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            I.1

A GENESIS model of dendrodendritic feedback inhibition of the mitral cell in the olfactory bulb.

Simon O'Connor, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK.

Tim J.C. Jacob, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK.

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I.2

Design Patterns for Engineering with Spikes, Synapses and Dendrites

Robert C. Cannon, Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK

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I.3

Simulation of sleep spindles and spike and wave discharges using a novel method for field potential.

Armen Sargsyan, Neuronal Systems Mathematical Modeling Laboratory, Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Yerevan, Armenia

Gilles van Luijtelaar, NICI-Biological Psychology, PSY. LAB., Radboud Nijmegen University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Albert Melkonyan, Neuronal Systems Mathematical Modeling Laboratory, Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Yerevan, Armenia

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I.4

Neural Query System -- data-mining from the simulation environment

William W. Lytton, Depts of Physiology, Pharmacology, Neurology, SUNY Downstate

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I.5

Simulation of a rod photoreceptor for use in a realistic retina model

Rodrigo Publio,Dept. de Física e Matemática, FFCLRP,USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP

Antonio C. Roque,Dept. de Física e Matemática, FFCLRP,USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP

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I.6

Toward the creation of a subiculum-like model, to study the role of the subiculum in human TLE

Richard Robertson, Dept. of Mathematics, Calif. State Polytechnic U, Pomona CA

Kerstin Menne, Inst. für Signalverarbeitung, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany

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I.7

Using Davis to Compare Neural Models

Egle Pilipaviciute, Dept of Computer Science, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

Kay A. Robbins, Dept of Computer Science, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

David M. Senseman, Dept. of Biology, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

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I.8

A model of cortical neuronal circuit with dynamic synapses

Ara Khurshudyan, Neuronal Systems Mathematical Modeling Laboratory, Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Yerevan, Armenia

Armen Sargsyan, Neuronal Systems Mathematical Modeling Laboratory, Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Yerevan, Armenia

Gilles van Luijtelaar, NICI-Biological Psychology, PSY. LAB., Radboud Nijmegen University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Hovhannes Mkrtchian, Neuronal Systems Mathematical Modeling Laboratory, Orbeli Institute of Physiology, Yerevan, Armenia

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I.9

Parallel fiber modulation of cerebellar Purkinje cell responses to paired  afferent inputs

Patrick Tripp, and  James M. Bower - Research Imaging Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Cajal Neuroscience Center, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78284-6240

Fidel Santamaria  - Duke University

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I.10

A small network with huge artificially grown pyramidal cells

Shripad A. Kondra, Institute of Signal Processing, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Kerstin M. L. Menne, Institute of Signal Processing, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Steffen Klatt, Institute of Signal Processing, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

Ulrich G. Hofmann, Institute of Signal Processing, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany

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I.11

Modeling the frog tadpole nervous system and behavior

Alan Roberts, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK

Wen-Chang Li, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK

Steve R Soffe, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK

Ervin S Wolf, Department of Anatomy, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Bart Sautois, Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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I.12

Flux-based analysis of the mycolic acid pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Karthik Raman, Supercomputer Education and Research Centre/Bioinformatics Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Preethi Rajagopalan, Bioinformatics Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Nagasuma Chandra, Supercomputer Education and Research Centre/Bioinformatics Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

I.13

Spatial Distribution and Morphology of Mouse Neurons

David M. Mayerich, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

B.L. Busse, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Louise C. Abbott, Dept. of Veterinary Integrated Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Bruce H. McCormick, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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I.14

Biologically Accurate Modeling of Mouse Brain Requires Biologically Accurate Networks

B.L. Busse, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

David M. Mayerich, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Louise C. Abbott, Dept. of Veterinary Integrated Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Bruce H. McCormick, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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I.15

Role of the thalamic reticular nucleus in selective propagation of the results of cortical computation

Yoonsuck Choe, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University

Yingwei Yu, Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University

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I.16

Effects of cocaine sensitization on storage and learning capacity in Nucleus Accumbens

Gabriele Scheler ISLE Stanford, Ca. 94305

I.17

The Role of Distal Dendritic Gap Junctions in Synchronization of Mitral Cell Axonal Output

Migliore, M. , Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine

Hines, M. L., Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine

Shepherd, G. M., Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine

I.18

Modulation of long term synaptic plasticity by dopamine activated second messenger pathways

Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski:Dept Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Maria Lindskog: Dept Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Kim T Blackwell: George Mason University, School of Computational Science and the Krasnow Institute for Advanced study, MS 2A1, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

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I.19

Automated Microtubule Segmentation and 3-Dimensional Reconstruction from Sequential Transmission Electron Micrographs

Huffman TM, Ramos H, Shah K, Uchida M, Roberson RW., Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

I.20

What the Olfactory Stimuli can tell to the Piriform Cortex and Vice-versa

Simoes de Souz, Fabio, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

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I.21

Differential Distribution of Inhibitory Synapses on the Purkinje Cell Dendrite

Esquivel, Angelica V., Research Imaging Center, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX

Lu, Huo, Research Imaging Center, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX

Bower, James M., Research Imaging Center, UTHSCSA, Cajal Neuroscience Research Institute, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

