25th Annual Meeting

Preliminary Schedule

 Thursday, November 4, 2004

 7:00 to 9:00 PM      Reception and Registration

 Friday, November 5, 2004

 ‘PHARMACOLOGY in the SOUTHEAST’

      Morning             Symposium – Regional Speakers

 Confirmed Speakers and Presentations:

Nicotine: A Pluripotent Drug of Abuse
Burt Sharp M.D., Chairman and Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center 

 Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Regulation: To Phosphorylate or Not Phosphorylate, That is the Question
Lynn Wecker, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor & Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
USFCOM

Monitoring Cholinesterases: Bench to Application
Dr. Barry Wilson, University of California at Davis

Novel sigma-1 receptor antagonists and antisense oligonucleotides attenuate cocaine-indcued behaviors and gene expression
Rae Matsumoto, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

Calcium Signaling in the Aging Vasculature
Sean Wilson, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

Botanical treatment of Functional Impairments of Aging
Bala V. Manyam, MD., Department of Neurology, Director, Plummer Movement Disorders Center, Scott & White Clinic, College of Medicine
Texas A & M University Health Science Center

 The Pharmacology of Angiotensin II-Induced Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Lisa Cassis, Ph.D., Professor and Director Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky

Cardiovascular and Neurologic Effects of Fire Ant Venom Alkaloids
Robin W. Rockhold, Ph.D., Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Afternoon           Student Platform and Poster Presentations

Evening              Banquet, Award Presentations

                         ‘Reflections on 25 Years of SEPS’