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  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Gone to the Dogs: Anatomical and Physiological Adaptations in Canid Evolution
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Anne M. Burrows, Ph.D – Duquesne University
    Co-Chair: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
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  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM US PDT
    Nature and Nurture in Canine Brain Organization
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Erin Hecht, PhD – Harvard University
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM US PDT
    Changes of the Oxidative Stress System in the Domestic Dog: Aging, Phylogeny, and Welfare Impacts
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Ana Jimenez, PhD – Colgate University
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Evolutionary Comparative Anatomy of Canid Musculature
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Sensory Neuron Development and Dysfunction: Focus on Trigeminal Development and Pain
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Kristin Artinger, Ph.D – University of Minnesota
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyNeuroscience
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM US PDT
    Trigeminal Nociceptors: Neural Intersection of Chronic Pain and Alveolar Bone Remodeling
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Man-Kyo Chung, DMD PhD – University of Maryland School of Dentistry
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyNeuroscience
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM US PDT
    Nociceptor Development and Maintenance
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Helen Lai – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyNeuroscience
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:30 AM - 11:45 AM US PDT
    Determining the Prevalence of the Neuroanatomical Sensory Elements of the C1 Spinal Level: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Antonio M. Balducci, OMS-II – Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyNeuroscience
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    11:45 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Cross-sectional Area of the Maxillary Canal Suggests Acutely Developed Facial Sensation in Gorgonopsians
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Anna Brant – University of Washington
    Developmental Biology/MorphologyNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Developmental Neurobiology: Connectivity is Essential for Function in Development and Disease!
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Chair: Angelo Iulianella, Ph.D – Dalhousie University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Connectivity in CNS Development, Plasticity and Disease
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Xiangmin Xu – University of Califoirnia, Irvine
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM US PDT
    Getting to the Guts of Enteric Nervous System Formation and Function
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Naomi Tjaden – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:30 PM - 2:45 PM US PDT
    Functional Analysis of Human Interlaminar Astrocytes Following Development in the Mouse Cortex
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Alexandria Anding – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:45 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Chronic in vivo Imaging to Define Age-dependent Alterations in Oligodendrogenesis
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Abigail R. Kucera – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Neurobiology Award Symposium
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Chair: Smart I. Mbagwu – Nnamdi Azikiwe University
    Neuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Mammalian Touch Circuit Assembly
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Speaker: Shan Meltzer – Vanderbilt University
    Neuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US PDT
    Comparing Ocrelizumab and Rituximab Effectiveness in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Aitana V. Gonzales – University of Colorado Anschutz Masters of Modern Human Anatomy
    Neuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:15 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT
    Assessing an Environmental Model of Vagally-dependent Parkinsonism and Cognitive Deficits Associated with Lewy Body Dementia
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Gabriel M. Davis, MSc – Penn State College of Medicine
    Neuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:30 PM - 4:45 PM US PDT
    Innervation-dependent Postembryonic Development of the Zebrafish Anterior Lateral Line System
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Theresa Christiansen – University of Chicago
    Neuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Pancreatic Peptide Receptors in the Midbrain Control Susceptibility to Stress in Mice
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Alexandria E. Ostman – Penn State College of Medicine
    Neuroscience