Belgian Society for Neuroscience
Program of the meeting
Friday May 20, 2005: Poster communications
- CREATINE KINASE, BRAIN TYPE, A NEW RELIABLE AREAL MARKER PROTEIN IN MOUSE NEOCORTEX.
S. Jacobs, S. Speleman, G. Van den Bergh, S. Clerens and L. Arckens
Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium - 2D-DIGE AND MS IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENCES IN THE MOLECULAR EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF
JUVENILE AND ADULT MOUSE BRAIN.
B. Van de Plas, D. Benoot, S. Clerens, G. Van den Bergh, P. Verhaert and L. Arckens
Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium - THE XDMRT5 GENE ENCODING A ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IS HIGHLY EXPRESSED IN THE
FOREBRAIN AND OLFACTORY PLACODES.
V. Moers1, F. Bury1, A. Luyten2, P. Zimmermann2 and EJ. Bellefroid1
1. Laboratoire d'Embryologie Moléculaire, ULB, IBMM, Gosselies, Belgique
2. Glycobiology and Developmental Genetics and the Neuronal Cell Biology Group, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium - FUNCTIONAL ALPHA2 SUBUNIT OF THE GLYCINE RECEPTOR IS SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSED BY GABAERGIC
INTERNEURONS GENERATED FROM NG2+ PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE ADULT DENTATE GYRUS.
J-M. Mangin1, F. Wautier1, L. Borgs1, G. Moonen1,2 , J-M. Rigo3 and S. Belachew1,2
1. C.N.C.M., University of Liège, Belgium
2. Department of Neurology, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
3. Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek, Belgium - ACTIVATION OF PROTEIN KINASE CBETAI CONSTITUTES A NEW NEUROTROPHIC PATHWAY FOR DEAFFERENTED
SPIRAL GANGLION NEURONS.
F. Lallemend1, S. Hadjab1, G. Hans1, G. Moonen1,2 , PP. Lefebvre1,3 and B. Malgrange1
1. Research Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, 17 Place Delcour, B-4020 Liège, Belgium
2. Department of Neurology and
3. Otorhinolaryngology, University of Liège, C.H.U. (B35) Sart-Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium - EXPRESSION OF NF-kB IN SPIRAL GANGLION NEURONS DURING RAT COCHLEAR DEVELOPMENT.
S. Hadjab1, F. Lallemend1, R. Vandenbosch1, I. Breuskin1, P. Robe2, G. Moonen1,3, PP. Lefebvre1,4 and B. Malgrange1
1. Center for Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Liège, Belgium
2. Department of Neurosurgery,
3. Neurology and
4. Otorhinolaryngology, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium - ROLE OF SOX10 IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INNER EAR.
I. Breuskin1,2, M. Bodson1, S. Belachew1,3, R. Vandenbosch1, F. Lallemend1, S. Hadjab1, G. Moonen1,3, PP. Lefebvre1,2 and B. Malgrange1
1. CNCM, University of Liège
2. Dept of ORL, C.H.U. Sart Tilman, Liège
3. Department of Neurology, C.H.U. Sart Tilman, Liège - XBTBD6, A XENOPUS BTB/POZ DOMAIN ENCODING GENE, INTERACTS WITH THE E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE
CULLIN-3 AND REGULATE NEURITES OUTGROWTH.
F. Bury and E. Bellefroid
Laboratoire d'Embryologie Moléculaire, ULB-IBMM, Gosselies, Belgium - AN ANTIBODY DIRECTED AGAINST THE CENTRAL REGION OF REELIN BLOCKS ITS FUNCTION.
Y. Jossin, L. Gui and A. Goffinet
Developmental Genetics Unit, University Louvain Med. School, Avenue E. Mounier, 73 Box 82, B1200 Brussels, Belgium - SCREENING OF A CHEMICAL BANK FOR MOLECULES THAT PERTURB NEURONAL MIGRATION.
L. Zhou, Y. Jossin and AM. Goffinet
Developmental Neurobiology, Univ. Louvain Med. School, B1200 Brussels - XHAIRY2B IN NEURAL CREST DEVELOPMENT.
