NEUROSCIENCE 2012

society for neuroscience

preliminary program
New orleans
Oct. 13 – 17, 2012 www.sfn.org/am2012
Plan to attend the Society for Neuroscience
42nd Annual Meeting
new orleans
Neuroscience 2012, the best value in
science, is the meeting you can’t miss.
Five days of cutting-edge research and
science, leading experts, networking,
and career opportunities make SfN’s
annual meeting the premier event for
the neuroscience community.
Discover New Orleans, famous for its
distinctive culture and cuisine, historic
Presidential Special Lectures
The Gift of Gab: How Your Genome Helps
You Speak CME
Simon E. Fisher, DPhil
Max Planck Institute
for Psycholinguistics
Support contributed by:
Johnson & Johnson
Saturday, Oct. 13, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
Our unparalleled capacity for
complex speech and language is one of the most
intriguing but elusive aspects of being human.
It has long been suspected that answers to this
enigma may be buried in the genome. Scientists
are uncovering critical genes and using them as
molecular windows into key neural pathways.
A prime example is FOXP2, a regulatory gene
that mediates plasticity of certain brain circuits.
This work provides unique bridges between
genes, neurons, the brain, and spoken language.
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neighborhoods, world-class art and
architecture, and lively music.
Affordable registration rates include
reduced fees for students, postdoctoral,
and regular members from developing
countries, and early registrants.
w Network with neuroscientists from
around the world.
Molecular Mechanism of Synchronous
Neurotransmitter Release CME
James Rothman, PhD
Yale University School of
Medicine
Sunday, Oct. 14, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
Synchronous transmitter
release enables neural
circuits to keep pace
and occur when docked synaptic vesicles are
rapidly triggered to fuse with the presynaptic
plasma membrane by calcium ions entering the
nerve terminal. Membrane fusion in the nerve
terminal and elsewhere is mediated by SNARE
proteins that assemble between the vesicle and
plasma membrane. Biochemical studies have
recently established that only two additional
synapse-specific proteins — synaptotagmin and
complexin — are needed to synchronize release
by SNAREs and add calcium dependence.
w Engage with more than 15,000
poster presenters and attend
lectures, symposia, satellite events,
workshops, and socials.
w Explore more than 500 displays
on the exhibit floor, showcasing
the latest tools and techniques.
Circuit Tuning During Developmental
Critical Periods CME
Carla Shatz, PhD
Stanford University
Support contributed by:
Pfizer, Inc.
Monday, Oct. 15, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
Adult circuits emerge during
periods of activity-dependent
synapse remodeling. Activity regulates neuronal
genes including MHC Class I. In mice lacking
certain MHCI genes, synapse regression in the
visual system fails and ocular dominance plasticity
is enhanced. Mice lacking the MHCI receptor PirB
have similar phenotypes. Thus, molecules acting in
immunity also may limit experience-driven change
at neuronal synapses. Manipulating them could
enhance recovery from injury and lead to treatments
for schizophrenia or autism.
CME  This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. See page 5 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Prenatal Exposure Modulates Language
Attunement in Infancy CME
Janet F. Werker, PhD
The University of British
Columbia
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
Language involves a
cascading interplay between
biology and experience.
Initial perceptual biases and core neural
systems support learning any natural language.
Development begins by tuning these systems
to the native language. New research reveals
(1) prenatal language exposure yields differential
neural activation to the native language, and
(2) prenatal exposure to factors extrinsic to
language (depression and antidepressant
medication) modifies the postnatal trajectory
of language attunement. The implications for
optimal language development will be discussed.
Featured Lectures
Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture
In Search of Molecular Underpinnings of Neuronal Morphologies
and Function: From Drosophila Neurogenetics to Evolutionarily
Conserved Machineries in Mammals
Lily Jan, PhD,
Yuh Nung Jan, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Support contributed by:
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
Evolutionary conservation of key
molecules and basic principles for neuronal morphogenesis and function
has enabled genetic studies of model organisms to uncover molecules
and pathways of general importance to the development and function of
vertebrate and invertebrate nervous systems. The lecture describes approaches
that begin with neurogenetics of the fruit fly Drosophila for molecular
identification of ion channels, including the Shaker potassium channels and
a mechanotransduction channel for sensing gentle touch, and for elucidation
of the basis for the elaboration and maintenance of neuronal dendrites.
Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture
The Collective Wisdom of Neurons CME
Larry Abbott, PhD
Columbia University
Support contributed by: The Grass Foundation
Monday, Oct. 15, 3:15 – 4:25 p.m.
Much understanding of how neurons encode and
process information is based on the response-tuning
properties of individual neurons. However, robust
computation can occur at the population level even when the selectivities
of individual neurons are not easy to characterize or interpret. This lecture
reviews methods for analyzing population activity in such cases and shows
that circuits appearing disordered at the single-neuron level can provide
highly flexible and useful functionality at the population level.
Find the latest session information at www.sfn.org/featuredlectures
David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics
The Impact of Neuroscience on Society —
The Neuroethics of “Smart Drugs”
Barbara Sahakian, PhD
University of Cambridge
Support contributed by:
David Kopf Instruments
Monday, Oct. 15, 10 – 11:10 a.m.
Cognitive-enhancing drugs can improve forms of
cognition, such as working memory, not only in
people with neuropsychiatric disorders but also in healthy people.
The increasing lifestyle use of “smart drugs” by healthy people raises
societal neuroethical issues. It is important to consider the potential
harms of these drugs (i.e., substance abuse, unknown effects on the Dialogues Between Neuroscience
developing brain, or coercion at school or work). The public should and Society
be engaged to consider potential benefits and how these drugs may My Life as a Rolling Neurological Clinic
change society.
Chuck Close
History of Neuroscience Lecture Support contributed by: Elsevier
Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
The Emergence of Contemporary Pain Neuroscience
Lorne M. Mendell, PhD Chuck Close has had a major impact on American
Stony Brook University
art and culture. His large-scale portraits of the
