behavior by Neuroadaptations in the Nucleus Accumbens."

Research Seminar: Klaus Miczek (Tufts), 3/22/04 "Impulsive choice and aggressive behavior: Serotonergic and GABAergic mechanisms."

Research Seminar: Ivan Diamond (UCSF), 3/30/04 "PKA Signaling in Alcoholism and Addiction: The Role of Adenosine and Beta Gamma Dimers."

Genome Sciences seminar: Jay Hirsh (Univ Virginia), 4/14/04 "Flies (& Mice) as Models for Studying Cocaine Response Pathways."

Dissertation Seminar: Lisa Ann Walter (Univ Wash), 6/1/04 "Cannabinoid Signaling in Glia."

Psychiatry's Annual Ripley Lecture: George Koob (Scripps), 6/10/04 "Corticotropin Releasing factor: a key to understanding the behavioral responses to stress."

Research Seminar: Tibor Harkany (The Karolinska Institute), 10/21/04 "BDNF-endocannabinoid interactions during interneuron differentiation: from subtype-elective interneuron cultures to GABAergic lesions."

Research Seminar: Ken Mackie (Univ Wash), 11/3/04 "Medical Applications of Cannabinoids."

Research Seminar: Phillip Leveque, 11/16/04 "Medical Marijuana for Pain Management."

Research Seminar: John Williams (Vollum Institute, OHSU), 11/17/04 "Synaptic inhibition of dopamine neurons."

Research Seminar: Allan I. Basbaum (UCSF), 11/18/04 "The Neurobiology of Pain: From Molecules to Circuits."

Research Seminar: Antonello Bonci (UCSF), 11/23/04 "Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic and mesocortical systems: implications for drug abuse."