ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006

OVERVIEW of the POSTER ABSTRACTS (listed by topics) DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION Poster Abstract number(s)

Group Leader Baumgartner R. 1-3 Gesemann M. 4 Relvas J. 5 Schwab M. 6-7 Sommer L. 8-9 Sonderegger P. 10 Stoeckli E. 11-16 Thallmair M. 17 SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AND PLASTICITY Group Leader Lipp H.-P. 18 Mansuy I. 19 Sonderegger P. 20-21 Streit P. 22 Zeilhofer H.-U. 23 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE Group Leader Aguzzi A. 24-25 Fritschy J.-M. 26 Fuhrer C. 27 Heizmann C. 28-30 Konietzko U. 31-32 Mansuy I. 33 Martin K. 34 Remé C. 35-38 Rudolph U. 39 Sonderegger P. 40-41 Suter U. 42 Streit P. 43 Zimmermann D. 44 ENDOCRINE REGULATION, NEUROIMMUNOLOGY Group Leader Aguzzi A. 45-48 Ehlert U. 49-51 Goebels N. 52-55 Keck M. 56-57

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Poster Abstract number(s) Schedlowski M. 58-60 SENSORY SYSTEMS Group Leader Berger W. 61-63 Dietz V. 64-66 Hahnloser R. 67 Helmchen F. 68 Kiper D. 69 Liu S.-C. 70-71 Martin K. 72-73 Neuhauss S. 74-77 MOTOR SYSTEMS Group Leader Bergamin O. 78 Curt A. 79-81 Dietz V. 82-85 Kollias S. 86-88 Riener R. 89 Scherberger H. 90-91 Straumann D. 92 SLEEP AND SLEEP DISORDERS Group Leader Bassetti C. 93-94 Ehlert U. 95 Fontana A. 96 Landolt H.-P. 97 Tobler I. 98 NEURAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR Group Leader Fry S. 99-100 Feldon J. 101-103 Hahnloser R. 104 Lipp H.-P. 105-109 Maercker A. 110 Mansuy I. 111 Martin E. 112 De Quervain D. 113

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Poster Abstract number(s) Group Leader Böker H. (Division of Psychiatry Research, Psychiatric University Hospital) 114 Brandeis D. 115-116 Brugger P. 117 Fehr E. (Institute for Empirical Research in Economics) 118 Feldon J. 119-120 Henke K. 121 Herwig U. (ZNZ Associate, Psychiatric University Clinic) 122-123 Hock C. 124 Ishai A 125-127 Jeanmonod D. 128 Kesselring J. 129 Kollias S. 130 Lehmann D. 131 Mansuy I. 132 Mast F. 133 Riener R. 134-135 Tobler I. 136 AGING AND DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Group Leader Aguzzi A. 137-145 Brandeis D. 146-147 Dietz V. 148 Feldom J. 149 Fritschy J.-M. 150 Hermann D. 151-154 Hock C. 155 Hornemann Th. (ZNZ Associate, Institute for Clinical Chemistry) 156 Jeanmonod D. 157-159 Lehmann D. 160-161 Mohajeri H. 162 Nitsch R. 163-165 Remé Ch. 166 Schurch B. 167-172 Stassen H. 173-174 Streit P. 175 Thöny B. 176-177

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 COMPUTATION AND MODELING Poster Abstract number(s) Group Leader Douglas R. 179-183 Hahnloser R. 184 Kiper D. 185 Liu S.-C. 186-190 Martin K. 191 Stoop R. 192-194 Verschure P. 195-198 BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGING Group Leader Aguzzi A. 199 Bergamin O. 200-201 Buck A. 202 Dietz V. 203-204 Hall H. (ZNZ Associate, Institute for Biomedical Eng. and Dept. of Materials) 205-206 Helmchen F. 207 Jeanmonod D. 208 Keller E. 209 Kiper D. 210 Kollias S. 211 Lehmann D. 212 Riener R. 213 Rudin M. 214-218 Schubiger A. 219 Verschure P. 220 Weber B. 221-222

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006

POSTER ABSTRACTS DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION Group Leader: RALF BAUMGARTNER 1 Functional outcome and prevalence of recurrent ischemic events in

patients with acute ischemic stroke due to aortic plaques: C. Baumann, R. Baumgartner, HC. Von Büdingen, V. Rousson, D. Georgiadis

2 Serum cholesterol levels do not influence outcome or recovery in acute ischemic stroke: HC. Von Büdingen, R. Baumgartner, C.Baumann, V. Rousson, D. Georgiadis

3 Early recurrent ischemic stroke in stroke patients undergoing intra-venous thrombolysis: D. Georgiadis, S. Engelter, B. Tettenborn, HJ. Hungerbühler, R. Luethy, F. Müller, M. Arnold, C. Giambarca, C. Baumann, HC. Von Büdingen, P. Lyrer, R. Baumgartner

Group Leader: MATTHIAS GESEMANN 4 Modulation expression analysis and functional characterization of

two novel GPI-linked cell adhesion molecules: P. Joset, R. Babey, E.A. Ingold, E.T. Stoeckli, M. Gesemann

Group Leader: JOÃO RELVAS 5 Role of the small rho GTPase RhoA on Schwann cell and oligo-

dendrocyte biology: S.M. Krause, X. Wu, C. Brakebusch, D. Meijer, K.A. Nave, U. Suter, J. Relvas

Group Leader: MARTIN SCHWAB

6 Interaction of Nogo-A antibody treatment and locomotor training

on neuronal reorganization and functional recovery after an incomplete spinal cord injury: I. Maier, R.M. Ichiyama, L. Schnell, I. Lavrov, G. Courtine, V.R. Edgerton, M.E. Schwab

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 7 Fibers projecting to lumbar motoneurons following thoracic lateral

hemisection and combination treatment with anti-Nogo-A antibody, NT-3 and NMDA-2D subunits in adult rats: L. Schnell, A. Ghosh, V.L. Arvanian, O.J. Horner, W.J. Bowers, H.J. Federoff, L.M. Mendell, M.E. Schwab