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2:30 – 3:40 p.m.
human face have been shown at the Museum of
The 1960s saw the elaboration of two major concepts
Modern Art and in the Whitney Biennial. In 2000,
that altered the course of pain research. The Gate
he was awarded the highest honor conferred by
Theory of Melzack and Wall introduced the idea
that pain is subject to inhibitory neural control. the United States on an artist: the National Medal
The identification of the elusive nociceptor by Perl and colleagues was of Arts. What many people do not know is that
the foundation for systematic characterization of the unique physiology, Close produced his iconic works of art while coping
anatomy, and pharmacology of the nociceptive system. These concepts, with serious impairments of his body and brain.
supplemented by many important recent findings, have defined modern
studies of pain.
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SPECIAL LECTURES
Theme A: Development
Neurotrophin Signaling: A New
Perspective CME
Yves-Alain Barde, MD
Biozentrum, University of Basel
Neurotrophins are increasingly recognized as playing
significant roles in health and disease function of the
nervous system, but how they act on neurons has
been difficult to study because of neurotrophins low
abundance and the lack of relevant assay systems.
New approaches and recent results will be presented
both indicating that, in spite of the strong structural
relatedness of the neurotrophins and their receptors,
their role and mode of action are surprisingly different.
Theme B: Neural Excitability, Synapses,
and Glia: Cellular Mechanisms
From Peppers to Peppermints: Molecular
Insights Into Nociception and Pain CME
David J. Julius, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
In roughly the last 15 years, we have seen
tremendous progress in the identification of
molecules, mechanisms, and neural pathways
underlying somatosensation, nociception, and pain.
This is especially true in regard to understanding
the initial events of stimulus detection by sensory
nerve fibers and their communication with neurons
of the spinal cord dorsal horn. This lecture discusses
the emerging logic of touch and pain sensation
from a cellular and molecular standpoint.
The Self-Tuning Neuron: Keeping Your
Brain in Balance CME
Gina Turrigiano, PhD
Brandeis University
Brains are the most complex machines in
the known universe and undergo constant
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modifications to store information and adapt to
a changing environment. How do such plastic
mechanisms shape the output of brain circuits
without compromising their stability and integrity?
This lecture discusses emerging evidence that
neurons and circuits within the central nervous
system accomplish this remarkable feat through a
set of “homeostatic” plasticity mechanisms that
allow neurons to sense how active they are and
to adjust their properties to maintain stable firing.
Theme C: Disorders of the Nervous System
Alzheimer’s Mechanisms and Therapeutic
Strategies CME
Lennart Mucke, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Alzheimer’s disease poses enormous medical and
socioeconomic problems. It also raises fascinating
neuroscientific questions about the mechanisms
by which diverse molecules cause synaptic,
network, and cognitive dysfunction. Several
mechanisms will be discussed, including abnormal
shifts in the activation of specific glutamate
receptors and impairments of interneurons that
regulate oscillatory network activity. The lecture
highlights how novel mechanistic insights may be
translated into better treatments to prevent, halt,
and reverse this devastating condition.
Synaptic Plasticity and Substance Use
Disorders: New Insights From Optogenetic
Studies CME
Antonello Bonci, MD
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH
The limbic system has been the center of
myriad studies related to reward and addiction.
In particular, it appears that forms of cellular
memory and synaptic plasticity in the limbic
system play a role in promoting substance use
disorders. This lecture presents an overview of
this topic and discusses recent discoveries, with
particular emphasis on the role of optogenetics
in helping understand both reward-related
behaviors and substance use disorders.
Theme D: Sensory and Motor Systems
Digesting Acoustic Information in the
Cochlear Nuclear Complex CME
Donata Oertel, PhD
University of Wisconsin
Neurons in the cochlear nuclei begin to compute
where sounds arise and what they mean. The
targets of auditory nerve fibers form multiple
ascending pathways, each specialized anatomically
and biophysically for its task. Stellate cells detect
the spectra of sounds and their envelopes, octopus
cells detect the presence of broadband transients,
and bushy cells convey the fine structure of sounds
to centers that use interaural time and intensity
differences for localization in the azimuth. Cells in
the dorsal cochlear nucleus detect spectral notches
used for localization in elevation.
Large-Scale Brain Networks: Principles and
Emerging Methodologies CME
Nikos Logothetis, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
This lecture discusses the use of multimodal
methodologies to study large-scale networks,
including MR-visible tracers, simultaneous electrical
stimulation and fMRI, and neural event-triggered
fMRI (NET-fMRI), which uses multiple-contact
electrodes and whole-brain neuroimaging to map
activations induced by neural events. The central
question: Can we identify network topologies
and, by studying them on multiple spatiotemporal
scales, understand perception and cognition?
CME  This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. See sidebar and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Theme E: Integrative Systems:
Neuroendocrinology, Neuroimmunology
and Homeostatic Challenge
Sexual Differentiation of Human Brain and
Behavior CME
Melissa Hines, PhD
University of Cambridge
Gonadal steroids exert powerful influences
on neurobehavioral sexual differentiation in
non-human animals. This lecture describes evidence
regarding similar hormonal influences on human
development, focusing not only on differences
between the sexes, but also on variability within
each sex, asking: Why do some boys like to
play with girls’ toys? Why do people vary in
sexual orientation? Why are some people more
aggressive than others? Early hormone influences
also are contextualized with socialization
influences and the uniquely human processes
of gender identification.
Theme F: Cognition and Behavior
Drug-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity:
A Key to Addiction? CME
Christian Lüscher, MD
University of Geneva
Using an interdisciplinary approach to address
the question of how addictive drugs remodel the
reward circuitry to cause compulsive behavior,
this lecture summarizes work aimed at examining
the molecular and cellular changes induced at
synapses when an animal is exposed to a drug
such as cocaine. Genetic, electrophysiological,
optogenetic, and behavioral methods are
combined to collect data at multiple levels,
with the goal to enhance our mechanistic
understanding of addiction.

Going to Hell in a Handbasket:
Molecular Weakening of Prefrontal
Cortical Regulation During Stress CME
Amy F.T. Arnsten, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
This lecture describes the regulation of behavior,
thought, and emotion by the highly evolved
prefrontal cortex and how these “top-down”
circuits are weakened by molecular events during
stress exposure. In contrast, more primitive brain
circuits are strengthened by stress signaling
mechanisms. Many of the genetic links in
neuropsychiatric illness involve insults to the
molecular brakes on stress-signaling pathways,
leading to increased susceptibility to prefrontal
cortical dysfunction.
Theme G: Novel Methods and Technology
Development
Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
and Applications to Neuroscience CME
Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University
The recently developed super-resolution
fluorescence microscopy method, stochastic
optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), uses
single-molecule imaging and photo-switchable
fluorescent probes to achieve sub-diffraction-limit
image resolution. This method allows multicolor
and three-dimensional imaging of live cells
and tissues with nanometer-scale resolution.
This lecture covers the general concept, recent
technological advances, and biological applications
of STORM, including applications in neuroscience.
Find the latest session information at www.sfn.org/speciallectures
Continuing Medical Education
Physicians: Improve Competencies While Earning CME Credit
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting is a forum for the education
of physicians in the field of neuroscience. By attending lectures, symposia, and
minisymposia, the physician will receive both a broad overview of the field and
information about the most recent, detailed research in the topic of the session.
The abstract of each plenary session contains brief descriptions of the material
to be presented. By attending any of the activities, the physician will better
understand the basic science that underlies clinical practice.
Statement of Need
It is important that physicians comprehend the basic science that underlies
clinical medicine. The SfN annual meeting is the premier venue for this
educational opportunity. Physicians learn about the most up-to-date,
cutting-edge discoveries regarding the brain and nervous system.
Global Learning Objective
Given a patient with a neurological or psychiatric condition, physicians will
integrate the most up-to-date information and research on the mechanism,
treatment, and diagnosis of conditions related to neurological and psychiatric
disorders into their diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of practice in order
to determine the best course of action in treating the patient.
Accreditation
SfN is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Registration
CME registration must be completed before or during the annual meeting.
Those who do not register at these times will not receive the necessary
documentation, and it cannot be provided after the meeting. CME registrants
will receive, via e-mail two weeks before the meeting, the CME Supplemental
Program, which contains important information regarding the CME Program,
including disclosure information and instructions for obtaining CME credits.
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Symposia

Theme A: Development Novel Approaches to Therapeutic Theme E: Integrative Systems: Neuroen-

Regenerative Medicine for the Special
Senses: Restoring the Inputs CME
Chair: Thomas A. Reh, PhD
Co-chair: Olivia M. Bermingham-McDonogh, PhD
Theme B: Neural Excitability, Synapses,
and Glia: Cellular Mechanisms
Revolutions in GPCR Signaling: Structure
and Signals CME
Chair: John C. McGrath, PhD
Co-chair: Michael Spedding, PhD
The Hodgkin-Huxley Heritage: Excitability
Development in Alzheimer’s Disease CME
Chair: Ottavio Arancio, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Linda J. Van Eldik, PhD
Prefrontal Cortex: Amygdala Interactions
in Control of Behavior CME
Chair: John A. Matochik, PhD
Co-chair: Lindsey Grandison, PhD
The Neurobiology of Brain Tumors CME
Chair: David R. Kaplan, PhD
Co-chair: Lloyd A. Greene, PhD
docrinology, Neuroimmunology, and
Homeostatic Challenge
A Matter of Life and Death: Establishing
and Maintaining Sex Differences in Brain
and Behavior Throughout the Lifespan CME
Chair: Cheryl L. Sisk, PhD
Brain-Body Communication: Function and
Dysfunction and the Critical Role of the
Immune System CME
Chair: Quentin J. Pittman, PhD
Co-chair: Staci D. Bilbo, PhD

