Retreat
Sixteenth Annual Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Student Research Symposium
Friday, March 18, 2005 - The Inn at Penn
9:00-10:00 AM :: Arrival and Continental Breakfast
2:00-10:10 AM :: Introduction
10:10-10:35 AM :: Cara Harley, Predoctoral Student
"Possible sex differences in hypothalamic projections to the midbrain"
10:35-11:00 AM :: Alexxai Kravitz, Predoctoral Student
"Accumbal activity during cocaine self administration"
11:00-11:25 AM :: Bridget Mueller, Predoctoral Student
"A novel model to investigate the impact of maternal stress on pregnancy outcome and offspring behavior"
11:25-Noon :: Derek Daniels, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow
"Divergent behavioral relevance of angiotensin intracellular signaling pathways"
Noon-2:00 PM :: Lunch
2:00-2:40 PM :: Russell Epstein, Ph.D., Assistant
"Visual science representations in human cortex"
2:40-3:05 PM :: Kimberly Noble, PhD.
"Socioeconomic status modulates brain-behavior relationships in reading"
3:05-3:40 PM :: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow
"The role of neurotrophins in behavioral tests of anxiety and depression"
3:40-4:00 PM :: Coffee Break
4:00-5:15 PM :: Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Univ. of Maryland
Elliott Stellar Lecture in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience: "Stacking the Building Blocks to the Male Brain"