PHARMA : Departments : Drug Research Academy : Mini-symposia and lectures : Glutamate and GABA neurotransmission and brain energy metabolism
Mini-symposium: Glutamate and GABA neurotransmission and brain energy metabolism
Friday, September 30, 2011 at 13:00 - 17:30 in the Benzon Auditorium
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen
Programme
| Session I | GABA neurotransmission |
| 13:00-13:30 | Pharmacology of GABA receptors and transporters Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen, Copenhagen |
| 13:30-14:00 | GABA transporters and epilepsy H. Steve White (Salt Lake City) |
| Session II | Glutamate, glutamine and ammonia |
| 14:00-14:30 | Hepatic encephalopathy and ammonia Susanne Keiding, Aarhus |
| 14:30-15:00 | Ammonia induced astrocyte swelling: Role of Glutamine and cell-cell interactions Michael Norenberg, Miami |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee |
| Session III | Energy metabolism and neurotransmission |
| 15:30-16:00 | Pioneering 13C-NMR technology to study energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in neurons and astrocytes Ursula Sonnewald, Trondheim |
| 16:00-16:30 | Glycogen, glucose and lactate as energy substrates in glutamatergic neurotransmission Helle Waagepetersen, Copenhagen |
| 16:30-17:00 | Role of glycogen in physiology and pathophysiology Bruce Ransom, Seattle |
Organized on behalf of the Drug Research Academy by Arne Schousboe, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, e-mail: as(at)farma.ku.dk
