Belgian Society for Neuroscience
The 6th bi-annual meeting 2005
Program of the meeting
Friday May 20, 2005
9.00 : registration opens
9.25 : Welcome
9.30 : invited talk
HIGH- AND LOW-LEVEL REPRESENTATIONS OF SOUNDS IN PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX.
I. Nelken
Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
10.30 : EVIDENCE FOR A NEW IN-VIVO TOOL IN BIRDBRAIN RESEARCH FUNCTIONAL MRI VALIDATED WITH
GENIC ACTIVATION IN RESPONSE TO DEGRADED SPECIES-SPECIFIC SONG.
Boumans T.1, Vignal C.2, Verhoye M.1and Van der Linden
A.1
1. Bio-Imaging Laboratory, University of Antwerp, Antwerp
2. NAMC CNRS UMR 8620, Univ Paris XI & LBA Univ Jean Monnet, France
10.45 : FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY FOR THE PROCESSING OF 3D SHAPE FROM SHADING AND TEXTURE
IN HUMANS.
Georgieva S.1, Todd J.2, Peeters R.3 and Orban
G.A.1
1. Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, KULeuven Med. School, Leuven
2. Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus,USA
3. Afdeling Radiologie, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven
11.00 : break
11.30 : IS THERE ANY USE FOR EEG BISPECTRAL INDEX MONITORING IN THE
EVALUATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGED PATIENTS?
Schnakers C., Majerus S., Faymonville ME., Damas P., Moonen G., Lamy M. and Laureys S.
University of Liège, 4000 Liège
11.45 : WHAT CAN THE FMRI-ADAPTATION TECHNIQUE TELL US ABOUT NEURONAL SELECTIVITY?
Vogels R., Sawamura H. and Orban GA.
Lab. Neuro- en Psychofysiologie, Campus Gasthuisberg, B3000 Leuven
12.00 : THE PROLACTIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE ACTS AS A FUNCTIONAL ANTAGONIST OF THE OPIOID SYSTEM
THROUGH ITS RECEPTOR GPR10.
Laurent P.1, Becker JAJ.1, Valverde O.2, Ledent C.1,
de Kerchove dExaerde A.3, Schiffmann SN.3, Maldonado R.2,
Vassart G.1 and Parmentier M.1.
1. IRIBHM , ULB ,Brussels
2. Laboratori de Neurofarmacologia, UPF, Barcelona, Spain
3. Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, ULB, Brussels
12.15 : IN VITRO EXPRESSION OF SMALL HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN HSPB8 AND HSPB1 MUTATIONS CAUSING
AXONAL NEUROPATHY.
Irobi J.1, Dierick I.1, Van Impe K.2, Gettemans J.2,
Van Den Bosch L., Robberecht W., De Jonghe P.1 and Timmerman V.
1. Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology,
University of Antwerp, Antwerpen
2. Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology,
Ghent University
12.30 : lunch
13.30 : Posters
16.00 : Business meeting BSN
16.15 : PROTHOCADHERIN CELSR3 IS CRUCIAL IN AXONAL TRACT DEVELOPMENT.
Tissir F., Bar I., Jossin Y. and Goffinet AM.
Developmental Neurobiology Unit, University of Louvain Medical School, 73, avenue Mounier,
Box DENE7382, B-1200 Brussels
16.30 : EPHRIN SIGNALLING CONTROLS BRAIN SIZE BY REGULATING APOPTOSIS OF NEURAL PROGENITORS.
Depaepe V., Suarez-Gonzalez N., Dufour A., Passante L., Ledent C. and Vanderhaeghen P.
IRIBHM , ULB ,Brussels
16.45 : invited talk
PAX6 IN CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT.
A. Stoykova
MPI, Goettingen, Germany
17.45 : closure