M. Nichane, V. Taelman and EJ. Bellefroid
Free University of Brussels (ULB-IBMM) Molecular Embryology lab PhD student - STRIATOGENESIS ROLE OF EPHRINS AND EPH RECEPTORS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STRIATAL
COMPARTMENTS.
L. Passante, N. Gaspard, V. Depaepe, A. Dufour and P. Vanderhaeghen
IRIBHM-ULB - WHITE MATTER DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT NEUROGENESIS IN CDK2-DEFICIENT MICE.
R. Vandenbosch, L. Borgs, B. Jablonska, B. Malgrange, I. Breuskin, G. Moonen, P. Kaldis, V. Gallo and S. Belachew
Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Belgium. Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. National Cancer Institute-NIH, Frederick, MD, USA - SIP1, BUT NOT DEF1, IS A NEURAL EFFECTOR IN XENOPUS AND ACTS THROUGH REPRESSION OF BMP
SIGNALING MEDIATED IN PART BY THE CO-REPRESSORS CTBP AND NIR.
LA. van Grunsven1, P. Hublitz3, V. Taelman2, C. Michiels1, K. Opdecamp2, R. Schule3, D. Huylebroeck1, EJ. Bellefroid2.
1. Department of Developmental Biology, VIB07, University of Leuven, Belgium
2. Laboratoire d'Embryologie Molculaire, ULB/IBMM, Gosselies, Belgium
3. Universitäts-Frauenklinik und Zentrum fur Klinische Forschung, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg, Germany - TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF EPHA7 AND ITS LIGAND EPHRIN-A5 IN THE DEVELOPING FOREBRAIN.
S. Pietri, V. Depaepe, A. Dufour, N. Gaspard, L. Passante and P. Vanderhaeghen
IRIBHM, ULB - XHRT1 PLAYS A ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLOOR PLATE AND HETERODIMERIZE WITH HAIRY1 AND
2B THROUGH THE BHLH DOMAIN AND DOWNSTREAM SEQUENCES.
V. Taelman1, R. Van Wayenbergh2, M. Slter3, B. Pichon2, T. Pieler3, D. Christophe2 and E. Bellefroid1.
1. Laboratoire d'Embryologie Moléculaire, ULB-IBMM, Gosselies, Belgium
2. IRIBHN, ULB-IBMM, Gosselies, Belgium
3. Zentrum Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität, Goettingen, Germany - DYNAMIN-I (DYN-I) AND SYNAPTOTAGMIN-I (SYN-I) EXPRESSION IN KITTEN AND ADULT CAT BRAIN.
L. Cnops, T. Leest and L. Arckens
Laboratory of Neuroplasicity and Neuroproteomics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium - GALECTIN-1 KNOCKING-DOWN IN HUMAN U87 GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS IMPAIRS INVASION AND ALTERS PATTERN
OF GENE EXPRESSION.
I. Camby1, A. Berton2, P. Henriet2, F. Lefranc3, C. Decaestecker1, J. Brotchi3, PJ. Courtoy2 and R. Kiss1
1. Lab. Toxicology, Inst. Pharmacy, Université Libre de Bruxelles
2. CELL Unit, Institute of Cellular Pathology, Université catholique de Louvain
3. Dept. Neurosurgery, Erasmus University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. - NEURONS DERIVED FROM MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS DEMONSTRATE FEATURES OF CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL
CELLS.
N. Gaspard and P. Vanderhaeghen
IRIBHM - University of Brussels (ULB) - STUDY OF CRD-NRG NEUREGULIN ISOFORM DISTRIBUTION IN PROLIFERATING AND DIFFERENTIATING NEURAL
STEM CELLS IN CULTURE.
D. Pirotte, F. Wautier, P. Leprince, G. Moonen and B. Rogister
Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, C.H.U. (B35) Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium - NESTIN EXPRESSION BY CULTIVATED RAT BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS REGULATION BY
THROMBIN, LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID AND CELLULAR DENSITY.
F. Wautier*, S. Wislet-Gendebien*, D. Pirotte, P. Leprince, G. Moonen and B. Rogister
Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, C.H.U. (B35) Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
*These two authors have equally contributed to this work. - HOMING AND INTRALESIONAL MIGRATION OF NEURAL AND MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS TRANSPLANTED WITHIN
QUINOLINIC-ACID LESIONED STRIATUM POTENTIAL ROLE OF ENDOGENEOUS PROGENITORS PRODUCING STEM CELL
FACTOR.
