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DAY 1 |
Friday, 07 November 2008 |
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14:00 |
Registration |
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18:00 |
Dinner |
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19:30 |
Very Basics of MRS and Metabolism
Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT, USA
Robin A. de Graaf, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine,
New Haven, CT, USA
Kelvin O. Lim, M.D.,
University of
Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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DAY 2 |
Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
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07:00 |
Breakfast |
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08:30 |
Opening Remarks
Kelvin O. Lim, M.D.,
University of
Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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08:45 |
Overview of Glutamate and GABA in Neurological and
Psychiatric Disorders
Joseph Callicott, M.D.,
Clinical Brain Disorders Branch,
National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA |
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09:30 |
Relationships of Glutamate, GABA and Families of
Neurotransmitters
Robert G. Shulman, Ph.D., Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
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10:15 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Interleaving of Imaging Modalities to Understand Function
Mark Mintun, M.D., Washington University of St. Louis, St.
Louis, MO, USA |
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11:15 |
Lunch |
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12:30 |
Challengers for Quantification
Truman R. Brown, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York,
NY, USA
Ivan Tkac, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN,
USA |
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Proffered Papers |
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13:40 |
The Use of MR Spectroscopy to Assess Neurogenesis in an
Animal Model for Chronic Mild Stress
Adriaan Campo,
Bio-Imaging
Lab; University of Antwerp; Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020
Antwerp, Belgium |
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14:00 |
Break |
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14:20 |
Technical Approaches to Measure GABA & Glutamate
Robin A. de Graaf, Ph.D., Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Peter S. Allen, Ph.D., University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,
Canada
Lana Kaiser, Ph.D., Univerisity of California, San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Proffered Papers |
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16:20 |
In Vivo Human Brain
γ-Aminobutyric Acid Detection
by 1H MRS at 3.0T with the J-Editing Technique: Sensitivity
Enhancement, Macromolecule Contamination and Test-Retest
Reliability
Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D., Cornell University, New
York, NY, USA |
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16:35 |
Peak Detection of Glutamate and GABA in Human Brain at
4.7T Using Highly Resolved 2D Constant Time 1H MRS
Hidehiro Watanabe, Ph.D., National Institute for
Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan |
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16:50 |
Coffee and Posters |
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18:00 |
Dinner |
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19:15 |
Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Gerard Sanacora, M.D., Connecticut Mental Health Center,
New Haven, CT, USA
Nicholas J. Coupland, M.B., Ch.B., University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB, Canada
John D. Port, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
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Proffered Papers |
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20:45 |
Concomitant Changes in Neurotransmitter Levels and in Brain
Bioenergetics During the Treatment of Major Depressive
Disorder
Dan V. Iosifescu, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, MA, USA |
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20:58 |
Assessment of GABA and Glutamate/Glutamine at 3.0T in
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Major Depressive Disorder and
Healthy Volunteers
Chris Kelly, M.S., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York,
NY, USA |
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21:11 |
1H MRSI and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Adult OCD
Joseph O'Neill, Ph.D., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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DAY 3 |
Sunday, 09 November 2008 |
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07:15 |
Breakfast |
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08:00 |
Spectroscopic Imaging of Neurotransmitters
Stephan Posse, Ph.D., University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, USA - not available
In-Young Choi, Ph.D., Hoglund Brain Imaging Center,
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA -
not available
Daniel M. Spielman, Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford,
CA, USA |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:20 |
Schizophrenia
Juan R. Bustillo, M.D., University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Jean Théberge, Ph.D., St. Joseph's Health Care, London, ON,
Canada |
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Proffered Papers |
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11:38 |
Metabolite T2 Relaxation Time Abnormalities in Bipolar
Disorder and Schizophrenia
David Olson, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard University, Belmont,
MA, USA |
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11:51 |
Abnormal Glutamatergic Neurotransmission and Neuronal-Glial
Interactions in Acute Mania
Dost Ongur, M.D., Harvard University, Belmont, MA, USA |
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12:04 |
Altered Metabolism of Membrane Phospholipids in
Schizophrenia Subjects Exposed to Herpes Simplex Virus 1
Konasale M. Prasad, M.D., University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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12:17 |
Cortical Glutamate and Reward Related Ventral Striate
Activity - Comparison of Healthy Subjects and Schizophrenics
using fMRI-MRS at 3T
Florian Schubert, Ph.D., Phys-Technische Bundesanstalt,
Berlin, Germany |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Free Afternoon |
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17:00 |
Posters |
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18:00 |
Dinner |
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19:30 |
Neurotransmitter Kinetics and fMRS
Brian David Ross, M.D., Ph.D., Huntington Medical
Research Institute, Pasadena, CA, USA
Ralph E. Hurd, Ph.D., GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Douglas L. Rothman, Ph.D., Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
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DAY 4 |
Monday, 10 November 2008 |
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07:15 |
Breakfast |
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08:00 |
Substance Abuse
Perry F. Renshaw, M.D., Ph.D., McLean Hospital, Belmont,
MA, USA
Dieter J. Meyerhoff, Ph.D., DVA Medical Center, San
Francisco, CA, USA
Graeme Mason, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT, USA |
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Proffered Papers |
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09:30 |
Impact of Depression on Cerebral Glutamate and Cognitive
Function in Abstinent Methamphetamine Users (AMU)
Osama Abulseoud, M.D., University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA, USA |
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09:45 |
Examining the Association
between Frontal Lobe GABA Metabolite Levels and Binge
Alcohol Consumption: A 4.0 Tesla Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy Study
Marisa M. Silveri, Ph.D., McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA,
USA |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:15 |
Child Psychiatry
Stephen Strakowski, M.D., University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH, USA - not available
Jeffrey A. Stanley, Ph.D., Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI, USA |
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Proffered Paper |
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11:45 |
Subcortical 1H MRSI Abnormalities in Childhood Autism
Joseph O'Neill, Ph.D., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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12:00 |
Summary |
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12:30 |
Adjournment and Lunch |
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