SCHEDULE

June 3, Thursday
12:30 - 2:30

Poster Session -
NEUROSCIENCE AND MOTOR CONTROL
Venue: Brodie Centre Atrium

June 4, Friday
2:30 - 5:35

Symposium #9 -
MOTOR CONTROL AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Venue: Schwartz Theatre, D25 Dentistry Building

June 4, Friday - SYMPOSIUM TALKS - D25     -     Photo of Speakers (17KB JPEG image)

2:30 - 2:35

INTRODUCTION. Dr. Larry Jordan, Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba

2:35 - 3:05

261 MICROSTIMULATION OF THE NORMAL SPINAL CORD CASTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON CROSSED SENSORIMOTOR PATHWAYS.
Dr. Arthur Prochazka, Division of Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

3:05 - 3:35

262 PROPRIOCEPTIVE CONTROL OF MAMMALIAN LOCOMOTION. Dr. David McCrea, Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

3:35 - 4:05

263 THE 20TH CENTURY MOTONEURONE: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM.
Dr. Rob Brownstone, Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Manitoba.

4:05 - 4:30

Break

4:20 - 4:50

264 NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL OF ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION.
Dr. Dean Kriellaars, School of Medical Rehabilitation and Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Manitoba.

4:50 - 5:20

265 NEUROMUSCULAR CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH AGING AND THE EFFECTS ON MOTOR CONTROL.
Dr. Michelle Porter, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Studies, University of Manitoba

5:20 - 5:30

DISCUSSION

June 3, Thursday, 12:30-2:30 - POSTER PRESENTATIONS - Atrium

046

DYSTROPHIN IS REQUIRED FOR ORGANIZING LARGE ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AGGREGATES IN MUSCLE REGENERATION. Jiming Kong* and Judy Anderson. Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Sciences, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0W3

047

CORRELATION OF MRI CHANGES WITH ALTERATIONS IN TISSUE EDEMA IN A CEREBRAL HYPOXIA/ISCHEMIA MODEL. Min Qiao*, Kris L. Malisza*, Saro Bascaramurty*, Piotr Kozlowski*, and Ursula I. Tuor. Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council, 435 Ellice Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1Y6.

048

ANATOMY OF THE LUMBOSACRAL SPINAL CORD IN RABBITS. Gary D. Partlow, Nina Gonsholt* and Kenneth R.S. Fisher. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1

049

EXTRA-DURAL NEURAL-AXIS COMPARTMENT, EDNAC, D. Parkinson*. Faculty of Medicine, Dep't of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, U. of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Canada R3E 0W3

050

ATP AND BLOCKERS OF Na+ AND Ca2+ CHANNELS MODULATE DOMOIC ACID BINDING TO RAT BRAIN MEMBRANES M.S. Nijjar, Donna Smith, and Satnam S. Nijjar, Dept. of Anatomy &Physiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, CANADA.

051

STRESS INDUCED ALTERATION OF SPLENIC IMMUNE FUNCTION IS MEDIATED BY SPLENIC INNERVATION AND THE ADRENAL GLAND. Jon Meltzer, Brian MacNeil*, Veronica Sanders*, Arno Jansen*, Arnold Greenberg and Dwight Nance*. Depts. of Anatomy, Pathology, and The Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E OW3.

052

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF PERMANENT FOCAL ISCHEMIA: AN MRI AND ANATOMICAL STUDY Brenda Bartnik* and André Obenaus. Department of Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK.

053

CHANGES IN TISSUE COMPLEXITY FOLLOWING STATUS EPILEPTICUS Wall, C, Obenaus, A, Kendall, E.J. Department of Medical Imaging, University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W8

054

INTRAHIPPOCAMPAL INJECTIONS OF b-AMYLOID FRAGMENTS IN RATS: NEURODEGENERATION VISUALIZED USING MRI. Yusuf Bhagat*, André Obenaus, John Steven Richardson and Edward Kendall. Departments of Medical Imaging and of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8.

055

NON-LINEAR MEMBRANE RESPONSES IN CAT SACRAL SPHINCTER MOTONEURONS. Karen L. Paroschy* & Susan J. Shefchyk* (Sponsored by-Judy Anderson) Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Spinal Cord Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3J7.