K. Bantubungi1, D. Blum2,3, L. Cuvelier1, S. Wislet-gendebien4, B. Rogister4, SN. Schiffmann1
1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, ULB-Erasme.
2. Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery, ULB-Erasme.
3. IRIBHM, ULB-Erasme.
4. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, ULg - DIFFERENT MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICAL EFFECTS ON
GONADOTROPHIN-RELEASING HORMONE SECRETION IN VITRO.
G. Rasier, V. Matagne, A-S. Parent, A. Gerard, M-C. Lebrethon and J-P. Bourguignon
Developmental Neuroendocrinology Unit, Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, University Hospital Center, B-4000 Liège (Sart-Tilman), Belgium - DISRUPTING THE MELANIN-CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1 IN MICE LEADS TO COGNITIVE DEFICITS
AND ALTERATIONS OF NMDA RECEPTOR FUNCTION.
A. Adamantidis1, E. Thomas1, A. Foidart1, A. Tyhon, E. Tirelli, V. Seutin1, T. Grisar1 and B. Lakaye1
1. Research Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology and Unit de Neurosciences Comportementales et de Psychopharmacologie Exprimentale, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium - LACK OF MELANIN-CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR-1 (MCHR1) AMPLIFIES OR RESTORES PSYCHOMOTOR
ACTIVATION BUT NOT SENSITIZATION INDUCED BY COCAINE IN MICE GENERATED FROM BACKGROUNDS
DIFFERENTIALLY SENSITIVE TO COCAINE.
A. Tyhon1, A. Adamantidis2, B. Lakaye2, T. Grisar2 and E. Tirelli1
1. Experimental Psychopharmacology Laboratory, ULg, Boulevard du Rectorat B32, 4000 Liège, Belgium
2. Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, ULg, 17 Place Delcour, 4020 Liège, Belgium (Ezio.Tirelli@ulg.ac.be ; Amelie.Tyhon@student.ulg.ac.be) - SOCIAL MODULATION OF TESTOSTERONE-INDUCED SINGING AND SONG CONTROL NUCLEI VOLUMES IN MALE
CANARIES.
G. Boseret, GF. Ball and J. Balthazart
Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, Belgium and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA - SOCIAL STATUS AND TESTOSTERONE INTERACT TO INDUCE HIGH SINGING RATES IN MALE CANARIES
(SERINUS CANARIA).
C. Carere, G. Boseret, GF. Ball and J. Balthazart
Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, Belgium and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA - BRAIN EXPRESSION OF THE STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR SRC-1 CHANGES DURING THE DAY.
TD. Charlier, GF. Ball and J. Balthazart
Ctr Cell Molec Neurobiol, Res Grp Behav Neuroendocrinol, University of Liège, Belgium
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA - IN VIVO VISUALIZATION OF THE NEUROANATOMY AND BRAIN CONNECTIVITY OF STARLING BRAIN THROUGH
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING.
G. De Groof, M. Verhoye, V. Van Meir, I. Tindemans, A. Leemans and A. Van der Linden
Bio-Imaging Lab, Vision Lab, Univ. Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium - APPETITIVE AND CONSUMMATORY MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR PRODUCE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF FOS
IMMUNOLABELING IN THE QUAIL BRAIN.
M. Taziaux, CA. Cornil, C. Dejace and J. Balthazart
University of Liège, Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Liège, Belgium - VISUALIZING THE ENTIRE SONG CONTROL SYSTEM IN LIVING CANARIES USING INVERSION RECOVERY BASED
MANGANESE ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING.
I. Tindemans, T. Boumans, M. Verhoye and A. Van der Linden
Bio-Imaging Lab, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Campus Middelheim, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium - ASSESSMENT OF HEAMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS AND CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW REACTIVITY USING IN VIVO BOLUS
TRACKING AND ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING IN MICE.
G. Vanhoutte, M. Verhoye and A. Van der Linden
Bio-Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium - THE VOMERONASAL ORGAN IS REQUIRED FOR LORDOSIS BEHAVIOR BUT NOT MATE RECOGNITION IN FEMALE
MICE.
