NIDA Events
at Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference

NIDA Exhibit Information

To learn more about NIDA and its research funding opportunities, please visit the NIDA Exhibit Booth. The NIDA booth will be located at Exhibit Space 3307 in the Washington DC Convention Center and will be in operation from Sunday, November 15 - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 during the hours of 9:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Additional information on the NIDA Exhibit located in the SfN Exhibit Hall will be posted as it is available.

NIDA Sponsored SfN Minisymposia

Epigenetics in the Nervous System
Saturday, November 15, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Washington Convention Center: Room 202AB

Co-Chairs:
Andrea C. Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D.
NIMH

Joni Rutter, Ph.D.
NIDA

Speakers:
The Role of Chromatin Modifying Enzymes in Memory Processes
Marcelo A. Wood, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Linking the Epigenetic Code of Gene Regulation to Fear Memory Formation
Farah D. Lubin, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Changing the Histone Methylation Signal in Transgenic Mouse Brain - Implications for the Neurobiology of Depression
Yan Jiang, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Epigenetic Regulation of Neuronal Gene Expression by MeCP2; Implications for Autism-Spectrum Disorders
Dag H. Yasui, Ph.D., University of California, Davis School of Medicine

Epigenetic Mechanisms in Drug Addiction
William R. Renthal, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as Broadly Effective Neuroprotective Agents
Brett C. Langley, Ph.D., Burke Cornell Medical Research Institute

NIDA Sponsored SfN Symposium

Functional Neuroimaging Evidence for a Brain Network Underlying Impaired Insight (into illness) in Drug Addiction
Sunday, November 16, 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Washington Convention Center: Ballroom B

Co-Chairs:
Rita Z. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Steve Grant, Ph.D.
NIDA

Speakers:
The Role of the Insula and Prefrontal Cortex in Awareness to Nicotine Craving and to Consequences of Cigarette Smoking
Antoine Bechara, Ph.D., University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Insight Without the Inside of the Body – Compromised Interoceptive Processing in Stimulant Dependent Individuals
Martin P. Paulus, M.D., University of California, San Diego

Addiction and Impaired Monitoring of Behavior
Hugh P. Garavan, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin

Struggling Against the “Unseen”: Limbic Vulnerability to Drug Reward Cues Outside Awareness
Anna R. Childress, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine