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Mojdeh Abbasi Macquarie University Cav-1 ablation protects against loss of inner retinal function caused by PTPN11 overexpression 1 Tuesday 6th December

Stephen Abbott The Heart Research Institute Reciprocal control of drinking behaviour by median preoptic neurons in mice. 2 Monday 5th December

Amar Abdullah University Of Melbourne A novel role for STING in neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury 3 Tuesday 6th December

Nadia Adotevi University Of OtagoALTERED AMPA RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN CORTICAL INHIBITORY INTERNEURONS OF THE EPILEPTIC

STARGAZER MUTANT MOUSE4 Monday 5th December

Mousa Alghazwi Flinders UniversityIn silico and in vitro studies of the neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin and fucoxanthin against

amyloid beta (Aβ1-42) toxicity5 Tuesday 6th December

Asad Ali Queensland Brain InstituteALTERED STEROIDOGENESIS IN FETAL BRAIN AND PLACENTA IN A DEVELOPMENTAL VITAMIN D

(DVD) DEFICIENT RAT MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)6 Monday 5th December

Canty Alison University Of TasmaniaUSING 2-PHOTON IMAGING OF BRAIN CIRCUITRY TO EXPLORE THE MECHANISMS OF REPETATIVE

TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION7 Tuesday 6th December

Natalie Ambrose The University Of SydneyTHE INTRINSIC APOPTOTIC PATHWAY- A DISTINGUISHING FEATURE AMONG SUDDEN INFANT

DEATHS8 Monday 5th December

Victor Anggono The University Of Queensland COPINE-6 REGULATES BASAL AND ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT TRAFFICKING OF AMPA RECEPTORS 9 Tuesday 6th December

Victor Anggono The University Of QueenslandACTIVITY-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF LONG NON-CODING RNA EXPRESSION IN PRIMARY CORTICAL

NEURONS10 Monday 5th December

Hitomi Aoki Gifu University INDUCED HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY OF KIT IMPAIRS CENTRAL NERVE DEVELOPMENT. 11 Tuesday 6th December

Alexander Arenz Max-Planck-Institute of NeurobiologyThe temporal tuning of the Drosophila motion detectors is determined by the dynamics of their input

elements12 Monday 5th December

Alina Arulsamy University Of AdelaideNEURODEGENERATIVE CHANGES BEGIN AS EARLY AS 1-MONTH POST-INJURY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL

MODEL OF DIFFUSE MODERATE-SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY13 Tuesday 6th December

Mridula Arun The University Of QueenslandTHE ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX-PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY CONNECTOME CONSTITUTES THE

AVERSIVE LIMBIC VOCALIZATION PATHWAY IN THE RAT14 Monday 5th December

John Ashton University Of Otago An in vitro study to determine reliable methods for examining the effect of cannabidiol in epilepsy 15 Tuesday 6th December

Rachel Atkinson University Of Tasmania The role of FTD/ALS associated protein, TDP-43, in neurite and synapse health and function 16 Monday 5th December

Loic Auderset Menzies Research Institute Tasmania LRP1 SUPPRESSES OLIGODENDROGENESIS IN THE ADULT MOUSE BRAIN 17 Tuesday 6th December

Duncan Austin University College London Modulation of NIBS induced plasticity by Fluoxetine in healthy volunteers 18 Monday 5th December

David Badcock The University Of Western Australia Separate banks of information channels encode size and aspect-ratio. 19 Tuesday 6th December

Elena Bagley University Of SydneyENDOGENOUS OPIOIDS REGULATE MOMENT-TO-MOMENT NEURONAL COMMUNICATION AND

EXCITABILITY20 Monday 5th December

Kathryn Baker School of Psychology, UNSW AustraliaPHARMACOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT A FAILURE TO RECRUIT NMDA RECEPTORS CONTRIBUTES TO

IMPAIRED FEAR EXTINCTION RETENTION IN ADOLESCENT RATS21 Tuesday 6th December

Rachelle Balez Illawarra Health And Medical Research InstituteNEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF APIGENIN AGAINST INFLAMMATION, NEURONAL EXCITABILITY AND

APOPTOSIS IN AN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.22 Monday 5th December

Joanne Ban Physiology, University Of SydneyOverexpression of MuSK suppresses neuromuscular transmission in the mouse tibialis anterior

muscle23 Tuesday 6th December

Christine Barry Flinders University EPITHELIAL NERVE FIBRES OF THE VAGINA OF NULLIPAROUS AND MULTIPAROUS MICE 24 Monday 5th December

David Basser UTas Who are we? What are we? What do we want to become? 25 Tuesday 6th December

Helen BeardSouth Australian Health And Medical Research Institute

(sahmri)

EVALUATION OF BRAIN LESIONS IN AN OVINE MODEL OF ACUTE NEURONOPATHIC GAUCHER

DISEASE: CORRELATION WITH HUMAN DISEASE26 Monday 5th December

Leah Beauchamp The University Of Melbourne TAU KNOCKOUT MICE AS A MODEL FOR PRE-MOTOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE-RELATED HYPOSMIA 27 Tuesday 6th December

Serena Becchi University Of New South Wales HIGH FAT DIET IN ACTION CONTROL: A NEW ROLE FOR MICROGLIA 28 Monday 5th December

Kate Beecher Queensland University Of TechnologySIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF OLFACTORY REGENERATION IN MICE FOLLOWING TREATMENT

WITH VEGF AND PDGF GROWTH29 Tuesday 6th December

Denovan Begg UNSW AustraliaEFFECT OF TRANSPORT AND ACTIVITY OF DETEMIR INSULIN IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ON

ENERGY BALANCE30 Monday 5th December

Mark Bellingham University Of QueenslandChanges in dendritic structure and spine density precede neuron loss in sub-cortical, brainstem and

spinal cord areas in the hSOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis31 Tuesday 6th December

Alba Bellot-Saez Western Sydney University ASTROCYTIC MODULATION OF NEURONAL NETWORK OSCILLATIONS 32 Monday 5th December

James Bender Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre MODELLING EXCITOTOXIC INDUCED AXON DEGENERATION IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM 33 Tuesday 6th December

Dave Bergin University Of Otago DEVELOPING A NEW ZEALAND SHEEP MODEL OF HEMI-PARKINSON’S DISEASE. 34 Monday 5th December

Annette Bergner Department Of Anatomy And NeuroscienceINTRACELLULAR SIGNALLING PATHWAYS AND DIRECTIONALITY OF ENTERIC NEURAL CREST CELL

MIGRATION35 Tuesday 6th December

Jamie Beros The University Of Western Australia Early developmental retinal ganglion cell death and short-range axonal targeting errors 36 Monday 5th December

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Hannah Best University Of OtagoCORRECTION OF AUTOSOMAL, LYSOSOMAL, AND SYNAPTIC CHANGES PRESENT IN OVINE NEURONAL

CULURES OF NEURODEGENERATIVE BATTEN DISEASE37 Tuesday 6th December

Tatiana Bezdudnaya Drexel University College Of Medicine BICEPS STIMULATION TO IMPROVE RESPIRATION AFTER CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY 38 Monday 5th December

Gregor Bieri Stanford UniversityINVESTIGATING THE PROPAGATION OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN PATHOLOGY IN A MOUSE MODEL OF

PARKINSON’S DISEASE39 Tuesday 6th December

Mark Bigland University Of NewcastleIMMUNE CELL INFILTRATION, ACTIVATION, AND INFLAMMATION PLAYING A ROLE IN AGEING OF THE

MOUSE INNER EAR VESTIBULAR (BALANCE) SYSTEM40 Monday 5th December

Tracey BjorkmanPerinatal Research Centre, UQCCR, The University Of

QueenslandIDENTIFICATION OF A UNIQUE GABAA RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT SPLICE VARIANT 41 Tuesday 6th December

Daniel Blackmore Queensland Brain Institute PHYSICAL EXERCISE IMPROVES AGE-ASSOCIATED COGNITIVE DEFICITS 42 Monday 5th December

Catherine Blizzard University Of Tasmania TDP-43 at the synapse 43 Tuesday 6th December

Liviu-Gabriel Bodea CJCADR Queensland Brain Institute NEW MOUSE DAP12 MUTANTS FOR THE STUDY OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 44 Monday 5th December

Anthony Boghdadi Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute Myelin-Associated Inhibitor Expression Following Injury to the Primate Neocortex 45 Tuesday 6th December

Philip Bolton University Of NewcastleDOES PROPRIOCEPTIVE INPUT FROM THE NECK CONTRIBUTE TO THE MODULATION OF SKIN

SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY SUPPLYING THE LOWER LIMBS OF HUMANS?46 Monday 5th December

Karin Borges University of Queensland Glycolysis is reduced ictally in the acute fluorothyl mouse seizure model 47 Tuesday 6th December

Tessa Borloo University Of Queensland MUSCULAR DOMINANCE UNDERLYING PAG TRIGGERED VOCAL MOTOR EXPRESSION 48 Monday 5th December

Alice Brandli University Of Melbourne Efficient glia-driven neuroregeneration following extracellular ATP injury in zebrafish retina 49 Tuesday 6th December

Paul Breen The Marcs Institute, Western Sydney UniversityMECHANICAL PERCEPTION IMPROVED AND NEURAL JITTER REDUCED VIA PROXIMALLY APPLIED

SUBSENSORY ELECTRICAL NOISE STIMULATION50 Monday 5th December

Merryn Brettle Unsw NOVEL MOUSE MODEL OF AN ALS-ASSOCIATED PFN1 MUTATION 51 Tuesday 6th December