M. Keller1, S. Pierman1, Q. Douhard1, MJ. Baum2 and J. Bakker1
1. Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège
2. Department of Biology, Boston University, USA - TARGETED DELETION OF THE SP4 GENE IN MICE CAUSES SEVERE DEFICITS IN OLFACTORY FUNCTION.
S. Pierman, M. Keller, P. Fokko van Loo, S. Philipsen, J. Vreeburg and J. Bakker
Center Cellular Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège, Belgium Cell Biology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands - PERIOD2 REGULATES PRECURSOR CELL PROLIFERATION AND NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT HIPPOCAMPUS.
L. Borgs, P. Beukelaers, R. Vandenbosch, J-M. Mangin, L. Nguyen, B. Malgrange, G. Hans, G. Moonen, P. Maquet, U. Albrecht and S. Belachew
Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège; Department of Neurology, C.H.U. Sart Tilman, Liège; Cyclotron Research Center, University of Liège; Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - INCREASED EXPRESSION OF GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE-3B (GSK-3B) AND OF THE P25 ACTIVATOR OF
CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE-5 (CDK5) DECREASES NEURITOGENESIS IN DIFFERENCIATED PC12 CELLS.
M. Morel and J-P. Brion
Laboratory of Histology and Neuropathology Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles - EXTRACELLULAR ZINC INDUCED TAU HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION.
A. Boom, M. Morel, R. De Decker, K. Leroy, A. Boutajangout and J-P. Brion
Laboratory of Histology, Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology, School of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium - ALZHEIMER-TYPE NEUROFIBRILLARY LESIONS IN TRANSGENIC MICE EXPRESSING MUTATED TAU PROTEINS
P301S/G272V.
K. Leroy1, A. Boom1, M. Authelet1, R. Dedecker1, T. Gras1, Z. Yilmaz1, K. Schindowski2, L. Bue2 and J-P. Brion1
1. Laboratory of Histology, Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik, 1070, Bruxelles
2. INSERM U 422, Lille - DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR REFRACTORY TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY.
P. Boon, K. Vonck, V. De Herdt, P. Claeys, T. De Smedt, A. Van Dycke, I. Moors, G. Vingerhoets, E. Thiery, R. Achten, W. Wadman, F. De Waele, J. Caemaert and D. Van Roost
Department of Neurology, Neuropsychology, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Medical Imaging, Reference Center for Refractory Epilepsy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium and Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - CHARACTERIZATION OF EFHC1, A PROTEIN MUTATED IN JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY (JME), AS A
MITOTIC SPINDLE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN INTERACTING WITH TUBULIN.
L. de Nijs1, B. Lakaye1, B. Coumans1, AV. Delgado-Escueta2, T. Grisar1 and G. Chanas1
1. University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
2. UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA - LONG-TERM EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION FOR REFRACTORY EPILEPSY THE GHENT
EXPERIENCE.
V. De Herdt, K. Vonck, I. Moors, F. Gossiaux, P. Claeys, M. Van Zandijcke, L. Goossens, E. Achten, G. Vingerhoets, E. Thiery, D. Van Roost and P. Boon.
Reference Center for Refractory Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Neuroradiology, Neuropsychology, Neurosurgery, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium - ARE LASER-EVOKED BRAIN POTENTIALS MODULATED BY ATTENDING TO FIRST OR SECOND PAIN?
A. Mouraux and L. Plaghki
Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium - EFFECTS OF VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION IN PAIN.
S. Multon1, M. Scholsem2, C. Legrain1, N. Pellegrini1, D. Martin2, J. Schoenen1
1. Neuroanatomy laboratory, Research Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, University of Liège
2. Neurosurgery department, CHU, Liège - ACTIVATION AND MODULATION OF NMDA CURRENT BY REMIFENTANIL IN RAT SPINAL CORD.
E. Guntz1, H. Dumont1, C. Roussel1, D. Gall1, F. Dufrasne2, D.Blum, L. Cuvelier1, SN. Schiffmann1 and M. Sosnowski.
1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology
2. Laboratory of pharmaceutical chemistry, Institute of pharmacy Laboratory of experimental neurosurgery, IRIBHM Department of Anesthesiology, Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Pierre Université Libre de Bruxelles - SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE MECHANISMS OF LONG-LASTING LONGTERM POTENTIATION.
