Fall 2002
Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic	A&M Contact
18-Sep	ROBERT BONNEAU	Penn State University	Stress-Induced Modulation of Immunity to Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infection - Its Impact on Pathogenesis in both the CNS and Periphery?	Jane Welsh
25-Sep	MARK PACKARD	Texas A&M University	Neurobiology of Multiple Memory Systems?	Paul Wellman
2-Oct	LEE ANNA CUNNINGHAM	University of New Mexico	Neuron death and protection in mouse models of Parkinson's disease and stroke?	Ron Tjalkens
9-Oct	DOROTHY GIETZEN	University of California-Davis	Neural Responses to Dietary Essential Amino Acids?	R. Chapkin
16-Oct	VERN PETER BINGMAN	Bowling Green State University	Bird Navigation: Behavioral Mechanisms and Neural Bases	Vincent Cassone
23-Oct	MILES HERKENHAM	NIMH, Functional Neuroanatomy	Cytokine signaling in the brain in several in vivo animal models?	Jane Welsh
30-Oct	W. LES DEES	Texas A&M University	Positive and Negative Influences on the Neuroendocrine Timing of Female Puberty	Louise Abbott
13-Nov	ERIC STONE	New York University	Alpha-1 adrenergic neurotransmission and behavioral activation?	Paul Wellman
4-Dec	RONALD TJALKENS	Texas A&M University	Astroglia and NF-KB in Parkinson's Disease: Allies or Accomplices?	Louise Abbott
Spring 2003
Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic	A&M Contact
13-Jan	ESTHER M. STERNBERG	NIMH and NIH	Neural and neuroendocrine factors in autoimmune, inflammatory and infectious diseases	Jane Welsh
22-Jan	KEVIN BURGESS	Texas A&M University	Solid phase syntheses of small molecules to mimic or disrupt interactions of the neurotrophins with their Trk receptors	Rajesh Miranda
5-Feb	GERIANNE ALEXANDER	Texas A&M University	Gender and the Brain	Paul Wellman
12-Feb	FRANCISCO GONZALEZ-LIMA	University of Texas at Austin	Metabolic mapping of brain activity after extinction of conditioned behavior	Jack Nation
26-Feb	BRUCE RILEY	Texas A&M University	How the Zebrafish got its ears and other just-so stories	Vincent Cassone
5-Mar	CLAIRE HULSEBOSCH	University of Texas Medical Branch	Dysfunctional plasticity after spinal cord injury: central neuropathic pain	Jim Grau
19-Mar	JAROSLAW ARONOWSKI	University of Texas at Houston	Inflammatory response following intracerebral hemorrhage	Louise Abbott
26-Mar	TIM SCHALLERT	University of Texas at Austin	Motor enrichment effects on trophic factors, neural degeneration and synaptogenesis in animal models of early-stage Parkinson's disease and stroke	Jim Grau
2-Apr	IM JOO RHYU	Beckman Institute, University of Illinois	Ataxic calcium channel mutants: What happens in their cerebel?	Louise Abbot
9-Apr	CLIFF SAPER	Harvard Medical School	Circadian regulation of sleep and wakefulness	Paul Wellman
16-Apr	ANTONIO CEPEDA-BENITO	Texas A&M University	Development of associative tolerance to the analgesic effects of nicotine	Paul Wellman
30-Apr	RICHARD ROTHMAN	National Institute on Drug Abuse	Psychostimulants	Paul Wellman