Stephen Bunn University Of Otago STRESS-INDUCED PROLACTIN SIGNALLING IN THE MALE MOUSE. 52 Monday 5th December

Emma Burrows The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthALTERED ATTENTION IN THE NEUROLIGIN-3 GENETIC MOUSE MODEL OF AUTISM SPECTRUM

DISORDER53 Tuesday 6th December

Thomas Burton The University Of Sydney Consistency in the Evolution of Choice Behaviour Across Epochs of Learning and Adaptation to Change 54 Monday 5th December

Nicole Bye UtasESTABLISHING A NOVEL MODEL TO ASSESS NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES

OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN INFANTS55 Tuesday 6th December

Helen Cai Neuroscience Research AustraliaBlood-brain barrier gene expressions changed in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder associated with

immune and stress pathways56 Monday 5th December

Ashlee Caldwell The University Of AdelaideCOLONIC NOCICEPTIVE PATHWAYS ARE POTENTLY ACTIVATED BY CIGUATOXIN WITH GREATEST

EFFICACY IN A MODEL OF CHRONIC VISCERAL HYPERSENSITIVITY57 Tuesday 6th December

Brid Callaghan University Of Melbourne INNERVATION AND CHEMICAL TAXONOMY OF GASTRIC ENTEROENDOCRINE CELLS 58 Monday 5th December

Brid Callaghan University Of MelbourneEVIDENCE THAT A NOVEL AGONIST OF GHRELIN RECEPTORS PARTICIPATES IN NEURAL CONTROL OF

THE COLORECTUM59 Tuesday 6th December

Morven Cameron Western Sydney University CALCIUM-IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN THE MOUSE RETINA 60 Monday 5th December

Aaron Camp University Of SydneyROTENONE MIMICS THE IMPACT OF THE K369I TAU MUTATION IN A MODEL OF

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE61 Tuesday 6th December

Jastrow Joel Canlas Flinders University50B11 CELLS AS A PERIPHERAL SENSORY NOCICEPTIVE NEURON MODEL FOR NEUROTROPHIN

SIGNALLING62 Monday 5th December

Pascal Carrive Unsw AustraliaKNOCKDOWN OF MEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC OREXIN ATTENUATES HYPERTENSION IN ADULT

SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS (SHR).63 Tuesday 6th December

Vanni Caruso UtasSYNAPTIC CHANGES INDUCED BY MELANOCORTIN SIGNALING: ROLE IN MEMORY, NOCICEPTION AND

MOOD DISORDERS.64 Monday 5th December



Verity Chadwick University Of SydneyA NOVEL, QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL TO MEASURE FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASES65 Tuesday 6th December

Chanchanok Chaichim UNSW The effect of Tpm3.1 overexpression on synaptic function 66 Monday 5th December

Jonathan Chan Monash UniversityTowards a cellular-reolution connectome of the primate brain: sharing data on corticocortical

connectivity through an open access web platform67 Tuesday 6th December

Yik Lung Chan University Of TechnologyMaternal smoking in mice alters markers of mitophagy in offspring following hypoxic-ischemic brain

injury68 Monday 5th December

Kirat Chand Uq Centre Of Clinical ResearchHYPOXIC ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY ACTIVATES INFLAMMATORY AND APOPTOTIC PATHWAYS IN THE

NEONATE PIG MODEL69 Tuesday 6th December

Kirat Chand Uq Centre Of Clinical ResearchLOSS OF LAMININ-a4 RESULTS IN PRE- AND POSTSYNAPTIC COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS AT THE

NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION70 Monday 5th December

Ashleigh Chandra Save Sight Institute CALRETININ IMMUNOREACTIVE GANGLION CELLS IN THE MARMOSET RETINA. 71 Tuesday 6th December

Tristan Chaplin Monash UniversityNeuronal contributions to motion discrimination are strongly influenced by spiking rate, not tuning

bandwidth72 Monday 5th December

Hsiao-Jou Cortina Chen The University Of QueenslandINHIBITION OF ENDOCANNABINOID CATABOLIC ENZYME ALLEVIATES NITRERGIC-RELATED

NEUROINFLAMMATION FOLLOWING ACUTE STRESS73 Tuesday 6th December

Juliette Cheyne University Of AucklandTHE FINE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF SPONTANEOUS SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE

VISUAL CORTEX74 Monday 5th December

Wissam Chiha University Of Western Australia

AAV-MEDIATED EXPRESSION OF BDNF AND CRMP2 PROMOTES DIFFERENTIAL LONG TERM

NEUROPROTECTION OF ADULT RAT RETINAL GANGLION SOMATA AND AXONS FOLLOWING PARTIAL

OPTIC NERVE INJURY

75 Tuesday 6th December

Sarah Sulaiman Ch'ng Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthCharacterisation of RXFP3+ neurons in mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: neurochemical

phenotyping76 Monday 5th December

Sook Wern Chua Unsw Altenusin reduces both tau aggregation in vitro and tau phosphorylation in cell culture models 77 Tuesday 6th December

Jingjing Fu The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Characterisation of RXFP3+ neurons in mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: electrophysiology 78 Monday 5th December

Alison Clare University Of OtagoTRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING OF FEZF2-EXPRESSING INTRATELENCEPHALIC-PROJECTION NEURONS IN

THE MATURE MOUSE MOTOR CORTEX79 Tuesday 6th December

Darren Clarke University Of Western AustraliaREPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION AFFECTS GLIAL SCARRING IN A MOUSE MODEL

OF BRAIN INJURY.80 Monday 5th December

Anthony CookWicking Dementia Research And Education Centre,

University Of TasmaniaFUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE BDNF VAL66MET POLYMORPHISM IN DONOR-SPECIFIC NEURONS 81 Tuesday 6th December

Frances Corrigan University Of Adelaide The effect of alcohol exposure following repeated concussion 82 Monday 5th December

Frances Corrigan University Of AdelaideTime-dependent effects of toll-like receptor 4 activation following repeated mild traumatic brain

injury83 Tuesday 6th December

Xiaoying CuiQueensland Brain Institute, The University Of

Queensland

THE IMPACT OF 1,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D ON L-TYPE VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL

TRAFFICKING IN RAT CORTICAL NEURONS84 Monday 5th December

Carlie CullenMenzies Institute For Medical Research, University Of

Tasmania

Non-invasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation increases newborn oligodendrocyte

addition in the mouse cortex85 Tuesday 6th December

Mitchell CumminsUniversity Of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research

InstituteAgeing and the Blood-CNS Barriers 86 Monday 5th December

Nadia Cummins Queensland Brain Institute, University Of QueenslandDISEASE-ASSOCIATED TAU IMPAIRS MITOPHAGY BY INTERACTING WITH PARKIN AND PREVENTING

ITS TRANSLOCATION TO DAMAGED MITOCHONDRIA87 Tuesday 6th December

Fatemeh Daemi University Of MelbourneBDNF signals to TrkB receptors expressed by neurons to regulate oligodendrocyte population and

myelination88 Monday 5th December

John Damiano University Of Melbourne FREQUENCY OF CNKSR2 MUTATION IN X-LINKED EPILEPSY-APHASIA SYNDROME 89 Tuesday 6th December

Luke D'arcy University Of MelbourneALTERED CARDIAC FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE IN AN ACQUIRED ANIMAL MODEL OF CHRONIC

TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY90 Monday 5th December

Camila de Avila Dal'Bo Université LavalEFFECTS OF CENTRAL (ICV) ADMINISTRATION OF RELAXIN-3 OR AN RXFP3-SELECTIVE AGONIST ON

FOOD INTAKE AND CIRCULATING HORMONES IN ADULT MALE RATS91 Tuesday 6th December

Simone De Luca Rmit University COMBATTING THE HIPPOCAMAPAL EFFECTS OF EARLY LIFE OVERFEEDING BY MINOCYCLINE 92 Monday 5th December

Chao Deng School of Medicine, University Of WollongongAripiprazole and haloperidol enhance Dvl3-β-catenin signalling and downregulate NMDA receptors in

the VTA and SN of rats93 Tuesday 6th December

Claude Dennis University Of Sydney Human adult neurogenesis across the ages: An immunohistochemical study 94 Monday 5th December

Rahul Deshmukh Isf College Of Pharmacy, Mogaβ-ASARONE ATTENUATES STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED EXPERIMENTAL DEMENTIA IN RATS: POSSIBLE

ROLE OF PHOSPHODIESTERASES AND CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE SIGNALING95 Tuesday 6th December

Natalia Djukic Flinders UniversityDELAYED TREATMENT WITH DENTAL PULP STEM CELLS IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY

FOLLOWING PHOTOTHROMBOTIC STROKE IN RATS96 Monday 5th December



Kelsi Dodds University Of AdelaideTOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4 (TLR4) KNOCK-OUT PROMOTES LESION DEVELOPMENT IN A MOUSE MODEL

OF ENDOMETRIOSIS97 Tuesday 6th December

Deepti Domingo The Univeristy Of AdelaideA REPORTER TRANSGENE ENGINEERED TO PROVIDE SINGLE CELL RESOLUTION OF THE NONSENSE

MEDIATED mRNA DECAY PATHWAY DURING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT98 Monday 5th December

Rey Dominguez University Of Tasmania School Of MedicineESTRADIOL PROTECTS CORTICAL NEURONS OF MALE C57BL6J MICE AGAINST CHRONIC GLOBAL

CEREBRAL HYPOPERFUSION99 Tuesday 6th December

Emily Don Macquarie University A Zebrafish Model of the MND Linked C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion. 100 Monday 5th December

