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Mojdeh Abbasi Macquarie University Cav-1 ablation protects against loss of inner retinal function caused by PTPN11 overexpression 1 Tuesday 6th December
Stephen Abbott The Heart Research Institute Reciprocal control of drinking behaviour by median preoptic neurons in mice. 2 Monday 5th December
Amar Abdullah University Of Melbourne A novel role for STING in neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury 3 Tuesday 6th December
Nadia Adotevi University Of OtagoALTERED AMPA RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN CORTICAL INHIBITORY INTERNEURONS OF THE EPILEPTIC
STARGAZER MUTANT MOUSE4 Monday 5th December
Mousa Alghazwi Flinders UniversityIn silico and in vitro studies of the neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin and fucoxanthin against
amyloid beta (Aβ1-42) toxicity5 Tuesday 6th December
Asad Ali Queensland Brain InstituteALTERED STEROIDOGENESIS IN FETAL BRAIN AND PLACENTA IN A DEVELOPMENTAL VITAMIN D
(DVD) DEFICIENT RAT MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)6 Monday 5th December
Canty Alison University Of TasmaniaUSING 2-PHOTON IMAGING OF BRAIN CIRCUITRY TO EXPLORE THE MECHANISMS OF REPETATIVE
TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION7 Tuesday 6th December
Natalie Ambrose The University Of SydneyTHE INTRINSIC APOPTOTIC PATHWAY- A DISTINGUISHING FEATURE AMONG SUDDEN INFANT
DEATHS8 Monday 5th December
Victor Anggono The University Of Queensland COPINE-6 REGULATES BASAL AND ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT TRAFFICKING OF AMPA RECEPTORS 9 Tuesday 6th December
Victor Anggono The University Of QueenslandACTIVITY-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF LONG NON-CODING RNA EXPRESSION IN PRIMARY CORTICAL
NEURONS10 Monday 5th December
Hitomi Aoki Gifu University INDUCED HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY OF KIT IMPAIRS CENTRAL NERVE DEVELOPMENT. 11 Tuesday 6th December
Alexander Arenz Max-Planck-Institute of NeurobiologyThe temporal tuning of the Drosophila motion detectors is determined by the dynamics of their input
elements12 Monday 5th December
Alina Arulsamy University Of AdelaideNEURODEGENERATIVE CHANGES BEGIN AS EARLY AS 1-MONTH POST-INJURY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL
MODEL OF DIFFUSE MODERATE-SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY13 Tuesday 6th December
Mridula Arun The University Of QueenslandTHE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX-PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY CONNECTOME CONSTITUTES THE
AVERSIVE LIMBIC VOCALIZATION PATHWAY IN THE RAT14 Monday 5th December
John Ashton University Of Otago An in vitro study to determine reliable methods for examining the effect of cannabidiol in epilepsy 15 Tuesday 6th December
Rachel Atkinson University Of Tasmania The role of FTD/ALS associated protein, TDP-43, in neurite and synapse health and function 16 Monday 5th December
Loic Auderset Menzies Research Institute Tasmania LRP1 SUPPRESSES OLIGODENDROGENESIS IN THE ADULT MOUSE BRAIN 17 Tuesday 6th December
Duncan Austin University College London Modulation of NIBS induced plasticity by Fluoxetine in healthy volunteers 18 Monday 5th December
David Badcock The University Of Western Australia Separate banks of information channels encode size and aspect-ratio. 19 Tuesday 6th December
Elena Bagley University Of SydneyENDOGENOUS OPIOIDS REGULATE MOMENT-TO-MOMENT NEURONAL COMMUNICATION AND
EXCITABILITY20 Monday 5th December
Kathryn Baker School of Psychology, UNSW AustraliaPHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT A FAILURE TO RECRUIT NMDA RECEPTORS CONTRIBUTES TO
IMPAIRED FEAR EXTINCTION RETENTION IN ADOLESCENT RATS21 Tuesday 6th December
Rachelle Balez Illawarra Health And Medical Research InstituteNEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF APIGENIN AGAINST INFLAMMATION, NEURONAL EXCITABILITY AND
APOPTOSIS IN AN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.22 Monday 5th December
Joanne Ban Physiology, University Of SydneyOverexpression of MuSK suppresses neuromuscular transmission in the mouse tibialis anterior
muscle23 Tuesday 6th December
Christine Barry Flinders University EPITHELIAL NERVE FIBRES OF THE VAGINA OF NULLIPAROUS AND MULTIPAROUS MICE 24 Monday 5th December
David Basser UTas Who are we? What are we? What do we want to become? 25 Tuesday 6th December
Helen BeardSouth Australian Health And Medical Research Institute
(sahmri)
EVALUATION OF BRAIN LESIONS IN AN OVINE MODEL OF ACUTE NEURONOPATHIC GAUCHER
DISEASE: CORRELATION WITH HUMAN DISEASE26 Monday 5th December
Leah Beauchamp The University Of Melbourne TAU KNOCKOUT MICE AS A MODEL FOR PRE-MOTOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE-RELATED HYPOSMIA 27 Tuesday 6th December
Serena Becchi University Of New South Wales HIGH FAT DIET IN ACTION CONTROL: A NEW ROLE FOR MICROGLIA 28 Monday 5th December
Kate Beecher Queensland University Of TechnologySIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF OLFACTORY REGENERATION IN MICE FOLLOWING TREATMENT
WITH VEGF AND PDGF GROWTH29 Tuesday 6th December
Denovan Begg UNSW AustraliaEFFECT OF TRANSPORT AND ACTIVITY OF DETEMIR INSULIN IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ON
ENERGY BALANCE30 Monday 5th December
Mark Bellingham University Of QueenslandChanges in dendritic structure and spine density precede neuron loss in sub-cortical, brainstem and
spinal cord areas in the hSOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis31 Tuesday 6th December
Alba Bellot-Saez Western Sydney University ASTROCYTIC MODULATION OF NEURONAL NETWORK OSCILLATIONS 32 Monday 5th December
James Bender Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre MODELLING EXCITOTOXIC INDUCED AXON DEGENERATION IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM 33 Tuesday 6th December
Dave Bergin University Of Otago DEVELOPING A NEW ZEALAND SHEEP MODEL OF HEMI-PARKINSON’S DISEASE. 34 Monday 5th December
Annette Bergner Department Of Anatomy And NeuroscienceINTRACELLULAR SIGNALLING PATHWAYS AND DIRECTIONALITY OF ENTERIC NEURAL CREST CELL
MIGRATION35 Tuesday 6th December
Jamie Beros The University Of Western Australia Early developmental retinal ganglion cell death and short-range axonal targeting errors 36 Monday 5th December
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Hannah Best University Of OtagoCORRECTION OF AUTOSOMAL, LYSOSOMAL, AND SYNAPTIC CHANGES PRESENT IN OVINE NEURONAL
CULURES OF NEURODEGENERATIVE BATTEN DISEASE37 Tuesday 6th December
Tatiana Bezdudnaya Drexel University College Of Medicine BICEPS STIMULATION TO IMPROVE RESPIRATION AFTER CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY 38 Monday 5th December
Gregor Bieri Stanford UniversityINVESTIGATING THE PROPAGATION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN PATHOLOGY IN A MOUSE MODEL OF
PARKINSON’S DISEASE39 Tuesday 6th December
Mark Bigland University Of NewcastleIMMUNE CELL INFILTRATION, ACTIVATION, AND INFLAMMATION PLAYING A ROLE IN AGEING OF THE
MOUSE INNER EAR VESTIBULAR (BALANCE) SYSTEM40 Monday 5th December
Tracey BjorkmanPerinatal Research Centre, UQCCR, The University Of
QueenslandIDENTIFICATION OF A UNIQUE GABAA RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT SPLICE VARIANT 41 Tuesday 6th December
Daniel Blackmore Queensland Brain Institute PHYSICAL EXERCISE IMPROVES AGE-ASSOCIATED COGNITIVE DEFICITS 42 Monday 5th December
Catherine Blizzard University Of Tasmania TDP-43 at the synapse 43 Tuesday 6th December
Liviu-Gabriel Bodea CJCADR Queensland Brain Institute NEW MOUSE DAP12 MUTANTS FOR THE STUDY OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 44 Monday 5th December
Anthony Boghdadi Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute Myelin-Associated Inhibitor Expression Following Injury to the Primate Neocortex 45 Tuesday 6th December
Philip Bolton University Of NewcastleDOES PROPRIOCEPTIVE INPUT FROM THE NECK CONTRIBUTE TO THE MODULATION OF SKIN
SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY SUPPLYING THE LOWER LIMBS OF HUMANS?46 Monday 5th December
Karin Borges University of Queensland Glycolysis is reduced ictally in the acute fluorothyl mouse seizure model 47 Tuesday 6th December
Tessa Borloo University Of Queensland MUSCULAR DOMINANCE UNDERLYING PAG TRIGGERED VOCAL MOTOR EXPRESSION 48 Monday 5th December
Alice Brandli University Of Melbourne Efficient glia-driven neuroregeneration following extracellular ATP injury in zebrafish retina 49 Tuesday 6th December
Paul Breen The Marcs Institute, Western Sydney UniversityMECHANICAL PERCEPTION IMPROVED AND NEURAL JITTER REDUCED VIA PROXIMALLY APPLIED
SUBSENSORY ELECTRICAL NOISE STIMULATION50 Monday 5th December
Merryn Brettle Unsw NOVEL MOUSE MODEL OF AN ALS-ASSOCIATED PFN1 MUTATION 51 Tuesday 6th December
Stephen Bunn University Of Otago STRESS-INDUCED PROLACTIN SIGNALLING IN THE MALE MOUSE. 52 Monday 5th December
Emma Burrows The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthALTERED ATTENTION IN THE NEUROLIGIN-3 GENETIC MOUSE MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER53 Tuesday 6th December
