THE SCIENCE OF BRAIN DISEASE
When: March 18, 1997, 8:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Masur Auditorium, NIH, Bethesda
In conjunction with Brain Awareness Week, this one-day symposium,
sponsored by 12 NIH Institutes, will highlight the achievements and
promise of neuroscience. The speakers are: Dr. Sangram Sisodia,
Dr. James McNamara, Dr. John Maunsell, Dr. Susan McConnell,
Dr. John Marler, Dr. Nora Volkow, Dr. Joseph Takahashi, and Dr. Eric
Kandel. For program information, check these website addresses:
http://www.nih.gov/nia/new/brain.htm or http://www.nih.gov/news/brain.htm
or call JoAnn Pass, 301/496-1752.
The Science of Brain Disease
An NIH Symposium
in Celebration of Brain Awareness Week
March 18, 1997
8:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Building 10, NIH Masur Auditorium
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Introduction
Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Session I Chair: Richard J. Hodes, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Aging
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Sangram S. Sisodia, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"Molecular Biology of Alzheimer's Disease"
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. James O. McNamara, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center and VA Medical
Center
"Glutamate Receptor Autoantibodies and
Rasmussen's Encephalitis"
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
Session II Chair: Carl Kupfer, M.D.
Director, National Eye Institute
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. John H. R. Maunsell, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
"Representation of the Visual Scene in the
Cerebral Cortex"
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Susan K. McConnell, Ph.D.
Stanford University
"Asymmetric Division and Fate Determination in
the Developing Cerebral Cortex"
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Session III Chair: Enoch Gordis, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. John R. Marler, M.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke
"T-PA for Acute Stroke: From Bench to Bedside"
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Imaging the Actions of Alcohol and Drugs of
Abuse"
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
Session IV Harold E. Varmus, M.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Joseph S. Takahashi, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
"Forward Genetic Approaches to Neuroscience
and Behavior in the Mouse"
4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Center, Columbia
University
"Genetically Modified Mice in the Service of
Memory: A Second Generation Approach"
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Summation and Thanks
Steven E. Hyman, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
No registration is required. For directions or additional information,
please call JoAnn Pass, (301)496-1752.
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