Alessandra DonatoQueensland Brain Institute, The University Of

Queensland

IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL MOLECULAR ELEMENTS MEDIATING NEURONAL RESPONSE TO REACTIVE

OXYGEN SPECIES.101 Tuesday 6th December

Xin Du Monash University BDNF maintains normal estrous cycling – relevance to schizophrenia 102 Monday 5th December

Samuel Duffy University Of New South WalesPERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NEUROINFLAMMATORY CHANGES AND PAIN BEHAVIOURS IN AN ANIMAL

MODEL OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS103 Tuesday 6th December

Laura Dumas The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Multicolour analysis of oligodendrocyte morphology and interactions with Brainbow 104 Monday 5th December

Thomas Duncan University of SydneyADULT SKIN-DERIVED NEURAL PRECURSORS – A CANDIDATE FOR AUTOLOGOUS

NEUROREPLACEMENT THERAPIES105 Tuesday 6th December

Ariel Dunn University Of NewcastleEffect of maternal immune activation and sex on electrophysiological features related to

schizophrenia106 Monday 5th December

Samuel DwyerWicking Dementia Research And Education Centre,

University of Tasmania

MODELLING THE EFFECT OF AMYLOID-BETA IN OLIGODENDROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND

MATURATION107 Tuesday 6th December

Calvin EiberBilson Laboratory, Save Sight Institute, University Of

Sydney

Chromatic opponency and receptive field properties of blue-on (s-cone) cells in primate lateral

geniculate nucleus108 Monday 5th December

Ruth Empson University Of Otago Regional changes in mouse motor cortex excitability after focal stroke. 109 Tuesday 6th December

Andelain Erickson The University Of AdelaideNav1.8 IS REQUIRED FOR MECHANOSENSATION IN HYPERSENSITIVE COLONIC AFFERENTS AND Nav-

INDUCED COLONIC PAIN IN VIVO110 Monday 5th December

James Fallon Bionics Institute EFFECTS OF COCHLEAR IMPLANT USE ON BINAURAL PROCESSING 111 Tuesday 6th December

Itia Favre-bulle University Of QueenslandOPTICAL TRAPPING OF OTOLITHS IN ZEBRAFISH PRODUCES FICTIVE VESTIBULAR STIMULI AND

COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOURS112 Monday 5th December

Brooke Fehily University Of Western Australia Chronic lipid peroxidation following repeated mild traumatic brain injury 113 Tuesday 6th December

Guinevere Fernandes Lourenco DaleUnsw Australia / Neuroscience Research Australia

(NeuRA)

Whole transcriptome analysis shows involvement of immune response and inflammation in TDP-43-

related frontotemporal lobar denegeration (FTLD-TDP)114 Monday 5th December

Matthew FielderPerinatal Reseach Centre, Uq Centre For Clinical

ResearchCARBONIC ANHYDRASE VII EXPRESSION IN HYPOXIC ISCHAEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY 115 Tuesday 6th December

Una Fitzgerald National University of Ireland, Galway Evaluation of binarisation algorithms for image analysis of glial cells in ex vivo slice cultures 116 Monday 5th December

Una Fitzgerald National University of Ireland, Galway Impact of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling on oligodendrocyte maturation 117 Tuesday 6th December

Jessica Fletcher The University Of Melbourne TrkB agonist promote myelin repair in the brain 118 Monday 5th December

Claire Foldi Monash University CNS REWARD PATHWAYS IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA: INSIGHTS FROM A RAT MODEL. 119 Tuesday 6th December

Shelley Forrest University Of Sydney MAPT MUTATIONS AND SPORADIC FRONTOTEMPORAL TAUOPATHIES: LOST IN TRANSLATION? 120 Monday 5th December

Jyoti Chuckowree Menzies Institute For Medical ResearchThe microtubule-stabilising drug Epothilone D alters specific aspects of neuronal plasticity following

mild traumatic brain injury in adult mice121 Tuesday 6th December

Barbora Fulopova University Of TasmaniaEFFECTS OF iTBS ON MOLECULAR MARKERS OF NEURAL PLASTICITY IN THE MOTOR CORTEX:

FINDINGS FROM RODENT-COIL, IN VIVO ANIMAL MODEL122 Monday 5th December

Jianqun Gao Neuroscience Research Australia Activation of toll-like receptor 2 increases alpha-synuclein levels in neuronal cells 123 Tuesday 6th December

Yujing Gao Murdoch Childrens Research InstituteINVESTIGATING THE PATHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RAB39B-MEDIATED PARKINSON’S

DISEASE USING NOVEL CELL MODELS.124 Monday 5th December

Pedro Garcia Sobrinho The University Of Newcastle Australia Investigating the subcellular localization of human tyrosine hydroxylase isoforms 125 Tuesday 6th December

Robert Gasperini University Of TasmaniaOLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELL PROCESS DYNAMICS AND MOTILITY ARE REGULATED BY

STORE OPERATED CALCIUM ENTRY IN VITRO.126 Monday 5th December

Vini Gautam Australian National University Nanowire arrays guide the formation of neuronal circuits 127 Tuesday 6th December

David Gell University Of Tasmania CONTROL OF A SPECIFIC PROTEOLYSIS EVENT USING LIGHT 128 Monday 5th December

Sian Genoud University of SydneyMETALLATION ALTERATIONS OF SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE 1 AND METALLOTHIONEIN-II IN THE

PARKINSON'S DISEASE BRAIN129 Tuesday 6th December

Christina Georgiou University Of GenevaLONG-TERM IMAGING IN VIVO OF SPINE DYNAMICS ON A PUTATIVE VIP DISINHIBITORY NEURONAL

SUBCLASS130 Monday 5th December

Frederic Gilbert UtasExperimental use of invasive brain technologies for treatment of psychiatric conditions: what can we

learn from the past?131 Tuesday 6th December

Kate Goasdoue University Of QueenslandExpression changes of chloride interacting protein 1 due to therapeutic hypothermia in a model of

neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy132 Monday 5th December



Helen Gooch Queensland Brain InstituteRAPID MODULATION OF NEURONAL VOLTAGE-GATED CALCIUM CHANNELS BY VITAMIN D DURING

DEVELOPMENT133 Tuesday 6th December

Richard Gordon The University Of Queensland, AustraliaThe NLRP3 inflammasome drives synuclein pathology and progressive dopaminergic degeneration in

Parkinson’s disease134 Monday 5th December

Rachel Gormal The University Of QueenslandFluorescent intra-body localization Microscopy (FiLM): A novel method for super-resolution of GFP-

tagged intracellular proteins135 Tuesday 6th December

Mark Gradwell University Of Newcastle An Optogenetic Characterization of Presynaptic Inhibition in Dorsal Horn Microcircuits 136 Monday 5th December

Brett Graham University of NewcastleHETEROMERIC BETA SUBUNIT CONTAINING GLYCINE RECEPTORS MEDIATE SYNAPTIC AND TONIC

INHIBITION IN PARVALBUMIN POSITIVE SPINAL DORSAL HORN NEURONS137 Tuesday 6th December

Mark Graham Children's Medical Research InstituteProfiling a biochemical model of presynaptic depression of neurotransmitter release using

phosphoproteomics138 Monday 5th December

Sarah Greenhalgh Flinders UniversityIDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPINAL AFFERENT ENDINGS IN THE URINARY BLADDER

USING ANTEROGRADE TRACING FROM DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA IN VIVO.139 Tuesday 6th December

Stephanie Guiney Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthALPHA-SYNUCLEIN TOXICITY IS ABOLISHED BY LIPROXSTATIN-1 THROUGH A FERROPTOSIS-

INDEPENDENT MECHANISM140 Monday 5th December

Andrew L Gundlach The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthHYPOTHALAMIC AND PONTINE NEUROMODULATORY SYSTEMS: FOCUS ON NUCLEUS INCERTUS

INTERACTIONS IN THE RAT141 Tuesday 6th December

Rainer Viktor Haberberger Flinders UniversityNOCICEPTOR NEURONS ON MICROFLUIDIC-BASED CHIPS – A FIRST STEP TOWARDS A MULTIPURPOSE

PAIN SENSOR142 Monday 5th December

Alison Halstrom University Of Western AustraliaCIRCULATING OXIDATIVE STRESS INDICATORS CHANGE FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN A

PILOT STUDY143 Tuesday 6th December

Emily Handley Menzies Institute For Medical ResearchSynapse Dysfunction of Layer V Pyramidal Neurons Precedes Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model

of TDP-43 Proteinopathies144 Monday 5th December

Katherine Hankinson UWAInvestigating the frequency-dependent effects of low-intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic

stimulation (LI-rTMS) on human motor cortical excitability145 Tuesday 6th December

Kelsey Hanson Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre Excitotoxic mechanisms in axon degeneration 146 Monday 5th December

Marlene Hao University Of LeuvenS100B IS IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING NEURAL PRECURSORS DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM147 Tuesday 6th December

Alex Harris University Of Wollongong Measuring effective electrode area and charge density of platinum electrodes for cochlear implants 148 Monday 5th December

Lachlan Harris School Of Biomedical SciencesNFIX IS REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE STAGES OF ADULT-BORNE HIPPOCAMPAL NEURON

DIFFERENTIATION149 Tuesday 6th December

Tracey Harvey University Of Queensland CELL TYPE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION OF NFIX IN THE DEVELOPING AND ADULT CEREBELLUM 150 Monday 5th December

Robert Hatch Queensland Brain InstituteHYPERPHOSPHORYLATED TAU REDUCES ACTION POTENTIAL FIRING BY RELOCATING THE AXON

