8th ANNUAL
NEUROSCIENCE DAY AT UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 (9:00 – 4:00)
Arboretum Centre
Sponsored by the Collaborative Neuroscience Graduate Program
(Funding provided by: College of Biological Sciences, College of Social and Applied Human
Sciences, Department of Psychology, Ontario Veterinary College)
Coffee and pastry service in the morning
9:00 Welcoming introduction by Linda Parker, CRC in Behavioural Neuroscience.
Oral presentations by graduate students or post-docs (maximum 8 min):
Moderator: Dr Neil MacLusky (Chair Biomedical Sciences):
9:10 Negative affective consequences of inhibition for stimuli represented in short- and long-term memory.
David De Vito, Anne Ferrey & Mark Fenske
Dept of Psychology
9:20 Can short term dual-task training improve performance on a simultaneous obstacle avoidance and
auditory Stroop task?
Timothy Worden & Lori Ann Vallis
Dept of Human Health & Nutritional Science
9:30
Don’t hold your breath: Effects of early hypoxia exposure on neurogenesis and the HPI
axis of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Kristina Mikloska & Nick Bernier
Dept of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience
9:40 Long-range folding interactions of myelin basic protein as determined by fluorescence resonance energy
transfer (FRET).
Andrew Jenkins, Kenrick Vassall, Vladimir Bamm, & George Harauz
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
9:50 In vitro study of the direct effect of extracellular hemoglobin on myelin components: Does MS share
risk factors with cardiovascular disorders?
Danielle Lanthier, Vladimir Bamm, & George Harauz;
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
10:00 Deficiency of luman, a potential nuclear receptor co-activator, results in stress and anxiety related
behavior disorder in mice.
Jenna Penney, Khoa Tran & Ray Lu
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
10:10 Differential contributions of de novo and maintenance DNA methyltransferases to object memory
processing in the rat hippocampus and perirhinal cortex: A double dissociation. Krista Mitchnick,
Samantha Creighton, Mathew O’Hara, Bettina Kalisch & Boyer Winters
Depts of Psychology and Biomedical Sciences
10:20 Nicotinic stimulation of the GABAergic system reverses the crossmodal object recognition impairment in
ketamine-treated rats.
Jake Cloke & Boyer Winters
Dept of Psychology
10:30 Break
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10:50 The effects of blocking hippocampal dopamine D1-type receptors on social learning of food
preferences, feeding and social interactions in male and female mice.
Richard Matta, Angela Tiessen, Michelle Kivlenieks, Angela Meersseman, Yaw Adjei-Afriyie &
Elena Choleris
Dept of Psychology
11:00 How is the response to a vestibular perturbation affected after depression of the cerebellum?
Chris Lam, Gagan Gill, Rich Staines, Craig Tokuno & Leah Bent
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
11:10 A comparison of treatments for anticipatory nausea using a rat model.
Erin Rock, Cheryl Limebeer, Roshan Navaratnam, Martin Sticht, Kristin Engeland, Rachel Downey,
Heather Morris, Meagan Jackson & Linda Parker:
Dept of Psychology
11:20 The role of visceral insular cortex endocannabinoids in nausea-induced conditioned gaping in rats.
Martin Sticht, Cheryl Limebeer, Rehab Abdullah, Justin Poklis, Aron Lichtman & Linda Parker
Dept of Psychology
11:30 The study of intraoral self-administration.
Meenu Minhas, AnneMarie Levy & Francesco Leri
Dept of Psychology
11:40 A potential method for assessing awareness of emotions in nonhuman animals.
