American Aging Association - 34th Annual Meeting
AGING: MECHANISMS AND PREVENTION  June 3-6, 2005  Oakland, CA, USA
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ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS 2005

AS A REMINDER:  For those presenting posters, the dimensions of the boards are 4' high by 8' wide and will be available for setup Friday evening.   The poster presentation and cocktail reception will take place Sunday, 7-9 pm. The posters can be removed only after this reception.

Posters are listed alphabetically, by presenter.

(P) presenter   (G) Post-doctoral Candidate for Glenn Award  (N) Pre-doctoral Candidate for Nicolai Award

Oral Presentations

Last Name

First Name

Organization

ABSTRACT

Chacon Marco Irazu Biodiscovery

ELEVATED FREE FATTY ACIDS (FFAS) – A COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR THE PROTECTED PHENOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH CALORIC RESTRICTION IN RATS, LONG-LIVED MICE AND HIBERNATING SQUIRRELS

Chen Chitty Ghent University

(G) GLYCOPROFILING OF SERUM N-GLYCANS: A POTENTIAL AGEING BIOMARKER

Ghazi Arjumand University of California, San Francisco (G) CELLS AND GENES THAT FUNCTION IN THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF C.ELEGANS TO PROMOTE LONGEVITY
Ikeno Yuji University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio DOES OVEREXPRESSION OF THIOREDOXIN 1 INCREASE RESISTANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS AND AFFECT AGING AND PATHOLOGY?
Krikorian Robert University of Cincinnati ISOFLAVONE EFFECTS ON COGNITION IN MENOPAUSE
Lee Garrick National Institute on Aging LONG TERM FOOD STARVATION ENHANCES THE RESISTANCE TO THE PARAQUAT INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INCREASES THE LIFE SPAN IN C. ELEGANS
Lithgow Gordon The Buck Institute

PHARMACOLOGICAL MANIPULATION OF STRESS RESPONSE AND AGING

Murakami Shin Univ. of Louisville Medical School

OXIDATIVE STRESS AS A RISK FACTOR OF AGE-RELATED MEMORY IMPAIRMENT (AMI) IN C. ELEGANS

Parihar Mordhwaj Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

AGE-RELATED DECREASES IN NAD(P)H AND GLUTATHIONE CAUSE REDOX DECLINES DURING GLUTAMATE TREATMENT OF HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS

Taguchi Akiko Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(G) INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE- 2 (IRS-2) DOSE- DEPENDENT REGULATION OF ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS IN THE BRAIN

Thung Irene

University of California, Berkeley

(N)  LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF GROWTH FACTORS ON NEUROGLIA: PROLIFERATION AND NEUROGENESIS

Poster Presentations

Last Name

First Name

Organization

ABSTRACT

Ahmed Tanvir Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging at Tufts University (G) T CELL RECEPTOR PROXIMAL EFFECT OF VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION IN OLD MICE: REVERSAL OF THE AGE-ASSOCIATED DECREASE IN EFFECTIVE IMMUNE SYNAPSE FORMATION IN CD4+ T CELLS

Allard

Joanne

NIA-NIH

STEREOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF NORADRENERGIC AND HYPOCRETINERGIC CELL GROUPS AFTER DEPRIVATION OF RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP

Anderson R. University of Wisconsin Madison (G) CONNECTION BETWEEN LONGEVITY AND THE STRESS RESPONSE THROUGH PGC-1a

Araujo

Joseph

University of Toronto

(N) THE EFFECTS OF CHOLINERGIC MANIPULATION IN THE DOG: PHARMACOLOGICAL VALIDATION OF A CANINE MODEL OF HUMAN AGING

Ball

Sheldon

Veterans Administration, GRECC

ANVITA EREFERENCE: INTEGRATING GERIATRICS WITH MOLECULAR GERONTOLOGY

Brown-Borg

Holly

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

EFFECTS OF PROLACTIN AND THYROXINE REPLACEMENT ON ANTIOXIDANT EXPRESSION AND GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM IN LONG-LIVING AMES DWARF MICE

Brumfield

Carrie

Los Angeles County Department of Health Svcs.