INITIAL SEGMENT151 Tuesday 6th December

Li Henry University of Wollongong CHARACTERISATION OF HUMAN APOE25 FRAGMENT IN A CELL CULTURE MODEL 152 Monday 5th December

Miriam Judith Henze University Of QueenslandSMALL BRAINS DEALING WITH A DIVERSITY OF EYES AND VISUAL OPSINS - THE DYNAMIC

EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF VISION IN PANCRUSTACEANS.153 Tuesday 6th December

Tim Hibberd Flinders UniversityCHARACTERIZATION OF TWO TYPES OF RHYTHMIC ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOUR IN MOUSE COLONIC

SMOOTH MUSCLE154 Monday 5th December

Kristin Hillman University Of Otago Insula-cingulate interplay correlates to high-effort behaviour in rat 155 Tuesday 6th December



Elisa Hill-Yardin The University Of MelbourneALTERED NEUROIMMUNE FUNCTION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF AUTISM: INCREASED SMALL

INTESTINAL TRANSIT AND REDUCED CAECAL WEIGHT IN NEUROLIGIN-3 R451C MICE156 Tuesday 6th December

Sarah Hissen Western Sydney UniversitySPONTANEOUS SYMPATHETIC BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY IS REPEATABLE IN HEALTHY YOUNG

INDIVIDUALS AT REST.157 Tuesday 6th December

Markus Hofer The University Of Sydney Deciphering the Role of Protein Phosphorylation in Cerebral Type I Interferonopathies 158 Monday 5th December

Alexander Hoffman University of NewcastleBRAIN REGION SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CREB IN FOLATE AND MTHFR

DEFICIENT MICE159 Tuesday 6th December

Alison Hogan Macquarie University MUTANT CCNF-BASED ZEBRAFISH MODEL OF MOTOR NEURON DISEASE 160 Monday 5th December

Samuel Hogarth La Trobe UniversityINVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) IN ALCOHOL

ADDICTION: STUDIES IN BDNF HETEROZYGOUS MUTANT RATS161 Tuesday 6th December

Marissa Holden Flinders University Velocity Detection Abilities of the Blowfly in Natural and Artificial Images 162 Monday 5th December

Joan Holgate Queensland University Of TechnologyEFFECT OF MATERNAL SEPARATION ON ETHANOL CONSUMPTION: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF

ALPHA4 CONTAINING NICOTINIC RECEPTORS163 Tuesday 6th December

Jihane Homman-ludiye Monash University A PULVINAR CONNECTION TO SCHIZOPHRENIA 164 Monday 5th December

Md Ashfaqul Hoque University Of MelbourneEXPLORING THE SIGNALLING MECHANISM OF GLUTAMATE EXCITOTOXICITY IN CULTURED PRIMARY

NEURONS BY QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMIC AND PHOSPHOPROTEOMIC APPROACHES165 Tuesday 6th December

Helena Huang Eccles Institute Of Neuroscience, Jcsmr, Anu Cortical processing of binocular information in the mouse 166 Monday 5th December

Jin Huang The University of SydneyFEEDBACK FROM HIGHER-ORDER VISUAL CORTICAL AREA AFFECTS SPIKE-RESPONSES OF NEURONS IN

CAT’S ‘INTERMEDIATE’ CORTEX167 Tuesday 6th December

Jessica Huang The University Of SydneyTHE PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF PACAP AND ITS RECEPTOR (PAC1) IN THE HUMAN INFANT BRAINSTEM

AND HIPPOCAMPUS168 Monday 5th December

Nicholas Hunt University Of SydneyThe Unfolding Protein Response in Orexin/Dynorphin neurons in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(SIDS): p-PERK-mediated loss of translation associated with neurodegenerative pathways169 Tuesday 6th December

David Hunt University of Western AustraliaROLE OF THE VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KV8.2 IN INHERITED RETINAL

DISEASE AND INTERACTION WITH OTHER CHANNEL PROTEINS.170 Monday 5th December

Krystal Iacopetta University Of AdelaideCELLULAR ORIGINS OF ILLNESS-INDUCED ANHEDONIA: AN EXAMINATION OF INTER-STRAIN LPS-

INDUCED NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS CFOS EXPRESSION171 Tuesday 6th December

Michael Ibbotson National Vision Research Institute SENSORY EXPERIENCE MODIFIES FEATURE MAP RELATIONSHIPS IN VISUAL CORTEX 172 Monday 5th December

Kamon Iigaya Showa University School of MedicineInteraction Between Novel Oscillation Within the Ventromedial Hypothalamus and the Sympathetic

Nervous System173 Tuesday 6th December

Arne Ittner Unsw Altered behavioural and cognitive function in p38delta-deficient mice 174 Monday 5th December

Matilda Jackson The University Of AdelaideARX PA2 MICE SEIZE THE DAY: CHARACTERISING THE PHENOTYPE OF EXPANDED POLYALANINE TRACT

MUTATIONS.175 Tuesday 6th December

Angela Jacques QUTMICROANATOMY OF FEAR EXTINCTION WITHIN SUBREGIONS OF THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND

AMYGDALA REVEALED BY ARC AND pERK/MAPK ACTIVITY176 Monday 5th December

Emily Jaehne La Trobe UniversityA ROLE OF SEROTONIN IN METHAMPHETAMINE PSYCHOSIS? STUDYING THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC

YOUNG-ADULT METHAMPHETAMINE ON BEHAVIOUR IN 5-HT1A RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE177 Tuesday 6th December

Kara Jaeschke Queensland Brain Institue THE ROLE OF VITAMIN D IN COGNITION AND BRAIN FUNCTION IN ADULT C57BL/6J AND APP23 MICE 178 Monday 5th December

Bradley Jamieson University Of OtagoENDOCANNABINOIDS MEDIATE DEPOLARISATION-INDUCED SUPPRESSION OF EXCIATION IN CRH

NEURONS179 Tuesday 6th December

Sumit Jamwal Isf College Of Pharmacy, MogaL-theanine spares striatal neurons from 3-NP induced striatal neurotoxicity: Role of striatal

neurotransmitters and nitric oxide pathway180 Monday 5th December

Esther Ji Flinders University Investigation of the innervation of the murine vagina in response to inflammation 181 Tuesday 6th December

Tongcui Jiang Menzies Institute For Medical ResearchAlterations to Neurite Outgrowth and Synapse Development in TDP-43A315T Primary Cortical

Neurons182 Monday 5th December

Merja Joensuu Queensland Brain InstituteSub-diffractional tracking of internalized molecules reveals heterogeneous diffusive states of synaptic

vesicles183 Tuesday 6th December

Lauren Jones Flinders UniversityDELIVERY OF TRK C ANTIBODY TO MOTOR NEURONS OF NEONATAL MICE, VIA INTRAPERITONEAL

INJECTION184 Monday 5th December



Kimberley Jones University Of Newcastle/ HmriINFILTRATION OF IMMUNE CELLS TO SITES OF SECONDARY NEURODEGENERATION AFTER ISCHEMIC

STROKE185 Tuesday 6th December

Gudmundur Jonsson University Of Melbourne The role of the adenosine A2A receptor in the rodent retina 186 Monday 5th December

Patricia Jusuf University Of MelbourneDYNAMIC AND SELF REGULATED FATE SPECIFICATION FOLLOWING RETINAL INTERNEURON

ABLATION IN THE ZEBRAFISH187 Tuesday 6th December

Zohra Kakall Heart Research Institute/University Of SydneyTHE ROLE OF PACAP AND ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLARY NEURONS IN SYMPATHETIC

ELEVATION FOLLOWING ACUTE-INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA188 Monday 5th December

David Karpul Western Sydney University And University Of Cape TownON THE APPLICATION OF SUBSENSORY ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF

VIBRATION PERCEPTION IN PATIENTS WITH HIV RELATED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY189 Tuesday 6th December

Harjeet Kaur PgimerGREEN TEA EXTRACT INHIBITS CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS,

NEUROINFLAMMATION AND APOPTOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF STROKE IN MICE190 Monday 5th December

Orsolya Kekesi Western Sydney UniversityTHE IMPACT OF ACUTE NEUROINFLAMMATION ON INTRINSIC EXCITABILITY OF CHOLINERGIC

NEURONS IN THE SEPTUM191 Tuesday 6th December

Christopher Killington Repatriation General HospitalVARIATION IN LEFT POSTERIOR PARIETAL-MOTOR CORTEX INTERHEMISPHERIC FACILITATION

FOLLOWING RIGHT PARIETAL CONTINUOUS THETA-BURST STIMULATION IN HEALTHY ADULTS192 Monday 5th December

Jee Hyun Kim The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthIMPAIRED REINSTATEMENT OF CONDITIONED FEAR IN AGED MICE IS RECOVERED BY CHRONIC

EXERCISE193 Tuesday 6th December

Woojin Kim Neuroscience Research Australia Analysis of lipoprotein-associated lipids in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease 194 Monday 5th December

Seung Jae Kim The University Of SydneyINTERMITTENT INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS OF CIRCULATING ANGIOTENSIN II CAUSES SUSTAINED

INCREASES IN SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY IN ANAESTHETISED RATS195 Tuesday 6th December

Anna King University Of Tasmania ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF A DENDRITIC KINESIN INVOLVED IN LEARNING AND MEMORY 196 Monday 5th December

Anna King University Of Tasmania MAINTAINING CONNECTIVITY IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF AGEING 197 Tuesday 6th December

Siobhan Kirk University Of Otago Prolactin interaction with the median eminence increases phospho-STAT5 and reduces permeability. 198 Monday 5th December

Murielle Kluge University Of Newcastle ALTERED MICROGLIA DYNAMICS AT THE SITE OF SECONDARY NEURODEGENERATION AFTER STROKE 199 Tuesday 6th December

Beate Knauer Monash University CEREBRAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE COMMON MARMOSET 200 Monday 5th December

Simon Koblar University Of Adelaide MIR-744 AND MIR-224 REGULATE NEUROGENESIS IN VITRO THROUGH DOWNREGULATION OF NPAS4 201 Tuesday 6th December

Willian Korim Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health TNF-α IN THE AREA POSTREMA ELICITS SYMPATHETIC EXCITATION TO THE HEART IN RATS 202 Monday 5th December

Baldeep Kumar Pgimer NEUROPROTECTIVE POTENTIAL OF ZONISAMIDE IN MES INDUCED SEIZURES 203 Tuesday 6th December

Natasha Kumar University Of New South Wales TASK-2 and GPR4 provide independent contributions to the central ventilatory chemoreflex 204 Monday 5th December

Mantosh KumarRajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology,

Thiruvananthapuram

Phosphorylation of Glutamate receptor in vivo induced by chronic treatment of monosodium

glutamate (MSG)205 Tuesday 6th December

Andrea Kwakowsky University Of Auckland Impaired GABA signalling in the human Alzheimer`s disease brain 206 Monday 5th December

Melinda Kyloh Flinders University Of South Australia INDUCTION OF COLONIC MOTOR ACTIVITY USING OPTOGENETICS 207 Tuesday 6th December

Linh Lam University Of MelbourneUNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF IRON ACCUMULATION AFTER TRAUMATIC INJURY IN THE HUMAN

BRAIN208 Monday 5th December

Lila Landowski Schol Of Medicine, University Of Tasmania Trophic agents for prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy 209 Tuesday 6th December

Michael Lane Drexel UniversityRespiratory training with Intermittent Hypercapnia to Improve Diaphragm Function Following Spinal

Cord Injury210 Monday 5th December

Vanessa Lanoue Queensland Brain Institute A novel Wnt signaling pathway regulates neuronal morphogenesis 211 Tuesday 6th December

Cynthia Haidee Lee Neuroscience Research AustraliaGENDER-SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME, BDNF GENOTYPE AND BDNF

BLOOD LEVELS, IN HEALTHY CONTROLS AND PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA212 Monday 5th December

Kah Meng Lee School Of Biomedical SciencesALTERED EXPRESSION OF LAMININS POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROGRESSION OF DISEASE

STATES OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS213 Tuesday 6th December

Sammy Lee Save Sight Institute - University Of Sydney QUANTIFICATION OF ROD PATHWAY NEURONS IN THE HUMAN RETINA 214 Monday 5th December



Jaime Lee University Of Melbourne Acute MK801 treatment induces working memory deficit in automated touchscreen chambers 215 Tuesday 6th December

Justin Lees University of New South WalesDEVELOPING PHYSIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT MODELS OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED PERIPHERAL

NEUROPATHY216 Monday 5th December

Laura Leighton Queensland Brain InstituteKnockdown of Piwi-like proteins in the mouse hippocampus enhances the memory of conditioned

fear217 Tuesday 6th December

Andre Leitao University Of New South WalesPathological mutants in Parkinson's disease: What do they tell us about alpha-synuclein's aggregation

pathways?218 Monday 5th December

Anna Leonard The University Of AdelaideLOCALISATION OF THE CORTICOSPINAL TRACT IN PIGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODELLING TRAUMATIC

SPINAL CORD INJURY TO IMPROVE TRANSLATION219 Tuesday 6th December

Iryna Leshchyns'ka University Of New South WalesTHE NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1 REGULATES NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE IN CENTRAL

NERVOUS SYSTEM SYNAPSES220 Monday 5th December

Jacqueline Y K Leung Wicking Dementia Research And Education CentreRole of TDP43 in Oligodendrocytes development and its implication in the disease progression in ALS

and FTD221 Tuesday 6th December

Ekaterina Levichkina University Of Melbourne INSULA CORTICAL RESPONSES TO GUT STIMULATION IN SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS 222 Monday 5th December

Chuanzhou LiCentre For Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland

Brain Institute, The University Of Queensland, Qld, 4072Amyloid beta increases Tau translation Fyn dependently 223 Tuesday 6th December

Jia-yi Li University Of South Australia PROBDNF SUPPRESSES POSTNATAL NEUROGENESIS OF MICE 224 Monday 5th December

Huazheng Liang Western Sydney UniversityTHE ANTI-NEUROINFLAMMATORY EFFECT OF APIGENIN: A PILOT STUDY ON THE GFAP-IL6

NEUROINFLAMMATION MODEL225 Tuesday 6th December

Julia Lim University Of Sydney Perturbations in insulin signalling in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and its contribution to AD pathogenesis. 226 Monday 5th December

Nura Lingawi University Of New South WalesEXTINCTION AND LATENT INHIBITION INVOLVE A SIMILAR FORM OF INHIBITORY LEARNING THAT IS

STORED AND RETRIEVED IN THE INFRALIMBIC CORTEX227 Tuesday 6th December

David Lloyd NeuraNeuregulin 1 type III “knockout” mice show heightened sensitivity to the neurobehavioural effects of

cannabis228 Monday 5th December

Errol Kerry John Lloyd The University of MelbourneTHE DEVELOPMENT AND GENERATION OF ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM: A

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY229 Tuesday 6th December

Errol Kerry John Lloyd The University of Melbourne ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY IN THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS OF TREE SHREWS 230 Monday 5th December

Paul Lockhart Murdoch Childrens Research Institute NEUROPATHOLOGY AND NOVEL MOUSE MODELS OF RAB39B-MEDIATED PARKINSON’S DISEASE 231 Tuesday 6th December

Sarah Lockie Monash University Loss of AMPK in NPY/AgRP neurons alters feeding in response to glucose availability in mice. 232 Monday 5th December

Sarah Lovett University Of Western Australia ASSESSING APP96-110 AS A NOVEL NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT IN TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY 233 Tuesday 6th December

Leon Luan University Of QueenslandVitamin D treatment during pregnancy blocks maternal immune activation induced behavioral

phenotypes in offspring via its neuroprotective effects on the ontogeny of dopamine neurons234 Monday 5th December

Erin Lynch Macquarie UniversityOptogenetic stimulation of the midbrain colliculi evokes cardiorespiratory responses in the behaving

rat235 Tuesday 6th December

Heather Madsen The Florey.institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthINVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE RECEPTORS AND PARVALBUMIN-EXPRESSING NEURONS IN

EXTINCTION OF CONDITIONED FEAR236 Monday 5th December

Shohreh Majd Flinders UniversityLKB1/AMPK/m-TOR Response to Ischemia in High Metabolic Rate Tissues: A Comparison between the

Brain, Heart, Kidney and Liver Intracellular Metabolic Axis Activation in Ischemic Situation237 Tuesday 6th December

Shohreh Majd Flinders University

Adenosine Monophosphate Protein Kinase (AMPK) triggers tau hyperphosphorylation at Ser262 in

response to alteration in neuronal blood supply: an implication for metabolic based hypothesis for

Alzheimer's disease

238 Monday 5th December

Preet Makker UNSWCHARACTERISING PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL SENSORY NERVE FIBRE CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH

CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY239 Tuesday 6th December

Nakisa Malakooti The Florey, The University of Melbourne ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF METALS IN THE DOWN SYNDROME BRAIN 240 Monday 5th December

Yilin Mao University Of Technology SydneySYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF A CONNEXIN43 MIMETIC PEPTIDE IN RATS IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL

RECOVERY AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY241 Tuesday 6th December

Paul Marshall University Of California IrvineADAR1 dual function as RNA editing and potential DNA binding enzyme in the activity-dependent

regulation of adaptive behaviour in the mouse242 Monday 5th December



Ramon Martinez-marmol University Of Queensland-queensland Brain InstituteInactivation of PI 3-kinase p110δ prevents cognitive decline and reduces plaque density and

neuroinflammation in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease243 Tuesday 6th December

Rania Masri University Of Sydney CHARACTERIZATION OF GANGLION CELL POPULATIONS IN MARMOSET RETINA. 244 Monday 5th December

Kathryn Mathews Brain and Mind Centre, The University Of SydneymRNA EXPRESSION OF NEUROGENESIS GENES IS CHANGED OVER THE HEALTHY HUMAN LIFE SPAN –

A CONSEQUENCE OF GLIAL CHANGES?245 Tuesday 6th December

Jack Mayhew University of Newcastle The Effects of Ageing on Spontaneous Inhibitory and Excitatory Currents in Dorsal Horn Neurons 246 Monday 5th December

Alireza Mazloumi Gavgani University Of Newcastle Profiling subjective symptoms and autonomic changes associated with cybersickness 247 Tuesday 6th December

Robin Mcallen Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health VAGAL AFFERENT SIGNALING OF SMALL INTESTINE INFLAMMATION 248 Monday 5th December

Sarah McCann The University Of EdinburghSYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR

ANTAGONIST IN ANIMAL MODELS OF STROKE: AN UPDATE249 Tuesday 6th December

Gawain Mccoll The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience EXPLORING THE ROLE OF IRON IN DOPAMINERGIC CELL LOSS 250 Monday 5th December

Stuart McDougall Florey InstituteAN EXTENSIVE SOMATOSTATIN INTERNEURON NETWORK GATES VISCEROSENSORY SIGNALS IN THE

SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS.251 Tuesday 6th December

Sarah Mcintyre Western Sydney University A tactile direction test targeting slowed nerve conduction 252 Monday 5th December

Allison McKendrick The University Of MelbourneTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC (GABA) CONCENTRATION IN VISUAL CORTEX,

PERCEPTUAL RIVALRY, AND DURATION POST MIGRAINE EVENT.253 Tuesday 6th December

Simon McMullan Macquarie University The mesoscale connectome of sympathetic premotor neurons of the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla 254 Monday 5th December

Prachi Mehta UNSW Australia

LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION (LCM) TO ISOLATE HIGH QUALITY BRAIN-DERIVED

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR (BDNF) AND TROPOMYOSIN RECEPTOR KINASE B (TRKB) RNA FROM PURE

POPULATIONS OF RAT SPINAL CORD MOTOR NEURONS

255 Tuesday 6th December

Stephanie Mercer University Of OtagoIN VIVO TOLERABILITY AND EFFECTS OF AUTOPHAGY ENHANCERS AS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC

INTERVENTIONS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE256 Monday 5th December

Tobias Merson Australian Regenerative Medicine Institiute Pharmacogenetic stimulation of neuronal activity increases myelination in an axon-specific manner 257 Tuesday 6th December

Aurora Messina University Of MelbourneMORPHOLOGY OF DONOR & RECIPIENT NERVES UTILIZED IN NERVE TRANSFERS TO RESTORE UPPER

LIMB FUNCTION IN CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY.258 Monday 5th December

Natalie Michael Monash University METABOLIC STATUS-DEPENDANT PLASTICITY OF POMC NEURONS IN THE ARCUATE NUCLEUS 259 Tuesday 6th December

Patricia Michie University Of NewcastleMMN AND GAMMA OSCILLATION CHANGES WITH ACUTE DOSES OF AN NMDAR ANTAGONIST IN AN

ANIMAL MODEL260 Monday 5th December

Stephanie Miller The University Of QueenslandDIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF GABA-A RECEPTOR ALPHA1, ALPHA2 AND ALPHA3 SUBUNIT IN

SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS.261 Tuesday 6th December

Amer Mitchelle Notre Dame University, Perth, Australia DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF HIPPOCAMPAL AREA CA2 IN ADULT AND DEVELOPING MICE 262 Monday 5th December

Stan Mitew The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF OLIGODENDROCYTE TURNOVER IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 263 Tuesday 6th December

Sarasa Mohammadi The University Of Sydneyα9-NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS PLAY A ROLE IN AFFECTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND STRESS

PHYSIOLOGY264 Monday 5th December

Rahul MohanTranslational Neuroscience Facility, Unsw Medicine,

Unsw Australia

Stereological Estimates of the Motor Neuron Populations Caudal to a Rubrospinal Tract (RST)

Transection in the Rat265 Tuesday 6th December

Renee Morris UNSW Sydney THE ROLE OF THE RUBROSPINAL TRACT (RST) IN OVER GROUND LOCOMOTION IN THE RAT. 266 Monday 5th December

Emma Morrisroe Florey Institute Of Neuroscience & Mental Health Modelling Dravet Syndrome using Micro-electrode Arrays 267 Tuesday 6th December

Somnath Mukherjee Jnu METHYLATION STATUS AND LINE-1 EXPRESSION IN AGING RAT BRAIN 268 Monday 5th December

Brandon Munn University Of SydneyDYNAMIC SPIKING PROPERTIES OF NEURONS IN THE LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS OF

MARMOSETS269 Tuesday 6th December

Richelle Mychasiuk University Of CalgaryASSESSMENT OF TWO NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POST-CONCUSSIVE

SYNDROME270 Monday 5th December



Natalia Nalivaeva University of Leeds Effects of prenatal hypoxia on amyloid β-clearing proteins and synaptic plasticity in rat brain 271 Tuesday 6th December

Eugene Nalivaiko University Of NewcastleAlpha-9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates hypothermic responses elicited by provocative

motion in mice.272 Monday 5th December

Subha Nasir Ahmad University Of Sydney TWO TYPES OF MELANOPSIN-EXPRESSING GANGLION CELLS IN THE HUMAN RETINA 273 Tuesday 6th December

Lynn Nazareth Griffith UniversityBURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI RAPIDLY INFECTS THE BRAINSTEM AND SPINAL CORD VIA

TRIGEMINAL NERVE AFTER INTRANASAL INOCULATION274 Monday 5th December

Alireza Nematollahi The University Of SydneyINHIBITION STUDIES OF KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE-2: A PROMISING TARGET IN

NEURODEGENERATIVE AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS276 Monday 5th December

Sara Nencini University of MelbourneARTEMIN, NEURTURIN AND GDNF RAPIDLY ACTIVATE AND SENSITIZE SENSORY NEURONS THAT

INNERVATE BONE277 Tuesday 6th December

Linh Hoang Ngo Harry Perkins Institute Of Medical ResearchDe Novo Mutations in DENR Disrupt Neuronal Development and Link Congenital Neurological

Disorders to Faulty mRNA Translation Re-initiation278 Monday 5th December

Michelle Nguyen The University Of Western AustraliaESTABLISHING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY DNA STRUCTURES AND CENTRAL NERVOUS

SYSTEM SCARRING.279 Tuesday 6th December

Hong Nguyen UNSW AustraliaMILD HYPOXIA IMPROVES FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ENDOTHELIN-1-INDUCED STROKE

IN RATS280 Monday 5th December

Sarah Nicholas Flinders UniversityTRPM8 CHANNELS ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE EXCITATORY ACTION OF FREE RADICALS ON SENSORY

NEURONS IN THE BLADDER.281 Tuesday 6th December

Madeline Nicholson The University Of MelbourneBDNF HETEROZYGOUS MICE EXHIBIT REDUCED OLIGODENDROCYTE NUMBERS DURING POST-NATAL

DEVELOPMENT282 Monday 5th December

Karin Nordstrom Flinders University HOVERFLY VISION IN NATURALISTIC SURROUNDS 283 Tuesday 6th December

Rebecca Norris Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthMICE EXPRESSING MUTATIONS IN THE SYNAPTIC GENE NEUROLIGIN-3 SHOW ALTERED FLEXIBILITY IN

A TOUCHSCREEN TEST OF RELATIONAL MEMORY284 Monday 5th December

Sonia Oliveira University Of Newcastle CHOLINERGIC AND PEPTIDERGIC INNERVATION OF OVARIAN TUMOURS 285 Tuesday 6th December

Aidan O'Mara Wicking Dementia And Education Centre ImageSURF: an ImageJ plugin for accurate and unbiased quantitation of fluorescence images 286 Monday 5th December

Lin Kooi Ong University Of NewcastleCHRONIC STRESS EXACERBATES AMYLOID-BETA AND TAU PATHOLOGY AT THE THALAMIC

SECONDARY NEURODEGENERATION FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOTHROMBOTIC STROKE287 Tuesday 6th December

Megan O'Rourke Menzies Institute For Medical Research DOES THE PRIMARY CILIUM REGULATE OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELL PROLIFERATION? 288 Monday 5th December

Amber Ou The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthTHE PHAGOCYTIC FUNCTION OF P2X7 RECEPTOR UNDER RESTING CONDITION IN THE CENTRAL

NERVOUS SYSTEM289 Tuesday 6th December

Samantha OwensSchizophrenia Research Laboratory, Neuroscience

Research Australia And School Of Psychiatry, UnswAndrogen receptor gene expression in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in psychiatric disorders 290 Monday 5th December

Terence Pang Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Behavioural and physiological transgenerational responses to paternal exercise 291 Tuesday 6th December

Annalisa Paolino Queensland Brain InstituteSATB2 and CTIP2 expression in the marsupial isocortex reveals a regulatory network that predates

evolution of the corpus callosum292 Monday 5th December

Macarena Pavez University Of TasmaniaTHE INTERACTION OF CALCIUM SIGNALING AND THE CYTOSKELETON IN NAVIGATING GROWTH

CONES293 Tuesday 6th December

Sophie Payne Bionics Institute Detecting and treating inflammatory bowel disease using neuromodulation technology 294 Monday 5th December

Victor Perez Fernandez Western Sydney University A NEW TECHNIQUE TO MEASURE DOPAMINE RELEASE IN THE MAMMALIAN RETINA 295 Tuesday 6th December

Renata Pertile Queensland Brain Institute VITAMIN D, VDR AND THE DIFFERENTIATION OF DOPAMINERGIC CELLS 296 Monday 5th December

Rochelle Peterson Flinders University CHARACTERISATION OF ONE CLASS OF SENSORY NEURONS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE IN VITRO 297 Tuesday 6th December

Alice Petty The Queensland Brain Institute Elevated Dopamine Release in the Dorsal Striatum: A New Animal Model of Schizophrenia 298 Monday 5th December

Andrew Phipps Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre Epigenetic dysregulation of critical gene regulatory elements in AD mice 299 Tuesday 6th December

Alexander PietersenBillson Research Laboratory, Save Sight Institute, The

University Of Sydney

CORRELATION OF LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL POWER IN LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS AND VISUAL

CORTEX IN ANAESTHETISED MARMOSETS.300 Monday 5th December



Kimberley Pitman University Of TasmaniaELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELLS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS301 Tuesday 6th December

