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International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands June 17-21, 2008 Abstracts of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society, Volume 17, June 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstracts....................................................................................................................... 29-88 Acknowledgments................................................................................................................5 Call for 2009 Symposium Proposals....................................................................................9 Advertisements............................................................................................................. 93-99 Author Index ................................................................................................................ 89-92 Exhibitors/Sponsors .............................................................................................................4 Future Meetings...................................................................................................Back Cover Officers/Council...................................................................................................................2 Program/Schedule ........................................................................................................ 10-28 Summary Program ...................................................................................Inside Back Cover Travel Awards......................................................................................................................3 IBNS CENTRAL OFFICE `tÜ|tÇÇx itÇ jtzÇxÜ? Xåxvâà|äx VÉÉÜw|ÇtàÉÜ International Behavioral Neuroscience Society 8181 Tezel Road #10269 San Antonio, Texas 78250 USA (830) 796-9393 tel. (830) 796-9394 fax (866) 377-4416 (toll-free from within the US) [email protected] http://www.ibnshomepage.org PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME Dear Conference Participants, Colleagues, and Friends, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2008 International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Annual Conference! As always, our meeting offers an exciting scientific program that shows how fast our multidisciplinary field is developing. I hope it will fascinate your mind and trigger new ideas, lead to new collaborations and friendships, and give you a glimpse of what other scientists do in our field. In addition to the science, please also don’t forget to enjoy this stunningly beautiful tropical paradise! But also remember, a meeting like this cannot happen without the dedicated hard work of many. Therefore I would like to thank the members of the Program Committee led by Professor Jacki Crawley for putting together such an excellent scientific program, Marianne Van Wagner for meticulously planning and organizing every detail of the meeting, and the Education and Training Committee for selecting the best students for our travel awards and for organizing other student activities. A special thank you goes to Professor John Bruno who played a pivotal role in obtaining and renewing the NIH grant support for our conferences. I would also like to acknowledge the work and dedication of all our Council and Committee members. We appreciate greatly our sponsors who have provided financial support for the meeting: National Institutes of Health, Elsevier Science, Harvard Appartus and Wyeth Research. We also thank NNOXe Pharmaceuticals for funding the Wayner-NNOXe Award. Last but definitely not least, I would like to thank YOU, our conference speakers and poster presenters, for attending our meeting and sharing your work with us! Welcome to St. Thomas! Robert Gerlai President of IBNS - 1 - OFFICERS President ..................................................................................................................................Robert Gerlai Immediate Past-Pres.............................................................................................................. Joseph Huston Past-President...................................................................................................................... Robert Adamec Secretary ............................................................................................................................Melanie Paquette Treasurer................................................................................................................................ Sonya Sobrian Past Presidents C. Sue Carter..........................................................................................................................................2004 Robert J. Blanchard................................................................................................................................2003 Mark A. Geyer .......................................................................................................................................2002 John P. Bruno.........................................................................................................................................2001 Jacqueline N. Crawley ..........................................................................................................................2000 László Lénárd.........................................................................................................................................1999 Robert L. Isaacson ................................................................................................................................1998 Michael L. Woodruff ............................................................................................................................1997 Gerard P. Smith......................................................................................................................................1996 Linda P. Spear........................................................................................................................................1995 Robert D. Myers.....................................................................................................................................1994 Paul R. Sanberg......................................................................................................................................1993 Founding President Matthew J. Wayner ................................................................................................................................1992 COUNCIL MEMBERS Australasia................................................................................................................................Stephen Kent Canada....................................................................................................................................Elena Choleris Europe.....................................................................................................................................Anders Agmo ................................................................................................................................................. Helene David Japan ............................................................................................................................................. Shuji Aou Latin America ................................................................................................................. Sara Cruz-Morales Student ................................................................................................................................... Sarah Johnson USA.........................................................................................................................................John P. Bruno ...................................................................................................................................................Adrian Dunn .................................................................................................................................................. Paul Rushing - 2 - STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS We are pleased to announce the recipients of the IBNS Travel Awards for the 2008 meeting in St. Thomas. These awards will be presented at the Awards Banquet on Saturday evening. Award winners will receive a cash award, certificate, and waiver of registration and banquet fees. Congratulations to all. TRAVEL AWARDS (listed alphabetically) Presentations given by the Travel Awardees are indicated in the program by the symbol †. Mr. Segev Barak, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL Ms. Corina Bondi, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA Dr. Evelyn Field, University of Calgary, CANADA Ms. Katherine Gililland, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA Dr. Jodi Gresack, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Mr. Thomas Jarrett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA Mr. Amod Kulkarni, University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Ms. Jodi Lukkes, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA Mr. Matthew McMurray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA Mrs. Tori Schaefer, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA Dr. Matthew Skelton, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA Mr. Markus Wöhr, Philipps-University, Marburg, GERMANY Dr. Jared Young, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Student Travel awardees are presenting orally in the Travel Award Blitz and will also have their research presented in a poster session. - 3 - SPONSORS The IBNS would like