HNRP Investigators Present at ISNV and All Receive Travel Awards

The 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology (ISNV) will start on May 29, 2012 in New York, NY. The overall goal of the meeting is to provide investigators working in the field of neurovirology and related areas with leading edge information so that new preventative and therapeutic strategies effective against neurologic diseases associated with prions, HIV, and other viral and non-viral pathogens can be identified.

HNRP investigators have five abstracts accepted for presentation.  All five abstracts qualified for what is a limited number of merit based ISNV travel awards that help to cover the cost of lodging and airfare.  Topics were related to HIV and methamphetamine dependence and how these contributed to epigenetic regulation, inhibitory deficits, rewarding properties, MicroRNA-9 expression, and neurocognitive impairment.

To Cite:

Desplats P, Dumaop W, Letendre S, Grant I, Masliah E.  (2012).  Effects of methamphetamine on the epigenetic regulation of HIV-1 in the human brain. 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology.

Henry BL, Minassian A, Geyer M, Perry W.  (2012).  A tale of mice and men: Translational cross-species assessment of inhibitory deficits in HIV and comorbid methamphetamine dependence using a novel human open-field paradigm. 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology.

Semenova S, Kesby JP, Hubbard DT, Markou A.  (2012).  Expression of HIV gp120 protein increases sensitivity to the rewarding properties of methamphetamine in mice. 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology.

Tatro ET, Hefler S, Shumaker S, Yang M,  Soontornyiomkij B, Achim C.  (2012).  MicroRNA-9 is increased in CNS HIV-infection and methamphetamine exposure. 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology.

Weber E, Woods SP, Smith D, Morris S, Letendre SL, Grant I, Ellis RJ, Little S, and The TMARC Group.  (2012).  Methamphetamine use exacerbates HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment in acute and early HIV infection. 11th International Symposium on NeuroVirology.