Stephanie Plummer The University of AdelaideEnhanced heparin binding affinity of APP96-110 results in increased neuroprotection following

traumatic brain injury302 Monday 5th December

Lauren Poppi The University Of NewcastleDegeneration of cholinergic synaptic transmission in type II vestibular hair cells of ageing C57BL/6

mice303 Tuesday 6th December

Kim Powell The University Of MelbourneANTI-EPILEPTOGENIC EFFECTS OF A SELECTIVE T-TYPE CA2+ CHANNEL ANTAGONIST, Z944, IN THE

POST-STATUS EPILEPTICUS MODEL OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY.304 Monday 5th December

Asheeta Prasad University Of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Ventral pallidum output pathways in context-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking. 305 Tuesday 6th December

Dino Premilovac University Of TasmaniaESTABLISHING THE NATURAL COURSE OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN A RAT MODEL OF EARLY

STAGE TYPE 2 DIABETES.306 Monday 5th December

Nicholas Price Monash UniversityCortical responses to stimulus transitions on short and long timescales reflect neuronal integration

and adaptation307 Tuesday 6th December

Magdalena Przybyla UNSWHYPERACTIVITY AND DYSINHIBITION-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN A P301S TAU-TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODEL OF

FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA308 Monday 5th December

Ruslan Pustovit University Of MelbourneALTERED COLORECTAL RESPONSIVENESS TO A COLOKINETIC AND TO PHYSIOLOGICAL STIMULI AFTER

SPINAL CORD INJURY309 Tuesday 6th December

Annie Quan Children's Medical Research Institute DEPOLARIZATION-DEPENDENT SYNDAPIN I PHOSPHORYLATION IN NERVE TERMINALS 310 Monday 5th December

Jane Quinn Charles Sturt UniversityEFFECTS OF THE INDOLE DITERPENOID MYCOTOXIN LOLITREM B AND ITS PATHWAY INTERMEDIATES

ON MOVEMENT AND METABOLIC STATUS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS TOXICOSIS.311 Tuesday 6th December

Jane Quinn Charles Sturt UniversityPOTASSIUM BROMIDE MITIGATES CLINICAL SIGNS OF INTOXICATION CAUSED BY THE INDOLE

DITERPENOID TOXIN LOLTREM B.312 Monday 5th December

Jane Quinn Charles Sturt University QUINOLINE INTOXICATION IN MILITARY MEMBERS 313 Tuesday 6th December

Madeleine Radnan University Of New South Wales Long-term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission in lateral septum 314 Monday 5th December

Tasnim Rahman Neuroscience Research AustraliaMATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION REDUCES SOMATOSTATIN AND SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2

mRNA EXPRESSION IN CORTEX AND STRIATUM315 Tuesday 6th December

Abdur Rahman Kuwait University LEAD-INDUCED ALTERATION IN VITAMIN D METABOLISM IS INVOLVED IN LEARNING IMPAIRMENT 316 Monday 5th December

Abrar Rahman Save Sight Institute Functional properties of On-Off neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate of anaesthetised marmosets. 317 Tuesday 6th December

Oliver Rawashdeh The University of QueenslandCYCLING MELATONIN SYNCHRONIZES RHYTHMIC HIPPOCAMPUS-DEPENDENT SIGNALING AND

MEMORY PERFORMANCE IN MICE.318 Monday 5th December

Amy Reichelt RMIT UniversityINTERMITTENT HIGH FAT HIGH SUGAR FOOD CONSUMPTION DISRUPTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS IN

ADOLESCENT RATS319 Tuesday 6th December

Thibault Renoir The Florey Institute (university Of Melbourne)EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN SEROTONIN SIGNALLING MUTANT

MICE320 Monday 5th December

Katrina Richards Monash University The Neuronal and Perceptual Effects of Visual Masking 321 Tuesday 6th December

Masamichi Sakagami Tamagawa UniversityDECODING THE VALUE OF JUICE FROM ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHIC SIGNALS IN MONKEY PREFRONTAL

CORTICES AND ITS MODULATION THROUGH THE DECODED NEUROFEEDBACK.322 Tuesday 6th December

Harman Sharma Flinders University DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION IN THE MURINE VAGINA 323 Tuesday 6th December

Doug Smith University Of Newcastle Altered cholesterol homeostasis in spinal cord of old mice 324 Monday 5th December

Kelly Smith University of NewcastleChannel Rhodopsin Assisted Circuit Mapping of Calretinin Positive Neurons in Dorsal Horn

Microcircuits325 Tuesday 6th December

Fei Song Centre For Heathy Brain Ageing, UNSWDecline of apolipoprotein levels in plasma, especially ApoJ, were associated with cognitive decline in

a longitudinal cohort326 Monday 5th December

Nick Spencer Flinders UniversityWIRELESS OPTOGENETICS: SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES

(GREEN AND BLUE) FOR ACTIVATION OR INHIBITION OF MULTIPLE DIFFERENT NEURAL PATHWAYS327 Tuesday 6th December

Jereme Spiers The University Of QueenslandREPEATED STRESS EXPOSURE INDUCES HIPPOCAMPAL NITROSATIVE STRESS AND UPREGULATES

PROTECTIVE ANTIOXIDANT GENES IN THE RAT328 Monday 5th December

James St John Griffith University STIMULATING GLIAL CELLS – A NOVEL NEURAL REPAIR STRATEGY 329 Tuesday 6th December



Jerome Staal Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthTHE MERTK PHAGOCYTIC RECEPTOR IN ASTROCYTES REGULATES SYNAPSE DENSITY AND BEHAVIOUR

IN THE ADOLESCENT CNS330 Monday 5th December

Vicky Staikopoulos University Of AdelaideMALDI IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY PROFILING OF PROTEIN CHANGES IN SPINAL CORDS FROM

MURINE MODEL OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN.331 Tuesday 6th December

Romana Stark Monash UniversityGHRELIN RECEPTORS IN THE VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS ARE REQUIRED TO DETECT

AND COUNTER HYPOGLYCEMIA332 Monday 5th December

Kimberley Stuart Wicking Dementia Research And Education CentreMid-life novel environmental enrichment exacerbates Aβ neuropathology in APP/PS1 mouse model

of Alzheimer's disease333 Tuesday 6th December

Hari Subramanian The University Of Queensland THE CONTROL OF FIRING PATTERN OF MIDBRAIN PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY NEURONS IN VIVO. 334 Monday 5th December

Lisa Suh The University Of SydneyBRAIN EXTRACTS DERIVED FROM PART AND AD INDUCES TAU PATHOLOGY IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF

P301S MUTANT TAU TRANSGENIC MICE.335 Tuesday 6th December

Eurwin Suryana University of Sydney The temporal effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) on motor performance 336 Monday 5th December

Theresa Sutherland University Of Technology SydneyA COMPARISON OF THE HISTOLOGY AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AFTER SPINAL CORD

INJURY IN ADULT AND INFANT RATS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES337 Tuesday 6th December

Mathusi Swaminathan The University of Melbourne DISTRIBUTION OF KEY SYNAPTIC PROTEINS IN THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM OF MOUSE COLON 338 Monday 5th December

Matthew Sykes University Of OtagoEFFECTS OF ANAESTHESIA ON MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS INDUCED BY TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC

STIMULATION IN RATS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLASTICITY STUDIES339 Tuesday 6th December

Vladimir Sytnyk University Of New South WalesTHE ROLE OF THE NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 2 (NCAM2) IN REGULATION OF SYNAPSE

FORMATION, MAINTENANCE OF SYNAPSE INTEGRITY AND REGULATION OF NEURONAL EXCITABILITY340 Monday 5th December

Phillippa Taberlay University Of TasmaniaSimultaneous alterations in nucleosome positions and DNA methylation predict epigenome-wide

changes in Alzheimer’s disease.341 Tuesday 6th December

Haruna TamanoDepartment of Neurophysiology, School of

Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of ShizuokaIn vitro and in vivo physiology of low concentrations of Zn2+ in artificial cerebrospinal fluid 342 Monday 5th December

Justin Tan The University Of MelbourneAbsence of Serpinb6 causes sensorineural hearing loss with multiple histopathologies in the mouse

inner ear: new developments for non-syndromic hearing loss in humans343 Tuesday 6th December

Elliot Teo The University of Queensland HABITUATION OF VAGAL RESPIRATORY SENSORY FEEDBACK 344 Monday 5th December

Jenny Thai University Of MelbourneA population of non-neuronal GFRalpha-3 expressing cells in the bone marrow resembles non-

myelinating Schwann cells345 Tuesday 6th December

Hanne Thoen University of QueenslandUnderstanding one of the most elaborate eyes in the world: investigations into the neural

architecture and processing pathways of the stomatopod (mantis shrimp) visual system.346 Monday 5th December

Adrian Thompson University Of Tasmania STROMAL INTERACTING MOLECULE 1 (STIM1) IS IMPORTANT FOR AXON GUIDANCE IN VIVO 347 Tuesday 6th December

Nan Tian Wicking Dementia Research And Education Centre Role of axonal calcium in kainic acid-induced axon degeneration in cultured cortical neurons 348 Monday 5th December

Ryan Tonkin The University Of New South WalesThe connexin-43 mimetic peptide, Peptide5, reduces pain hypersensitivity in a mouse model of

neuropathic pain349 Tuesday 6th December

Lee Travis Flinders UniversityIMAGING THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM REVEALS EXTENSIVE FAST SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION TO

CGRP IMMUNOREACTIVE PUTATIVE INTRINSIC SENSORY NEURONS IN THE MOUSE COLON350 Monday 5th December

Benjamin Trist University Of SydneySUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE-1; A POTENTIAL MEDIATOR OF NEURONAL DEGENERATION UNDER COPPER-