in the 21st Century CME The Road to Ruin: Multiple Vacuolar

Chair: Ole Paulsen, MD, PhD
The Stressed Synapse: The Impact of
Behavioral Stress and Glucocorticoids on
Glutamate Transmission CME
Chair: Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Maurizio Popoli, PhD
Theme C: Disorders of the Nervous System
Theme F: Cognition and Behavior
Protein Sorting Vps Pathways Cause
Making Sense of Prefrontal Cortical Fred Kavli Public Symposium
Neurodegeneration CME
Dopamine CME The Societal Impact and Biology of the
Chair: Samuel E. Gandy, MD, PhD
Chair: Patricio O’Donnell, MD, PhD Overt and Hidden Dysfunctions Resulting
Co-chair: Vikaas S. Sohal, PhD From Traumatic Brain Injury CME
Treatment of Developmental Disorders
in Adulthood CME
Sleep Plasticity Pathways: Synapses, Chair: V. Reggie Edgerton, PhD
Chair: Eero Castren, MD, PhD
Circuits, and Memory Consolidation CME Support contributed by: The Kavli Foundation
Co-chair: Randi Hagerman, MD
Chair: Gina Poe, PhD Saturday, Oct. 13, 1:30 – 4 p.m.

Hebb Recovers From a Stroke:
Activity-Dependent Plasticity, Circuit
Reorganization, and Neural Repair in
Cortex After Focal Ischemia CME
Chair: S. Thomas Carmichael, MD, PhD
Neurofibromatosis:
Modeling CNS Dysfunction CME
Chair: David H. Gutmann, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Nancy Ratner, PhD
New Insights Into Proteasomal and
Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathways in
Neurodegenerative Disease CME
Chair: Teepu Siddique, MD
Theme D: Sensory and Motor Systems
Age-Related Hearing Loss: From Animal
Models to Human Perceptual Deficits and
Back Again CME
Chair: Robert D. Frisina, PhD
Co-chair: Josef M. Syka, MD
Brain States and Cortical Function CME
Chair: Matteo Carandini, PhD
Distributed Cortical Processing in the
Non-Human Primate CME
Chair: Charles M. Gray, PhD
Promoting Oligodendrocyte Differentiation
and Myelin Regeneration CME
Chair: Wenbin Deng, PhD
Co-chair: Mahendra S. Rao, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Aleksandra Vicentic, PhD
Toward a New Neurobiology of
Language CME
Chair: David Poeppel, PhD
Theme G: Novel Methods and
Technology Development
Cracking Neural Codes With Photons:
Optogenetics as an Integral Tool for
Systems Neuroscience CME
Chair: Mark J. Schnitzer, PhD
Co-chair: Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
The Human Connectome Project CME
Chair: David C. Van Essen, PhD
Co-chair: James M. Bjork, PhD
Traumatic brain injury is becoming increasingly
recognized as a severe problem. It affects
participants of sports, ranging from youth
to professionals. Head injuries among
veterans returning from war are substantial,
and veterans are in great need of effective
strategies to maximize functional recovery
upon returning home. Further, the pathologies
associated with brain injury share some of the
same characteristics with those of the aging
brain. It is important for the public, as well as
neuroscientists, to be aware and committed to
addressing traumatic brain injury.

