International Meeting for Autism Research: Biomarkers, Cell Biology and Animal Models

Biomarkers, Cell Biology and Animal Models

Thursday, May 12, 2011: 1:00 PM-5:30 PM
Elizabeth Ballroom E-F and Lirenta Foyer Level 2 (Manchester Grand Hyatt)
1:00 PM
1 Synaptic Causes for Autistic Regression: A Neural Network Model
Y. S. Bonneh, S. Romani, Y. Adini and M. Tsodyks
2:00 PM
2 Evaluation of Cytokine Expression In Cerebral Cortex and Blood Plasma of Autistic Patients
M. C. Mott, F. Crespo, G. R. Fernandez, L. L. Sears, P. G. Williams and M. F. Casanova
1:00 PM
4 Up-Regulation of Ras/Raf/ERK1/2 Signaling In the Frontal Cortex of Autistic Subjects and BTBR Mice
H. Zou, K. Yang, A. Sheikh, M. Malik, G. Y. Wen, K. Chadman, Y. Yu, W. T. Brown and X. Li
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
6 Changes In Proteolytic Processing Lead to Increased Pro-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels In Fusiform Gyrus of Subjects with Autism
M. Fahnestock, K. L. Garcia, G. Yu, B. Michalski, D. J. Garzon, V. S. Chiu, E. Tongiorgi and P. Szatmari
1:00 PM
7 Dietary Choline Intake by Children with Autism Is below the Recommended Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) Established by the IOM
S. J. James, M. Pauly, S. Melnyk, P. A. Stewart, B. L. Schmidt, N. Lemcke, A. M. Reynolds, C. A. Molloy, C. Johnson, T. Clemons and S. L. Hyman
2:00 PM
8 Distinct Profile of Glutamate, Leucine, and Polar Neutral Amino Acids In Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
T. V. Obukhanych, R. Tirouvanziam, J. Laval, P. A. Aronov, R. A. Libove, A. Goswami, K. J. Parker, R. O'Hara, L. Herzenberg, L. Herzenberg and A. Y. Hardan
3:00 PM
Plasma Oxytocin and Vasopressin Concentrations In Autism Spectrum Disorders (Withdrawn)
K. J. Parker, R. A. Libove, S. A. Hyde, K. B. Hornbeak, K. W. Yuen, C. S. Mich, N. C. Ray, S. S. Shen-Orr, J. M. Phillips and A. Y. Hardan
1:00 PM
Absence of Cradling Bias In Autism Spectrum Disorders (Withdrawn)
L. A. Pileggi, S. Malcolm-Smith, M. Robberts and K. Thomas
1:00 PM
13 Metabolic Imbalance Associated with DNA Hypomethylation and Oxidative DNA/Protein Damage In Children with Autism
S. J. James, S. Melnyk, G. J. Fuchs, M. Lopez, S. Kahler, J. Fussell, L. Seidel, O. Pavliv and B. J. Bellando
2:00 PM
14 Proteome Analysis of Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines of Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder Carrying a Mutation In the Ribosomal Protein Gene RPL10
S. M. Klauck, A. Chiocchetti, D. Haslinger, J. Kellermann, E. Duketis, S. Wiemann, F. Poustka, F. Lottspeich and L. Breitenbach-Koller
3:00 PM
15 High Serum Level of Homocysteine Is Associated with Increased Risk of Autism In Oman
A. Ali, M. I. Waly, Y. Y. Al-Farsi and M. M. Al-Sharbati
1:00 PM
16 Elevated Leptin and Reduced Adiponectin Levels In Omani Autistic Children
M. E. Mohamed-Musthafa, G. J. Guillemin, M. I. Waly, A. Ali, Y. Y. Al-Farsi, M. M. Al-Sharbati, N. Braidy and M. Al-Shafaee
2:00 PM
17 Dietray Antioxidants Vitamins Status In Omani Autistic Children
M. I. Waly, M. M. Al-Sharbati, Y. Alfarsi and A. Ali
3:00 PM
21 Cyfip1, a Protein Involved In 15q Duplication Region, Regulated Neuron Morphological Changes Through the Translational Cascade
A. Oguro-Ando, C. Rosensweig, D. Werling, J. Bomar, Y. Nishimura, B. S. Abrahams, E. Herman, H. Dong and D. H. Geschwind
1:00 PM
22 The Role of Cytoplasmic FMRP Interacting Protein 1 In Translational Regulation In the Synapse
O. B. Gunal, N. Uppal, T. Anderson, T. Sakurai and J. D. Buxbaum
2:00 PM
23 Maternal Exposure to Thimerosal, An Organomercury, Affects Early Serotonergic Development In the Fetal Rat Brain
M. Ida-Eto, A. Oyabu, T. Ohkawara, Y. Tashiro, N. Narita and M. Narita
3:00 PM
1:00 PM
The Effects of Neuropeptide Secretin In Early Postnatal Brain Development (Withdrawn)
I. Nishijima and P. Jukkola
3:00 PM
27 Functional Analysis of SHANK3 In Zebrafish
G. Cai, Y. Kajiwara, K. Tsang, K. C. Sadler and J. D. Buxbaum
3:00 PM
30 BTBR Mice Exhibit Deficits In Probabilistic Reversal Learning
M. E. Ragozzino, D. Amodeo, J. Jones and J. A. Sweeney
1:00 PM
31 Abnormal Social Interaction In Gabrb3 shRNA Transgenic Mice
L. Herzing, A. Czaplicki, K. Masterson and W. Dietz
3:00 PM