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Réunion satellite

Morphofunctional plasticity of the brain
A tribute to the work of Dionysia Theodosis and Dominique Poulain
Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
September 7, 2011

Organized by the Neurocentre Magendie

Organizing commitee: Stéphane Oliet, Valérie Fénélon and Daniel Voisin

9:00 Welcoming remarks
Manuel Tunon de Lara (President, Université Bordeaux Segalen)
Pier-Vincenzo Piazza (Director, Inserm U862)
Stéphane Oliet (Deputy Director, Inserm U862)
Jean-Marc Orgogozo (Director, SFR Neuroscience, Bordeaux)
André Nieoullon (President, Société des Neurosciences)

Neurosecretion
Chaired by Dominique Poulain

9:30 Hal Gainer (NIH, Bethesda, USA)
The magnocellular neuronal phenotype: Cell-specific regulation of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression
10:00 Jeff Tasker (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA)
GABA, the unsung hero in magnocellular neuron regulation?
10:30 Jean-Marc Israel (Inserm U862, Bordeaux)
30 years of magnocellular neuron electrophysiology: From intrinsic properties to hypothalamic network

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Charles Bourque (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Astrocyte plasticity and circadian rhythms
12:00 Inga Neumann (University of Regensburg, Germany)
Brain neuropeptides: their role in stress and anxiety

12:30 Lunch (Hall, Neurocentre Magendie)

Cell adhesion molecules, astrocytes and ...
Chaired by Dionysia Theodosis

14:00 Adalberto Merighi (University of Turin, Italy)
Growth factor neurotransmission in nociceptive pathways
14:30 Luca Bonfanti (University of Turin, Italy)
PSA-NCAM and low adhesion to dogmas
15:00 Emilia Madarasz (Institute of Experimental Medicine of Hungary)
Cellular plasticity: neural cell fate commitment in vitro and in vivo

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 Hervé Chneiweiss (Inserm, Paris)
Astrocyte reprogrammation and glioma stem cell plasticity in the origin and progression of brain tumors
16:30 Geneviève Rougon (CNRS, Marseille)
Joining the dots: from adhesion molecules to brain development, plasticity and disorders
17:00 Aude Panatier (Inserm U862, Bordeaux)
Glial control of synaptic functions
17:30 Valérie Fénelon & Daniel Voisin (Inserm U862, Bordeaux)
The Poulain-Theodosis lab

18:00 Concluding remarks
Jon Wakerley (University of Bristol, UK)
Stéphane Oliet (Inserm U862, Bordeaux)

18:30 Cocktail (Hall, Neurocentre Magendie)