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Minisymposia
Theme A: Development
Exploring Neural Circuitry Through the
Development of Novel Genetic and
Imaging Techniques CME
Chair: Stephen J. Haggarty, PhD
Co-chair: Michelle P. Freund, PhD
Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity,
Homeostasis, and Maintenance In Vivo CME
Chair: Daniel A. Colón-Ramos, PhD
Co-chair: Susana Cohen-Cory, PhD
Theme B: Neural Excitability, Synapses,
and Glia: Cellular Mechanisms
How Do Short-Term Changes at Synapses
Fine-Tune Information Processing? CME
Chair: Achim Klug, PhD
Co-chair: Matthew A. Xu-Friedman, PhD
Transcribing Memories: New Mechanisms
of Activity-Regulated Gene Expression
and Their Roles in Experience-Dependent
Plasticity CME
Chair: Yingxi Lin, PhD
Theme C: Disorders of the Nervous System
Aging and Parkinson’s Disease: Converging
Mechanisms CME
Chair: Ann-Charlotte E. Granholm, PhD, DDS
Co-chair: Ming Guo, MD, PhD
Alpha-Synuclein at the Synapse: The Good,
the Bad, and the Ugly CME
Chair: Subhojit Roy, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Sreeganga S. Chandra, PhD
Brain Immunology: Peripheral Triggers of
CNS Disease CME
Chair: Katerina Akassoglou, PhD
CME  This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. See page 5 and visit www.sfn.org/cme for details.
Find the latest session information at www.sfn.org/minisymposia
Clinical and Preclinical Risk Factors
Associated With Suicidal Behavior:
A Neurobiological Perspective CME
Chair: Thomas J. Hudzik, PhD
Co-chair: Keri Cannon, PhD
Insulin and GLP-1 Analogues as Novel
Strategies to Treat Neurodegenerative
Disorders CME
Chair: Christian Holscher, PhD
The Human Subthalamic Nucleus in Health
and Disease: Insights From Translational
Neuroscience CME
Chair: Birte U. Forstmann, PhD
Co-chair: Bogdan Draganski, MD
The Role of Epigenetic Mechanisms in the
Development and Maintenance of Human
Cognition CME
Chair: Paul D. Coleman, PhD
Co-chair: Suzana Petanceska, PhD
Theme D: Sensory and Motor Systems
Braking Dopamine Systems: A New GABA
Master Structure for Mesolimbic and
Nigrostriatal Functions CME
Chair: Michel Barrot, PhD
Circuits, Functions, and Disorders of the
Trigeminal Sensory System CME
Chair: Mark A. Hoon, PhD
Co-chair: Fan Wang, PhD
Illuminating Vertebrate Olfactory
Processing CME
Chair: Hartwig Spors, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Rainer Friedrich, PhD
Neocortical Projection Neurons: Theme F: Cognition and Behavior
New Insights Into Cortical Function Inhibition of Fear by Learned Safety
and Dysfunction CME Signals CME
Chair: Gordon M. Shepherd, MD, PhD Chair: John P. Christianson, PhD
Co-chair: Solange P. Brown, MD, PhD
Measuring the Dynamics of Neural Circuits
Systemic Pathology in Neurodegeneration:
in Awake, Behaving Humans: Functional
The Case of Huntington’s Disease CME
Connectivity Analyses of fMRI Data CME
Chair: Jeffrey B. Carroll, PhD
Chair: K. Suzanne Scherf, PhD
Theme E: Integrative Systems: Neuroen-
The Neural Basis of Consciousness:
docrinology, Neuroimmunology, and
Homeostatic Challenge Recent Advances and Breakthroughs CME
Dissection of CNS Circuitry Regulating Sleep Chair: Naotsugu Tsuchiya, PhD
and Arousal: Conditional Transgenics and Co-chair: Alexander Maier, PhD
Genetically Engineered Receptor-Channel
The Reemergence of Schemas in
Systems CME
Memory Research: From Encoding
Chair: Patrick M. Fuller, PhD
Co-chair: Michael Lazarus, PhD to Reconsolidation CME
Chair: Marlieke T. van Kesteren, MSc
Integrative Approaches Utilizing Oxytocin
Co-chair: Richard N. Henson, PhD
to Enhance Prosocial Behavior: From Animal
and Human Social Behavior to Autistic
Social Dysfunction CME
Chair: Hidenori Yamasue, MD, PhD
Co-chair: Heike Tost, MD, PhD
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program at a glance
Friday, Oct. 12 Sunday, Oct. 14
Neurobiology of Disease Workshop 8 a.m. – noon Posters/Nanosymposia
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Persistent Pain: Too Much Plasticity?
8:30 – 11 a.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME
Short Course #1
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Transcriptomics: Assessing Genomic Networks in 9:30 – 11 a.m. Mid-Career Opportunities
Normal and Diseased Brains
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Exhibits
Short Course #2
8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Advanced Imaging in Animals and Humans 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Building and Maintaining a Professional Network

Chapters Workshop: Creative Strategies and

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13 Leadership for Chapter Success
8 – 9:15 a.m. Meet-the-Expert Series 12 – 1 p.m. Graduate School Fair
8 – 11 a.m. Interviewing Skills 1 – 3 p.m. Social Issues Roundtable
8:30 – 11 a.m. NeuroJobs Career Fair
1 – 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia
9 – 11 a.m. Success in Academia
9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Meet-the-Expert Series 1:30 – 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society 1:30 – 5 p.m. NSF and NIH Funding for Research and Training
Getting the Most Out of SfN:
1 – 2 p.m. 2:30 – 3:40 p.m. Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture
The Annual Meeting and Beyond
1 – 3 p.m. Research Careers in the Private Sector
5:15 – 6:25 p.m. Presidential Special Lecture CME

1 – 4 p.m. NeuroJobs Career Fair 6:30 – 8 p.m. Neuroscience Departments and Programs Reception

1 – 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. SfN-Sponsored Socials

1:30 – 4 p.m. Fred Kavli Public Symposium CME

1:30 – 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME Monday, Oct. 15

8 a.m. – noon Posters/Nanosymposia
3 – 4:30 p.m. Annual Brain Awareness Campaign Event
8:30 – 10 a.m. Collaboration and Multi-PI Science
3 – 5 p.m. Careers Beyond the Bench
8:30 – 11 a.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME
5:15 – 6:25 p.m. Presidential Special Lecture CME
Animals in Research Panel: How Researchers Can
9 – 11 a.m.
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Diversity Fellows Poster Session (and Should) Talk About Their Work

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. International Fellows Poster Session Teaching Neuroscience: Connecting to the
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Humanities and Social Sciences
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Travel Award Recipients Poster Session
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Exhibits
Career Development Topics: A Mentoring and
7:30 – 10 p.m.
Networking Event 10 – 11:10 a.m. David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics

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Presidential Special Lectures • inside cover  |  Featured Lectures • page 3  |  Special Lectures • page 4  |  Symposia • page 6
Minisymposia • page 7  |  Workshops, Meetings & Events • page 10  |  SfN-Sponsored Socials • page 12  |  Satellite Events • page 12

12 – 1 p.m. Graduate School Fair

1 – 3 p.m. Industrial Collaboration
1 – 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia
1:30 – 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME
2 – 5 p.m. Making the Most of Your International Training
3:15 – 4:25 p.m. Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture CME
5:15 – 6:25 p.m. Presidential Special Lecture CME
6:45 – 8:45 p.m. SfN-Sponsored Socials