DEFICIENT CONDITIONS IN THE PARKINSON’S DISEASE BRAIN?351 Tuesday 6th December

Conor Underwood Macquarie UniversityEXCITATORY DRIVE OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS MAINTAINS

HYPERTENSION BUT NOT BAROREFLEX DYSFUNCTION IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE352 Monday 5th December

Julia van der Hoven Dementia Research UnitLEARNING DEFICITS IN THE TAU58/2 MOUSE MODEL CORRESPOND TO DEFICITS IN LONG-TERM

POTENTIATION FORMATION.353 Tuesday 6th December

Petra Van Nieuwenhuijzen The University Of Sydney BINARY α1β3 GABAA RECEPTORS: A NOVEL TARGET FOR MOTOR RECOVERY IN STROKE. 354 Monday 5th December

Bruno Van Swinderen Queensland Brain InstituteA NEW LOOK AT GENERAL ANAESTHESIA: UNCOVERING A SYNTAXIN1A-MEDIATED PRESYNAPTIC

MECHANISM355 Tuesday 6th December

Celia Vandestadt ARMIACUTE INFLAMMATION ORCHESTRATES MOTOR NEURON REGENERATION IN THE ZEBRAFISH SPINAL

CORD356 Monday 5th December

Tony Verberne University Of MelbourneADRENALINE SECRETION IS MEDIATED BY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OREXIN AND GLUTAMATE IN THE

VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA357 Tuesday 6th December

Giuseppe Verdile Curtin UniversityENHANCED DIABETIC PHENOTYPE AND NEURODEGENERATION IN A NOVEL TRANSGENIC MOUSE

MODEL WITH OVERLAPPING PANCREATIC AND CEREBRAL AMYLOID PATHOLOGIES.358 Monday 5th December



Giuseppe Verdile Curtin UniversityINSULIN RESISTANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCTIONS IN SPECIFIC COGNITIVE DOMAINS AND

INCREASES IN CSF PTAU IN COGNITIVELY NORMAL CONTROLS.359 Tuesday 6th December

Arunnjah VivekanandarajahSIDS And Sleep Apnea Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine

And The Bosch Institute, University Of Sydney

The effects of pre- into post-natal cigarette smoke exposure on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and

apoptotic markers in the mouse brainstem.360 Monday 5th December

Srdjan Vlajkovic The University Of Auckland ADENOSINE RECEPTORS REGULATE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ACOUSTIC INJURY 361 Tuesday 6th December

Alex Volkerling Dementia Research Unit LKB1 and tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer's Disease 362 Monday 5th December

Adam Walker Macquarie UniversityRegional and temporal analysis of biochemical alterations in a new TDP-43 mouse model of motor

neuron disease363 Tuesday 6th December

Leigh Walker Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health The role of Nucleus Incertus Orexin Receptors 1 and 2 in Stress-Induced Alcohol Seeking 364 Monday 5th December

David Ward Wicking Centre, University Of TasmaniaThe BDNF Val66Met polymorphism moderates the effect of cognitive reserve on 36-month cognitive

change in healthy older adults365 Tuesday 6th December

Maxinne Watchon Universirt Of SydneyExploring the effects of autophagy inducers and inhibitors in a transgenic zebrafish model of

spinocerebellar ataxia type-3366 Monday 5th December

Michelle Watts University Of Queensland Hypoxia Regulated microRNA-210 in Neuronal Plasticity. 367 Tuesday 6th December

Thomas Weickert University Of New South Wales C-Reactive Protein as a marker of inflammation in acute psychosis and schizophrenia 368 Monday 5th December

Christin Weissleder Neuroscience Research Australia CXCR4 EXPRESSION INCREASED THROUGHOUT ADULTHOOD IN THE HUMAN SUBEPENDYMAL ZONE 369 Tuesday 6th December

Joanna Wieronska Institute Of Pharmacology Antipsychotic-like action of combined administration of mGlu4 and M4 receptors activators. 370 Monday 5th December

Brandon Wild University Of New South Wales EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ANAESTHETIC AGENTS ON NERVE EXCITABILITY IN THE RAT TIBIAL NERVE 371 Tuesday 6th December

Stephen Williams Queensland Brain InstututeROSTRO-CAUDAL GRADIENT OF THE DENDRITIC INTEGRATIVE PROPERTIES OF LAYER 5 PYRAMIDAL

NEURONS ACROSS THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX372 Monday 5th December

Stephen Williams Queensland Brain Instutute PASSIVE NORMALIZATION OF DENDRITIC LIGHT SIGNALLING IN ALPHA RETINAL GANGLION CELLS 373 Tuesday 6th December

Julie Wixey The University Of Queensland NEUROINFLAMMATORY RESPONSE IN THE GROWTH RESTRICTED NEONATE 374 Monday 5th December

Adele Woodhouse University of Tasmania INCREASED INTRINSIC EXCITABILITY OF CORTICAL PYRAMIDAL NEURONS IN HEALTHY AGING 375 Tuesday 6th December

Junhua Xiao The University of MelbourneSelectively targeting the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR): a new therapeutic strategy in

peripheral demyelinating diseases376 Monday 5th December

Pauline Yap Flinders UniversityNEUROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MURINE LUMBOSACRAL DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA IN

RESPONSE TO INFLAMMATION OF VAGINA377 Tuesday 6th December

Nathanael Yates The University Of Western AustraliaREPEATED MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN FEMALE RATS INCREASES LIPID PEROXIDATION IN

NEURONS378 Monday 5th December

Ling Ye Tongji University Potential function of miRNA-124 in human neurogenesis under normal and inflammatory conditions 379 Tuesday 6th December

Wai Ping Yew Flinders UniversityTREATMENT WITH A CELL CYCLE INHIBITOR FOLLOWING PHOTOTHROMBOTIC STROKE INDUCES

DIFFERENTIAL CHANGES TO RECOVERY IN MOTOR FUNCTION TESTS380 Monday 5th December

Jai Yu University Of California San FranciscoDISTINCT REACTIVATION OF MOVEMENT AND STILL EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE HIPPOCAMPAL-

CORTICAL NETWORK381 Tuesday 6th December

Vlad Zagorodnyuk Flinders University ZYMOSAN-INDUCED CYSTITIS IN THE GUINEA PIGS AS A MODEL OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS. 382 Monday 5th December

Oressia Zalucki School Of Biomedical Sciences NFIX REGULATES NEUROBLAST PROLIFERATION IN THE ADULT SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE 383 Tuesday 6th December

Sasha Maria Zaman The Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental Health Development of a rapid functional assay that predicts GLUT1 disease severity 384 Monday 5th December

Akram Zamani University Of MelbourneSuppressor of Cytokine Signalling 2 (SOCS2) interacts with Tropomyosin related kinase-B (TrkB)

receptor and regulates neuronal outgrowth385 Tuesday 6th December

Agnieszka Zbela University Of TasmaniaCONTROLLING CALCINEURIN AND CALCIUM/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II WITH

LIGHT.386 Monday 5th December

Natalie Zeater Save Sight InstitutePairwise and population dynamics of correlated spiking activity in the dorsal lateral geniculate

nucleus of marmoset387 Tuesday 6th December

Cary Zhang Florey Institute Of Neuroscience And Mental HealthANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF THE BRAIN RELAXIN-3/RXFP3 SYSTEM IN

MICE: FOCUS ON HYPOTHALAMIC CIRCUITS388 Monday 5th December

Zhe Zhang Sbms, The University Of QueenslandLOSS OF THE SULFATE TRANSPORTER SLC13A4 ALTERS BEHAVIOR AND NEUROGENESIS IN ADULT

MICE389 Tuesday 6th December

Zidan Zhao University Of Newcastle

DELAYED POST-CONDITIONING USING HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING INDUCES NEUROPROTECTIVE

ACTIONS AND ALLEVIATES COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PHOTOTHROMBOTIC

STROKE

390 Monday 5th December

Jing Zhao The University Of QueenslandThe indirect effect of EphA4 on neuronal precursor proliferation in the adult hippocampus through D-

serine modulation of NMDA receptor391 Tuesday 6th December



Ye ZHAO Neuroscience Research AustraliaIMPROVED DIFFERENTIATION, NUCLEAR ENVELOPE MORPHOLOGY AND REDUCED ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN

IN LRRK2 G2019S NEURAL CELLS TREATED WITH LRRK2 KINASE INHIBITORS392 Monday 5th December

Yilan Zhen Menzies Institute For Medical Research PROTOCADHERIN 15 REGULATES OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELL PROLIFERATION 393 Tuesday 6th December

Lyandysha Zholudeva Drexel University College Of MedicineTransplantation of Excitatory Neural Precursor Cells to Promote Respiratory Recovery After Cervical

Spinal Cord Injury394 Monday 5th December

Alice(Xiaoqing) Zhou QBI PHYSICAL EXERCISE ALTERS THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND CONNECTOME IN THE AGED MURINE BRAIN 395 Tuesday 6th December

Zhendan ZhuMenzies Institute For Medical Research - University Of

Tasmania

Cellular changes in mild traumatic brain injury between young and adult mice after lateral fluid

percussion injury396 Monday 5th December

Ilvana Ziko Rmit University NEONATAL OVERFEEDING IMPAIRS GHRELIN SIGNALLING IN FEMALE RATS 397 Tuesday 6th December

Roger Marek Queensland Brain Institute Attentional modulation of prefrontal circuits that mediate fear extinction 398 Monday 5th December

Ranjan Roy University Of Otago Central modulation of cardiac sympathetic nerve activity following acute myocardial infarction. 399 Tuesday 6th December


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