Thomas Burton The University Of Sydney Consistency in the Evolution of Choice Behaviour Across Epochs of Learning and Adaptation to Change 54 Monday 5th December
Nicole Bye UtasESTABLISHING A NOVEL MODEL TO ASSESS NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES
OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN INFANTS55 Tuesday 6th December
Helen Cai Neuroscience Research AustraliaBlood-brain barrier gene expressions changed in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder associated with
immune and stress pathways56 Monday 5th December
Ashlee Caldwell The University Of AdelaideCOLONIC NOCICEPTIVE PATHWAYS ARE POTENTLY ACTIVATED BY CIGUATOXIN WITH GREATEST
EFFICACY IN A MODEL OF CHRONIC VISCERAL HYPERSENSITIVITY57 Tuesday 6th December
Brid Callaghan University Of Melbourne INNERVATION AND CHEMICAL TAXONOMY OF GASTRIC ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS 58 Monday 5th December
Brid Callaghan University Of MelbourneEVIDENCE THAT A NOVEL AGONIST OF GHRELIN RECEPTORS PARTICIPATES IN NEURAL CONTROL OF
THE COLORECTUM59 Tuesday 6th December
Morven Cameron Western Sydney University CALCIUM-IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN THE MOUSE RETINA 60 Monday 5th December
Aaron Camp University Of SydneyROTENONE MIMICS THE IMPACT OF THE K369I TAU MUTATION IN A MODEL OF
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE61 Tuesday 6th December
Jastrow Joel Canlas Flinders University50B11 CELLS AS A PERIPHERAL SENSORY NOCICEPTIVE NEURON MODEL FOR NEUROTROPHIN
SIGNALLING62 Monday 5th December
Pascal Carrive Unsw AustraliaKNOCKDOWN OF MEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC OREXIN ATTENUATES HYPERTENSION IN ADULT
SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS (SHR).63 Tuesday 6th December
Vanni Caruso UtasSYNAPTIC CHANGES INDUCED BY MELANOCORTIN SIGNALING: ROLE IN MEMORY, NOCICEPTION AND
MOOD DISORDERS.64 Monday 5th December
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Verity Chadwick University Of SydneyA NOVEL, QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL TO MEASURE FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASES65 Tuesday 6th December
Chanchanok Chaichim UNSW The effect of Tpm3.1 overexpression on synaptic function 66 Monday 5th December
Jonathan Chan Monash UniversityTowards a cellular-reolution connectome of the primate brain: sharing data on corticocortical
connectivity through an open access web platform67 Tuesday 6th December
Yik Lung Chan University Of TechnologyMaternal smoking in mice alters markers of mitophagy in offspring following hypoxic-ischemic brain
injury68 Monday 5th December
Kirat Chand Uq Centre Of Clinical ResearchHYPOXIC ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY ACTIVATES INFLAMMATORY AND APOPTOTIC PATHWAYS IN THE
NEONATE PIG MODEL69 Tuesday 6th December
Kirat Chand Uq Centre Of Clinical ResearchLOSS OF LAMININ-a4 RESULTS IN PRE- AND POSTSYNAPTIC COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS AT THE
NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION70 Monday 5th December
Ashleigh Chandra Save Sight Institute CALRETININ IMMUNOREACTIVE GANGLION CELLS IN THE MARMOSET RETINA. 71 Tuesday 6th December
Tristan Chaplin Monash UniversityNeuronal contributions to motion discrimination are strongly influenced by spiking rate, not tuning
bandwidth72 Monday 5th December
Hsiao-Jou Cortina Chen The University Of QueenslandINHIBITION OF ENDOCANNABINOID CATABOLIC ENZYME ALLEVIATES NITRERGIC-RELATED
NEUROINFLAMMATION FOLLOWING ACUTE STRESS73 Tuesday 6th December
Juliette Cheyne University Of AucklandTHE FINE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF SPONTANEOUS SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE
VISUAL CORTEX74 Monday 5th December
Wissam Chiha University Of Western Australia
AAV-MEDIATED EXPRESSION OF BDNF AND CRMP2 PROMOTES DIFFERENTIAL LONG TERM
NEUROPROTECTION OF ADULT RAT RETINAL GANGLION SOMATA AND AXONS FOLLOWING PARTIAL
OPTIC NERVE INJURY
75 Tuesday 6th December
Sarah Sulaiman Ch'ng Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthCharacterisation of RXFP3+ neurons in mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: neurochemical
phenotyping76 Monday 5th December
Sook Wern Chua Unsw Altenusin reduces both tau aggregation in vitro and tau phosphorylation in cell culture models 77 Tuesday 6th December
Jingjing Fu The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Characterisation of RXFP3+ neurons in mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: electrophysiology 78 Monday 5th December
Alison Clare University Of OtagoTRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING OF FEZF2-EXPRESSING INTRATELENCEPHALIC-PROJECTION NEURONS IN
THE MATURE MOUSE MOTOR CORTEX79 Tuesday 6th December
Darren Clarke University Of Western AustraliaREPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION AFFECTS GLIAL SCARRING IN A MOUSE MODEL
OF BRAIN INJURY.80 Monday 5th December
Anthony CookWicking Dementia Research And Education Centre,
University Of TasmaniaFUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE BDNF VAL66MET POLYMORPHISM IN DONOR-SPECIFIC NEURONS 81 Tuesday 6th December
Frances Corrigan University Of Adelaide The effect of alcohol exposure following repeated concussion 82 Monday 5th December
Frances Corrigan University Of AdelaideTime-dependent effects of toll-like receptor 4 activation following repeated mild traumatic brain
injury83 Tuesday 6th December
Xiaoying CuiQueensland Brain Institute, The University Of
Queensland
THE IMPACT OF 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D ON L-TYPE VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL
TRAFFICKING IN RAT CORTICAL NEURONS84 Monday 5th December
Carlie CullenMenzies Institute For Medical Research, University Of
Tasmania
Non-invasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation increases newborn oligodendrocyte
addition in the mouse cortex85 Tuesday 6th December
Mitchell CumminsUniversity Of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research
InstituteAgeing and the Blood-CNS Barriers 86 Monday 5th December
Nadia Cummins Queensland Brain Institute, University Of QueenslandDISEASE-ASSOCIATED TAU IMPAIRS MITOPHAGY BY INTERACTING WITH PARKIN AND PREVENTING
ITS TRANSLOCATION TO DAMAGED MITOCHONDRIA87 Tuesday 6th December
Fatemeh Daemi University Of MelbourneBDNF signals to TrkB receptors expressed by neurons to regulate oligodendrocyte population and
myelination88 Monday 5th December
John Damiano University Of Melbourne FREQUENCY OF CNKSR2 MUTATION IN X-LINKED EPILEPSY-APHASIA SYNDROME 89 Tuesday 6th December
Luke D'arcy University Of MelbourneALTERED CARDIAC FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE IN AN ACQUIRED ANIMAL MODEL OF CHRONIC
TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY90 Monday 5th December
Camila de Avila Dal'Bo Université LavalEFFECTS OF CENTRAL (ICV) ADMINISTRATION OF RELAXIN-3 OR AN RXFP3-SELECTIVE AGONIST ON
FOOD INTAKE AND CIRCULATING HORMONES IN ADULT MALE RATS91 Tuesday 6th December
Simone De Luca Rmit University COMBATTING THE HIPPOCAMAPAL EFFECTS OF EARLY LIFE OVERFEEDING BY MINOCYCLINE 92 Monday 5th December
Chao Deng School of Medicine, University Of WollongongAripiprazole and haloperidol enhance Dvl3-β-catenin signalling and downregulate NMDA receptors in
the VTA and SN of rats93 Tuesday 6th December
Claude Dennis University Of Sydney Human adult neurogenesis across the ages: An immunohistochemical study 94 Monday 5th December
Rahul Deshmukh Isf College Of Pharmacy, Mogaβ-ASARONE ATTENUATES STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED EXPERIMENTAL DEMENTIA IN RATS: POSSIBLE
ROLE OF PHOSPHODIESTERASES AND CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE SIGNALING95 Tuesday 6th December
Natalia Djukic Flinders UniversityDELAYED TREATMENT WITH DENTAL PULP STEM CELLS IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY
FOLLOWING PHOTOTHROMBOTIC STROKE IN RATS96 Monday 5th December
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Kelsi Dodds University Of AdelaideTOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4 (TLR4) KNOCK-OUT PROMOTES LESION DEVELOPMENT IN A MOUSE MODEL
OF ENDOMETRIOSIS97 Tuesday 6th December
Deepti Domingo The Univeristy Of AdelaideA REPORTER TRANSGENE ENGINEERED TO PROVIDE SINGLE CELL RESOLUTION OF THE NONSENSE
MEDIATED mRNA DECAY PATHWAY DURING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT98 Monday 5th December
Rey Dominguez University Of Tasmania School Of MedicineESTRADIOL PROTECTS CORTICAL NEURONS OF MALE C57BL6J MICE AGAINST CHRONIC GLOBAL
CEREBRAL HYPOPERFUSION99 Tuesday 6th December
Emily Don Macquarie University A Zebrafish Model of the MND Linked C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion. 100 Monday 5th December
Alessandra DonatoQueensland Brain Institute, The University Of
Queensland
IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL MOLECULAR ELEMENTS MEDIATING NEURONAL RESPONSE TO REACTIVE
OXYGEN SPECIES.101 Tuesday 6th December
Xin Du Monash University BDNF maintains normal estrous cycling – relevance to schizophrenia 102 Monday 5th December
