2010, Feb. 24, Univ. of Poznan, Poland.
Public lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled “The nervous system response to increased and decreased physical activity”.
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, 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 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".
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, 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".