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Symposium (18^th October 2006)

8:30 am             Registration

9:30 am            Welcome                                   

9:35  am           Introduction to symposium                                Prof. R. Mathur

9:40 am            Inauguration and                                               Prof. P.K.Banerjee
                        address by the Chief Guest                              

9:50 am            Release of Proceedings                                    Prof. J. Sengupta

9:55 am            Introduction to Speaker                                    Prof. O.P.Tandon

10:00 am          Inaugural Lecture                                              Prof. T.R.Raju

                        “Neuronal plasticity and brain repair- A multi dimensional approach”

10:30 am          Presentation of Memento                                  Prof. R. Kumar

10:35 am          Vote of Thanks                                                Dr. S. Jain

                                                 Tea

                        Session I         Environmental influences on growth and development

Chairpersons: Prof. V.M.Kumar, Prof. S.Das and Dr. N. Jain

11:00  Comparison of the effect of prenatal patterned sound
           stimulation on auditory pathway and hippocampus.                    Prof. S.Wadhwa

11:20   Studies on developmental and adult neural plasticity
            using songbirds as a model system                                             Dr. S. Iyenger              

11:40  Effect of prenatal nicotine exposure on developing brain             Prof. T.S.Roy

12:00  Early postnatal arsenic exposure induces changes in
           developing rat brain                                                                  Dr. P.Dhar

12:20  Drug induced adaptations in reward and addiction
           circuitry : role of neuronal plasticity                                            Dr. S.Kapur    

12:40                                                    Lunch

Session II       Neural insult: Mechanisms and effects

Chairpersons: Prof. M. Fahim, Prof. R. Singh and Prof. R.Kumar 

13:45   Brain plasticity following spinal cord injury: search for
            the mechanisms                                                                        Dr. N. Jain

14:05   Nitric oxide in neurodegenerative diseases                                 Prof. S.B. Deshpande

14:25   Hypobaric hypoxia induces hippocampal plasticity in rats           Dr. S.B. Singh

14:45   Neurophysiological functions under hypoxic stress                     Dr.U.Panjwani

15:05   Neuronal changes in the human retina with normal aging             Dr. T.C.Nag

 15:25                                                   Tea  

                         Session III      Strategies for Neural repair

 Chairpersons: Prof. Y.K.Gupta, Prof. M.Behari and Dr. R. Babbar

 15:40   Role of antioxidants in cerebral ischemia                                    Prof. Y.K.Gupta          

16:00   Ischemic brain injury: Neuroprotection and Neurorestoration

                                                                                                            Prof.S.S.Sharma

16:20   Videofilm                                                                                  Prof. R. Mathur

16:25   Dietary influence of grewia asiatica against radiation    Dr. R. Sisodia
            induced damage in brain of swiss albino mice                                                    

16:45   Preventive effect of Pycnogenol on cognitive impairments.          Prof. F.Islam               

17:05   Role of GAP-43 in AMPAkine mediated neuroprotection         Dr. S.Mani

17:25   Current status of stem cell therapy in stroke                              Prof. K.Prasad