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MORTALITY AND REPORTED COMORBIDITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1999-2001

Cutler

Richard

Kronos Science Laboratory

RISK FACTORS TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE:  COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF HUMAN AND CHIMPANZEE

Duffy

Kara

National Institute on Aging

(N) PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITION BY SILDENAFIL CITRATE ENHANCES RETENTION OF MAZE LEARNING IN 24 MONTH-OLD AGED RATS

Dunlap

Kriya

University of Alaska Fairbanks

(N) CHOLESTEROL, TRIGLYCERIDES, AND AGING IN SLED DOGS

Floyd

Robert

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

AGE-DEPENDENT DNA HYPOMETHYLATION AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO CHOLINE DEFICIENCY INDUCED LIVER CANCER DEVELOPMENT

Furber

John

Legendary Pharmaceuticals

2005 NETWORK DIAGRAM OF THE BIOLOGY OF AGING

Gay R. JM USDA HNRCA at Tufts University (N) AN AGED HOST PROMOTES RAPID EVOLUTION OF A VIRULENT COXSACKIEVIRUS SPECIES

Gemma

Carmelina

James A. Haley V.A. Hospital

INHIBITION OF CASPASE-1 ACTIVITY INCREASES HIPPOCAMPAL CELL MIGRATION IN AGED RATS

Greer

Kimberly

Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Med.

INVESTIGATION OF C. FAMILIARIS FOR DETERMINATION OF GENETIC FACTORS IN LONGEVITY

Guerin John AgelessAnimals.org

ELECTRON TRANSPORT ABNORMALITIES AND mDNA MUTATIONS IN ROCKFISH HEART TISSUE

Halaschek-Wiener Julius Genome Sciences Center

(G) GENETICS OF HEALTHY AGING: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

Hofer T. University of Florida

(G) METHOD TO ASSESS RNA/DNA OXIDATION FOR RESEARCH IN AGING

Hirsch

Alan

Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation

PERCEPTION OF AGE: EFFECTS OF AMBIENT AROMA

Ikeno

Yuji

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Cu/Zn SOD TRANSGENIC RATS SHOW REDUCED OXIDATIVE DAMAGE AND INCREASED SURVIVAL

Jenkins

Nicole

Buck Institute for Age Research

AGEING, STRESS, AND TRADE-OFFS IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

Jones

Bruce

Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology

(N) IS LIMITING CALORIC INTAKE NECESSARY FOR REAPING THE REWARDS OF DIETARY RESTRICTION – OR IS IT JUST A GUT FEELING?

Kaeberlein

Matt

University of Washington

(G) TOR-MEDIATED NUTRIENT SIGNALING REGULATES AGING IN YEAST

Kalani R. University of Florida

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AS A BIOMARKER OF AGING

Killilea

David

Children’s Hospital Oakland Res. Institute

MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY ACCELERATES CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN HUMAN FIBROBLASTS

Kitani

Kenichi

National Institute for Longevity Sciences

TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN (TC) FEEDING INCREASESTH LIFE SPAN OF GENETICALLY CONTAMINATED MALE C57BL MALE MICE

Lamming

Dudley

Harvard Medical School, Dept of Pathology

(N) UNDERSTANDING SIR2-INDEPENDENT LIFESPAN EXTENSION BY CALORIC RESTRICTION.

Lau

Francis

USDA, HNRC on Aging at Tufts University

(G) FRUIT POLYPHENOLS PREVENT KAINIC ACID-INDUCED DECREMENTS IN COGNITION BY ALTERING GENE EXPRESSION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS OF AGED FISHER RATS

Luo S NIH

QUICK PROTEIN QUANTIFICATION USING COOMASSIE INFRARED FLUORESCENCE AND ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH IMMUNODETECTION

Martin

Rolf

MMT Corporation

MEMORY SCORE IMPROVEMENT OBSERVED DURING TWO-YEAR BLUEBERRY STUDY

Masternak

Michal

Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine

THE EFFECT OF CALORIC RESTRICTION AND METFORMIN ON INSULIN PATHWAY GENES IN GROWTH HORMONE (GH) TRANSGENIC MICE.

McColl

Gawain

Buck Institute for Age Research

(G) THE ROLE GSK-3β IN C. ELEGANS LIFESPAN DETERMINATION

McColl

Gawain

Buck Institute for Age Research

(G) LITHIUM AND LIFESPAN IN C. ELEGANS

Mockett

Robin

University of Southern California

TRADE-OFFS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DROSOPHILA LONGEVITY MUTANT, METHUSELAH

Mueck

Christoph

University of Applied Sciences Abstadt-Sigmaringen

(N) INFLUENCE OF CELL ORIGIN IN-VIVO AND PROLONGED PROLIFERATION IN-VITRO ON THE ACCUMULATION OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL COMMON DELETION.

Nagaoka-Yasuda Rie The Scripps Research Institute

MOUSE RNAi SCREEN FOR INCREASED RESISTANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS

Ottinger

Mary Ann

University of Maryland

CATECHOLAMINE SYSTEMS REFLECT AGING WHILE REMAINING PLASTIC IN AN AVIAN MODEL

Panici

Jacob

Southern Illinois Universtiy School of Medicine

THYROXINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN AMES DWARF AND GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR/ BINDING PROTEIN KNOCKOUT MICE AFFECTS CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM

Parihar

M.

