2012, May. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.
Public lecture by Dr. Brian Schmidt entitled “Facilitation of hindlimb stepping through neurochemical excitation of thoracic propriospinal neurons”.
2012, May 4. Marseille, France. A Serotonergic Command System for Control of Locomotion.
Lecture by Dr. Larry Jordan.
2012, Mar 21. Montreal, Que. UQAM. Journée Scientifique du Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée.
Keynote lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"The bumpy road from muscle fiber to the spinal cord: a kinesiologist's journey - La route cahouteuse de la fibre musculaire à la moelle épinière : le parcours d'un kinésiologue".
2012, Feb 9, University of British Colombia Okanagan. Department of Kinesiology.
Lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"The athletic and sedentary nervous system".
2012, Feb 7. McNally Robinson, Grant Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. CIHR “Café Scientifiques”.
Talk by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled "Renewing Hope for Spinal Cord Injury"
2011, Nov. 25. Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled “Control of locomotion by a serotonergic pathway arising in the parapyramidal region of the medulla” .
2011, Oct 24-26. Quebec, Canadian Arthritis Network scientific meeting.
Lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"Inflammation, a signature initiative of CIHR."
2011, Aug 11-13, Edmonton, Alberta. Excercise Physiologists of Western Canada Annual Meeting.
Keynote address by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"Curves, speed-bumps and straght-a-ways on the exercise neuroscience highway "
2011, March 31st – April 3rd. Kananaskis, Alberta. Spinal Cord Networks: Beyond the Black Box.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled “Walking in the upright posture: A good model for studies on restoration of locomotion after spinal cord injury?”
Presentation by Dr. Brian Schmidt entitled: "Propriospinal
transmission of the locomotor command signal".
2011, March. Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Invited lecture by Dr. Brian Schmidt entitled: "The role of propriospinal pathwas in propagation of the locomotor command signal ".
2010, Nov. 3-5, Toronto. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
President's Tutorial keynote lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"Exercise neuroscience: speed bumps on the autobahn "
2010, Oct 25-29. Concordia University, Montreal. International Graduate Course in Exercise Physiology.
Lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"Neural adaptations to exercise training"
2010, Oct 8. Halifax, NS. Symposium: Spinal Microcircuits and Motor Behaviour.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: “Serotonergic control of inter- and intralimb coordination during locomotion"
2010, April 20-21. Banff, Alberta. Treatment strategies for SCI: from biology to clinical reality.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: “Serotonergic control of locomotor coordination.”
2010, Feb 24-25. Washington, DC. Freezing of Gait Workshop. Physiology and Anatomy of Coupling Intention to Walk
with Locomotion and Balance,
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: “Cortical influences on brainstem locomotor regions and step initiation.”
2010, Feb. 24, University of Poznan, Poland.
Public lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled “The nervous system response to increased and decreased physical activity”.
2009, Dec 9-13, Pacific Grove, California. 13th International Symposium on Neural Regeneration, Asilomar Conference Center,
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan (Chairman) entitled “Reorganization and Plasticity”.
9th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, September 9-12, 2009.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: "Physiological adaptations in the rhythmic firing properties of alpha-motoneurons to changes in physical activity and aging" in the Symposium 'Motor Units and Motoneurons'.
2009, June 1-4, Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Intrinsic spinal mechanisms increase motoneuron excitability during fictive scratch."
2009, May 4-5. Montreal, Que. Breathe, Walk and Chew: The Neural Challenge.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan (Moderator) entitled “Modulation of Rhythmic Movements”.
2009, April 24-26, Beijing, China. The 2nd International Association of Neurorestoratology Annual Conference (IANRAC).
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled:“Brainstem and spinal neural systems for the initiation of locomotion.”
2009, Feb. 12. Gottingen, Germany, European Neuroscience Institute.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: “Stressing the middle man: motoneurone adaptations to altered activity levels”.
2008, Dec 5, Puebla, Mexico. Instituto de Fioliologia Benemerita Universidad
Autonoma de Puebla.
Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating new neurons during movement: Motoneuron properties and behaviour during fictive locomotion."
2008, Dec 3, Puebla, Mexico. Instituto de Fioliologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla.
Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Modeling the mammalian locomotor CPG: insights from mistakes and perturbations."
2008, Oct. 5-10, Vienna, Austria. Summer School for the Biological
Treatment of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
Presentations by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating the Locomotor State: The Organization of
the Mammalian Locomotor CPG," and Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "Brainstem and spinal neural systems for the initiation
of locomotion."
