RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities
November 12-15, 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Scientific Presentations
Monday, November 13, 2000
Afternoon Session

Neurosciences

Invited Speakers

NFAT-MEDIATED ION CURRENT
REMODELLING IN MUSCLE
Luis Santana, Ph.D.
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus

Nna1, A NOVEL GTP BINDING ZINC
CARBOXYPEPTIDASE, IS UP-REGULATED
IN REGENERATING MOTOR NEURONS
AND REGULATES NEURITE OUTGROWTH IN VITRO
Holly Soares, Ph.D.
Morehouse School of Medicine

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF AVIAN
VOCAL COMMUNICATIONS
Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D.

Oral Presentations
(click on titles for abstracts)

• Gene Expression in the Inner Ear
  Dr. Elba E. Serrano

• The Neuromodulatory Effects of Cholecyctokinin on Cocaine-Evoked Dopamine Neurotransmission in Rat Striatum
  Dr. T.M. Loonam

• Kir 6.1, Pore-forming Subunit of KATP-Channels, Are Restricted to Glial Cells, Not to Neurons in Hippocampus and Retina
  Dr. Serguei N. Skatchkov

• Electrophysiological Competion Between Non-competitive Inhibitors of Mouse Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Eupalmarin Acetate vs. Phencyclidine
  Dr. Misty J. Eaton

• Selectivity, in Shaker potassium channels, is both state-and-voltage dependent
  Dr. Martin Rayner

• Myomodulin enhances tension generation and calcium transients in crustacean muscle fibers
  Dr. Jose Monterrubio

• Establishment of a CREB-Dependent Gene Expression Profile for Emotional Memory
  Dr. Itzamarie Chévere