Samuel Duffy University Of New South WalesPERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NEUROINFLAMMATORY CHANGES AND PAIN BEHAVIOURS IN AN ANIMAL
MODEL OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS103 Tuesday 6th December
Laura Dumas The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Multicolour analysis of oligodendrocyte morphology and interactions with Brainbow 104 Monday 5th December
Thomas Duncan University of SydneyADULT SKIN-DERIVED NEURAL PRECURSORS – A CANDIDATE FOR AUTOLOGOUS
NEUROREPLACEMENT THERAPIES105 Tuesday 6th December
Ariel Dunn University Of NewcastleEffect of maternal immune activation and sex on electrophysiological features related to
schizophrenia106 Monday 5th December
Samuel DwyerWicking Dementia Research And Education Centre,
University of Tasmania
MODELLING THE EFFECT OF AMYLOID-BETA IN OLIGODENDROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND
MATURATION107 Tuesday 6th December
Calvin EiberBilson Laboratory, Save Sight Institute, University Of
Sydney
Chromatic opponency and receptive field properties of blue-on (s-cone) cells in primate lateral
geniculate nucleus108 Monday 5th December
Ruth Empson University Of Otago Regional changes in mouse motor cortex excitability after focal stroke. 109 Tuesday 6th December
Andelain Erickson The University Of AdelaideNav1.8 IS REQUIRED FOR MECHANOSENSATION IN HYPERSENSITIVE COLONIC AFFERENTS AND Nav-
INDUCED COLONIC PAIN IN VIVO110 Monday 5th December
James Fallon Bionics Institute EFFECTS OF COCHLEAR IMPLANT USE ON BINAURAL PROCESSING 111 Tuesday 6th December
Itia Favre-bulle University Of QueenslandOPTICAL TRAPPING OF OTOLITHS IN ZEBRAFISH PRODUCES FICTIVE VESTIBULAR STIMULI AND
COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOURS112 Monday 5th December
Brooke Fehily University Of Western Australia Chronic lipid peroxidation following repeated mild traumatic brain injury 113 Tuesday 6th December
Guinevere Fernandes Lourenco DaleUnsw Australia / Neuroscience Research Australia
(NeuRA)
Whole transcriptome analysis shows involvement of immune response and inflammation in TDP-43-
related frontotemporal lobar denegeration (FTLD-TDP)114 Monday 5th December
Matthew FielderPerinatal Reseach Centre, Uq Centre For Clinical
ResearchCARBONIC ANHYDRASE VII EXPRESSION IN HYPOXIC ISCHAEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY 115 Tuesday 6th December
Una Fitzgerald National University of Ireland, Galway Evaluation of binarisation algorithms for image analysis of glial cells in ex vivo slice cultures 116 Monday 5th December
Una Fitzgerald National University of Ireland, Galway Impact of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling on oligodendrocyte maturation 117 Tuesday 6th December
Jessica Fletcher The University Of Melbourne TrkB agonist promote myelin repair in the brain 118 Monday 5th December
Claire Foldi Monash University CNS REWARD PATHWAYS IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA: INSIGHTS FROM A RAT MODEL. 119 Tuesday 6th December
Shelley Forrest University Of Sydney MAPT MUTATIONS AND SPORADIC FRONTOTEMPORAL TAUOPATHIES: LOST IN TRANSLATION? 120 Monday 5th December
Jyoti Chuckowree Menzies Institute For Medical ResearchThe microtubule-stabilising drug Epothilone D alters specific aspects of neuronal plasticity following
mild traumatic brain injury in adult mice121 Tuesday 6th December
Barbora Fulopova University Of TasmaniaEFFECTS OF iTBS ON MOLECULAR MARKERS OF NEURAL PLASTICITY IN THE MOTOR CORTEX:
FINDINGS FROM RODENT-COIL, IN VIVO ANIMAL MODEL122 Monday 5th December
Jianqun Gao Neuroscience Research Australia Activation of toll-like receptor 2 increases alpha-synuclein levels in neuronal cells 123 Tuesday 6th December
Yujing Gao Murdoch Childrens Research InstituteINVESTIGATING THE PATHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RAB39B-MEDIATED PARKINSON’S
DISEASE USING NOVEL CELL MODELS.124 Monday 5th December
Pedro Garcia Sobrinho The University Of Newcastle Australia Investigating the subcellular localization of human tyrosine hydroxylase isoforms 125 Tuesday 6th December
Robert Gasperini University Of TasmaniaOLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELL PROCESS DYNAMICS AND MOTILITY ARE REGULATED BY
STORE OPERATED CALCIUM ENTRY IN VITRO.126 Monday 5th December
Vini Gautam Australian National University Nanowire arrays guide the formation of neuronal circuits 127 Tuesday 6th December
David Gell University Of Tasmania CONTROL OF A SPECIFIC PROTEOLYSIS EVENT USING LIGHT 128 Monday 5th December
Sian Genoud University of SydneyMETALLATION ALTERATIONS OF SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 1 AND METALLOTHIONEIN-II IN THE
PARKINSON'S DISEASE BRAIN129 Tuesday 6th December
Christina Georgiou University Of GenevaLONG-TERM IMAGING IN VIVO OF SPINE DYNAMICS ON A PUTATIVE VIP DISINHIBITORY NEURONAL
SUBCLASS130 Monday 5th December
Frederic Gilbert UtasExperimental use of invasive brain technologies for treatment of psychiatric conditions: what can we
learn from the past?131 Tuesday 6th December
Kate Goasdoue University Of QueenslandExpression changes of chloride interacting protein 1 due to therapeutic hypothermia in a model of
neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy132 Monday 5th December
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Helen Gooch Queensland Brain InstituteRAPID MODULATION OF NEURONAL VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNELS BY VITAMIN D DURING
DEVELOPMENT133 Tuesday 6th December
Richard Gordon The University Of Queensland, AustraliaThe NLRP3 inflammasome drives synuclein pathology and progressive dopaminergic degeneration in
Parkinson’s disease134 Monday 5th December
Rachel Gormal The University Of QueenslandFluorescent intra-body localization Microscopy (FiLM): A novel method for super-resolution of GFP-
tagged intracellular proteins135 Tuesday 6th December
Mark Gradwell University Of Newcastle An Optogenetic Characterization of Presynaptic Inhibition in Dorsal Horn Microcircuits 136 Monday 5th December
Brett Graham University of NewcastleHETEROMERIC BETA SUBUNIT CONTAINING GLYCINE RECEPTORS MEDIATE SYNAPTIC AND TONIC
INHIBITION IN PARVALBUMIN POSITIVE SPINAL DORSAL HORN NEURONS137 Tuesday 6th December
Mark Graham Children's Medical Research InstituteProfiling a biochemical model of presynaptic depression of neurotransmitter release using
phosphoproteomics138 Monday 5th December
Sarah Greenhalgh Flinders UniversityIDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPINAL AFFERENT ENDINGS IN THE URINARY BLADDER
USING ANTEROGRADE TRACING FROM DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA IN VIVO.139 Tuesday 6th December
Stephanie Guiney Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthALPHA-SYNUCLEIN TOXICITY IS ABOLISHED BY LIPROXSTATIN-1 THROUGH A FERROPTOSIS-
INDEPENDENT MECHANISM140 Monday 5th December
Andrew L Gundlach The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthHYPOTHALAMIC AND PONTINE NEUROMODULATORY SYSTEMS: FOCUS ON NUCLEUS INCERTUS
INTERACTIONS IN THE RAT141 Tuesday 6th December
Rainer Viktor Haberberger Flinders UniversityNOCICEPTOR NEURONS ON MICROFLUIDIC-BASED CHIPS – A FIRST STEP TOWARDS A MULTIPURPOSE
PAIN SENSOR142 Monday 5th December
Alison Halstrom University Of Western AustraliaCIRCULATING OXIDATIVE STRESS INDICATORS CHANGE FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN A
PILOT STUDY143 Tuesday 6th December
Emily Handley Menzies Institute For Medical ResearchSynapse Dysfunction of Layer V Pyramidal Neurons Precedes Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model
of TDP-43 Proteinopathies144 Monday 5th December
Katherine Hankinson UWAInvestigating the frequency-dependent effects of low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation (LI-rTMS) on human motor cortical excitability145 Tuesday 6th December
Kelsey Hanson Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre Excitotoxic mechanisms in axon degeneration 146 Monday 5th December
Marlene Hao University Of LeuvenS100B IS IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING NEURAL PRECURSORS DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM147 Tuesday 6th December
Alex Harris University Of Wollongong Measuring effective electrode area and charge density of platinum electrodes for cochlear implants 148 Monday 5th December
Lachlan Harris School Of Biomedical SciencesNFIX IS REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE STAGES OF ADULT-BORNE HIPPOCAMPAL NEURON
DIFFERENTIATION149 Tuesday 6th December
Tracey Harvey University Of Queensland CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF NFIX IN THE DEVELOPING AND ADULT CEREBELLUM 150 Monday 5th December
Robert Hatch Queensland Brain InstituteHYPERPHOSPHORYLATED TAU REDUCES ACTION POTENTIAL FIRING BY RELOCATING THE AXON
INITIAL SEGMENT151 Tuesday 6th December
Li Henry University of Wollongong CHARACTERISATION OF HUMAN APOE25 FRAGMENT IN A CELL CULTURE MODEL 152 Monday 5th December
Miriam Judith Henze University Of QueenslandSMALL BRAINS DEALING WITH A DIVERSITY OF EYES AND VISUAL OPSINS - THE DYNAMIC
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF VISION IN PANCRUSTACEANS.153 Tuesday 6th December