Vikram University - Ujjain,INDIA

(G) NEUROPROTECTION AGAINST KAINIC ACID-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MICE BY POLYPHENOLIC FRACTION OF ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS AND WITHANIA SOMNIFERA

Parrish A Texas A&M University System Health Science Center

INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY OF AGING KIDNEY TO ISCHEMIC INJURY:  IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULAR PATHWAYS USING MICROARRAY

Perez V UTHSC, San Antonio

Trx-2 KO MICE ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS INDUCED BY DIAQUAT

Pierce

Anson

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

(G) SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC STRUCTURALLY ALTERED SKELETAL MUSCLE PROTEINS IN AGING SOD1-/- MICE:  NOVEL PROTEOMIC APPROACHES

Pushpalatha

Kakarla

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati

(N) AGE AND ETHANOL-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS: IMPACT OF EXERCISE TRAINING ON GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM IN RAT MYOCARDIUM.

Puttagunta

Radhika

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical Genetics Dept.

(N) DOES MTHSP70 OVEREXPRESSION INHIBIT P53-DEPENDENT APOPTOSIS IN MICE?

Ramos

William

University of Texas at San Antonio

(N) EFFECTS OF CALORIC RESTRICTION ON OXIDATIVE DAMAGE AND NON-HOMOLOGOUS END JOINING IN AGED F344 RATS

Ran

Qitao

Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, Univ. Health Sci. Ctr. San Antonio

CHARACTERIZATION OF NEURONAL IGF-1 DEFICIENT MICE

Ran

Qitao

Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, Univ. Health Sci. Ctr. San Antonio

(N) OVEREXPRESSION OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 4 PROTECTS MICE FROM OXIDATIVE STRESS INDUCED APOPTOSIS

Rosene D Boston University

AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS CORRELATE WITH CHANGES IN NEURONS OF PREFRONTAL CORTICAL AREA 46 OF THE RHESUS MONKEY

Rotrekl

Vladimir

University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio

(G) THE MECHANISM(S) MEDIATING DECREASED BER AT OLDER AGES AMONG TISSUES.

Seo A University of Florida

(N) HEPATIC OXIDATIVE STRESS DURING AGING: THE EFFECTS OF LIFE-LONG CALORIE RESTRICTION AND WHEEL RUNNING 

Sharman

Edward

University of California, Irvine, CA

COMMON AGE-RELATED EXPRESSION CHANGES IN MRNA TRANSCRIPTS IN MOUSE AND HUMAN CNS

Shetty

Ritu

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

(N) TRANSIENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA CAUSES A PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN BRAIN FUNCTION

Shi

Lei

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

(G) EFFECTS OF CALORIC RESTRICTION (CR) ON NMDA/AMPA RECEPTORS AND MULTIPLE SPINE BOUTON (MSB) SYNAPSES IN HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 ACROSS LIFESPAN

Shimizu T. Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

HEART/MUSCLE-SPECIFIC MNSOD DEFICIENCY CONFERS HEART FAILURE WITH IMPARED MITOCHONDORIAL RESPIRATION IN MICE

Sinclair

Jason

National Institute on Aging

THE EFFECTS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING ON MALE DROSOPHILA LIFESPAN

Sitzmann

Brandon

University of Maryland

SEMEN PARAMETERS IN CALORIC RESTRICTED RHESUS MACAQUES (MACACA MULATTA)

Studzinski

Christa

University of Toronto

(N) COGNITIVE, BEHAVIORAL AND MITOCHONDRIAL EFFECTS OF MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES (MCTS) IN A DOG MODEL OF HUMAN AGING AND DEMENTIA

Stuhlmeier

Karl

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rheumatology

SODIUM SALICYLATE PREVENTS HYALURONAN ACCUMULATION IN TYPE B SYNOVIOCYTES BY BLOCKING CYCLOOXYGENASE ACTIVITY AND NOT BY SUPPRESSING NF-KB TRANSLOCATION

Taylor

Richard

INRA

AGING INDUCED CHANGES IN RAT MUSCLE TRANSCRIPTOME

Thompson

LaDora

University of Minnesota

AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN INDIVIDUAL MUSCLE MITOCHONDRIAL PROPERTIES ARE OBSERVED BY CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS WITH LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION

Vila

Jennifer

University of South Florida

(N) SPIRULINA PROTECTS AGAINST LPS INDUCED DECTEASE IN NEUROGENESIS