Group Leader: LUKAS SOMMER

8 Characterization and functional analysis of cancer stem cells in human melanoma: G. Civenni, L. Sommer

9 TGFβ signaling regulates the neuroepithelial stem cell pool in the developing dorsal midbrain: S. Falk, H. Wurdak, L.M. Ittner, F. Ille, K.S. Lang, C. Paratore, K. Schwerdtfeger, S. Atanasoki, P. Leveen, U. Suter, St. Karlsson, W. Born, L. Sommer

Group Leader: PETER SONDEREGGER

10 Neurobin, a novel serine protease of the nervous system cleaves basic fibroblast growth factor in vitro: R. Stallmach, S. Gloor

Group Leader: ESTHER STOECKLI 11 The function of Sema6B in commissural axon guidance:

I. Andermatt, O. Mauti, E.T. Stoeckli 12 Axonin-1 is required for proper extension of parallel fibers during

development of the chicken cerebellum: T. Baeriswyl, E. Stoeckli 13 Comparative expression analysis of Sonic hedgehog and its

receptors Patched/Smoothened and Hedgehog-interacting protein in the deve-loping cerebellum: A.L. Daetwyler, T. Baeriswyl, E.T. Stoeckli

14 Slits and Robos in sensory and motor axon guidance:

M. Debrunner, M. Philipp, E.T. Stoeckli 15 The role of Semaphorin 6A as gate keeper between the peripheral

and the central nervous system: O. Mauti, I. Andermatt, R. Sadhu, E.T. Stoeckli

16 Wnt and Shh signaling in postcommissural axon guidance: A. Wacker, E. Domanitskaya, E.T. Stoeckli

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: MICHAELA THALLMAIR 17 Influence of inflammation on the behavior of adult spinal cord pro-

genitor cells after spinal cord injury: A. Schröter, M. Thallmair

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AND PLASTICITY Group Leader: HANS-PETER LIPP 18 A reversible effect of x-irradiation on proliferation, neurogenesis

and cell death in the dentate gyrus of adult mice: N. Ben Abdallah, L. Slomianka, H.P. Lipp

Group Leader: ISABELLE MANSUY 19 Involvement of calcineurin in the formation and extinction of

associative memory: K. Baumgärtel, D. Genoux, H. Welzl, K. Koshibu, C. Mamie, I.M. Mansuy

Group Leader: PETER SONDEREGGER 20 Identification of agrin as a substrate of the neural protease neuro-

trypsin: D. Lüscher, M. Bolliger, A. Ivens, B. Kunz, S. Gloor, P. Sonderegger

21 Specificity of the neural serine protease neurotrypsin for its natural

substrate agrin: R. Reif, S. Sales, D. Lüscher, B. Kunz, P. Sonderegger

Group Leader: PETER STREIT 22 Study of the expression of glutamate receptors at different

synaptic contacts within the calyx of Held: D. Hermida, J.M. Mateos, B. Stierli, N. Puente, I. Elezgarai, P. Grandes, P. Streit

Group Leader: HANNS-ULRICH ZEILHOFER 23 GABAergic control of pain processing: R. Witschi, H.U. Zeilhofer

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE Group Leader: ADRIANO AGUZZI 24 Engineering conditional oligomerization of prion protein in

transgenic mouse model: S.I. Yusa, C. Bridel, J. Pedersen, J. Martins, N. Kraeutler, M. Zeller, I. Westner, A. Aguzzi

25 Ectopic expression of lymphotoxin-α/β on hepatocytes leads to

chronic hepatitis and tumour formation in the liver: N. Zeller, M. Heikenwälder, M. Kurrer, P. Schwarz, A. Aguzzi

Group Leader: JEAN-MARC FRITSCHY 26 Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporter mediated

antiepileptic drug resistance in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy: M. Baldinger, C. Schwerdel, H. Krestel, J.M. Fritschy

Group Leader: CHRISTIAN FUHRER 27 PICK1 controls alpha 7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

clustering: T. Bürli, K. Baer, A. Wiesner, K-H. Huh, S. Erb-Vögtli, D. Dujmovic-Göckeritz, C. Fuhrer

Group Leader: CLAUS HEIZMANN

28 The RAGE receptor and the S100 proteins in brain pathology: A. Galichet, E. Leclerc, M. Weibel, G. Fritz, C.W. Heizmann

29 RAGE Mediates Cellular Toxicity of Different Amyloid-β Conformations: E. Sturchler, Mirjam Weibel, C.W. Heizmann, A. Galichet

30 S100A16, a novel calcium-binding protein of the EF-hand

superfamily brain distribution and Ca2+-dependent translocation: E. Sturchler, J.A. Cox, I. Durussel, M. Weibel, C.W. Heizmann

Group Leader: UWE KONIETZKO 31 The functional role of the transcriptional response regulated by the

APP intracellular domain (AICD): Z.V. Goodger, B.M. Kohli, R.C. Von Rotz, M. Meier, M. Meyer, R.M. Nitsch, U. Konietzko

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006

32 Identification of the amyloid precursor protein-associated protein

complex in brain: B. Kohli, D. Pflieger, R. Aebersold, R. Nitsch, U. Konietzko

Group Leader: ISABELLE MANSUY 33 Analysis of protein phosphatase 1-dependent epigenetic

modifications in long-term memory: J. Gräff, K. Koshibu, A. Patrignani, U. Wagner, I.M. Mansuy

Group Leader: KEVAN MARTIN 34 The architecture of horizontal connections of superficial layer pyra-

midal neurons in the neocortex: E. Ruesch Group Leader: CHARLOTTE REMÉ 35 Pathways of the innate and acquired immune response are not

essen-tial for retinal degeneration in the RD1 mouse: C. Grimm, B. Rohrer, C. Demos, R. Frigg

36 RPE65 as a modifier gene for inherited retinal degeneration:

C. Grimm, M. Samardzija, A. Wenzel, M. Naash, C.E. Remé

37 Mouse model for blinding human retinal dystrophy caused by the R91W mutation in RPE65: M. Samardzija, C. Grimm, J. von Lintig, M.W. Seeliger, M. Tanimoto, M. Thiersch, C.E. Remé, A. Wenzel

38 Role of RPE65 for cone function in NRL deficient mice: A. Wenzel,

M. Seeliger, J. von Lintig, V. Oberhauser, N. Tanimoto, C. Grimm, C.E. Remé

Group Leader: UWE RUDOLPH 39 Molecular targets of general anesthetics: Genetic dissection of the

pharmacological spectrum of intravenous and inhalational anesthetics using GABAA receptor beta3(N265M) knock-in mice: A. Zeller, M. Arras, R. Jurd, U. Rudolph

