PROGRAM 

afternoon

08.30    Parallel sessions    

• Session 20
  Biological components of neuronal disease (3)
  SENSITIZATION AND NATURAL REWARD MECHANISMS IN ADDICTION(S)
  Moderators: Margreet Brandes (Amsterdam), Berry Spruyt and Jan M. van Ree (Utrecht)
  Berry M. Spruijt (Utrecht)
  Efficiency in behavior requires pleasure (30)
  Mirjam A.F.M. Gerrits (Utrecht)
  The role of endogenous opiods in addiction behaviour (15)
  Louk J.M.J. Vanderschuren (Amsterdam)
  The role of sensitization in drug addiction (30)
  Jane Stewart (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
  Points of debate in mechanisms possibly underlying addiction (45)
       
• Session 21
  Cognition: from basic to clinical science (3)
  Funtional imaging (3)
  IMAGING AND COGNITION IN HUMAN
  Moderator: Peter Hagoort (Nijmegen) 
  Michael D. Rugg (London, UK)
  The neural correlates of encoding and retrieval in human memory: brain potential and fMRI studies (30)
  Miranda van Turennout (Bethesda, USA)
  Perceptual learning: fMRI studies (30)
  Michael G.H. Coles (Urbana-Champaign, USA)
  Errors and/in the brain (30)
  Peter Indefrey (Nijmegen)
  The neural architecture of speech production (30)
       
• Session 22
  SYNAPSE FUNCTION: BIOPHYSICS, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PLASTICITY (1)
  Moderator: Arjen Brussaard (Amsterdam)
  Henk Vijverberg (Utrecht)
  nAChR/5HT3 ion channel activity (30)
  Guus Smit (Amsterdam)
  Binding site of nACh receptors (30)
  Jaap Plomp (Leiden)
  Neuromuscular junction (30)
  Naweed Syed (Calgary, Canada)
  Synthesis of neurotransmitter receptors in neurites (30)
        
• Session 23
  BRAIN FUNCTION REPAIR: DIFFICULTIES AND EXPECTATIONS IN THE NEXT DECADE
  Moderator: Gerard Boer (Amsterdam)
  Benjamin Drukarch (Amsterdam)
  Pharmacology and anti-neurodegeneration in the new mellenium: time for a radical solution (30)
  Joost Verhaagen (Amsterdam)
  Gene therapy (30)
  Gerard J. Boer (Amsterdam)
  Neurotransplantation (30)
  Nico van Meeteren (Utrecht)
  Physiotherapy (30)

10.00   Satellite meeting

Workgroup Neuro-oncology and Neuro-immunology NONI  (part 1)
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12.00    Lunch 

• Session 24
  Biological components of neuronal disease (4)
  CELL DEATH IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
  Moderators: Dop Bär and Bert Joosten (Utrecht)
  Alvaro G. Estévez (Birmingham, AL, USA)  
  Apoptosis and motorneurons (30)
  Dop Bär (Utrecht)
  Cell death mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases; therapeutic strategies for repair (15)
  Angela Vlug (Rotterdam)
  Phophorylated c-jun expression in the transgenic SOD-1 mouse model for ALS (15)
  Freek van Muiswinkel (Amsterdam)
  Expression of the anti-oxidant enzyme NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase in the human Alzheimer and Parkinsonian brain (15)
  Berry Kremer (Nijmegen)
  Cell death mechanisms in an animal model for Huntington disease (15)
      
• Session 25
  SYNAPSE FUNCTION: BIOPHYSICS, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PLASTICITY (2)
  Moderator: Arjen Brussaard (Amsterdam)
  Huib Mansvelder (Chicago, USA)
  Presynaptic nAChR activity and LTP (30)
  Wim Scheenen (Nijmegen)
  Ca2+ dynamics and epilepsy (30)
  Matthijs Verhage (Utrecht)
  Vesicle-docking proteins (30)
        
• Session 26
  Cognition: from basic to clinical science (4)
  PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN HUMAN COGNITION RESEARCH
  Moderator: Wim Riedel (Maastricht)
  Barbara Sahakian (Cambridge, UK)
  Pharmacological models of cognitive dysfunction, an overview (30)
  Sjacko Sobczak (Maastricht)
  Cognitive effects of tryptophan depletion in 1st degree family members of bipolar disorder patients (15)
  Rob Markus (Zeist)
  Effects of carbohydrates on cognitive performance under stress, a role for brain serotonin (15)
  Joop van Gerven  (Leiden)
  Pharmacology of serotonergic challenge tests: from trial and error to PK/PD (15)
  Rien Verbaten (Utrecht)
  Effects of antidepressants on memory and attention (15)
        
• Session 27
  Fundamental basis of psychiatry (3)
  IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES FOR STUDIES IN BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY
  Moderator: Lex Cools (Nijmegen)
  Pierre-Vincenzo Piazza (Bordeaux,  F) 
  Behavioural pharmacology of drugs of abuse: individual differences in rats (30)
  Simona Cabib (Rome, I) 
  Individual differences in behavioral pharmacology of dopaminergic agents: interaction between genotype and environment (30)
  Taco de Vries (Amsterdam) 
  Individual differences in rats: consequences for drug craving (15)
  Frans Sluijter (Nijmegen)
  Individual differences: consequences for disease susceptibility (15)
       
• Satellite meeting
  Workgroup Neuro-oncology and Neuro-immunology NONI (part 2)
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14.30    Break

15.00     Neuroscience Poster Award ceremony

Awards for two poster presenters of the Neuroscience poster session
(sponsored by Elsevier Science B.V.)

15.15     HERSENSTICHTING LECTURE

Alim-Louis Benadid (Grenoble, F)
Neurostimulation and possible applications to neurological defects
(sponsored by Netherlands Brain Foundation)
Chairperson: Gerard J. Boer (Amsterdam)

16.00    Closure