Tim Hibberd Flinders UniversityCHARACTERIZATION OF TWO TYPES OF RHYTHMIC ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOUR IN MOUSE COLONIC
SMOOTH MUSCLE154 Monday 5th December
Kristin Hillman University Of Otago Insula-cingulate interplay correlates to high-effort behaviour in rat 155 Tuesday 6th December
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Elisa Hill-Yardin The University Of MelbourneALTERED NEUROIMMUNE FUNCTION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF AUTISM: INCREASED SMALL
INTESTINAL TRANSIT AND REDUCED CAECAL WEIGHT IN NEUROLIGIN-3 R451C MICE156 Tuesday 6th December
Sarah Hissen Western Sydney UniversitySPONTANEOUS SYMPATHETIC BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY IS REPEATABLE IN HEALTHY YOUNG
INDIVIDUALS AT REST.157 Tuesday 6th December
Markus Hofer The University Of Sydney Deciphering the Role of Protein Phosphorylation in Cerebral Type I Interferonopathies 158 Monday 5th December
Alexander Hoffman University of NewcastleBRAIN REGION SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CREB IN FOLATE AND MTHFR
DEFICIENT MICE159 Tuesday 6th December
Alison Hogan Macquarie University MUTANT CCNF-BASED ZEBRAFISH MODEL OF MOTOR NEURON DISEASE 160 Monday 5th December
Samuel Hogarth La Trobe UniversityINVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) IN ALCOHOL
ADDICTION: STUDIES IN BDNF HETEROZYGOUS MUTANT RATS161 Tuesday 6th December
Marissa Holden Flinders University Velocity Detection Abilities of the Blowfly in Natural and Artificial Images 162 Monday 5th December
Joan Holgate Queensland University Of TechnologyEFFECT OF MATERNAL SEPARATION ON ETHANOL CONSUMPTION: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF
ALPHA4 CONTAINING NICOTINIC RECEPTORS163 Tuesday 6th December
Jihane Homman-ludiye Monash University A PULVINAR CONNECTION TO SCHIZOPHRENIA 164 Monday 5th December
Md Ashfaqul Hoque University Of MelbourneEXPLORING THE SIGNALLING MECHANISM OF GLUTAMATE EXCITOTOXICITY IN CULTURED PRIMARY
NEURONS BY QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMIC AND PHOSPHOPROTEOMIC APPROACHES165 Tuesday 6th December
Helena Huang Eccles Institute Of Neuroscience, Jcsmr, Anu Cortical processing of binocular information in the mouse 166 Monday 5th December
Jin Huang The University of SydneyFEEDBACK FROM HIGHER-ORDER VISUAL CORTICAL AREA AFFECTS SPIKE-RESPONSES OF NEURONS IN
CAT’S ‘INTERMEDIATE’ CORTEX167 Tuesday 6th December
Jessica Huang The University Of SydneyTHE PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF PACAP AND ITS RECEPTOR (PAC1) IN THE HUMAN INFANT BRAINSTEM
AND HIPPOCAMPUS168 Monday 5th December
Nicholas Hunt University Of SydneyThe Unfolding Protein Response in Orexin/Dynorphin neurons in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS): p-PERK-mediated loss of translation associated with neurodegenerative pathways169 Tuesday 6th December
David Hunt University of Western AustraliaROLE OF THE VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KV8.2 IN INHERITED RETINAL
DISEASE AND INTERACTION WITH OTHER CHANNEL PROTEINS.170 Monday 5th December
Krystal Iacopetta University Of AdelaideCELLULAR ORIGINS OF ILLNESS-INDUCED ANHEDONIA: AN EXAMINATION OF INTER-STRAIN LPS-
INDUCED NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS CFOS EXPRESSION171 Tuesday 6th December
Michael Ibbotson National Vision Research Institute SENSORY EXPERIENCE MODIFIES FEATURE MAP RELATIONSHIPS IN VISUAL CORTEX 172 Monday 5th December
Kamon Iigaya Showa University School of MedicineInteraction Between Novel Oscillation Within the Ventromedial Hypothalamus and the Sympathetic
Nervous System173 Tuesday 6th December
Arne Ittner Unsw Altered behavioural and cognitive function in p38delta-deficient mice 174 Monday 5th December
Matilda Jackson The University Of AdelaideARX PA2 MICE SEIZE THE DAY: CHARACTERISING THE PHENOTYPE OF EXPANDED POLYALANINE TRACT
MUTATIONS.175 Tuesday 6th December
Angela Jacques QUTMICROANATOMY OF FEAR EXTINCTION WITHIN SUBREGIONS OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND
AMYGDALA REVEALED BY ARC AND pERK/MAPK ACTIVITY176 Monday 5th December
Emily Jaehne La Trobe UniversityA ROLE OF SEROTONIN IN METHAMPHETAMINE PSYCHOSIS? STUDYING THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC
YOUNG-ADULT METHAMPHETAMINE ON BEHAVIOUR IN 5-HT1A RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE177 Tuesday 6th December
Kara Jaeschke Queensland Brain Institue THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN COGNITION AND BRAIN FUNCTION IN ADULT C57BL/6J AND APP23 MICE 178 Monday 5th December
Bradley Jamieson University Of OtagoENDOCANNABINOIDS MEDIATE DEPOLARISATION-INDUCED SUPPRESSION OF EXCIATION IN CRH
NEURONS179 Tuesday 6th December
Sumit Jamwal Isf College Of Pharmacy, MogaL-theanine spares striatal neurons from 3-NP induced striatal neurotoxicity: Role of striatal
neurotransmitters and nitric oxide pathway180 Monday 5th December
Esther Ji Flinders University Investigation of the innervation of the murine vagina in response to inflammation 181 Tuesday 6th December
Tongcui Jiang Menzies Institute For Medical ResearchAlterations to Neurite Outgrowth and Synapse Development in TDP-43A315T Primary Cortical
Neurons182 Monday 5th December
Merja Joensuu Queensland Brain InstituteSub-diffractional tracking of internalized molecules reveals heterogeneous diffusive states of synaptic
vesicles183 Tuesday 6th December
Lauren Jones Flinders UniversityDELIVERY OF TRK C ANTIBODY TO MOTOR NEURONS OF NEONATAL MICE, VIA INTRAPERITONEAL
INJECTION184 Monday 5th December
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Kimberley Jones University Of Newcastle/ HmriINFILTRATION OF IMMUNE CELLS TO SITES OF SECONDARY NEURODEGENERATION AFTER ISCHEMIC
STROKE185 Tuesday 6th December
Gudmundur Jonsson University Of Melbourne The role of the adenosine A2A receptor in the rodent retina 186 Monday 5th December
Patricia Jusuf University Of MelbourneDYNAMIC AND SELF REGULATED FATE SPECIFICATION FOLLOWING RETINAL INTERNEURON
ABLATION IN THE ZEBRAFISH187 Tuesday 6th December
Zohra Kakall Heart Research Institute/University Of SydneyTHE ROLE OF PACAP AND ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLARY NEURONS IN SYMPATHETIC
ELEVATION FOLLOWING ACUTE-INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA188 Monday 5th December
David Karpul Western Sydney University And University Of Cape TownON THE APPLICATION OF SUBSENSORY ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
VIBRATION PERCEPTION IN PATIENTS WITH HIV RELATED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY189 Tuesday 6th December
Harjeet Kaur PgimerGREEN TEA EXTRACT INHIBITS CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS,
NEUROINFLAMMATION AND APOPTOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF STROKE IN MICE190 Monday 5th December
Orsolya Kekesi Western Sydney UniversityTHE IMPACT OF ACUTE NEUROINFLAMMATION ON INTRINSIC EXCITABILITY OF CHOLINERGIC
NEURONS IN THE SEPTUM191 Tuesday 6th December
Christopher Killington Repatriation General HospitalVARIATION IN LEFT POSTERIOR PARIETAL-MOTOR CORTEX INTERHEMISPHERIC FACILITATION
FOLLOWING RIGHT PARIETAL CONTINUOUS THETA-BURST STIMULATION IN HEALTHY ADULTS192 Monday 5th December
Jee Hyun Kim The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthIMPAIRED REINSTATEMENT OF CONDITIONED FEAR IN AGED MICE IS RECOVERED BY CHRONIC
EXERCISE193 Tuesday 6th December
Woojin Kim Neuroscience Research Australia Analysis of lipoprotein-associated lipids in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease 194 Monday 5th December
Seung Jae Kim The University Of SydneyINTERMITTENT INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS OF CIRCULATING ANGIOTENSIN II CAUSES SUSTAINED
INCREASES IN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY IN ANAESTHETISED RATS195 Tuesday 6th December
Anna King University Of Tasmania ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF A DENDRITIC KINESIN INVOLVED IN LEARNING AND MEMORY 196 Monday 5th December
Anna King University Of Tasmania MAINTAINING CONNECTIVITY IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF AGEING 197 Tuesday 6th December
Siobhan Kirk University Of Otago Prolactin interaction with the median eminence increases phospho-STAT5 and reduces permeability. 198 Monday 5th December
Murielle Kluge University Of Newcastle ALTERED MICROGLIA DYNAMICS AT THE SITE OF SECONDARY NEURODEGENERATION AFTER STROKE 199 Tuesday 6th December
Beate Knauer Monash University CEREBRAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE COMMON MARMOSET 200 Monday 5th December
Simon Koblar University Of Adelaide MIR-744 AND MIR-224 REGULATE NEUROGENESIS IN VITRO THROUGH DOWNREGULATION OF NPAS4 201 Tuesday 6th December
Willian Korim Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health TNF-α IN THE AREA POSTREMA ELICITS SYMPATHETIC EXCITATION TO THE HEART IN RATS 202 Monday 5th December
Baldeep Kumar Pgimer NEUROPROTECTIVE POTENTIAL OF ZONISAMIDE IN MES INDUCED SEIZURES 203 Tuesday 6th December
Natasha Kumar University Of New South Wales TASK-2 and GPR4 provide independent contributions to the central ventilatory chemoreflex 204 Monday 5th December