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I.22

A Structural Comparison Between Rat, Turtle, and Guinea Pig Purkinje cells

Buky Aworinde, Research Imaging Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Huo Lu, Research Imaging Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

James M. Bower, Research Imaging Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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I.23

In vivo calcium imaging of circuit activity in cerebellar cortex

Megan R. Sullivan, Princeton University, NJ

Axel Nimmerjahn, Max Planck Institute for Biomedical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Dmitry V. Sarkisov, Princeton University, NJ

Fritjof Helmchen, Max Planck Institute for Biomedical Research, Heidelberg, Germany

Samuel S.-H. Wang, Princeton University, NJ

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II.1

Coupling between olfactory system activity and respiration in ketamine/xylazine anesthetized rats

Alfredo Fontanini - Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University,  Waltham, MA, 02454

James M. Bower - Research Imaging Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Cajal Neuroscience Center, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78284-6240

II.2

Differences in the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cortical Waves Evoked by Stationary and Moving Stimuli

Juan F. Gomez-Molina, Dept. of Biology, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

Kay A. Robbins, Dept. of Computer Science, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

David M. Senseman, Dept. of Biology, UTSA, San Antonio, TX

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II.3

Homeostatic plasticity - too much of a good thing

Horatiu Voicu, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UTH, Houston, TX

Michael D. Mauk, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UTH, Houston, TX

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II.4

Regulation of the G2/M Transition by P53 in Mammalian Cell Cycle

G. Li, Ph.D. student, and S. S. Nair, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

S. Lee, Research Associate, and F. Booth, Professor, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences University of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211

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II.5

Role of the objective function and boundary management in constrained optimization of neuronal compartment models

Christina M. Weaver, Center for Computational Biology, Computational Neurobiology and Imaging Center, Dept. of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Susan L. Wearne, Center for Computational Biology, Computational Neurobiology and Imaging Center, Dept. of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

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II.6

Morphological dependence of temporal signal integration properties in an insect motoneuron during reshaping of dendritic projection patterns

Alexander Maye, Dept. of Scientific Visualization, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Germany

Jan-Felix Evers, Institute of Neurobiology, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Carsten Duch, Institute of Neurobiology, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Ulrich Nowak, Dept. of Numerical Analysis and Modelling, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Germany

Peter Deuflhard, Dept. of Numerical Analysis and Modelling, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Germany

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II.7

Liquid State Machines for sensory, executive, and motor neocortex

Harry Howard; Spanish & Portuguese, Linguistics, Neuroscience; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

II.8

Modeling the Neurodynamics of Insect Olfaction - With Applications to Biological Control

Yuqiao Gu, Dept. of Biometry and Engineering, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

Hans Liljenström, Dept. of Biometry and Engineering, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

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II.9

Fitting experimental data to models that use morphological data from public databases

William R. Holmes, Dept. Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Lawrence M. Grover, Dept. Physiology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV

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II.10

Analysis of UNC-43 control of neuronal synchrony in Caenorhabditis elegans

Allyson V. McCormick, Dept. of Genome Sciences, UW, Seattle, WA

James H. Thomas, Dept. of Genome Sciences, UW, Seattle, WA

II.11

Transition to bistable behavior for the Nacc medium spiny neuron due to cocaine

J. Gall, Ph.D. student University of Missouri-Columbia

W. Smith, Ph.D. student University of Missouri-Columbia

S. Nair, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia

J. Nair, M.D. University of Missouri-Columbia

D. Xu, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia

P. Kalivas, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina

II.12

A computational model of the basolateral amygdalar neuron

A. Iyoho, University of Missouri-Columbia

S. Nair, Ph.D, University of Missouri-Columbia

J. Nair, M.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

B. Beitman, M.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

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II.13

Extracting and managing model parameters from the literature.

Gully APC Burns, Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

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II.14

Facilitatory neural dynamics for extrapolation and delay

Heejin Lim, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX

Yoonsuck Choe, Dept. of Computer Science, Texas A&M Univ. College Station, TX

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II.15

Computational Modeling of an OFC Pyramidal Cell

C. H. Cline, K. Pietarila, T. Jang, Ph.D. students

S. Nair, Ph.D., J. Nair, M.D., and B. Beitman, Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia

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II.16

Neuroplasticity in the Glutamatergic Pathway for a Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neuron

Wesley Smith, University of Missouri

John Gall, University of Missouri

Satish Nair Ph.D., University of Missouri

Jyotsna Nair Ph.D., University of Missouri

Bernard Bietman M.D., University of Missouri

Peter Kalivas Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina

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II.17

Preliminary network model for a neuropsychiatric disorder

J. P. Summers, undergrad student, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

G. Li, Ph.D. student, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

C. H. Cline, Ph.D. student, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

S. Nair, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

J. Nair, M.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

B. Beitman, M.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

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II.18

The Computational Advantages of Spontaneous Firing in the Cerebellar Cortex

Smith, Spencer LaVere, Dept. of Neurobiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

II.19

Evaluation of Model Scalability in Parallel Neural Simulators

Fransen, Erik, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Kozlov, Alexander, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Xie, Yuecong, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Christensen, Carl, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Djurfeldt, Mikael, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Ekeberg, Orjan, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Lansner, Anders, Department of Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

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