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006

Group Leader: PETER SONDEREGGER 40 Characterisation of a substrate for neurotrypsin in the CNS:

A. Stephan, J.M. Mateos, A. Zurlinden, S. Hettwer, A. Kistler, P. Sonderegger

41 Identification of neurotrypsin-dependant changes in the synapse and hippocampus proteome: P. Walther, B. Gerrits, F. Potthast, S.P. Schrimpf, P. Sonderegger

Group Leader: UELI SUTER

42 Myotubularins: Structure, function, and their involvement in human

diseases: P. Berger, I. Berger, C. Schaffitzel, K. Tersar, K. Ballmer-Hofer, U. Suter

Group Leader: PETER STREIT

43 Knockdown of calsyntenins expression using a vector based small interfering RNA (siRNA) system in primary neuronal cell culture and in mouse hippocampal slice cultures: J. Yuan, P. Streit

Group Leader: DIETER ZIMMERMANN

44 Studies of the potential role of versican expression and turnover in

axonal guidance in vivo in the chick model: E. Cassoly, D. Zimmermann

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 ENDOCRINE REGULATION, NEUROIMMUNOLOGY Group Leader: ADRIANO AGUZZI 45 Efficient prion transmission via the intranasal and aerosolic route:

J. Haybaeck, M. Heikenwalder, I. Margalith, N. Zeller, D. Marino, P.Schwarz, C. Bridel, K. Mertz, E. Gagulic, L. Stitz, A. Aguzzi

46 Granulomatous inflammation enables prion accumulation and

repli-cation: M. Heikenwalder, I. Margalith, N. Zeller, M. Polymenidou, J.Haybaeck, M. Kurrer, A. Aguzzi

47 Function of the prion protein (PrP) in the immune system:

J.B. Oliveira-Martins, S.I. Yusa, N. Kraeutler, C. Bridel, J. Kranich 48 Replication of human prions in a “humanized“ mouse model

system: A progress report: I. Margalith, M. Heikenwalder, J. Haybaeck, S. Bänziger, G. Hutter, K. Nairz, F. Heppner, C. Sigurdson, R. Speck, A. Aguzzi

Group Leader: ULRIKE EHLERT 49 Effects of oxytocin and social support on autonomic responses to

psychosocial stress in social phobia: B. von Dawans, L.M. Soravia, I.D. Neumann, D.J.-F. de Quervain, C.S. Carter, U. Ehlert, M. Heinrichs

50 Effects of physical fitness and personality traits on psychosocial

stress reactivity: U. Rimmele, B. Marti, R. Seiler, U. Ehlert, M. Heinrichs

51 Effects of cortisone treatment on heart rate in patients with social

phobia during a psychosocial stress test: A. Steiner, L.M. Soravia, U. Ehlert, D.J.-F. de Quervain, M. Heinrichs

Group Leader: NORBERT GOEBELS 52 Clonally expanded plasma cells in the CSF of MS patients produce

myelin specific antibodies: evidence for a tissue specific antigen driven immune response in human autoimmunity: H.-C. von Büdingen, M.D. Harrer, S. Kuenzle, M. Meier, I. Briod, N. Goebels

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 53 Organotypic CNS slice cultures as an in vitro model for immune

medi-ated tissue damage and repair in multiple sclerosis: M.D. Harrer, H.-C. von Büdingen, M. Meier, K. Fischer, N. Goebels

54 L-17 as a potential marker of disease in multiple sclerosis:

E. Novoa, M. Gulati, B. Becher, N. Goebels 55 Molecular and functional analysis of the plasma cell repertoire in

Dermatomyositis: C. Stiehler, H.-C. von Büdingen, M.D. Harrer, S. Kuenzle, N. Goebels

Group Leader: MARTIN KECK 56 Effects of chronic paroxetine treatment on behavior and

hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) system regulation in an inbred mouse model for affective disorder: C.K. Thoeringer, T. Welt, I. Sillaber, M.B. Mueller, F. Holsboer, M.E. Keck

57 Temazepam triggers the release of vasopressin into the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus during stress – an in vivo microdialysis study: T. Welt, M. Engelmann, U. Renner, A. Erhardt, M.B. Müller, R. Landgraf, F. Holsboer, M.E. Keck

Group Leader: MANFRED SCHEDLOWSKI 58 Acute effects of intranasal oxytocin on endocrine parameters and

sexual function in males: A. Burri, M. Heinrichs, M. Schedlowski, T. Krüger

59 Neuro-Immune fingerprints: neural correlates of the peripheral

immune status: R. Doenlen, U. Krügel, C. Riether, H. Engler, M.B. Niemi, M. Schedlowski, G. Pacheco-Lopez

60 Behaviourally conditioned suppression of peripheral T lymphocyte

function: C. Riether, G. Pacheco-Lopez, R. Doenlen, M.B. Niemi, H. Engler, M. Schedlowski

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 SENSORY SYSTEMS

Group Leader: WOLGANG BERGER

61 Cone versus rod disease in a mouse model for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa: S. Brunner, S. Skosyrski, D. Colman, U.F.O. Luhmann, J. Neidhart, A. Giessl, R. Kirschner-Schwabe, K.-P. Knobeloch, E. Rohde, I. Horak, U. Wolfrum, K. Rüther, W. Berger

62 Gene expression profiling in Norrin deficient mice: N.F. Schäfer,

U. Luhmann, W. Berger 63 Pathogenic mechanisms of two novel rhodopsin (RHO) mutations

causing retinitis pigmentosa: G. Tanner, D. Barthelmes, E. Glaus, F. Farahmand, J.C. Fleischhauer, W. Berger, J. Neidhart

Group Leader: VOLKER DIETZ 64 Pain evoked EEG-potentials after contact-heat stimulation: topo-

graphies, sources and clinical implications in spinal cord injury: P. Halder, S. Wydenkeller, A. Curt

65 Simultaneous assessment of nociceptive Aδ- and C-fibre function

after painful contact-heat stimulation: S. Wydenkeller, A. Curt, P. Halder

66 The relationship between the temperature pain threshold and the

acti-vation of Aδ- and C-fibres: a reaction time study: S. Wydenkeller, E. Munafo, A. Curt, P. Halder