Walter Sánchez-Suárez, Liz Paul (University of Bristol), Melissa Bateson (University of Newcastle) &
Georgia Mason
Dept of Animal and Poultry Science
11:50 Developing a novel mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Emma Louth & Craig Bailey
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
12:00 The effects of gonadectomy on hippocampal dendritic spine density and branching in adult male mice:
Dallon McMahon, Atwi S, Craig Bailey, Neil MacLusky
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
12: 15 - 2:30
Lunch (served) and Poster Presentations
Posters (Landscape –width 4’ x height 3’- set up before 9 am)
1. Salvia vapor inhalation decreases synaptic transmission in the rat dentate gyrus in vivo: Brewer M,
McKay B; Dept of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
2. Early-in-life repetitive binge exposure to toluene leads to less severe toluene intoxication as an adult:
McKay M, McKay B; Dept of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
3. Chronic toluene exposure impairs place cell activation in the CA3 region of the rat hippocampus:
Kelly T, Gheidi A, Browne C, Odintsova I, Dunn MB, Marrone D, McKay B; Dept of Psychology,
Wilfrid Laurier University
4. Recovery form toluene intoxication is facilitated by the NMDA receptor co-agonist D-serine but not
the GABA-A receptor antagonist picrotoxin: Samuel-Herter S, Chang P, McKay B; Dept of
Psychology,Wilfrid Laurier University
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5. Differentiating the contributions of friendship characteristics and mental health factors to the
frequency of use and motives to use MDMA: Backhouse F, Breckenridge S, McKay B
6. Predicting future sucrose consumption: Valyear M, Senthinathan G, Celejewski A, Eikelboom R; Dept
of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
7. Intermittent access to sweets: A prepubertal investigation: Senthinathan G, Eikelboom R; Dept of
Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
8. Male-induced estrous cycle synchrony: Does it occur in rats?: Leach K, Mastroianni A, Eikelboom R;
Dept of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
9. The Effects of Perinatal Δ9-THC Exposure on Later-Life Behavioural Response: Danielle Haynes &
Paul Mallet; Dept of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
10. Examination of 5-HT2C receptor agonists in models of nausea: Silenieks LB, Limebeer CL, Higgins
GA, MacLusky N, Parker LA; Depts of Biomedical Sciences and Psychology
11. Monoacylglycerol lipase inhibition attenuates acute and anticipatory nausea in rats: Downey RI,
Limebeer CL, Morris H & Parker LA; Dept of Psychology
12. The effect of FAAH, MAGL and dual FAAH/MAGL enzyme inhibition on the rat model of
anticipatory nausea: Ward J, Limebeer CL, Parker LA; Dept of Psychology
13. Effect of enhancing the endocannabinoid system on acute nausea in rats: Turvey G, Limebeer CL,
Parker LA; Dept of Psychology
14. Delivery of the CB1 antagonist, AM251, bilaterally to the central nucleus of the amygdala and its
effects on morphine withdrawal: Wills KL, Kalmar AS, Vemuri K, Limebeer CL, Makriyannis A,
Parker LA; Dept of Psychology
15. Involvement of the G-protein coupled estrogen receptor in the female mouse hippocampus in social
and object recognition learning without spatial cues: Lymer J, Gabor C, Phan A, Young-MacDonald F,
Morris H, Choleris E; Dept of Psychology
16. Do estrogens in the hippocampus rapidly affect social learning in mice?: Ervin K, Sinclair K, Moore
A, Choleris E; Dept of Psychology
17. A study of intake of sucrose and HFCS in no-food restricted rat: El-Baba M, Levy AM,
of Psychology
Leri F; Dept
18. The effects of high vs. low fructose to glucose ratio sugars on rat behavior and neuronal activation in
the nucleus accumbens: Downs T, Shore A, Kent K, Marshall P, Leri F; Dept of Psychology
19. The effects of high vs. low fructose to glucose ratio sugars on self-administration and c-Fos expression
in the rat hypothalamus: Shore A, Kent K, Marshall P, Daniels S, Downs T, Leri F; Dept of
Psychology
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20. The role of mu and kappa opioid receptors in stress and prime-induced reinstatement of sugar seeking:
Ferdinand J, Marshall P, Leri F; Dept of Psychology
21. High fructose corn syrup withdrawal in rats: Pursuing biological markers of depression: Daniels S,
Leri F; Dept of Psychology
22. Do differences in fructose/glucose ratios matter? A study of self-administration effects on sugarseeking behavior: Marshall P, Kent K, Daniels S, Shore A, Downs T, Leri F; Dept of Psychology
23. Measuring the palatability of high fructose corn syrup and sucrose in naïve and experienced rats:
Colangelo GM, Levy AM, Leri F; Dept of Psychology
24. Intraoral self-administration of sweeteners in laboratory rats: Levy AM, Colangelo G, El-Baba M,
Limebeer CL, Parker LA, Leri F; Dept of Psychology
25. The effect of NMDA receptor antagonism on multisensory integration in mice: Palmer D, Binsell E,
Winters BD; Dept of Psychology
26. Epigenetic mechanisms of spatial and object memory in the rat hippocampus and perirhinal cortex:
Creighton S, Mitchnick K, Winters BD; Dept of Psychology
27. Assessing the contribution of the orbitofrontal cortex to cross-modal object recognition in rats: Moon
M, Boughner E, Jacklin DL, Winters BD; Dept of Psychology
28. Differential involvement of the histone acetyltransferases (HATs) CBP, p300 and PCAF in the
hippocampus and perirhinal cortex of rats for object memory processing: Humble JB, Mitchnick KA,
Christen B, Van Tiggelen M, Zaika O, Creighton S, Cloke J, Kalisch BE, Winters BD; Dept of
Psychology
29. Nicotinic signaling in the developing hippocampus: A study of pyramidal neurons: Chung B, Jacklin
D, Bignell W, Winters BD, Bailey C; Dept of Biomedical Sciences
30. Effect of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on alpha-secretase
activity: Azizi H, Kalisch BE; Dept of Biomedical Sciences
31. The effect of anandamide on APP, BACE1 and ApoE mRNA expression: Brar N, Kalisch BE; Dept of
Biomedical Sciences
32. The role of the cannabinoid system on nerve growth factor expression: GahnSmith K,
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Kalisch BE;
33. Deficiency of luman, a potential nuclear receptor co-activator, results in stress and anxiety related
behavior disorder in mice: Penney J, Tran K, Lu R; Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
34. Luman knockout mice show less anxiety and depression: Tran K, Lu R; Dept of Molecular and
Cellular Biology
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35. Activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway by dimethyl sulfoxide is prevented by the 5alpha-reduced
testosterone metabolite 3alpha-androstanediol via GABAergic modulation in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma
cells: Mendell AL, Kalisch BE, MacLusky NJ; Dept of Biomedical Sciences
36. The modulatory effects of non-aromatizable androgens on GABA currents of pyramidal cells in the
medial prefrontal cortex: Reid B, Bailey C, MacLusky NJ; Dept of Biomedical Sciences
37. Effects of the estrous cycle on dendritic spine morphology in CA1 and CA3 of female rat hippocampi:
Atwi S, MacLusky NJ; Dept of Biomedical Sciences
38. Androgen-mediated regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the male mouse
hippocampus: Atwi S, MacLusky NJ; Dept of Biomedical Sciences
39. Reaching the limits of cognitive resources: Control strategies used by children during a multi-task
paradigm: Hinton DC, Vallis LA; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
40. How does visual manipulation affect obstacle avoidance strategies used by athletes and non-athletes?:
Bijman M, Fisher J, Vallis LA; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
41. Effects of planning time and practice on the obstacle avoidance strategies of older adults: Fisher JJ,
Gurney MD, Vallis LA; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
42. The effect of therapeutic ultrasound on pressure point pain: Cameron L, Srbely J; Dept of Human
Health and Nutritional Science
43. Investigation of cutaneous afferent vibration sensitivity from the human foot sole: Strzalkowski N,
Bent LR; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
44. The influence of cutaneous vibration applied to the foot sole and foot dorsum on ankle proprioception:
Mildren R & Bent LR; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
45. Is the dorsal foot skin used to control posture during a vestibular perturbation?: Yip MC,
Brown SHM, Bent LR; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
Gill G,
46. Is vision used to calibrate the spatial orientation of vestibular input during perturbation recovery: Toth
AJ, Zettel JL, Bent LR; Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
47. Tracking illusory contour figures: Dienes N, Trick LM; Dept of Psychology
48. Memory mediates the negative affective consequences of response inhibition for visual stimuli: De
Vito D, Mitchnick KA, Frischen A, Fenske MJ; Dept of Psychology
49. Learning pains: Does rejection have to be ‘social’ to impact subsequent behavior?: Driscoll RL,
Fenske MJ, Barclay P; Dept of Psychology
50. Contingent attentional capture by stimuli that match long-term memory representations: Giammarco
M, Paoletti A, Al-Aidroos N; Dept of Psychology
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51. The application of attentional goals across the stages of visual processing: Dube B, Al-Aidroos N;
Dept of Psychology
52. The role of cholinergic muscarinic receptors in cross-modal object recognition: Varkovetski M,
Winters BD; Dept of Psychology
Coffee service in afternoon
2:30 – 4:00
Keynote address
“Neural Stem Cells: From development to repair.”
Dr. Freda Miller
Professor of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neurobiology
Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
Neuroscience Day Program Committee:
Linda Parker, Psychology, Chair
Craig Bailey, Biomedical Sciences
Fred Laberge, Integrative Biology
John Vessey, Molecular and Cellular Biology
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