An Informal Oral History of the
American Society for Neurochemistry


Greystone Conference Center
Riverdale, New York

CONFERENCE ON NEUROCHEMISTRY CURRICULUM

JUNE 19,20, 1969
Participants

L. Abood:
University Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.

Membrane structure
Chemical aspects of excitation and conduction
Synaptic transmission
B. Agranoff:
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Learning and memory
Experimental methods
Nucleic acid metabolism

R. W. Albers:
NINDS
Bethesda, Md.

Membrane structure and transport
Chemistry of transducers
S. Appel :
Duke University School of Medicine
Durruham, North Carolina
Cytoarchitecture
Synaptic transmission
J. Axelrod:
NIMH
Bethesda, Md,
Catechol and Indole amines
Neuroendocrine control mechanisms
S. Barondes:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, N. Y.
Learning and memory
Cytoarchitecture
Brain protein metabolism
R. Brady:
NINDS
Bethesda, Md.
Inherited disorders
Lipids of nervous system
M. Cohen:
Presbyterian -St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago, Il.
Carbohydrates
Biochemistry of coma, toxic-metabolic states
Biochemical aids to diagnosis
R. Fishman:
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Biochemistry of coma, toxic-metabolic states
CSF and fluid compartments
Blood-brain barriers

J. Gergely:
Retina Foundation
Boston, Mass.

Biochemistry of muscle

F. Hoskins:
College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University
New York, N.Y.

Chemical aspects of excitation and conduction
Acetylcholine metabolism
R. Katzman:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, N.Y.
Cerebral edema
Blood-brain barriers
CSF and fluid compartments
A. Lajtha:
New York State Research Inst.
for Neurochemistry & Drug Adiction
Wards Island, N.Y.
Blood-brain barriers
Amino acid metabolism
Amino acids as transmitters
G. Lehrer:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, N.Y.
Experimental methods
Acetylcholine metabolism
Carbohydrates
D. MacDougal:
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Experimental methods
Carbohydrates
Respiration and energy metabolism
G. McKhann:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Md.
Nutritional deprivation
Amino acid metabolism
J. Menkes:
University of California School of Medicine
Los Angeles, Calif.
Inherited disorders
Biochemical aids to diagnosis
Demyelinacing diseases
W. Norton:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, N.Y.
Myelin metabolism
Demyelinatittg diseases
J. 0'Brien:
University of California School of Medicine
LaJolla, Calif.
Inherited disorders
Demyelinating diseases
Myelin metabolism
J. Posner: Cornell:
University School of Medicine
New York, N.Y.
Cerebral energy metabolism and respiration
E. Roberts:
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, Calif.
Chemistry of transducers
Synaptic transmission
Amino acids as transmitters
E. Robins:
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Chemical theories of mental disorders and psychopherm-
acology
Brain protein metabolism
E. Shooter:
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, Calif.
Growth, maturation and ageing
Nucleic acid metabolism
G. Siegel :
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, N, Y.
Maintainence of ionic gradients
T. Sburkes:
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Psychopharmacology
Catechol and indole amines
K. Suzuki:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pa.
Inherited disorders
Lipids of nervous system
P. Swanson;
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
Metabolism and respiration
Maintainence of ionic gradients
W. Toortellotte:
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Biochemistry of coma, toxic-metabolic states
Biochemical aids to diagnosis
Demyelinating diseases
D. Tower:
NINDS
Bethesda, Md.
Cerebral edema
Metabolism and respiration
M. Winilck:
New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Center
New York, N.Y.
Nutritional deprivation
Growth, maturation and ageing

 

Co-Chairmen and Organizers

R. Wayne Albers, Ph.D.
Robert Katzman, M.D.
George J. Siegel, M.D.