2008, July 26-29, Tsukuba, Japan. 7th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity.
Presentation by Dr. Michelle Porter entitled: "Effect of an upper flexibility intervention on neck range of motion in older women."
2008, June 25-26, Montreal, Que, Canada. Spinal Cord Function, Repair and Rehabilitation after Injury.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan (Moderator) entitled:
"Functional Organization and Plasticity of the Spinal Cord".
2008, June 8-11, Whistler, BC, Canada. 18th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference.
Presentation by Dr. Michelle Porter entitled: "The effect of a new road safety device with auditory alerts on older drivers."
2008, Feb. 25. Copenhagen, Denmark, PANUM Institute for Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled “Adaptations of alpha-motoneurones to increases and decreases in physical activity, and aging”.
2008, January 13-17, Washington, DC, USA. Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting.
Presentation by Dr. Michelle Porter entitled: "The effect of auditory alerts on brake response times in younger and older male drivers - a simulator study."
2007, Nov. 2. Windsor, Ontario. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Windsor.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled
"Are there "sedentary" and "endurance-trained" spinal cords, how do they differ, and can they change?"
2007, Sept 20-23, Alberta Motor Control Meeting, Jasper, Alberta.
Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Sensory control of the CPG by muscle afferents ".
2007, Sept 4, Shandong Medical University, Jinan, China.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "How the brain controls locomotion".
2007, Sept 5, Qi Lu Hospital, Jinan, China.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "Recovery of locomotion after spinal cord injury: A neurophysiologist's perspective".
2007, Sept 7, Dept. of Physiology, Qingdao Medical University, Qingdao, China.
Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "How the brain controls locomotion".
2007, June 12-15.
University of Wisconsin - Madison biennial spinal cord symposium:"Cellular and Network Functions in the Spinal Cord".
Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating a variety of motoneuron activity patterns in the two-level mammalian locomotor CPG".
Presentation by Dr. Brian Schmidt.
2007, May 24, Mexico City, Mexico.
Seminar at CINVESTAV by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating a realistic model of the mammalian locomotor CPG - from physiology to simulations and back".
2007, March 9. Tucson, Arizona. Dept Physiology, Univ of Tucson.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: “The in vivo rat model for the study of adaptations in spinal cord neurons and networks”.
2007, March 2. UCLA, Los Angeles. Department of Physiological Sciences.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled:
“Effects of altered activity levels on alpha-motoneurones”.
2006, November 28. Calgary Alberta. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary.
Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: "Are there
sedentary and athletic motoneurones, how do they differ,
and how do they change".
2006, October 15, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Society for Neuroscience Symposium
'Mammalian locomotor neurons: identification, properties and function'.
Chair: Dr. L.M. Jordan.
2005, November. University of Wisconsin. Symposium on mechanisms of network function in the spinal cord-brainstem.
Presentation by Dr. B. Schmidt.
2005, April 15-17. Kananaskis, Alberta. Genetic dissection of spinal cord development and function.
Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan entitled: “Locomotion induced by endogenously released neurotransmitters in the isolated rat spinal cord.”
2005, April 14. University of Calgary, Minisymposium on Motor Systems.
Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan entitled: “Ascending commissural cells and cholinergic control of locomotion”
2004, Sept 24, University of Montreal, Dept of Physiology.
Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan
entitled: “Activation of the cholinergic propriospinal system as a
means for restoring locomotor function after spinal cord injury”.
2004, Jan. 28-Feb 1, Canadian Physiological Society Annual Winter Meeting.
Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan
entitled: “The role of bulbospinal monoaminergic systems in the
activation of locomotion: studies in the neonatal rat spinal cord.”
2003, July 10-15, Prague, Czech Republic. Sixth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience. Dr. Susan Shefchyk presenting in Symposium "Physiological Consequences of
Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation Engineering Interventions."
2001, October 12, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Canadian Medical Hall of
Fame Youth Symposium Drs. Larry Jordan, Brent Fedirchuk, Brian Schmidt, Patrick Stroman presenting
workshop on Spinal Cord Injury; Dr. Jonathan Geiger presenting workshop on
Vascular and Neurodegenerative Disorders. CMHF Youth Symposium - Spinal Cord Workshop
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2001, May 18-20, Long Beach, CA, USA. American
Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Annual Meeting Dr. Karen Ethans presenting a poster on "Safety in the Cardiovascular System
with the Use of Sildenafil in Men with Spinal Cord Injury at Sixth Thoracic
Level or Higher: A Pilot Project".