Group Leader: RICHARD HAHNLOSER 67 Self-perception in auditory brain areas of the zebra finch: G. Keller,

A. Nager, R. Hahnloser Group Leader: FRITJOF HELMCHEN 68 Dendritic calcium signalling in layer 5 pyramidal neurons in vivo:

B.Kampa, W. Göbel, A. Ghosh, J. Kerr, F. Helmchen

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: DANIEL KIPER 69 The dynamics of pattern identification and categorization:

M. Wiesmann, P.F.M.J. Verschure, D.C. Kiper

Group Leader: SHIH-CHII LIU 70 The AER EAR: S.-C. Liu, R. Berner, T. Delbruck 71 aVLSI motion chip for microflyers: R. Möckel, S.-C. Liu Group Leader: KEVAN MARTIN 72 The W pathway to cat primary visual cortex. A light and electron

micro-scope study: J.C. Anderson, N.M. da Costa, K.A.C. Martin 73 Many to one: the relationship between afferents and their target

neu-rons examined in the thalamocortical projection in cat area 17: N.M. da Costa, G. Koestinger, K.A.C. Martin

Group Leader: STEPHAN NEUHAUSS 74 Visual acuity in larval zebrafish: M. Haug, S.C.F. Neuhauss,

O. Biehlmaier 75 Ocular and motor instabilities in zebrafish mutant belladonna:

Y.-Y. Huang, M. Tschopp, S.C.F. Neuhauss 76 Analysis of the zebrafish mutant noir, a model for inner retinal

dystrophies: C. Maurer, H. Schönthaler, S. Neuhauss

77 Playing with reflexes: The optokinetic nystagmus of adult zebrafish: M. Tschopp, O. Biehlmaier, S. Neuhauss

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 MOTOR SYSTEMS

Group Leader: OLIVER BERGAMIN 78 Pre- and post-operative search coil recordings in patients with

unilat-eral trochlear nerve palsy: L. Pfenninger, K. Landau, T. Haslwanter, R. Hoerantner, O. Bergamin

Group Leader: ARMIN CURT 79 The amplitude of lower leg motor evoked potentials is a reliable

mea-sure when controlled for torque and motor task: H.J.A. van Hedel, C. Murer, V. Dietz, A. Curt

80 Foot movements in iSCI: distinction between paresis and dexterity:

B. Wirth, H.J.A. van Hedel, A. Curt 81 Responsiveness of the spinal cord independence measure (SCIM)

after a complete spinal cord injury: B. Wirth, B. Kometer, H.J.A. van Hedel, A.Curt

Group Leader: VOLKER DIETZ

82 Muscle activity responses during locomotion to alterations in body weight support: V. Bachmann, V. Dietz, R. Müller

83 Combining functional electrical stimulation with the driven gait orthosis lokomat: R. Banz, Th. Keller

84 Modification of lokomat biofeedback weighting functions: R. Banz,

M. Bolliger, L. Lünenburger 85 Obstacle avoidance in human walking: task-dependent flexor reflex

facilitation: J. Michel, H.J.A. van Hedel, V. Dietz Group Leader: SPYROS KOLLIAS 86 Cortical correlates of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of wrist

extensors and flexors: an fMRI feasibility study: A. Blickenstorfer, R. Kleiser, T. Keller, B. Keisker, R. Riener, S. Kollias

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 87 Differences in cortical activation during static and dynamic power

grip force: B. Keisker, R. Kleiser, A. Blickenstorfer, M.-C. Hepp-Reymond, S. Kollias

88 Application of fMRI-guided DTI fiber tracking in combination with

advanced tracking techniques in tumor patients: P. Staempfli, R. Kleiser, P. Boesiger, S. Kollias

Group Leader: ROBERT RIENER 89 A novel method for speed adaptation of a treadmill in robot-aided

tread-mill training: J. v. Zitzewitz, M. Wellner, A. Duschau-Wicke, R. Riener

Group Leader: HANSJÖRG SCHERBERGER 90 Macaque area AIP represents grip type and target orientation in a

working memory task: M. Baumann, M.-C. Fluet, H. Scherberger 91 Hand grasping signals in macaque premotor area F5 during a

delayed grasping task: M.-C. Fluet, M. Baumann, H. Scherberger Group Leader: DOMINIK STRAUMANN 92 Cyclovergence evoked by up-down acceleration along longitudinal

axis in humans: I. Olasagasti, C. Bockisch, D. Zee, D. Straumann

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 SLEEP AND SLEEP DISORDERS Group Leader: CLAUDIO BASSETTI 93 Acute ischemic stroke and sleep apnea: evolution of clinical and

radio-logical parameters within 3 days after stroke onset: M.M. Siccoli, B. Tettenborn, S. Kollias, C.L. Bassetti

94 Central sleep apnea and central periodic breathing after stroke –

the insula as central sympathetic modulator: M.M. Siccoli, P. Valko, D.M. Hermann, C.L. Bassetti

Group Leader: ULRIKE EHLERT 95 The circadian expression of clock genes in healthy young men:

E. Abruzzese, T. Birchler, S. Gisler, S. Dainese, A. Fontana, U. Ehlert Group Leader: ADRIANO FONTANA 96 Cytokines interfere with E-box mediated transcription of clock

genes: S. Petrzilka, G. Cavadini, A. Fontana, T. Birchler Group Leader: HANS-PETER LANDOLT 97 Adenosine A1 receptor occupancy and sleep deprivation: a PET

study E. Geissler, S.M. Ametamey, V. Treyer, M. Wyss, S. Bodenmann, J.V. Rétey, P. Achermann, P.A. Schubiger, H.P. Landolt

Group Leader: IRENE TOBLER

98 Effects of the GABA-A receptor agonist THIP on the sleep EEG of GABA-A receptor delta subunit knockout mice: R. Winsky-Sommerer, I. Tobler

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 NEURAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR Group Leader: STEVEN FRY 99 The role of haltere mechanosensory feedback for flight control in