L. Ris1, KP. Giese2 and E. Godaux1
1. University of Mons-Hainaut, Department of Neurosciences, Mons
2. WIBR, University College London, Learning and Memory Research, London - PKA-INDEPENDENT MODULATION OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION BY CYCLIC AMP IN CULTURED HIPPOCAMPAL
NEURONS.
M. Genlain, E. Godaux and L. Ris
University of Mons-Hainaut, Department of Neurosciences, Mons - A NEW TYPE OF LONG-LASTING LONG-TERM POTENTIATION (L-LTP)AS A RESULT OF A PRECONDITIONING OF
THE SLICE.
B. Capron1,2, C. Sindic2, E. Godaux1 and L. Ris1
1. University of Mons-Hainaut, Department of Neurosciences, Mons
2. Catholic University of Louvain, Department of Neurology, Brussels - IMMATURE OLIGODENDROCYTES FROM THE OLN-93 CELL LINE EXPRESS VOLTAGE-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM
CHANNELS.
R. Buckinx, D. Janssen, P. Steels, E. Van Kerkhove and J-M. Rigo
Limburgs Universitair Centrum, BIOMED Onderzoeksinstituut & Vakgroep Celfysiologie, Diepenbeek - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MEDIUM AFFINITY, QUICKLY DISSOCIATING, SK CHANNEL
BLOCKERS.
A. Boland1, J. Scuvee-Moreau1, O. Waroux1, A. Graulich2, J-F. Liégeois2, NV. Marrion3 and V. Seutin1
1. Res. Ctr. for Cell. and Mol. Neurobiol. and Lab. of Pharmacol., University of Liège, 4000 Liège
2. Lab. of Med. Chem., University of Liège, 4000 Liège
3. MRC Ctr. for Synaptic Plasticity and Dept. of Pharmacol., University of Bristol, Bristol, UK - APAMIN, A BLOCKER OF SMALL CONDUCTANCE CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNELS, POTENTIATES
COCAINE-INDUCED LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY IN THE RAT.
L. Alleva1, O. Waroux1, A. Graulich2, J. Scuvee-Moreau1, JF. Liégeois2, E. Tirelli3 and V. Seutin1
1. Res. Ctr. for Cell. and Mol. Neurobiol., University of Liège and
2. Lab. of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Liège, both at the Institute of Pathology (B36) B-4000 Liège
3. Dept of Cognitive Sciences, University of Liège (B32) B-4000 Liège - THE EFFECT OF NMDA RECEPTORS ON GAIN MODULATION.
M. Berends, R. Maex and E. De Schutter
Laboratory of Theoretical Neurobiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B2610 Antwerp, Belgium - MODULATION OF NEURONAL EXCITABILITY BY INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM BUFFERING FROM SPIKING TO
BURSTING.
C. Roussel1, T. Erneux2, S. Schiffmann1 and D. Gall1
1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Faculty de Médecine,
2. Optique Nonlinaire Thorique, Faculty of Sciences , Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium - IN VIVO EFFECTS OF FUROSEMIDE ON CEREBELLAR CORTEX.
K. Tahon and E. De Schutter
Laboratory of Theoretical Neurobiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B2610 Antwerp, Belgium - COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF THE EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF
INHIBITORY NEURONS.
R. Maex and E. De Schutter
Laboratory of Theoretical Neurobiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B2610 Antwerp, Belgium - HUMANS AND COMMON CHIMPANZEES SHARE A COMMON CELLULAR AGING PATTERN OF CEREBELLAR PURKINJE
CELLS WHICH DIFFERS FROM THAT OBSERVED IN OTHER PRIMATES.
E. Gilissen1,2, K. Leroy2, J-P. Brion2, JM. Erwin3 and PR. Hof4
1. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium
2. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
3. Bioqual Inc., Rockville, USA
4. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA - EARLY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ANOMALIES OF PURKINJE CELLS IN A TRANSGENIC MICE MODEL OF
SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 1 (SCA1).