Tuesday, Oct. 16
8 – 11 a.m. How to Publish Your Paper
8 a.m. – noon Posters/Nanosymposia
8:30 – 11 a.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Exhibits
12 – 2 p.m. Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon
1 – 4 p.m. Ethics in Science and Publishing
1 – 5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia
1:30 – 4 p.m. Symposia/Minisymposia  CME
2:30 – 3:40 p.m. History of Neuroscience Lecture
3 – 5 p.m. Public Advocacy Forum
5:15 – 6:25 p.m. Presidential Special Lecture CME
6:45 – 7:30 p.m. SfN Members’ Business Meeting
6:45 – 8:45 p.m. SfN-Sponsored Socials
9 p.m. – midnight Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Reception
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Workshops, Meetings & Events
Professional Development, Advocacy, and Networking Resources

✍ Preregistration Required    $ Course Fee     Professional Development    ` Networking    � Public Outreach

Friday, Oct. 12
Neurobiology of Disease Workshop
Persistent Pain: Too Much Plasticity?
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Organizers: M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD
Clifford J. Woolf, PhD
Support contributed by: National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Short Course #1 ✍ $
Transcriptomics: Assessing Genomic
Networks in Normal and Diseased Brains
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Organizer: Jim Eberwine, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Short Course #2 ✍ $
Advanced Imaging in Animals and Humans
8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Organizer: Wen-Biao Gan, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Saturday, Oct. 13
Meet-the-Expert Series 
8 – 9:15 a.m., and 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Amy F.T. Arnsten, PhD
Translating Basic Discoveries for the Treatment
of Cognitive Disorders
Ben Barres, MD, PhD
Understanding the Roles of Astrocytes in
Health and Disease
Deanna Benson, PhD
Using Cell Biological Approaches to
Understand Synapses
Workshop Fees
Short Course
(includes lunch and syllabus book)
Katja Brose, PhD Success in Academia 
A Behind-the-Scenes View of the Review 9 – 11 a.m. Student Member..........................................$130
Process at Neuron-Cell Press Organizer: Patsy Dickinson, PhD Student Nonmember....................................$160
✍ $ Contact: profdev@sfn.org Postdoctoral Member...................................$195
Dean Buonomano, PhD
Brain Time and Brain Bugs Getting the Most out of SfN: Postdoctoral Nonmember.............................$240
the Annual Meeting and beyond  Faculty Member............................................$255
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD 1 – 2 p.m. Faculty Nonmember.....................................$315
New Optogenetic Tools and Techniques Organizers: David Riddle, PhD; Elaine Reynolds, PhD
Neurobiology of
for Neuroscientists Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Disease Workshop......................................$35
Hans Hofmann, PhD Research Careers in the Private Sector  (includes breakfast, lunch, and a reception)
How to Build a Social Brain 1 – 3 p.m.
Organizer: Gretchen Snyder, PhD Note: Preregistration is required for all
Christian Lüscher, MD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org Short Courses and the Neurobiology
Drug-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity:
A Key to Addiction? Annual Brain Awareness Campaign Event ` � of Disease Workshop. To register, visit
www.sfn.org/registration.
3 – 4:30 p.m.
Lennart Mucke, MD
Contact: baw@sfn.org
Investigating Complex Neurological
Disorders at the Molecular, Cellular, Careers Beyond the Bench 
Network, and Behavioral Level 3 – 5 p.m.
Organizer: Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, PhD
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD Sunday, Oct. 14
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Toward a Molecular Psychiatry: Studies of the
Biological Basis of Addiction and Depression Diversity Fellows Poster Session  ` Mid-Career Opportunities 
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Adrian Owen, PhD Contact: profdev@sfn.org Organizer: Elba Serrano, PhD
How to Get Ahead In Science
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Travel Award Recipients Poster Session  `
Steve M. Potter, PhD 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Building and maintaining a professional
Closed-Loop Neuroengineering for Fixing and Support contributed by: network ✍ ` 
Improving the Brain Burroughs Wellcome Fund and Eli Lilly 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Julio Ramirez, PhD Organizer: Sherilynn Black, PhD; Erich Jarvis, PhD
Careers at Predominantly Undergraduate International Fellows Poster Session  ` Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Institutions 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. chapters workshop: creative strategies
Contact: globalaffairs@sfn.org and leadership for chapter success  `
Interviewing Skills  11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Career Development Topics: A Mentoring
8 – 11 a.m. Contact: chapters@sfn.org
and Networking Event  `
Organizer: Michael Lehman, PhD
7:30 – 10 p.m.
Contact: profdev@sfn.org Graduate School Fair  ` NEW
Contact: profdev@sfn.org 12 – 1 p.m.
Neurojobs Career Fair  ` Contact: profdev@sfn.org
8:30 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 4 p.m.
Contact: profdev@sfn.org

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Social Issues Roundtable � Animals in Research Panel
Communicating Research to Patients:
A Moral Imperative for Neuroscientists?
1 – 3 p.m.
Organizer: Edward Wild, PhD
Contact: advocacy@sfn.org
NSF and NIH Funding for Research
and Training 
1:30 – 5 p.m.
Organizer: Stephen Korn, PhD; Diane Witt, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Neuroscience Departments and
Programs Reception `
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Monday, Oct. 15
Collaboration and Multi-PI Science 
8:30 – 10 a.m.
Organizer: Elba Serrano, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
✍ Tuesday, Oct. 16
How Researchers Can (and Should) Talk
About Their Work
9 – 11 a.m.
Organizer: Sharon Juliano, PhD
Contact: advocacy@sfn.org
Teaching Neuroscience: Connecting to the
Humanities and Social Sciences 
9 – 11:30 a.m.
Organizer: Richard Olivo, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Graduate School Fair  ` NEW
12 – 1 p.m.
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Industrial Collaboration 
1 – 3 p.m.
Organizer: Verity Brown, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Making the Most of Your
International Training ✍ `
2 – 5 p.m.
Organizer: Michael Zigmond, PhD
Contact: globalaffairs@sfn.org
How to publish your paper 
8 – 11 a.m.
Organizers: Verity Brown, PhD; Shamus O’Reilly, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Celebration of Women in
Neuroscience Luncheon  `
12 – 2 p.m.
Contact: cwin@sfn.org
Ethics in Science and Publishing 
1 – 4 p.m.
Organizers: Katja Brose, PhD; Verity Brown, PhD
Contact: profdev@sfn.org
Public Advocacy Forum �
The Developing Brain: How Research and
Advocacy Shape Public Policy
3 – 5 p.m.
Organizer: Bruce McEwen, PhD
Contact: advocacy@sfn.org
SfN Members’ Business Meeting
6:45 – 7:30 p.m.
Contact: info@sfn.org
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral
Fellow Reception
9 p.m. – midnight
Child Care and Youth Programs
On-site child care and youth programs will be
available for children ages 6 months to 12 years.
KiddieCorp, a national firm with more than 20
years experience in conference child care, provides
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NeuroJobs Career Center
`
Saturday, Oct. 13 – Tuesday, Oct. 16,
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The on-site career center offers access to
tools necessary for posting jobs, searching
resumes, scheduling interviews, and accessing
the message service.
NeuroJobs Career Fair
Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30 – 11 a.m.
and 1 – 4 p.m.
Engage with employers from industry, nonprofit
organizations, and academia. Participate in
career-enhancing workshops. The event is free
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SfN-Sponsored Socials Satellite Events
Sunday, Oct. 14, 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. Music Social Multi-Day Events Friday, Oct. 12
Cajal Club Social Neural Control of Autonomic and Respiratory 2nd International Conference on Hyperphagia 1st International Workshop on Functional
Function Social Oct. 17, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
Cell Death Social Mapping with ECoG
Oct. 18, 19, 20, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. 5 – 7 p.m.
Pavlovian Society Social
Clinical Neuroscience Social
4th International Workshop on Advances
Synapses and Excitatory Amino Acids Social Psychopharmacology Social Brain Energetics and Neurotransmission:
in Electrocorticography
Oct. 11, 12, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Fueling Neurons and Glia
Genetic Models Social Vision Social 2:15 – 3:35 p.m.
7th Brain Research Conference:
Hearing and Balance Social
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. Optogenetics and Pharmacogenetics Central Nervous System Immune Signaling
Neuroethology/Invertebrate Neurobiology Social in Neuronal Function and Dysfunction and Addiction
Cognitive Neuroscience Social
Oct. 11, 8 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. 3:50 – 5:25 p.m.
Neuroinformatics and Genomics Social
Computational Neuroscience Social Oct. 12, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Spinal Cord Injury Social Coordinated Neural Activity Supporting
Epilepsy Social Alzheimer Workshop: Emerging Concepts in Cognitive Processes
Monday, Oct. 15, 6:45 – 8:45 p.m. Alzheimer Research 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Neuroendocrinology Social Oct. 10, 11, 12, 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Alzheimer's Disease Social
Ghrelin, Leptin, and Insulin Modulates Reward
Neuroethics Social Barrels XXV
Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Social 8:15 – 9:35 a.m.
Oct. 11, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Oculomotor and Vestibular Systems Social Oct. 12, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Lecture
Developmental Neurobiology Social
Cell Symposia: Neuromodulatory Mechanisms 9:35 – 10:10 a.m.
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Social Optogenetics Social
Oct. 10, 11, 12, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. National Institute on Drug Abuse Frontiers
Hippocampus Social Sensorimotor Integration and Motor Control Social
Cognitive Enhancers: in Addiction Research Mini-Convention
Ingestive Behavior Social Songbird Social 22nd Neuropharmacology Conference 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 11, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. NIDA Mini-Convention: Early Career Investigators
Oct. 12, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Poster Session
Stay up to date at www.sfn.org/socials Collective Cognition: The Neurophysiology of 12:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Social Neuroscience Phosphatases in Neuroscience
Oct. 11, 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 12, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Role of Phagocytes in Synaptic Plasticity and
International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting
Remodeling of Tissues in the Nervous System
Oct. 11, 4 – 7:30 p.m.
10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Oct. 12, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Satellite Meeting of Comparative Cognition Society
J.B. Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Oct. 11, 12, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Size Matters: Formation and Function of
Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society
GIANT Synapses
Oct. 11, 6 – 9 p.m.
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Oct. 12, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tucker-Davis Symposium on Advances and
Patient HM
Perspectives in Auditory Neurophysiology
Oct. 11 – 16, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2012
Oct. 11, 12 – 8 p.m. Using NEURON to Model Cells and Networks
Oct. 12, 8 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Saturday, Oct. 13 Faculty Association of Chinese in
Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity Through Translational Neuroscience
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Undergraduate Research Education Experiences
2nd Annual Meeting IBNS Reception
7:30 – 10:30 a.m. 6:30 – 9 p.m.
g.tec's Brain-Computer Interface Workshop
IBRO Alumni Symposium
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Neural Mechanisms of Pain and Alcohol Dependence
8 – 10:30 a.m.
Marmoset Social
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Neurological Responses and Gender
Differences Supported by IBRO WWN Neuroimmunology Social
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Neuroscientists of African Origin Neuroscience Down Under Mixer

6:30 – 7:30 p.m. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Stanford Neuroscience Program MBL/Grass Foundation Social The European Research Council, a Great
Alumni Reception 6:30 – 8 p.m. Funding Opportunity
Sunday, Oct. 14 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Metatheoretical Aspects of Neuroscience
6th Annual Julius Axelrod Symposium University of Chicago Reception 7 – 8:30 p.m. UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Social
6:30 – 9:30 p.m. 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Neuroscience in Germany XIX Social 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Arab Neuroscientists Social University of Toronto Neuroscience 6:30 – 10 p.m. Utah Neural Engineering
6:30 – 9 p.m. Program Reception 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Reducing Internal Sensation of Retrieved
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Association for Women in Science Dessert Reception Memories Through Semblance Hypothesis Washington University in St. Louis
8 – 9:30 p.m. 7 – 8 a.m. Neuroscience Reception
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Center for Biomedical Neuroscience Reception Monday, Oct. 15 Rat Models of Autism: New Insights From
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Novel Tools
3rd Spike and ECoG Recording and
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Chinese Social Analysis Workshop Tuesday, Oct. 16
6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Schizophrenia Social
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Early Career Investigator Workshop
ALS, FTD, and New Discoveries in C9orf72
Drexel University College of Medicine 6:30 – 9 p.m.
6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Serotonin Club Reception
Alumni Reception 6:30 – 8 p.m. Iranian Neuroscientists Social
NIDA/INSERM Event: Forging Collaborations in
6:30 – 8 p.m. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
the Neuroscience of Drug Abuse and Addiction Sleep and Circadian Biology DataBlitz
6:30 – 9:30 p.m. 8 – 10 p.m.
Leibniz Lecture: Niels Birbaumer on the Clinical
Ernst Strüngmann Forum Social
Application of Brain-Computer Interfaces
7 – 9 p.m. Friends of Ohio State University Social Sleep Research Society Club Hypnos 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Research One Stripe Ahead: Using Zebrafish to Model
Foundation Poster Reception Imaging the Connectome Taiwan Night Neurobehavioral Disorders
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

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Annual Meeting Contributors
The Society for Neuroscience gratefully acknowledges the
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Dialogues Between Neuroscience
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Neurobiology of Disease Workshop
Neuroscience Scholars Program
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Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture
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Moses V. Chao, President
Larry W. Swanson, President-Elect
Susan G. Amara, Past President
Darwin K. Berg, Treasurer
Brenda J. Claiborne, Treasurer-Elect
Donald S. Faber, Past Treasurer
Hollis T. Cline, Secretary
Councilors
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Michael E. Greenberg
Nancy Y. Ip
Frances E. Jensen
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Carol A. Tamminga, Incoming Chair
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Marlene Behrmann
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Scott Thompson, Theme H, Past Program Committee Chair
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Photo Credits
Cover: Confocal images of
retinal axons (gray and pink)
and retinal ganglion cells
(gray). Image acquired by
Denise Inman and pseudo
colored by Selva Baltan.
Courtesy, with permission: Selva
Baltan, Denise M. Inman, Camelia
A. Danilov, Richard S. Morrison,
David J. Calkins, and Philip J.
Horner, 2010, The Journal of
Neuroscience 30: 5644-5652
Page 2: Pseudocolored overlay
of peak Ca2+ responses (Fluo4
fluorescence) in enteric neurons
and enteric glia within a
myenteric ganglion from
the guinea pig distal colon.
Dana McTigue
Guo-li Ming
Douglas P. Munoz
John P. O’Doherty
Serge E. Przedborski
C. Daniel Salzman
Amita Sehgal
Kang Shen
Kevin Staley
W. Martin Usrey
Robert Vassar
Ca2+ responses were stimulated in
enteric neurons with the nicotinic
agonist epibatidine and in enteric
glia with the purine ATP.
Courtesy, with permission:
Brian D. Gulbransen, Jaideep
S. Bains, and Keith A. Sharkey,
2010, The Journal of
Neuroscience 30: 6801-6809
Back Cover: Dendritic protrusions
of layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons
imaged with in vivo two-photon
microscopy at postnatal days
7 (top), 11 (middle), and 21
(bottom) in the intact brains of
GFP-expressing mice.
Courtesy, with permission:
Alberto Cruz-Martín, Michelle
Crespo, and Carlos Portera-
Cailliau, 2010, The Journal of
Neuroscience 30: 7793-7803
Cover, page 5, 7, 8, 9, 11,
12, 13, and back cover: 2011,
© Society for Neuroscience.
All rights reserved. Photos by
Joe Shymanski, Jeff Nyveen,
and Oscar Einzig.
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