Drosophila: V. Medici, S.N. Fry

100 Higher visual processing mechanisms revealed in free flying fruit flies: N. Rohrseitz, S.N. Fry

Group Leader: JORAM FELDON 101 Psychostimulant action on hyperactivity in synGAP heterozygous

knockout mice: M. Muhia, B. Yee, J. Feldon, M.B. Kennedy, I. Knuesel 102 Prenatal developmental windows determine the specificity of the

vulnerability to long-term pathological changes in brain and behaviour: M. Nyffeler, U. Meyer, B.K. Yee, J. Feldon, I. Knuesel

103 Neuron and forebrain specific deletion of the glycine transporter 1

gene leads to improved non-spatial and visuospatial object recognition memory: P. Singer, E. Balic, B.K. Yee, C. Schwerdel, T. Grampp, L. Gabernet, I. Knuesel, D. Benke, J. Feldon, H. Mohler, D. Boison

Group Leader: RICHARD HAHNLOSER 104 Song perturbation by brief electrical stimulation of HVC in the

zebra finch: C.Z-H. Wang, G. Keller, R. Hahnloser Group Leader: HANS-PETER LIPP 105 Bats (Microchiroptera) show absent or low rate of adult

neurogenesis in the hippocampus: I. Amrein, D. Dechmann, Y.Winter, H.P. Lipp

106 Lack of consistent differences between female and male mice during place navigation in the water-maze: H.P. Lipp, R. Madani, I. Drescher, R. Lang, D.P. Wolfer

107 A simple procedure to evaluate anxiety and anxiolytic drug effects

in the IntelliCage: K. Safi, F. Neuhäusser-Wespy, H. Welzl, H.P. Lipp

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 108 EEG of flying versus passively transported homing pigeons:

A.L. Vyssotski, G. Dell’Ariccia, G. Dell’Omo, D.P. Wolfer, H.P. Lipp 109 Factor analysis of spatial learning in B6/129 F2 hybrid mice - water

maze and radial maze: P. Zinn, F. Neuhäusser-Wespy, I. Drescher, H.P.Lipp, D.P. Wolfer

Group Leader: ANDREAS MAERCKER 110 Interpersonal factors and PTSD: The ability of empathy after a

traumatic experience: G. Nietlisbach, A. Maercker Group Leader: ISABELLE MANSUY 111 Maternal separation results in long-term abnormalities in the

response to stressful environments: T.B. Franklin, H. Russig, I.M. Mansuy

Group Leader: ERNST MARTIN 112 Processing of pseudo-homophones in dyslexic and normal reading

children: S. van der Mark, K. Bucher, E. Schulz, S. Brem, I. Buckelmüller

Group Leader: DOMINIQUE DE QUERVAIN 113 Beta-adrenoceptor blockade prevents glucocorticoid-induced

memory retrieval deficits in healthy humans: A. Aerni, B. Roozendaal, D.J.-F. de Quervain

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Group Leader: HEINZ BÖKER

(Division of Psychiatry Research, Psychiatric University Hospital) 114 Neuropsychological deficits and prefrontal dysfunction in severe

major depression: S. Grimm, G. Northoff, J. Beck, C. Schmidt, P. Boesiger, H. Böker

Group Leader: DANIEL BRANDEIS 115 Evidence for learning related changes after grapheme-phoneme

training in preschool children: S. Brem, B. Streuli, J. Buckelmüller, E. Schulz, A. Seitz, K. Kucian, E. Martin, U. Richardson, D. Brandeis

116 Semantic processing of dyslexic children with means of EEG and

fMRI: E. Schulz, S. van der Mark, K. Bucher, S. Brem, J. Buckelmüller, U. Maurer, E. Martin, D. Brandeis

Group Leader: PETER BRUGGER

117 A novel method for measuring ipsilesional hyperattention in patients with hemispatial neglect: T. Loetscher, P. Brugger

Group Leader: ERNST FEHR (Institute for Empirical Research in Economics) 118 The influence of testosterone on decision making in the ultimatum

game: C. Eisenegger, M. Heinrichs, E. Fehr Group Leader: JORAM FELDON 119 Modelling an epidemiological link in schizophrenia and related dis-

orders in animals: From prenatal immune challenge to adult psycho-pathology and neuropathology: U. Meyer, M. Nyffeler, I. Knuesel, M. Schedlowski, J. Feldon, B.K. Yee

120 The influence of specific instructions on the effect of learned irrele-

vance in normal human subjects: A pilot study: A. Orosz, J. Feldon, G. Gal, C. Hilti, K. Cattapan-Ludewig

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: KATHARINA HENKE 121 Prion protein M129V genotype and memory-related brain

activation: An event-related fMRI study: A. Buchmann, J. Haenggi, A. Aerni, P. Vrticka, C.F. Schmidt, C.R.A. Mondadori, H. Mustovic, P. Boesiger, C. Hock, R.M. Nitsch, A. Papassotiropoulos, D.J.-F. de Quervain, K. Henke

Group Leader: UWE HERWIG (ZNZ Associate, Psychiatric University Clinic)

122 Serotonergic and noradrenergic modulation of thalamus and insula

during expectation of negative emotional stimuli – a pharmaco-MRI study: A. Brühl, T. Kaffenberger, T. Baumgartner, L. Jäncke, U. Herwig

123 Neural correlates of a ‘pessimistic’ attitude in depression when

anti-cipating events of unknown emotional valence: U. Herwig, A. Brühl, T. Kaffenberger, T. Baumgartner, H. Böker, L. Jäncke

Group Leader: CHRISTOPH HOCK 124 Gender-specific neuroanatomical modules of human visuospatial

intelligence: a computational neuroanatomical study: J. Hänggi, A. Buchmann, Christian R.A. Mondadori, L. Jäncke, K. Henke, C. Hock

Group Leader: ALUMIT ISHAI 125 Effective connectivity within the distributed cortical network for

face perception: S.L. Fairhall, A. Ishai 126 Perception, memory and aesthetics of indeterminate art: A. Ishai,

S.L. Fairhall 127 Neural correlates of objects indeterminacy in art compositions: S.L. Fairhall, A. Ishai

Group Leader: DANIEL JEANMONOD 128 Sources of human theta EEG activity during working memory:

L. Michels, D. Jeanmonod, J. Sarnthein

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: JÜRG KESSELRING

129 Constantin von Monakow’s formative years in Pfäfers: J. Kesselring Group Leader: SPYROS KOLLIAS 130 The cerebral reorganization of language after damage: At the

cross-roads of neuroimaging and cognition: B. Keisker, S. Kollias, D. Weniger

Group Leader: DIETRICH LEHMANN 131 Topography and magnitude of EEG spectral power in experienced

meditators during three QiGong meditations and wakeful resting: P.L. Faber, S. Tei, D. Lehmann, I. Shibata, G. Ohyama, T. Tsujiuchi, H. Kumano, A. Akabayashi, K. Kochi, L.R.R. Gianotti

Group Leader: ISABELLE MANSUY 132 Analysis of the role of protein complexes and phosphorylation in

learning and memory: R.Y. Tweedie-Cullen, M. Livingstone-Zatchej, D. Benke, R. Munton, I.M. Mansuy

Group Leader: FRED MAST 133 Are featural and configural face processing strategies dissociable?