Mantosh KumarRajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology,
Thiruvananthapuram
Phosphorylation of Glutamate receptor in vivo induced by chronic treatment of monosodium
glutamate (MSG)205 Tuesday 6th December
Andrea Kwakowsky University Of Auckland Impaired GABA signalling in the human Alzheimer`s disease brain 206 Monday 5th December
Melinda Kyloh Flinders University Of South Australia INDUCTION OF COLONIC MOTOR ACTIVITY USING OPTOGENETICS 207 Tuesday 6th December
Linh Lam University Of MelbourneUNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF IRON ACCUMULATION AFTER TRAUMATIC INJURY IN THE HUMAN
BRAIN208 Monday 5th December
Lila Landowski Schol Of Medicine, University Of Tasmania Trophic agents for prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy 209 Tuesday 6th December
Michael Lane Drexel UniversityRespiratory training with Intermittent Hypercapnia to Improve Diaphragm Function Following Spinal
Cord Injury210 Monday 5th December
Vanessa Lanoue Queensland Brain Institute A novel Wnt signaling pathway regulates neuronal morphogenesis 211 Tuesday 6th December
Cynthia Haidee Lee Neuroscience Research AustraliaGENDER-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME, BDNF GENOTYPE AND BDNF
BLOOD LEVELS, IN HEALTHY CONTROLS AND PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA212 Monday 5th December
Kah Meng Lee School Of Biomedical SciencesALTERED EXPRESSION OF LAMININS POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROGRESSION OF DISEASE
STATES OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS213 Tuesday 6th December
Sammy Lee Save Sight Institute - University Of Sydney QUANTIFICATION OF ROD PATHWAY NEURONS IN THE HUMAN RETINA 214 Monday 5th December
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Jaime Lee University Of Melbourne Acute MK801 treatment induces working memory deficit in automated touchscreen chambers 215 Tuesday 6th December
Justin Lees University of New South WalesDEVELOPING PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MODELS OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED PERIPHERAL
NEUROPATHY216 Monday 5th December
Laura Leighton Queensland Brain InstituteKnockdown of Piwi-like proteins in the mouse hippocampus enhances the memory of conditioned
fear217 Tuesday 6th December
Andre Leitao University Of New South WalesPathological mutants in Parkinson's disease: What do they tell us about alpha-synuclein's aggregation
pathways?218 Monday 5th December
Anna Leonard The University Of AdelaideLOCALISATION OF THE CORTICOSPINAL TRACT IN PIGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODELLING TRAUMATIC
SPINAL CORD INJURY TO IMPROVE TRANSLATION219 Tuesday 6th December
Iryna Leshchyns'ka University Of New South WalesTHE NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1 REGULATES NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE IN CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM SYNAPSES220 Monday 5th December
Jacqueline Y K Leung Wicking Dementia Research And Education CentreRole of TDP43 in Oligodendrocytes development and its implication in the disease progression in ALS
and FTD221 Tuesday 6th December
Ekaterina Levichkina University Of Melbourne INSULA CORTICAL RESPONSES TO GUT STIMULATION IN SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS 222 Monday 5th December
Chuanzhou LiCentre For Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland
Brain Institute, The University Of Queensland, Qld, 4072Amyloid beta increases Tau translation Fyn dependently 223 Tuesday 6th December
Jia-yi Li University Of South Australia PROBDNF SUPPRESSES POSTNATAL NEUROGENESIS OF MICE 224 Monday 5th December
Huazheng Liang Western Sydney UniversityTHE ANTI-NEUROINFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF APIGENIN: A PILOT STUDY ON THE GFAP-IL6
NEUROINFLAMMATION MODEL225 Tuesday 6th December
Julia Lim University Of Sydney Perturbations in insulin signalling in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and its contribution to AD pathogenesis. 226 Monday 5th December
Nura Lingawi University Of New South WalesEXTINCTION AND LATENT INHIBITION INVOLVE A SIMILAR FORM OF INHIBITORY LEARNING THAT IS
STORED AND RETRIEVED IN THE INFRALIMBIC CORTEX227 Tuesday 6th December
David Lloyd NeuraNeuregulin 1 type III “knockout” mice show heightened sensitivity to the neurobehavioural effects of
cannabis228 Monday 5th December
Errol Kerry John Lloyd The University of MelbourneTHE DEVELOPMENT AND GENERATION OF ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM: A
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY229 Tuesday 6th December
Errol Kerry John Lloyd The University of Melbourne ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY IN THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF TREE SHREWS 230 Monday 5th December
Paul Lockhart Murdoch Childrens Research Institute NEUROPATHOLOGY AND NOVEL MOUSE MODELS OF RAB39B-MEDIATED PARKINSON’S DISEASE 231 Tuesday 6th December
Sarah Lockie Monash University Loss of AMPK in NPY/AgRP neurons alters feeding in response to glucose availability in mice. 232 Monday 5th December
Sarah Lovett University Of Western Australia ASSESSING APP96-110 AS A NOVEL NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT IN TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY 233 Tuesday 6th December
Leon Luan University Of QueenslandVitamin D treatment during pregnancy blocks maternal immune activation induced behavioral
phenotypes in offspring via its neuroprotective effects on the ontogeny of dopamine neurons234 Monday 5th December
Erin Lynch Macquarie UniversityOptogenetic stimulation of the midbrain colliculi evokes cardiorespiratory responses in the behaving
rat235 Tuesday 6th December
Heather Madsen The Florey.institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthINVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE RECEPTORS AND PARVALBUMIN-EXPRESSING NEURONS IN
EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR236 Monday 5th December
Shohreh Majd Flinders UniversityLKB1/AMPK/m-TOR Response to Ischemia in High Metabolic Rate Tissues: A Comparison between the
Brain, Heart, Kidney and Liver Intracellular Metabolic Axis Activation in Ischemic Situation237 Tuesday 6th December
Shohreh Majd Flinders University
Adenosine Monophosphate Protein Kinase (AMPK) triggers tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser262 in
response to alteration in neuronal blood supply: an implication for metabolic based hypothesis for
Alzheimer's disease
238 Monday 5th December
Preet Makker UNSWCHARACTERISING PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL SENSORY NERVE FIBRE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH
CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY239 Tuesday 6th December
Nakisa Malakooti The Florey, The University of Melbourne ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF METALS IN THE DOWN SYNDROME BRAIN 240 Monday 5th December
Yilin Mao University Of Technology SydneySYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF A CONNEXIN43 MIMETIC PEPTIDE IN RATS IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL
RECOVERY AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY241 Tuesday 6th December
Paul Marshall University Of California IrvineADAR1 dual function as RNA editing and potential DNA binding enzyme in the activity-dependent
regulation of adaptive behaviour in the mouse242 Monday 5th December
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Ramon Martinez-marmol University Of Queensland-queensland Brain InstituteInactivation of PI 3-kinase p110δ prevents cognitive decline and reduces plaque density and
neuroinflammation in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease243 Tuesday 6th December
Rania Masri University Of Sydney CHARACTERIZATION OF GANGLION CELL POPULATIONS IN MARMOSET RETINA. 244 Monday 5th December
Kathryn Mathews Brain and Mind Centre, The University Of SydneymRNA EXPRESSION OF NEUROGENESIS GENES IS CHANGED OVER THE HEALTHY HUMAN LIFE SPAN –
A CONSEQUENCE OF GLIAL CHANGES?245 Tuesday 6th December
Jack Mayhew University of Newcastle The Effects of Ageing on Spontaneous Inhibitory and Excitatory Currents in Dorsal Horn Neurons 246 Monday 5th December
Alireza Mazloumi Gavgani University Of Newcastle Profiling subjective symptoms and autonomic changes associated with cybersickness 247 Tuesday 6th December
Robin Mcallen Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health VAGAL AFFERENT SIGNALING OF SMALL INTESTINE INFLAMMATION 248 Monday 5th December
Sarah McCann The University Of EdinburghSYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR
ANTAGONIST IN ANIMAL MODELS OF STROKE: AN UPDATE249 Tuesday 6th December
Gawain Mccoll The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience EXPLORING THE ROLE OF IRON IN DOPAMINERGIC CELL LOSS 250 Monday 5th December
Stuart McDougall Florey InstituteAN EXTENSIVE SOMATOSTATIN INTERNEURON NETWORK GATES VISCEROSENSORY SIGNALS IN THE
SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS.251 Tuesday 6th December
Sarah Mcintyre Western Sydney University A tactile direction test targeting slowed nerve conduction 252 Monday 5th December
