Speakers: Anders Bjorklund, MD, University of Lund, Sweden; Beverly Davidson, PhD, University of Iowa; Nicole Deglon, PhD, Atomic Energy Commission, Orsay, France; Patrick Aebischer, MD, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; and Deniz Kirik, MD, PhD, University of Lund, Sweden Techniques using stripped-down altered viruses (viral vectors) create improved animal models of disease and hold [...]
Speakers: Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Zheng-Xiong Xi, MD, PhD, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland; Abraham Zangen, PhD, Weizmann Institute for Science, Rehovot, Israel; Matt W. Feltenstein, PhD, Department of Physiology & Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; and Fanny F. Botreau, PhD, Concordia University, Montreal, [...]
Speakers: Gail V. W. Johnson, PhD, University of Alabama; Eva-Maria Mandelkow, MD, PhD, Max Planck, Germany; Frank M. LaFerla, PhD, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior; University of California, Irvine; and Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New studies are elucidating the role of the protein tau in [...]
New Clues to Autism Speakers: Daniel H. Geschwind, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Peterson, PhD, University of Colorado; Brendon Nacewicz, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Aysenil Belger, PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and James S. Sutcliffe, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