Evidence from an fMRI study: J.S. Lobmaier, P. Klaver, T. Dietrich, T. Loenneker, E. Martin, F.W. Mast

Group Leader: ROBERT RIENER 134 Multi-modal awakening control: A new interdisciplinary project:

R. Riener, M. Wieser, T. Keller, D. Heinz, C. Gutknecht, G. Colombo, R. Schreier, L. Jäncke

135 A benchmark system for MR-compatible actuators: N. Yu, W. Murr, A. Blickenstorfer, S. Kollias, R. Riener

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: IRENE TOBLER 136 Spontaneous wakefulness induced by voluntary wheel running has

no deleterious effect on memory consolidation in mice: S. Palchykova, I. Tobler

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 AGING AND DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Group Leader: ADRIANO AGUZZI 137 New insights into PrPC-functional domains: F. Baumann, M. Tolnay,

J. Pahnke, C. Brabeck, T. Rülicke, A. Bürkle, A. Aguzzi 138 Prion protein is involved in the maintenance of axon-glia integrity

in the peripheral nervous system: J. Bremer, F. Baumann, N. Braun, A. Aguzzi

139 Structural analysis of beta-PrP fibrils using a library of new anti-

PrP antibodies with diverse epitopes: S. Chip, M. Polymenidou, A. Aguzzi

140 The role of brain specific NF-�B activation in prion disease:

C. Julius, M. Heikenwälder, M. Pasparakis, M. Prinz, P. Schwarz, A. Aguzzi

141 The role of MFG-E8 in prion pathogenesis: J. Kranich, G. Miele,

C. Julius, J. Pedersen, P. Schwarz, F. Heppner, A. Aguzzi 142 Function and toxicity of full-length and truncated forms of the prion

protein: N. Kräutler, D. Rutishauser, A.-M. Calella, M. Polimenidou, E. Hewer, A. Aguzzi

143 Toward identification of PrP-interacting proteins by using PrP-Fc:

D. Ott, M. Hugelshofer, D. Rutishauser, N. Genoud, A. Raeber, A. Aguzzi

144 The POM collection: a comprehensive set of antibodies to non

over-lapping prion protein epitopes: M. Polymenidou, R. Moos, M. Scott, A. Aguzzi

145 Identification of co-immunoprecipitation proteins using C-

terminally tagged prion protein and mass spectrometry: D. Rutishauser, K. Mertz, R. Moos, E. Brunner, A.M. Calella, A. Aguzzi

Group Leader: DANIEL BRANDEIS 146 Neurofeedback treatment of children suffering from ADHD – EEG

changes: M. Doehnert, M. Straub, U. Müller, E. Schulz, T. Padovani, H.C. Steinhausen, D. Brandeis, R. Drechsler

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 147 Mapping brain functions in families with ADHD: L. Valko,

M. Döhnert, G. Schneider, R. Drechsler, U. Müller, H.C. Steinhausen, D. Brandeis

Group Leader: VOLKER DIETZ 148 Onset of depression in acute phase post spinal cord injury:

P. Dokladal, U. Kliesch, V. Dietz Group Leader: JORAM FELDON 149 Age-dependent phenotypic characteristics of a triple transgenic

mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease: emotion, attention and cognition: S.Pietropaolo, F.M. Laferla, I. Knuesel, J. Feldon, B.K. Yee

Group Leader: JEAN-MARC FRITSCHY 150 Adenosine-based stem cell therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy:

D.E. Fedele, N. Gouder, D. Boison, J.-M. Fritschy

Group Leader: DIRK HERMANN

151 Evolution of neurological, neuropsychological and sleep-wake disturbances in paramedian thalamic stroke: D.M. Hermann, K. Wachter, P. Achermann, C.L. Bassetti

152 Inhibition of multidrug resistance transporter-1 facilitates

neuropro-tective therapies after focal cerebral ischemia: A. Spudich, E. Kilic, K.M. Rentsch, H. Wunderli-Allenspach, C.L. Bassetti, D.M. Hermann

153 Restorative effects of melatonin after focal cerebral ischemia: E. Kilic, U. Kilic, D. Wolfer, C.L. Bassetti, D.M. Hermann

154 Human VEGF protects axotomized retinal ganglion cells in vivo by

activating ERK-1/-2 and akt pathways: Ü. Kilic, E. Kilic, A. Spudich, A. Järve, K. Bieber, C.L. Bassetti, H.H. Marti, D.M. Hermann

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: CHRISTOPH HOCK 155 Short-term treatment with the low-molecular weight heparin

nadroparin improves Y-maze performance in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease: L. Kulic, M.H. Mohajeri, K. Kuehnle, J. Tracy, A. Wollmer, J. Streffer, C. Hock, R.M. Nitsch

Group Leader: THORSTEN HORNEMANN

(ZNZ Associate, Institute for Clinical Chemistry) 156 An overactivity of serine palmitoyl-transferase (SPT) causes

hereditary sensory neuropathy Type1 (HSN1): S. Richard, T. Hornemann

Group Leader: DANIEL JEANMONOD 157 Thalamic LFP and scalp EEG in patients with Parkinson’s disease:

M. Moazami, D. Jeanmonod, J. Sarnthein 158 Test-retest reliability of the human EEG: M. Näpflin, D. Jeanmonod,

J. Sarnthein 159 Thalamic LFP and scalp EEG in patients with neurogenic pain:

J. Sarnthein, J. Stern, D. Jeanmonod Group Leader: DIETRICH LEHMANN

160 Breath counting exercises change spectral power and omega

dimen-sional complexity of EEG in headache patients: L.R.R. Gianotti, S. Tei, P.L. Faber, Y. Eto, R. Yamamoto, T. Tsujiuchi, H. Kumano, K. Kochi, D. Lehmann

161 Omega complexity, global dimensional complexity and single-

channel correlation dimension D2 of EEG in first-episode, productive, medicat-ion-naive schizophrenics: T.N.O. Lehmann, P.L. Faber, T. Koenig, E. Braeker, L.R.R. Gianotti, M. Koukkou, D. Lehmann

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: HASAN MOHAJERI 162 Seladin-1/DHCR24 expression affects APP processing in a

cholesterol dependent manner and desmosterol functionally replaces cholesterol in aged DHCR24-/- mice: K. Kuehnle, M.D. Ledesma, A. Crameri, D. Lütjohann, K.M. Thelen, R.M. Nitsch, M.H. Mohajeri

Group Leader: ROGER NITSCH 163 Neurogenesis in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer‘s

disease: B. Biscaro, M. Maier, M. Knobloch, H. Mohajeri, R. Nitsch 164 Mechanisms of intranasal antibody delivery to the brain:

S. Catteopel, R.M. Nitsch

165 Human monoclonal antibodies from vaccinated AD patients: C. Esslinger, K. Tissot, E. Moritz, J. Tracy, B. Mathis, C. Hock, R. Nitsch

Group Leader: CHARLOTTE REMÉ 166 Retinal neuroprotection by hypoxic preconditioning: identification

of possible neuroprotective targets by analyazing the hypoxic transcriptome: M. Thiersch, W. Raffelsberger, R. Frigg, M. Samardzija, A. Wenzel, C. Remé, O. Poch, C. Grimm

Group Leader: BRIGITTE SCHURCH 167 Botulinum toxin injections into the bladder wall – a morphological

evaluation of the injection technique using magnetic resonance imaging: S. Boy, M. Schmid, A. Reitz, A. von Hessling, J. Hodler, B. Schurch

168 A facilitatory neuromodulative effect of duloxetine and pelvic floor training on the excitability of urethral sphincter motor neurons: S. Boy, A. Reitz, S. Simitovic, P.A. Knapp, B. Schurch

169 Brain activation in response to pudendal afferent stimulation,

bladder afferent stimulation and neuromodulation - an fMRI-study in healthy female subjects: S. Boy, J. Svensson, A. Reitz, P.A. Knapp, V.Candia, R. Kleiser

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 170 The effect of tolterodine on sensations evoked by electrical stimu-

lation and bladder filling sensations: S. Boy, B. Schurch, G. Mehring, P.A. Knapp, G. Karsenty, A. Reitz

171 The effect of botulinum toxin A on sensations evoked by electrical

stimulation and bladder filling sensations: G. Karsenty, S. Boy, A. Reitz, P.A. Knapp, B. Schurch

172 Heart rate variability during urodynamic examination to assess auto-nomic nervous system function - initial results from a feasibility study: P.A. Knapp, A. Reitz, M. Sax, S. Boy, B. Schurch

Group Leader: HANS STASSEN

173 Schizophrenia and activation of inflammatory response system: A molecular-genetic neural network analysis: C. Scharfetter, H.H. Stassen

174 Vulnerability, resilience and response to psychotropic drugs:

shared genetic factors: H.H. Stassen, C. Scharfetter

Group Leader: PETER STREIT

175 Examining the role of calsyntenins in excitotoxicity: S.W. Kirbach, B. Stierli, P. Streit

Group Leader: BEAT THÖNY

176 Gene therapy of PKU, a metabolic disease leading to mental retardation, by ectopic expression of three genes in muscle tissue using a triple-cistronic AAV-vector: Z. Ding, C. Harding, A. Rebuffat, L. Elzaouk, J. Wolff, B. Thöny

177 Diseases of neurotransmission: A mutation update on the BH4-metabolizing genes GTP cyclohydrolase I, 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase, sepiapterin reductase, carbinolamine-4a-dehydratase, and dihydropteridine reductase: B. Thöny, N. Blau

Group Leader: HANNS-ULRICH ZEILHOFER

178 Role of glycinergic and GABAergic interneurons in neuronal circuits of the spinal dorsal horn: D. Ledergerber, H.-U. Zeilhofer ccaanncceelllleedd

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 COMPUTATION AND MODELING Group Leader: RODNEY DOUGLAS 179 A spiking VLSI selective attention multi–chip system with dynamic

synapses and integrate-and-fire neuron: C. Bartolozzi,G. Indiveri 180 The diff-pair integrator: A neuromorphic analog VLSI synapse:

C. Bartolozzi, G. Indiveri 181 Context dependent amplification of both rate and event-correlation

in a VLSI network of spiking neurons: E. Chicca, G. Indiveri, R.J. Douglas

182 Learning complex patterns with plastic synapses in VLSI: S. Mitra,

G. Indiver, S. Fusi 183 The microstructure of patchy lateral connectivity: D. Muir, R.

Douglas

Group Leader: RICHARD HAHNLOSER

184 Modelling auditory perception of bird songs: F. Blaettler, R. Hahnloser

Group Leader: DANIEL KIPER

185 The classification and segmentation of visual stimuli in a biophysically constrained neuronal model of the primary visual cortex: combining the temporal population code with the dynamic regulation of dendritic integration: S. Roth, D. Kiper, P.F.M.J. Verschure

Group Leader: SHIH-CHII LIU 186 Learning Topographic Maps from Real-World Input: M. Boerlin,

P. Verschure, T. Delbruck, K. Eng

187 Using a transient silicon retina for low-latency sensory motor processing: T. Delbruck

188 CAVIAR – Building blocks for a large-scale spiking vision system:

M. Oster, P. Lichtsteiner, T. Delbruck, S.-C. Liu

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 189 Instructive signals and plasticity mechanisms for alignment of

auditory and visual spatial maps in the mid-brain of the barn owl: P. D’Souza, R. Hahnloser, S.-C. Liu

190 Attentional pointer-map architecture implemented on spike-based

VLSI neural network: Y. Wang, R. Douglas, S.-C. Liu Group Leader: KEVAN MARTIN

191 A canonical circuit model of the frontal eye fields controls reading-

like eye movements: J. Heinzle, K. Hepp, K.A.C. Martin Group Leader: RUEDI STOOP 192 Cochlear tonotopic remapping: C. Heid, A. Kern, R. Stoop 193 Speech noise cleaning by atomic decomposition: A. Kern, T. Ott,

R. Stoop 194 Benefits and pitfalls of belief propagation-mediated

superparamagnetic clustering: T. Ott, R. Stoop Group Leader: PAUL VERSCHURE 195 A model of grid cells based on a twisted torus topology:

A. Guanella, D. Kiper, P. Verschure 196 From grid cells to place cells: A. Guanella, P. Verschure

197 The periaqueductal gray matter as a map between behaviours and

actions: a model of the neuronal substrate of reactive control: P. Rogister, P. Verschure

198 The fusion of multiple sources of information in the organization of

goal-oriented behavior: attentional selection versus integration: M. Stankovic, P.M.J. Verschure

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGING Group Leader: ADRIANO AGUZZI 199 Conjugated polyelectronics – conformation sensitive optical

probes for staining and characterization of prion strains: K.P.R. Nilsson, C.J. Sigurdson, A. Aguzzi

Group Leader: OLIVER BERGAMIN 200 Two-dimensional MRI motion map of the vitreous induced by eye

movement: O. Bergamin, M. Piccirelli, R. Luechinger, M. Soellinger, A. Rutz, P. Boesiger

201 New MRI methods for dynamic imaging of the movement of the

extraocular muscles and of the orbital fat: M. Piccirelli, R. Luechinger, M. Soellinger, A. Rutz, P. Boesiger, O. Bergamin

Group Leader: ALFRED BUCK 202 Astrocytes increase their oxidative energy metabolism during

raised neuronal activity – A study using radiolabeled acetate: M.T. Wyss, B. Weber, L. Pellerin, P.J. Magistretti, A. Buck

Group Leader: VOLKER DIETZ 203 Multi-channel transcutaneous electrical stimulation environment:

M. Lawrence, A. Brunschweiler, T. Keller 204 Smart electrodes: New transcutaneous electrical stimulation

techno-logy: M. Lawrence, A. Kuhn, T. Keller, M. Morari Group Leader: HEIKE HALL

(ZNZ Associate, Institute for Biomedical Eng. and Dept. of Materials) 205 Characterization of the neuronal-to-bio-electronic chip interface:

S. Frerker, D. Grieshuber, T. Lühmann, F. Greve, H. Hall 206 Morphological characterization of single chicken DRG neurons

compared to neuronal cell lines CAD and ND7/23: T. Lühmann, S. Frerker, A.-G. Bittermann, H. Hall

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 Group Leader: FRITJOF HELMCHEN 207 Three-dimensionally resolved cellular network activity using fast

3D-linescanning: W. Göbel, B.M. Kampa, F. Helmchen

Group Leader: DANIEL JEANMONOD

208 A model of thalamocortical dysrhythmia: H. Proske, D. Jeanmonod, P. Verschure

Group Leader: EMANUELA KELLER

209 Comparison of the blood flow index (BFI) with the cerebral blood flow (CBF) measured with the near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) indocyanine green (ICG) DYE dilution method: R. Mudra, C. Muroi, B. Gaida, P. Niederer, E. Keller

Group Leader: DANIEL KIPER

210 iCTuS: interactive cognitive therapy system for stroke rehabilitation: K. Eng, E. Siekierka, P. Pyk, M. Cameirao, E. Chevrier, Y. Hauser, A. Duff, L. Zimmerli, C. Bassetti, P. Verschure, D. Kiper

Group Leader: SPYROS KOLLIAS

211 Reduced FOV MRI for spinal cord diffusion imaging: B. Wilm, U. Gamper, P. Boesiger, S. Kollias

Group Leader: DIETRICH LEHMANN

212 Intracortical causal connectivity using standardized low resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA): R.D. Pascual-Marqui, A.D. Pascual-Montano, D. Lehmann, K. Kochi

Group Leader: ROBERT RIENER

213 ARMin – First clinical results in chronic stroke: T. Nef, G. Kiefer, R. Müller, R. Riener

Group Leader: MARKUS RUDIN

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006

214 Phenotyping mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease using non-

invasive structural and functional imaging readouts: F. Kranz, M. Knobloch, T. Mueggler, R. Nitsch, M. Rudin

215 Non-invasive imaging of the molecular events induced by hypoxia using fluorescent proteins as reporters: S. Lehmann, I. Kotevic

216 High resolution MRI in small rodents: Increasing sensitivity per unit time: D. Ratering, C. Baltes, J. Massner, M. Rudin

217 Examination of brain serotonin receptors in the mouse using pharma-cological fMRI: F. Razoux, H. Russig, T. Mueggler, I.M. Mansuy, M.Rudin

218 Tracing of sensorimotor cortex projections using manganese-enhanced MRI: E. Sydekum, A. Ghosh, T. Mueggler, M.E. Schwab, M. Rudin

Group Leader: AUGUST SCHUBIGER

219 Radiolabelling, in vitro and in vivo evaluation of a [18F]-labelled ABP688 derivative as a PET radioligand for the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5: M. Honer, L.J. Kessler, A. Stoffel, P.A. Schubiger, S.M. Ametamey

Group Leader: PAUL VERSCHURE

220 A low power miniature WFM telemetry system for the recording of neuronal activity in small mammals and large insects: P. Pyk, A.L. Vyssotski, H.-P. Lipp, P.F.M.J. Verschure

Group Leader: BRUNO WEBER

221 Quantification of the microvascularization in the macaque striate

and extrastriate cortex: A.L. Keller, P.S. Beed, A. Groso, M. Stampanoni, N.K. Logothetis, B. Weber

222 In-vivo and modeling results from high resolution mapping of cerebral blood flow and oxidative metabolism using laser speckle and flavor-protein imaging: B. Weber, C. Burger, M.T. Wyss, P. Zakharov, A. Völker, F. Scheffold, A. Buck

ZNZ Symposium 2006 - Neuroscience Center Zurich Friday, 20 October 2006 ADDITIONAL POSTER (not in booklet) 223 Zebrafish model for human Usher syndrome shows light adaptation

defects and retinal degeneration: C. Hodel, Y. Makhankov, S. Neuhauss, O. Biehlmaier