Allison McKendrick The University Of MelbourneTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC (GABA) CONCENTRATION IN VISUAL CORTEX,
PERCEPTUAL RIVALRY, AND DURATION POST MIGRAINE EVENT.253 Tuesday 6th December
Simon McMullan Macquarie University The mesoscale connectome of sympathetic premotor neurons of the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla 254 Monday 5th December
Prachi Mehta UNSW Australia
LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION (LCM) TO ISOLATE HIGH QUALITY BRAIN-DERIVED
NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) AND TROPOMYOSIN RECEPTOR KINASE B (TRKB) RNA FROM PURE
POPULATIONS OF RAT SPINAL CORD MOTOR NEURONS
255 Tuesday 6th December
Stephanie Mercer University Of OtagoIN VIVO TOLERABILITY AND EFFECTS OF AUTOPHAGY ENHANCERS AS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC
INTERVENTIONS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE256 Monday 5th December
Tobias Merson Australian Regenerative Medicine Institiute Pharmacogenetic stimulation of neuronal activity increases myelination in an axon-specific manner 257 Tuesday 6th December
Aurora Messina University Of MelbourneMORPHOLOGY OF DONOR & RECIPIENT NERVES UTILIZED IN NERVE TRANSFERS TO RESTORE UPPER
LIMB FUNCTION IN CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY.258 Monday 5th December
Natalie Michael Monash University METABOLIC STATUS-DEPENDANT PLASTICITY OF POMC NEURONS IN THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS 259 Tuesday 6th December
Patricia Michie University Of NewcastleMMN AND GAMMA OSCILLATION CHANGES WITH ACUTE DOSES OF AN NMDAR ANTAGONIST IN AN
ANIMAL MODEL260 Monday 5th December
Stephanie Miller The University Of QueenslandDIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF GABA-A RECEPTOR ALPHA1, ALPHA2 AND ALPHA3 SUBUNIT IN
SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS.261 Tuesday 6th December
Amer Mitchelle Notre Dame University, Perth, Australia DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF HIPPOCAMPAL AREA CA2 IN ADULT AND DEVELOPING MICE 262 Monday 5th December
Stan Mitew The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF OLIGODENDROCYTE TURNOVER IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 263 Tuesday 6th December
Sarasa Mohammadi The University Of Sydneyα9-NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS PLAY A ROLE IN AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND STRESS
PHYSIOLOGY264 Monday 5th December
Rahul MohanTranslational Neuroscience Facility, Unsw Medicine,
Unsw Australia
Stereological Estimates of the Motor Neuron Populations Caudal to a Rubrospinal Tract (RST)
Transection in the Rat265 Tuesday 6th December
Renee Morris UNSW Sydney THE ROLE OF THE RUBROSPINAL TRACT (RST) IN OVER GROUND LOCOMOTION IN THE RAT. 266 Monday 5th December
Emma Morrisroe Florey Institute Of Neuroscience & Mental Health Modelling Dravet Syndrome using Micro-electrode Arrays 267 Tuesday 6th December
Somnath Mukherjee Jnu METHYLATION STATUS AND LINE-1 EXPRESSION IN AGING RAT BRAIN 268 Monday 5th December
Brandon Munn University Of SydneyDYNAMIC SPIKING PROPERTIES OF NEURONS IN THE LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS OF
MARMOSETS269 Tuesday 6th December
Richelle Mychasiuk University Of CalgaryASSESSMENT OF TWO NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POST-CONCUSSIVE
SYNDROME270 Monday 5th December
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Natalia Nalivaeva University of Leeds Effects of prenatal hypoxia on amyloid β-clearing proteins and synaptic plasticity in rat brain 271 Tuesday 6th December
Eugene Nalivaiko University Of NewcastleAlpha-9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates hypothermic responses elicited by provocative
motion in mice.272 Monday 5th December
Subha Nasir Ahmad University Of Sydney TWO TYPES OF MELANOPSIN-EXPRESSING GANGLION CELLS IN THE HUMAN RETINA 273 Tuesday 6th December
Lynn Nazareth Griffith UniversityBURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI RAPIDLY INFECTS THE BRAINSTEM AND SPINAL CORD VIA
TRIGEMINAL NERVE AFTER INTRANASAL INOCULATION274 Monday 5th December
Alireza Nematollahi The University Of SydneyINHIBITION STUDIES OF KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE-2: A PROMISING TARGET IN
NEURODEGENERATIVE AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS276 Monday 5th December
Sara Nencini University of MelbourneARTEMIN, NEURTURIN AND GDNF RAPIDLY ACTIVATE AND SENSITIZE SENSORY NEURONS THAT
INNERVATE BONE277 Tuesday 6th December
Linh Hoang Ngo Harry Perkins Institute Of Medical ResearchDe Novo Mutations in DENR Disrupt Neuronal Development and Link Congenital Neurological
Disorders to Faulty mRNA Translation Re-initiation278 Monday 5th December
Michelle Nguyen The University Of Western AustraliaESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY DNA STRUCTURES AND CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM SCARRING.279 Tuesday 6th December
Hong Nguyen UNSW AustraliaMILD HYPOXIA IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ENDOTHELIN-1-INDUCED STROKE
IN RATS280 Monday 5th December
Sarah Nicholas Flinders UniversityTRPM8 CHANNELS ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE EXCITATORY ACTION OF FREE RADICALS ON SENSORY
NEURONS IN THE BLADDER.281 Tuesday 6th December
Madeline Nicholson The University Of MelbourneBDNF HETEROZYGOUS MICE EXHIBIT REDUCED OLIGODENDROCYTE NUMBERS DURING POST-NATAL
DEVELOPMENT282 Monday 5th December
Karin Nordstrom Flinders University HOVERFLY VISION IN NATURALISTIC SURROUNDS 283 Tuesday 6th December
Rebecca Norris Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthMICE EXPRESSING MUTATIONS IN THE SYNAPTIC GENE NEUROLIGIN-3 SHOW ALTERED FLEXIBILITY IN
A TOUCHSCREEN TEST OF RELATIONAL MEMORY284 Monday 5th December
Sonia Oliveira University Of Newcastle CHOLINERGIC AND PEPTIDERGIC INNERVATION OF OVARIAN TUMOURS 285 Tuesday 6th December
Aidan O'Mara Wicking Dementia And Education Centre ImageSURF: an ImageJ plugin for accurate and unbiased quantitation of fluorescence images 286 Monday 5th December
Lin Kooi Ong University Of NewcastleCHRONIC STRESS EXACERBATES AMYLOID-BETA AND TAU PATHOLOGY AT THE THALAMIC
SECONDARY NEURODEGENERATION FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOTHROMBOTIC STROKE287 Tuesday 6th December
Megan O'Rourke Menzies Institute For Medical Research DOES THE PRIMARY CILIUM REGULATE OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELL PROLIFERATION? 288 Monday 5th December
Amber Ou The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthTHE PHAGOCYTIC FUNCTION OF P2X7 RECEPTOR UNDER RESTING CONDITION IN THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM289 Tuesday 6th December
Samantha OwensSchizophrenia Research Laboratory, Neuroscience
Research Australia And School Of Psychiatry, UnswAndrogen receptor gene expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in psychiatric disorders 290 Monday 5th December
Terence Pang Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Behavioural and physiological transgenerational responses to paternal exercise 291 Tuesday 6th December
Annalisa Paolino Queensland Brain InstituteSATB2 and CTIP2 expression in the marsupial isocortex reveals a regulatory network that predates
evolution of the corpus callosum292 Monday 5th December
Macarena Pavez University Of TasmaniaTHE INTERACTION OF CALCIUM SIGNALING AND THE CYTOSKELETON IN NAVIGATING GROWTH
CONES293 Tuesday 6th December
Sophie Payne Bionics Institute Detecting and treating inflammatory bowel disease using neuromodulation technology 294 Monday 5th December
Victor Perez Fernandez Western Sydney University A NEW TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE DOPAMINE RELEASE IN THE MAMMALIAN RETINA 295 Tuesday 6th December
Renata Pertile Queensland Brain Institute VITAMIN D, VDR AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF DOPAMINERGIC CELLS 296 Monday 5th December
Rochelle Peterson Flinders University CHARACTERISATION OF ONE CLASS OF SENSORY NEURONS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE IN VITRO 297 Tuesday 6th December
Alice Petty The Queensland Brain Institute Elevated Dopamine Release in the Dorsal Striatum: A New Animal Model of Schizophrenia 298 Monday 5th December
Andrew Phipps Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre Epigenetic dysregulation of critical gene regulatory elements in AD mice 299 Tuesday 6th December
Alexander PietersenBillson Research Laboratory, Save Sight Institute, The
University Of Sydney
CORRELATION OF LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL POWER IN LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS AND VISUAL
CORTEX IN ANAESTHETISED MARMOSETS.300 Monday 5th December
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Kimberley Pitman University Of TasmaniaELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELLS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS301 Tuesday 6th December
Stephanie Plummer The University of AdelaideEnhanced heparin binding affinity of APP96-110 results in increased neuroprotection following
traumatic brain injury302 Monday 5th December
