27th Annual Meeting
hosted by
The University of Mississippi
Department of Pharmacology &
National Center for Natural Products Research

                            Oxford, Mississippi

                        November 5-7, 2006

                                     Program

Sunday, November 5, 2006

 6:00  8:00 pm        Reception  - Memory House

 Monday, November 6, 2006 - Emerging Therapeutics in Alzheimer's Disease

 8:30 - 9:20 am          Modulation of Amyloid Beta-Induced Toxicity by Gingko Biloba in an Animal
                                   Model of Alzheimer's Disease
                                   Yuan Luo, School of Pharmacy
                                   University of Maryland

 9:20 - 10:10 am         Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease
                                   David Morgan, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics
                                   University of South Florida

10:10 -10:25 am         Break

10:25 - 11:15 am        Development of BACE Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
                                   Allen Reitz, Senior Research Fellow
                                   Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development
                                   Editor, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

11:15 am - 12:05 pm  Preclinical Studies of Novel Drugs for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease:  Mouse to Monkey
                                    Jerry Buccafusco, Alzheimers Research Center
                                   Medical College  of Georgia

12:15 - 1:00 pm          Lunch

 1:00 - 3:00 pm           Poster Presentations

 3:00 - 5:00 pm           Platform Presentations (Limited space available, please get your request in early)

 5:15 - 6:15 pm          Optional Tour of the Natural Products Center

 6:30 pm                     Banquet at The Downtown Grill

Tuesday, November 7, 2006 - Neuropsychiatric Disorders:  Novel Approaches

 8:30 - 9:20 am          Melatonin Receptors as Targets for Modulation of Antidepressant-like Responses
                                   Margarita Dubocovich, Department of Molecular Pharmacology
                                   The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

 9:20 - 10:10 am         Development of Novel Antidepressant Compounds with Actions on Sigma Receptors
                                   Rae Matsumoto, Department of Pharmacology
                                   University of Mississippi

10:10 - 10:25 am        Break

10:25 - 11:15 am        Reexamination of the Importance of Norepinephrine and Its Transporter in Depression
                                   Greg Ordway, Department of Pharmacology
                                   East Tennessee State University

11:15 am - 12:05 pm  Allosteric Potentiation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 and the M₁ Muscarinic
                                    Receptor:  A Potential Therapeutic Direction for Schizophrenia
                                    Colleen Niswender, Department of Pharmacology
                                    Vanderbilt University

12:05 - 1:00 pm          Lunch

 1:00 - 3:00 pm           Poster Presentations

 3:00 - 5:00 pm           Platform Presentations (Limited space available, please get your request in early)

 6:30 pm                     On your own

Wednesday, November 8, 2006
      Attendees check out and depart
 

We have reserved a small block of rooms at the campus hotel, The Inn at Ole Miss, for check-in Sunday, November 5^th departing Wednesday, November 8^th.  The rate is $72.00 single/$82.00 double.  Individuals are responsible for making their own reservations by calling 888-486-7666.  Click HERE for directions.

Please note that check-in on Sunday, November 5^th must be after 3:00 pm.

If you have any questions, contact Cindy Farrar, 662-915-7330, cfarrar@olemiss.edu .

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