R. Hourez1, L. Servais1, D. Gall1, HT. Orr2, M. Pandolfo3 and SN. Schiffmann1
1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
2. Department of Neurology, University of Mississipi Medical Center, Jackson, USA
3. Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, ULB, Brussels, Belgium - DYNAMIC SYNCHRONIZATION OF PURKINJE CELL SIMPLE SPIKES.
S-L. Shin and E. De Schutter
Laboratory of Theoretical Neurobiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B2610 Antwerp, Belgium - LONG-RANGE DEPENDENCE IN SPIKE TRAINS RECORDED FROM CEREBELLAR PURKINJE CELLS.
W. Van Geit and E. De Schutter
Laboratory of Theoretical Neurobiology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B2610 Antwerp, Belgium - HEMICEREBELLECTOMY BLOCKS THE ENHANCEMENT OF CORTICAL MOTOR OUTPUT ASSOCIATED REPETITIVE
SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION.
N. Oulad Ben Taib, J. Brotchi, M-A. Laute, M. Pandolfo and M. Manto
Service de Neurochirurgie et Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Erasme-ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium - CORRELATION BETWEEN CORTICOSPINAL TRACT DYSGENESIS AND UPPER LIMB IMPAIRMENTS AND
DISABILITIES IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEMIPLEGIA A DTI STUDY.
Y. Bleyenheuft1, E. Olivier2, C. Grandin3, G. Cosnard3 and JL. Thonnard1
1. Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Unit
2. Laboratory of Neurophysiology
3. Neuroradiology Department, Functional MRI Section, Université catholique de Louvain - FEEDFORWARD AND FEEDBACK CONTROL IN THE PRECISION GRIP OF PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL
HEMIPLEGIA.
Y. Bleyenheuft1, E. Olivier2 and JL. Thonnard1
1. Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine Unit
2. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Université catholique de Louvain - IN VIVO MULTIMODAL (MRI, MICROSPECT) IMAGING OF THE 6-OHDA RAT MODEL FOR PARKINSONS DISEASE
CORRELATED WITH BEHAVIOR AND HISTOLOGY.
N. Van Camp1, K. Van Laere2, E. Lauwers3, R. Vreys1, D. Beque2, M. Verhoye1,4, A. Verbruggen5, Z. Debyser6, L. Mortelmans2, J. Sijbers4, J. Nuyts2, V. Baekelandt3 and A. Van der Linden1
1. Bio-Imaging Lab, UA
2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, UH Gasthuisberg
3. Laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, KULeuven
4. Visielab, UA
5. Laboratory for Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, KULeuven
6. Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene therapy, KULeuven - DISTINCTIVE CONTRIBUTION OF PREMOTOR AREAS IN THE CONTROL OF PRECISION GRIP.
M. Davare1, M. Andres1,2, G. Cosnard3, J-L. Thonnard4 and E. Olivier1
1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology
2. Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Department of Psychology
3. Neuroradiology Department, Functional MRI Section
4. Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine unit, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium - ROLE OF THE LEFT SUPRAMARGINALIS GYRUS IN CODING HAND POSTURES FOR OBJECT USE.
B. Pelgrims1, M. Andres2, X. Seron2, J-R. Duhamel3, A. Sirigu3 and E. Olivier1,3
1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
2. Unit de Neurosciences Cognitives, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
3. Institut des Sciences cognitives, CNRS, Bron, France - FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF VISUALLY-GUIDED SACCADES IN THE MONKEY.
C. Wardak, W. Vanduffel and GA. Orban
Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, K.U. Leuven, Leuven - NEURAL CORRELATES OF DEPTH PERCEPTION USING AUDITORY SUBSTITUTION OF VISION.
L. Renier, O. Collignon, C. Poirier, D. Tranduy, A. Vanlierde, A. Bol, C. Veraart and AG. De Volder
Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium - USING TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) TO EXPLORE CROSSMODAL PLASTICITY IN EARLY
BLIND SUBJECTS.
O. Collignon1, M. Lassonde2, F. Lepore2, AG. De Volder1, D. Bastien2, MC. Vasilescu2, D. Tranduy1 and C. Veraart1
1. Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
2. Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Canada - FACES ARE PROCESSED HOLISTICALLY IN THE RIGHT MIDDLE FUSIFORM GYRUS.
C. Schiltz and B. Rossion
Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles - RECRUITMENT OF THE VENTRAL AND DORSAL VISUAL PATHWAYS DURING PATTERN RECOGNITION TROUGH A
DEVICE SUBSTITUTING AUDITION FOR VISION A LONGITUDINAL FMRI STUDY.
C. Poirier1, AG. De Volder1, D. Tranduy1, C. Scheiber2
1. Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Université catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
2. Neurofunctional imaging Nuclear Medicine MRI, UMR-7004 CNRS, 67085 Strasbourg, France - TEMPORAL DISSOCIATION OF SPATIAL ATTENTION AND COMPETITION EFFECTS BETWEEN FACE
REPRESENTATIONS.
C. Jacques and B. Rossion
Unit Cognition & Dveloppement, Université Catholique de Louvain - TRAINING IN ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION MODIFIES NEURONAL RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS IN
MACAQUE VISUAL AREA V4.
SE. Raiguel, MG. Santosh, R. Vogels and GA. Orban
Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, K.U. Leuven Medical School, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium - OBSERVATION OF ACTIONS IS REPRESENTED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IN FRONTAL CORTEX. AN AWAKE MONKEY
FUNCTIONAL MRI STUDY.
K. Nelissen1, G. Luppino2, W. Vanduffel1,3, G. Rizzolatti2 and G. Orban1
1. Labo voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2. Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Universita di Parma, Parma, Italy
3. Athinoula A. Martinos Ctr. for Biomed. Imaging ctr., MGH/MIT/HMS, Boston, MA, USA - TUNING OF MACAQUE INFERIOR TEMPORAL NEURONS TO PARAMETERIZED SHAPES IN A RAPID SERIAL VISUAL
PRESENTATION (RSVP) PARADIGM.
W. De Baene and R. Vogels
Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, K.U. Leuven Medical School - A NEURAL REPRESENTATION OF COGNITIVE EXPECTATION IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY EYE FIELDS OF THE
MONKEY.
C. de Hemptinne, P. Lefèvre and M. Missal
Laboratoire de neurophysiologie, Université catholique de Louvain, 5449 avenue Hippocrate 1200 Bruxelles - NMDA RECEPTOR SUBUNIT LOCALIZATION IN ADULT CAT VISUAL AREA 17.
T. Theuwissen, N. Vermeulen, E. Van der Gucht and L. Arckens
Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, Katholieke universiteit Leuven - AREA-SPECIFIC PROTEIN EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES DURING LESIONINDUCED REORGANIZATION OF THE
CORTICAL RETINOTOPIC MAPS AS REVEALED BY FLUORESCENT TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIFFERENCE GEL
ELECTROPHORESIS AND MASS SPECTROMETRY.
G. Van den Bergh, S. Clerens, L. Van Eyndhoven, UT. Eysel1 and L. Arckens
Lab of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
1. Lab. of Neurophysiology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany - NEUROCHEMICAL MAPPING OF MOUSE VISUAL SYSTEM REVEALS A NEW CORTICAL PARCELLATION SCHEME
IN RODENTS.
E. Van der Gucht1, L. Van Brussel1, K. Burnat1,2 and L. Arckens1.
1. Lab. of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
2. Lab. of Visual Perception, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland - NEUROCONNECT A NEW TELEMETRIC DEVICE FOR IN VIVO RECORDINGS.
P. d'Alcantara - USING FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI) TO EXPLORE BRAIN FUNCTION CORTICAL
REPRESENTATIONS OF LANGUAGE CRITICAL AREAS.
H. Saberi (MD,MPH), M. Ali Oghabian (PhD), A. Mahdavi, A. Rezvanizadeh, N. Riahi (PhD), A. Lavasani, A. Mojebi and R. Nilipour (PhD)
Dept. of neurosurgery Dept. of medical physics Tehran University of medical sciences - CONDITIONAL GRANGER CAUSALITY FOR EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF FMRI DATA.
F. Deleus and MM. Van Hulle
K.U.Leuven, Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven