NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research

  Blueprint K-12 Neuroscience Education 

• Saturday, November 12
  • Reframing the neuroeducation debate
    C. Hook and M.J. Farah, University of Pennsylvania
    Poster 28.18SA, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
  • How to self fund neuroscience experiments and teaching others to do the same
    T.C. Marzullo, Backyard Brains
    Minisymposium lecture 7.04, 2:15 - 2:35 PM
  Sunday, November 13
  • Brainu.org - the neuroscience website for K-12 science teachers
    S. Minor et al. University of Minnesota
    Poster 22.13SU, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  Wednesday, November 16
  • The roboroach el cheapo, year 2: An under-the-shelf technique for controlling insect locomotion
    T.C. Marzullo and G. Gage, Backyard Brains
    Poster 944.01, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
     

  Blueprint Non-Human Primate Brain Atlas

• Saturday, November 12
  • A multimodal atlas of neurodevelopmental gene expression in postnatal rhesus macaque
    A. Bernard et al.  Allen Institute for Brain Science, UCLA, UC Davis
    Poster 30.09, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
    
    

   Blueprint Training Program in Computational Neuroscience  

• Saturday, November 12
  • Improving brain-machine interface performance by decoding both kinematic and kinetic signals
    F.R. Willett et al. University of Chicago and University of Oklahoma
    Poster 84.04, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
    
    

   Blueprint Training Program in Neuroimaging

• Sunday, November 13
  • Age-dependent changes in the columnar organization and plasticity of the ferret visual cortex
    D.E. Whitney et al. University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University
    Poster 270.10, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
• Monday, November 14
  • Longitudinal development of white matter: Timing of maturation and effects of sex and behavior
    D. Simmonds et al. University of Pittsburgh
    Nanosymposium lecture 326.03, 8:30 - 8:45 AM
• Tuesday, November 15
  • Functional architecture of the human striatum revealed by intrinsic functional connectivity
    E. Choi et al. Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital
    Poster 566.23, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
  • Hippocampal serotonin 1A receptor density and anxiety in subjects with mild cognitive impairment
    L. Martin-Harris et al. UCLA
    Poster 551.07, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
  • Three-dimensional calculation and quantification of morphometric and volumetric cortical atrophy indices of widespread clinical use from MRI volumes of traumatic brain injury using 3D Slicer
    A. Irimia, M.C. Chambers* et al . UCLA, Univ of Utah, Harvard Med School, UNC Chapel Hill
    Poster 675.05, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
• Wednesday, November 16
  • Relating the kinematic variability of speech to MRI-based structural integrity of brain white matter in people who stutter and people with fluent speech
    S. Cai et al. MIT and Boston University
    Poster 809.09, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • White-matter integrity and response inhibition in healthy and methamphetamine-dependent research volunteers
    A.M. Morales et al. UCLA
    Poster 797.25, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Pairing-induced plasticity in visual cortex are nonuniformly distributed in ferret orientation maps
    D.E. Whitney et al. Carnegie Mellon University and Bernstein Center for Comp Neurosci
    Poster 798.06, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
  • Stimulation of human entorhinal area enhances memory and resets hippocampal theta
    N.A. Suthana et al. UCLA
    Nanosymposium lecture 752.05, 9:00 - 9:15 AM
  • Alzheimer's risk gene, GAB2, is associated with brain atrophy in both young and old adults: Discovery and replication in N=1321 subjects using principal components regression
    D. Hibar, J.L. Stein et al. UCLA, Univ of Queensland, Indiana Univ, Mayo Clinic, UCSF
    Poster 877.01, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
    

   Blueprint Training Program in Translational Research and Neurobiology of Disease

• Sunday, November 13
  • Evaluation of systemic and central infusion of insulin-like growth factor-1 following traumatic brain injury
    S. Carlson et al. University of Kentucky
    Poster 150.21, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Quantitative proteomic analysis of differentially expressed proteins in Aβ(17-42) treated synaptosomes: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease
    T.T. Reed and J. Mohammed, University of Kentucky
    Poster 229.01, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
    
  • The role of the Arp2/3 complex in chick neuronal growth cones
    J.E. San Miguel-Ruiz and P.C. Letourneau, University of Minnesota
    Poster 229.01, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
    
• Monday, November 14
  • Calpastatin overexpression in transgenic mice reduces acute posttraumatic calpain-mediated cleavage of spectrin and sodium channel protein
    K.M. Schoch et al. University of Kentucky and University of Pennsylvania
    Poster 363.10, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
  • Behavioral correlates of SOM and PV interneuron firing in mouse prefrontal cortex
    A. Kepecs, Cold Spring Harbor
    Minisymposium lecture 312.07, 10:15 - 10:35 AM
• Wednesday, November 16
  • Dopamine neuron stimulating peptide-11(DNSP-11) enhances nigrostriatal dopamine function
    O.M. Littrell et al. University of Kentucky
    Poster 771.11, 10:00 - 11:00 AM