Lauren Poppi The University Of NewcastleDegeneration of cholinergic synaptic transmission in type II vestibular hair cells of ageing C57BL/6
mice303 Tuesday 6th December
Kim Powell The University Of MelbourneANTI-EPILEPTOGENIC EFFECTS OF A SELECTIVE T-TYPE CA2+ CHANNEL ANTAGONIST, Z944, IN THE
POST-STATUS EPILEPTICUS MODEL OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY.304 Monday 5th December
Asheeta Prasad University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Ventral pallidum output pathways in context-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking. 305 Tuesday 6th December
Dino Premilovac University Of TasmaniaESTABLISHING THE NATURAL COURSE OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN A RAT MODEL OF EARLY
STAGE TYPE 2 DIABETES.306 Monday 5th December
Nicholas Price Monash UniversityCortical responses to stimulus transitions on short and long timescales reflect neuronal integration
and adaptation307 Tuesday 6th December
Magdalena Przybyla UNSWHYPERACTIVITY AND DYSINHIBITION-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN A P301S TAU-TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL OF
FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA308 Monday 5th December
Ruslan Pustovit University Of MelbourneALTERED COLORECTAL RESPONSIVENESS TO A COLOKINETIC AND TO PHYSIOLOGICAL STIMULI AFTER
SPINAL CORD INJURY309 Tuesday 6th December
Annie Quan Children's Medical Research Institute DEPOLARIZATION-DEPENDENT SYNDAPIN I PHOSPHORYLATION IN NERVE TERMINALS 310 Monday 5th December
Jane Quinn Charles Sturt UniversityEFFECTS OF THE INDOLE DITERPENOID MYCOTOXIN LOLITREM B AND ITS PATHWAY INTERMEDIATES
ON MOVEMENT AND METABOLIC STATUS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS TOXICOSIS.311 Tuesday 6th December
Jane Quinn Charles Sturt UniversityPOTASSIUM BROMIDE MITIGATES CLINICAL SIGNS OF INTOXICATION CAUSED BY THE INDOLE
DITERPENOID TOXIN LOLTREM B.312 Monday 5th December
Jane Quinn Charles Sturt University QUINOLINE INTOXICATION IN MILITARY MEMBERS 313 Tuesday 6th December
Madeleine Radnan University Of New South Wales Long-term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission in lateral septum 314 Monday 5th December
Tasnim Rahman Neuroscience Research AustraliaMATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION REDUCES SOMATOSTATIN AND SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2
mRNA EXPRESSION IN CORTEX AND STRIATUM315 Tuesday 6th December
Abdur Rahman Kuwait University LEAD-INDUCED ALTERATION IN VITAMIN D METABOLISM IS INVOLVED IN LEARNING IMPAIRMENT 316 Monday 5th December
Abrar Rahman Save Sight Institute Functional properties of On-Off neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate of anaesthetised marmosets. 317 Tuesday 6th December
Oliver Rawashdeh The University of QueenslandCYCLING MELATONIN SYNCHRONIZES RHYTHMIC HIPPOCAMPUS-DEPENDENT SIGNALING AND
MEMORY PERFORMANCE IN MICE.318 Monday 5th December
Amy Reichelt RMIT UniversityINTERMITTENT HIGH FAT HIGH SUGAR FOOD CONSUMPTION DISRUPTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS IN
ADOLESCENT RATS319 Tuesday 6th December
Thibault Renoir The Florey Institute (university Of Melbourne)EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN SEROTONIN SIGNALLING MUTANT
MICE320 Monday 5th December
Katrina Richards Monash University The Neuronal and Perceptual Effects of Visual Masking 321 Tuesday 6th December
Masamichi Sakagami Tamagawa UniversityDECODING THE VALUE OF JUICE FROM ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHIC SIGNALS IN MONKEY PREFRONTAL
CORTICES AND ITS MODULATION THROUGH THE DECODED NEUROFEEDBACK.322 Tuesday 6th December
Harman Sharma Flinders University DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION IN THE MURINE VAGINA 323 Tuesday 6th December
Doug Smith University Of Newcastle Altered cholesterol homeostasis in spinal cord of old mice 324 Monday 5th December
Kelly Smith University of NewcastleChannel Rhodopsin Assisted Circuit Mapping of Calretinin Positive Neurons in Dorsal Horn
Microcircuits325 Tuesday 6th December
Fei Song Centre For Heathy Brain Ageing, UNSWDecline of apolipoprotein levels in plasma, especially ApoJ, were associated with cognitive decline in
a longitudinal cohort326 Monday 5th December
Nick Spencer Flinders UniversityWIRELESS OPTOGENETICS: SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
(GREEN AND BLUE) FOR ACTIVATION OR INHIBITION OF MULTIPLE DIFFERENT NEURAL PATHWAYS327 Tuesday 6th December
Jereme Spiers The University Of QueenslandREPEATED STRESS EXPOSURE INDUCES HIPPOCAMPAL NITROSATIVE STRESS AND UPREGULATES
PROTECTIVE ANTIOXIDANT GENES IN THE RAT328 Monday 5th December
James St John Griffith University STIMULATING GLIAL CELLS – A NOVEL NEURAL REPAIR STRATEGY 329 Tuesday 6th December
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Jerome Staal Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthTHE MERTK PHAGOCYTIC RECEPTOR IN ASTROCYTES REGULATES SYNAPSE DENSITY AND BEHAVIOUR
IN THE ADOLESCENT CNS330 Monday 5th December
Vicky Staikopoulos University Of AdelaideMALDI IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY PROFILING OF PROTEIN CHANGES IN SPINAL CORDS FROM
MURINE MODEL OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN.331 Tuesday 6th December
Romana Stark Monash UniversityGHRELIN RECEPTORS IN THE VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS ARE REQUIRED TO DETECT
AND COUNTER HYPOGLYCEMIA332 Monday 5th December
Kimberley Stuart Wicking Dementia Research And Education CentreMid-life novel environmental enrichment exacerbates Aβ neuropathology in APP/PS1 mouse model
of Alzheimer's disease333 Tuesday 6th December
Hari Subramanian The University Of Queensland THE CONTROL OF FIRING PATTERN OF MIDBRAIN PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY NEURONS IN VIVO. 334 Monday 5th December
Lisa Suh The University Of SydneyBRAIN EXTRACTS DERIVED FROM PART AND AD INDUCES TAU PATHOLOGY IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF
P301S MUTANT TAU TRANSGENIC MICE.335 Tuesday 6th December
Eurwin Suryana University of Sydney The temporal effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on motor performance 336 Monday 5th December
Theresa Sutherland University Of Technology SydneyA COMPARISON OF THE HISTOLOGY AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AFTER SPINAL CORD
INJURY IN ADULT AND INFANT RATS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES337 Tuesday 6th December
Mathusi Swaminathan The University of Melbourne DISTRIBUTION OF KEY SYNAPTIC PROTEINS IN THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MOUSE COLON 338 Monday 5th December
Matthew Sykes University Of OtagoEFFECTS OF ANAESTHESIA ON MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS INDUCED BY TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC
STIMULATION IN RATS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLASTICITY STUDIES339 Tuesday 6th December
Vladimir Sytnyk University Of New South WalesTHE ROLE OF THE NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 2 (NCAM2) IN REGULATION OF SYNAPSE
FORMATION, MAINTENANCE OF SYNAPSE INTEGRITY AND REGULATION OF NEURONAL EXCITABILITY340 Monday 5th December
Phillippa Taberlay University Of TasmaniaSimultaneous alterations in nucleosome positions and DNA methylation predict epigenome-wide
changes in Alzheimer’s disease.341 Tuesday 6th December
Haruna TamanoDepartment of Neurophysiology, School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of ShizuokaIn vitro and in vivo physiology of low concentrations of Zn2+ in artificial cerebrospinal fluid 342 Monday 5th December
Justin Tan The University Of MelbourneAbsence of Serpinb6 causes sensorineural hearing loss with multiple histopathologies in the mouse
inner ear: new developments for non-syndromic hearing loss in humans343 Tuesday 6th December
Elliot Teo The University of Queensland HABITUATION OF VAGAL RESPIRATORY SENSORY FEEDBACK 344 Monday 5th December
Jenny Thai University Of MelbourneA population of non-neuronal GFRalpha-3 expressing cells in the bone marrow resembles non-
myelinating Schwann cells345 Tuesday 6th December
Hanne Thoen University of QueenslandUnderstanding one of the most elaborate eyes in the world: investigations into the neural
architecture and processing pathways of the stomatopod (mantis shrimp) visual system.346 Monday 5th December
Adrian Thompson University Of Tasmania STROMAL INTERACTING MOLECULE 1 (STIM1) IS IMPORTANT FOR AXON GUIDANCE IN VIVO 347 Tuesday 6th December
Nan Tian Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre Role of axonal calcium in kainic acid-induced axon degeneration in cultured cortical neurons 348 Monday 5th December
Ryan Tonkin The University Of New South WalesThe connexin-43 mimetic peptide, Peptide5, reduces pain hypersensitivity in a mouse model of
neuropathic pain349 Tuesday 6th December
Lee Travis Flinders UniversityIMAGING THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM REVEALS EXTENSIVE FAST SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION TO
CGRP IMMUNOREACTIVE PUTATIVE INTRINSIC SENSORY NEURONS IN THE MOUSE COLON350 Monday 5th December
