The preliminary programme of the Symposium

Oral presentations

Friday

13:00   Registration of active participants
14:00   Poster-mounting
15:00   Official opening of the symposium
15:30   Cognitive neuroscience
chair: Grega Repovš
15:30   The role of nuclear calcium signaling in long-term memory formation
Clara Limbaeck Stokin, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
15:50   Cholinergic regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis: A possible role in learning?
Giampiero Leanza, Department of Physiology and Pathology and B.R.A.I.N. Centre for Neuroscience, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
16:10   Manipulation and maintenance in working memory evaluated with functional magnetic resonance imaging
Jure Bon, Psychiatric Hospital Begunje, Begunje, Slovenia
16:30   Electroencephalographic coherence study of working memory brain oscillations
Simon Brežan, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
16:50   Coffee break
17:00   Subliminal perception - only what we attend to?
Grega Repovš, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA
17:30   Exploration of the neural substrates of executive functioning by functional neuroimaging
Fabienne Collette, Department of Neuropsychology, University of Liège, Belgium
18:00   Dual mechanisms of cognitive control
Todd Braver, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA
19:00   Round table discussion (in Slovene): "Pomen raziskav možganov za dobrobit posameznika in družbe" ("Role of brain research for the quality of life of an individual and the society")
19:00   Guided evening tour of the old center of Ljubljana

Saturday

08:00   Registration of active participants
08:30   Developmental neurology
chair: Damjan Osredkar, David Neubauer
08:30   Vitamin B6 dependent seizures and related disorders
Barbara Plecko-Startinig, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
09:00   Transient organization of cortical connections in late fetuses and preterm infants
Ivica Kostović, Croatian Institute for Brain Research (C.I.B.R.), School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
09:30   Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Damjan Osredkar, Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
09:45   Amiel-Tison Neurological Assessment at term age
Darja Paro-Panjan, Department of Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:00   Melatonin and sleep-wake rhythm in infants with apparent life threatening event
Barbara Gnidovec, Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:15   Coffee break
10:45   Neurology
chair: Maja Bresjanac, Blaž Koritnik
10:45   Probing the function of neural pathways in Parkinson's disease
Tamara Hershey, Medical School, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA
11:15   Metabolic effects of surgical treatment in Parkinson's disease
Maja Trošt, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:35   Eyelid movements during blinking in patients with Parkinson's disease
Marko Korošec, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:55   Coffee break
12:05   People, cows and madness: lessons from prion disease
Herbert Budka, Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
12:35   Dementias: Monitoring disease progression with PET
Jorge Barrio, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095
13:05   In vitro evaluation of molecular-imaging probe FDDNP as a marker of aggregated protein deposits in human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and other conformational diseases
Mara Bresjanac, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
13:30   Lunch Break
15:00   Psychiatry
chair: Jure Bon
15:00   Emotional processing in schizophrenia: Deficits in wanting versus liking
Deanna Barch, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA
15:30   Dysfunction of supervisory attentional system in schizophrenia: From neuropsychology to neurophysiology
Aleš Kogoj, University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
15:50   Clinical and neuropsychological correlates of poor insight in schizophrenia
Andrej Žmitek, Psychiatric Hospital Begunje, Begunje, Slovenia
16:10   Brain perfusion in chronic schizophrenic patients
Brigita Novak, University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
16:30   Increased Th1 and Th2 immune reactivity in patients with acute exacerbation of schizophrenia
Bojana Avguštin, University Psychiatric Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia
16:50   Coffee Break
17:10   Cognitive dysfunction in late-onset depression
Marko Pišljar, Psychiatric Hospital Idrija, Idrija, Slovenia
17:30   When suicidal genes meet suicidal environment
Andrej Marušič, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
17:50   The impact of emotional context on cognitive processing in the group of suicidal alcoholics
Mojca Šoštarič, Institute of Medical Sciences, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
18:10   A case-control molecular genetic study of completed suicide in Slovenia: Some serotonergic genes
Tina Žagar, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
18:30   Effects of LEK-8829 in a model of cocaine-addiction
Nataša Milivojevič, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sunday

08:30   Registration of active participants
09:00   Neuromuscular junction: development and function
chair: Tomaž Marš, Marko Jevšek
09:00   Alternative splicing and the synapse: a role for the paraneoplastic neurologic disease antigen Nova at the neuromuscular junction
Matteo Ruggiu, Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology, HHMI, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
09:25   Role of the acetylcholine receptor before innervation
Paola Lorenzon, Department of Physiology and Pathology and Centre for Neuroscience B.R.A.I.N., University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
09:50   Is ammodytoxin A, a presynaptically neurotoxic phospholipase A2, internalized into motoneurons?
Zala Jenko, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:05   Development of the neuromuscular junction in the human muscle in vitro
Tomaž Marš, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:20   Microarray screen for synaptic genes in the neuromuscular junction
Marko Jevšek, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
10:35   Expression of the nerve-derived components of the neuromuscular junction during its synaptogenesis
Katarina Miš, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:50   Acetylcholinesterase interactions with highly toxic organophosphorus compounds
Zrinka Kovarik, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
11:05   Age-related differences regarding collateral sprouting of sensory axons in the rat
Uroš Kovačič, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:20   Coffee break
11:30   Modelling mechanism of neurodegeneration
chair: Eva Žerovnik
11:30   The role of microtubule-based transport in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
Gorazd B. Stokin, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:55   Cystatin C role in Alzheimer's disease: from neurodegeneration to neuroregeneration
Luisa Benussi, Neurobiology Laboratory - Memory Clinic, Scientific Institute IRCCS - "Centro San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli", Brescia, Italy
12:20   Human stefin B (cystatin B) as a good model system to study amyloid-fibril formation. Kinetics, morphology and structure
Saša Jenko Kokalj, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
12:40   Amyloid proteins versus pore-forming toxins: prefibrilar oligomers of human stefin B interact with and permeabilise lipid membranes
Gregor Anderluh, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
13:00   Coffee break
13:20   Synaptic activity regulates interstitial fluid amyloid-beta levels in vivo
Steven Mennerick, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
13:45   The neurotoxicity of venom phospholipase A2, ammodytoxin
Igor Križaj, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
14:10   Regulation of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis during brain development and aging
Veronika Stoka, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
14:30   Conformation-dependent recognition of peptide fragment PrP(214-226) by PrPSc-specific antibody
Nataša Poklar Ulrih, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
14:50   Expression changes in blood in Huntington's disease: Potential biomarkers
Luca Lovrecic, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Poster presentations

The posters are expected to be mounted on Friday at 14:00. They will be displayed throughout the duration of the Symposium. The authors are asked to be present for questions and discussion at noted days during coffee breaks.

Saturday

Brain perfusion in first-episode schizophrenic patients, Brigita Novak, Marga Kocmur, Metka Milčinski

Memory-delineated subgroups in schizophrenia, Jure Bon, Andrej Žmitek, Melita Pretnar Silvester, Emil Benedik, Aleksandra Meško, Sana Čoderl, Grega Repovš

Personality disorder, substance use and parasuicidal behaviour: A case report, Nuša Šegrec, Peter Pregelj

Efficancy in treating neuroborreliosis compared with patients with Lyme disease without CNS involvement, Dejan Nikolić, Radmila Karan, Željka Milinčić, Jelena Vuković, Ivana Davidović

ORL infection as dispositional factor of intracranial bacterial infection, Radmila Karan, Dejan Nikolić, Goran Stevanović

Cannabis use and psychosis, Ilonka Vučko Miklavčič, Peter Pregelj

Gender specific disparities in prescribing antipsychotic drugs in the first 24 hours after admission, Matej Furlan, Rok Tavčar

Emotional Stroop task in alcoholic inpatients, Tanja Jazbinšek, Saška Roškar, Grega Repovš, Maja Zorko, Andrej Marušič, Valentin Bucik

Information processes in the motor system: approach with transcranial magnetic stimulation, Martin Rakuša, Blaž Koritnik, Janez Zidar, Piero Paolo Battaglini


Sunday

Effect of chronic psychosocial and physical stress on the level of glucocorticoid receptor and heat shock protein 70 in rat brain, Dragana Filipović, Ljubica Gavrilović, Sladjana Dronjak, Marija B. Radojčić

PO680C a novel sigma-1 receptor agonist: Anti-amnesic effects, as studied in a rodent model of memory dysfunction, Vuokko Antonini, Marino Coradazzi, Orazio Prezzavento, Simone Ronsisvalle, Giampiero Leanza

Selective cholinergic immunolesioning in α7 nAChR KO mice: Anatomical, neurochemical and functional effects, Marco Ledri, Carlo Cusulin, Arianna Novati, Eugenio Manuel Aztiria, Giampiero Leanza

T-type Ca2+ current mediates electrical spontaneous activity in cultured mouse myotubes, Mihaela Jurdana, Marina Sciancalepore, Paola Lorenzon, Fabio Ruzzier

Muscle agrin and MuSK are present in primary mouse myotubes differentiated in vitro, Elena Bandi, Elena Formaggio, Cristiano Chiamulera, Marko Jevšek, Tomaž Marš, Guido Fumagalli, Paola Lorenzon

Neuronal regulation of ColQ mRNA expression in rat skeletal muscle, Miha Trinkaus, Saša Trkov, Igor Dolenc, Janez Sketelj

ApoE receptor 2 proteolytic processing modulated by PSD-95, Ana Pocivavsek, Stephen Logan, Hyang-Sook Hoe, Zhanyang Fu, Stefano Vicini, G. William Rebeck

Amyloid-fibril formation and lipid binding of human stefin B and some of its mutants in vitro, Sabina Rabzelj, Ion Gutierrez-Aguirre, Gregor Anderluh, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik

Higher oligomers and prefibrillar aggregates of stefin B, which is not involved in any amyloid pathology, are toxic to cells, Slavko Čeru, Sabina Razbelj, Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Vito Turk, Eva Žerovnik

Dimerization coupled to slow folding of P36G mutant of human stefin B, Aida Kriještorac, Selma Berbić, Manca Kenig, Eva Žerovnik

The role of glutamate dehydrogenase activity in neuroexcitotoxic glutamate development, Matej Kravos, Ivan Malešič

Neurotrophic activity of astrocytes and its regulation, Damijana Mojca Jurič, Špela Miklič, Darja Lončar, Marija Čarman-Kržan

Neuronal proliferation in adult human brain with subarachnoidal haemorrhage, Donatella Sgubin, Eugenio Aztiria, Alessandro Perin, Pierluigi Longatti, Giampiero Leanza

In vivo application of overoxidized poly(1,2-phenylenediamine) coated carbon fiber microelectrode for simultaneous measurement of dopamine, serotonin and ascorbate, Samo B. Hočevar, Marko Živin, Marko Hawlina, Aleksandra Milutinović, Božidar Ogorevc

Ibogaine affects brain energy metabolism, Roman Paškulin, Polona Jamnik, Marko Živin, Peter Raspor, Borut Štrukelj

Identification of genes induced in rat brain by acute administration of diisopropylfluorophosphate using differential display, Nejc Jelen, Jernej Kristl, Borut Štrukelj, Marko Živin

Integrin modulators with a dual/triple action on αVβ3, αVβ5 and α5β1. New targets for treating central nervous system tumors, Kristina Nadrah, Marija Sollner Dolenc

Calcium dynamics and compartmentalization in leech neurons, Sofija Andjelic, Vincent Torre

Growth promoting effect of alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butyl nitrone on regeneration of sensory axons in the rat, Tilen Žele, Uroš Kovačič, Nataša Milivojevič, Marko Živin, Janez Sketelj, Fajko F. Bajrović

Induction pattern of synaptotagmin IV mRNA and protein in hippocampus of rats after systemic kainic acid treatment, Špela Glišovič, Mehdi M. Saghafi, Nataša Milivojevič, Gordana Glavan, Marko Živin

Effects of donepezil on Diisopropyl fluorophosphate toxicity, Peter Pregelj, Saghafi M. Mehdi, Marko Živin

Differential expression of serotonin receptor subtypes in neonatal and adult cerebellum, David Osredkar, Mojca Kržan