   Cre Driver Network

• Sunday, November 13
  • ErbB4 modulates attention by controlling synapse development in the reticular nucleus of the thalamus
    S. Ahrens et al. Cold Spring Harbor and Indiana University
    Poster 197.04, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Gad65:Cre marked interneurons as mediators of presynaptic inhibition at sensory-motor synapses
    A.P. Fink et al. Columbia University and Cold Spring Harbor
    Poster 277.11, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
    
• Monday, November 14
  • Functional specialization of identified interneuron classes in medial prefrontal cortex of behaving mice
    D. Kvitsiani et al. Cold Spring Harbor
    Poster 407.25, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Behavioral correlates of SOM and PV interneuron firing in mouse prefrontal cortex
    A. Kepecs, Cold Spring Harbor
    Minisymposium lecture 312.07, 10:15 - 10:35 AM
  • Enhancing specific interneuron activity improves V1 feature selectivity and visual perception
    S-H. Lee and Y. Dan, University of California Berkeley
    Poster 377.08, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Inactivating somatostatin-positive cells reveals a critical role for neocortical inhibition in sensory adaptation
    U. Knoblich et al. MIT, Yale Univ, Karolinska Institute, Stanford Univ, Cold Spring Harbor
    Poster 384.04, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Ca²⁺ channel control of GABA release in cortical somatostatin-positive interneurons
    I. Krugilov et al. New York University Medical Center
    Poster 446.01, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
    
• Tuesday, November 15
  • Machine learning-based cell counting in the mouse brain using serial two-photon tomography
    K. Umadevi Venkatarju et al. Cold Spring Harbor and MIT
    Poster 626.26, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
  • Differential roles of parvalbumin and somatostatin interneurons in theta oscillations in the hippocampus
    B. Amilhon et al. Douglas Hospital Research Center and McGill University
    Poster 661.17, 1:00 - 2:00 PM
  • Differential implication of parvalbumin- and somatostatin-expressing CA1 interneurons in hippocampal theta rhythm: An in vitro approach using an intact hippocampal preparation
    C. Huh et al. Douglas Institute and McGill University
    Poster 661.18, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
    
• Wednesday, November 16
  • High-throughput whole brain neuroanatomical mapping of gabaergic cell types in c57bl/6 mice
    V. Pinskiy et al. Cold Spring Harbor and Stony Brook University
    Poster 778.01, 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  • Effects of silencing parvalbumin positive interneurons on tone-evoked responses in auditory cortex
    A.P. Reid et al. Cold Spring Harbor
    Poster 912.06, 2:00 - 3:00 PM

   Neuroscience Information Framework

• Saturday, November 12
  • The Neuroscience Information Framework: A teaching and educational resource for neuroscience related information
    J.S. Grethe et al. UC San Diego, Yale University, George Mason University, CalTech
    Poster 25.26SA, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
• Sunday, November 13
  • Neuroinformatics and Genomics Social
    Renaissance rooms 12, 13, 14. From 6:45 – 8:45 PM
• Monday, November 14
  • The challenge of neuron classification. From Petilla to practice
    S.D. Larson et al. UC San Diego, George Mason University, Yale University
    Poster 518.08, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
• Wednesday, November 16
  • The Automation of Neuroscience Information Framework registry functions using text mining of open access literature
    Y. Li et al. CalTech and UC San Diego
    Poster 841.13, 8:00 – 9:00 AM
  • The Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF): A unified semantic framework for discovery and integration of biomedical data and resources on the web
    J.S. Grethe et al. UC San Diego, Yale University, George Mason University, CalTech
    Poster 841.17, 8:00 – 9:00 AM
    
  • BforSMA: A shared public data repository for spinal muscular atrophy biomarkers
    A. Gupta et al. SMA Foundation
    Poster 841.02, 9:00 - 10:00 AM
    
  • Performance of parallel neuronal models on the Triton cluster
    A.E. Bandrowski et al. UC San Diego
    Poster 841.11, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
    
  • A free NCRR resource for finding and using human disease models (LAMHDI)
    A.E. Bandrowski et al. UC San Diego, University of Washington, Penn State and others
    Poster 841.23, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
    
  • Integration of databases via the Neuroscience Information Framework
    M.E. Martone et al. UC San Diego and Yale University
    Poster 841.16, 11:00AM – 12:00 PM