Benjamin Trist University Of SydneySUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE-1; A POTENTIAL MEDIATOR OF NEURONAL DEGENERATION UNDER COPPER-
DEFICIENT CONDITIONS IN THE PARKINSON’S DISEASE BRAIN?351 Tuesday 6th December
Conor Underwood Macquarie UniversityEXCITATORY DRIVE OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS MAINTAINS
HYPERTENSION BUT NOT BAROREFLEX DYSFUNCTION IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE352 Monday 5th December
Julia van der Hoven Dementia Research UnitLEARNING DEFICITS IN THE TAU58/2 MOUSE MODEL CORRESPOND TO DEFICITS IN LONG-TERM
POTENTIATION FORMATION.353 Tuesday 6th December
Petra Van Nieuwenhuijzen The University Of Sydney BINARY α1β3 GABAA RECEPTORS: A NOVEL TARGET FOR MOTOR RECOVERY IN STROKE. 354 Monday 5th December
Bruno Van Swinderen Queensland Brain InstituteA NEW LOOK AT GENERAL ANAESTHESIA: UNCOVERING A SYNTAXIN1A-MEDIATED PRESYNAPTIC
MECHANISM355 Tuesday 6th December
Celia Vandestadt ARMIACUTE INFLAMMATION ORCHESTRATES MOTOR NEURON REGENERATION IN THE ZEBRAFISH SPINAL
CORD356 Monday 5th December
Tony Verberne University Of MelbourneADRENALINE SECRETION IS MEDIATED BY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OREXIN AND GLUTAMATE IN THE
VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA357 Tuesday 6th December
Giuseppe Verdile Curtin UniversityENHANCED DIABETIC PHENOTYPE AND NEURODEGENERATION IN A NOVEL TRANSGENIC MOUSE
MODEL WITH OVERLAPPING PANCREATIC AND CEREBRAL AMYLOID PATHOLOGIES.358 Monday 5th December
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Giuseppe Verdile Curtin UniversityINSULIN RESISTANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCTIONS IN SPECIFIC COGNITIVE DOMAINS AND
INCREASES IN CSF PTAU IN COGNITIVELY NORMAL CONTROLS.359 Tuesday 6th December
Arunnjah VivekanandarajahSIDS And Sleep Apnea Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine
And The Bosch Institute, University Of Sydney
The effects of pre- into post-natal cigarette smoke exposure on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and
apoptotic markers in the mouse brainstem.360 Monday 5th December
Srdjan Vlajkovic The University Of Auckland ADENOSINE RECEPTORS REGULATE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ACOUSTIC INJURY 361 Tuesday 6th December
Alex Volkerling Dementia Research Unit LKB1 and tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer's Disease 362 Monday 5th December
Adam Walker Macquarie UniversityRegional and temporal analysis of biochemical alterations in a new TDP-43 mouse model of motor
neuron disease363 Tuesday 6th December
Leigh Walker Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health The role of Nucleus Incertus Orexin Receptors 1 and 2 in Stress-Induced Alcohol Seeking 364 Monday 5th December
David Ward Wicking Centre, University Of TasmaniaThe BDNF Val66Met polymorphism moderates the effect of cognitive reserve on 36-month cognitive
change in healthy older adults365 Tuesday 6th December
Maxinne Watchon Universirt Of SydneyExploring the effects of autophagy inducers and inhibitors in a transgenic zebrafish model of
spinocerebellar ataxia type-3366 Monday 5th December
Michelle Watts University Of Queensland Hypoxia Regulated microRNA-210 in Neuronal Plasticity. 367 Tuesday 6th December
Thomas Weickert University Of New South Wales C-Reactive Protein as a marker of inflammation in acute psychosis and schizophrenia 368 Monday 5th December
Christin Weissleder Neuroscience Research Australia CXCR4 EXPRESSION INCREASED THROUGHOUT ADULTHOOD IN THE HUMAN SUBEPENDYMAL ZONE 369 Tuesday 6th December
Joanna Wieronska Institute Of Pharmacology Antipsychotic-like action of combined administration of mGlu4 and M4 receptors activators. 370 Monday 5th December
Brandon Wild University Of New South Wales EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ANAESTHETIC AGENTS ON NERVE EXCITABILITY IN THE RAT TIBIAL NERVE 371 Tuesday 6th December
Stephen Williams Queensland Brain InstututeROSTRO-CAUDAL GRADIENT OF THE DENDRITIC INTEGRATIVE PROPERTIES OF LAYER 5 PYRAMIDAL
NEURONS ACROSS THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX372 Monday 5th December
Stephen Williams Queensland Brain Instutute PASSIVE NORMALIZATION OF DENDRITIC LIGHT SIGNALLING IN ALPHA RETINAL GANGLION CELLS 373 Tuesday 6th December
Julie Wixey The University Of Queensland NEUROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN THE GROWTH RESTRICTED NEONATE 374 Monday 5th December
Adele Woodhouse University of Tasmania INCREASED INTRINSIC EXCITABILITY OF CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL NEURONS IN HEALTHY AGING 375 Tuesday 6th December
Junhua Xiao The University of MelbourneSelectively targeting the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR): a new therapeutic strategy in
peripheral demyelinating diseases376 Monday 5th December
Pauline Yap Flinders UniversityNEUROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MURINE LUMBOSACRAL DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA IN
RESPONSE TO INFLAMMATION OF VAGINA377 Tuesday 6th December
Nathanael Yates The University Of Western AustraliaREPEATED MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN FEMALE RATS INCREASES LIPID PEROXIDATION IN
NEURONS378 Monday 5th December
Ling Ye Tongji University Potential function of miRNA-124 in human neurogenesis under normal and inflammatory conditions 379 Tuesday 6th December
Wai Ping Yew Flinders UniversityTREATMENT WITH A CELL CYCLE INHIBITOR FOLLOWING PHOTOTHROMBOTIC STROKE INDUCES
DIFFERENTIAL CHANGES TO RECOVERY IN MOTOR FUNCTION TESTS380 Monday 5th December
Jai Yu University Of California San FranciscoDISTINCT REACTIVATION OF MOVEMENT AND STILL EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE HIPPOCAMPAL-
CORTICAL NETWORK381 Tuesday 6th December
Vlad Zagorodnyuk Flinders University ZYMOSAN-INDUCED CYSTITIS IN THE GUINEA PIGS AS A MODEL OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS. 382 Monday 5th December
Oressia Zalucki School Of Biomedical Sciences NFIX REGULATES NEUROBLAST PROLIFERATION IN THE ADULT SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE 383 Tuesday 6th December
Sasha Maria Zaman The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Development of a rapid functional assay that predicts GLUT1 disease severity 384 Monday 5th December
Akram Zamani University Of MelbourneSuppressor of Cytokine Signalling 2 (SOCS2) interacts with Tropomyosin related kinase-B (TrkB)
receptor and regulates neuronal outgrowth385 Tuesday 6th December
Agnieszka Zbela University Of TasmaniaCONTROLLING CALCINEURIN AND CALCIUM/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II WITH
LIGHT.386 Monday 5th December
Natalie Zeater Save Sight InstitutePairwise and population dynamics of correlated spiking activity in the dorsal lateral geniculate
nucleus of marmoset387 Tuesday 6th December
Cary Zhang Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF THE BRAIN RELAXIN-3/RXFP3 SYSTEM IN
MICE: FOCUS ON HYPOTHALAMIC CIRCUITS388 Monday 5th December
Zhe Zhang Sbms, The University Of QueenslandLOSS OF THE SULFATE TRANSPORTER SLC13A4 ALTERS BEHAVIOR AND NEUROGENESIS IN ADULT
MICE389 Tuesday 6th December
Zidan Zhao University Of Newcastle
DELAYED POST-CONDITIONING USING HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING INDUCES NEUROPROTECTIVE
ACTIONS AND ALLEVIATES COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PHOTOTHROMBOTIC
STROKE
390 Monday 5th December
Jing Zhao The University Of QueenslandThe indirect effect of EphA4 on neuronal precursor proliferation in the adult hippocampus through D-
serine modulation of NMDA receptor391 Tuesday 6th December
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Ye ZHAO Neuroscience Research AustraliaIMPROVED DIFFERENTIATION, NUCLEAR ENVELOPE MORPHOLOGY AND REDUCED ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN
IN LRRK2 G2019S NEURAL CELLS TREATED WITH LRRK2 KINASE INHIBITORS392 Monday 5th December
Yilan Zhen Menzies Institute For Medical Research PROTOCADHERIN 15 REGULATES OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELL PROLIFERATION 393 Tuesday 6th December
Lyandysha Zholudeva Drexel University College Of MedicineTransplantation of Excitatory Neural Precursor Cells to Promote Respiratory Recovery After Cervical
Spinal Cord Injury394 Monday 5th December
Alice(Xiaoqing) Zhou QBI PHYSICAL EXERCISE ALTERS THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND CONNECTOME IN THE AGED MURINE BRAIN 395 Tuesday 6th December
Zhendan ZhuMenzies Institute For Medical Research - University Of
Tasmania
Cellular changes in mild traumatic brain injury between young and adult mice after lateral fluid
percussion injury396 Monday 5th December
Ilvana Ziko Rmit University NEONATAL OVERFEEDING IMPAIRS GHRELIN SIGNALLING IN FEMALE RATS 397 Tuesday 6th December
Roger Marek Queensland Brain Institute Attentional modulation of prefrontal circuits that mediate fear extinction 398 Monday 5th December
Ranjan Roy University Of Otago Central modulation of cardiac sympathetic nerve activity following acute myocardial infarction. 399 Tuesday 6th December
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