• the University of Milan, and
• the European Commission, Directorate General XII, Medical Research

Speakers:
 

• Lennart Brodin

Nobel Inst Neurophysiol, Karolinska Inst, Stockholm S 17177, Sweden
Trafficking of synaptic vesicles in a giant vertebrate synapse
• J.G.G. Borst

Max-Planck-Institut fur medizinische Zellforschung, Abteilung Zellphysiologie, Heidelberg
A retrograde messenger at a calyx-type synapse in the brainstem
• Robert Hsiu-Ping Chow

Dept of Physiology, Univ of Edingurgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Studies of exocytosis at the single vesicle level in adrenal chromaffin cells
• Pietro De Camilli

Dept Cell Biol/HH Med Inst, Yale University Sch Med, 295 Congress Ave/Boyer Ctr, New Haven, CT
Molecular mechanisms in synaptic vesicle endocytosis
• Riccardo Fesce

CNR Ctr. Cytopharmacol., Dept Neurosci., S.Raffaele Scientific Inst., via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano
Kinetics of transmitter release
• Gerald Fischbach

Dept Neurobiol, Harvard Med Sch, 200 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 6092
The release of ARIA, a neuregulin at developing synapses
• Fabio Grohovaz

CNR Ctr. Cytopharmacology, Dept Neurosci., S.Raffaele Scientific Inst., via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano
Ca²⁺ distribution in neuronal cells and nerve terminals
• Haruo Kasai

Dept Physiol, Univ Tokyo Fac Med, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113
Multiple components of the exocytic response and their modulation
• D.M. Kullmann

Dept of Neurology, University of London, Queen square, London WCIN 3BG, UK
Fate of glutamate molecules released from synapses in the hippocampus
• T. Lang

Dept. Molekulare Zellforschung, Max Planck Institute Med, Jahnstr. 29, Heidelberg 69120
Transport of secretory granules beneath the plasma membrane
• Antonio Malgaroli

Dept Neurosciences, DIBIT-S.Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano
Activity measurements at single hippocampal synapses
• Michela Matteoli

CNR Ctr Molecular Cellular Pharmacology, via Vanvitelli 32, Milano 20129
Role of glial cells in synaptic  function
• Cesare Montecucco

Dept.  Experimental Medicine, viale G Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy
Bacterial toxins affecting cell membrane trafficking
• Vincent Pieribone

Molec. and Cell. Neuroscience, the Rockefeller Univ, 1230 York Ave, Box 296, New York, NY 10021
The role of synapsins in neurotransmitter release
• Rami Rahamimoff

Dept. Physiology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Med Sch, PO Box 12272, 91120 Jerusalem
Pre-fusion and Post-fusion control of transmitter release: ion  channels and calcium sparks
• Harald Reuter

Dept. Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Roles of mitochondria and Na+/Ca2+ exchange in the regulation of presynaptic Ca2+ and neurotransmitter release
• Thomas Schwarz

Dept. Molecular & Cellular Biology, Stanford Univ, Beckman Ctr 111 A, Stanford, CA 94305-5426
The genetic dissection of exocytosis: distinct requirements for phasic and tonic release of transmitter
• Michael Seagar

INSERM U464, Faculté de Médicine Secteur Nord, Blrd Pierre Dramard, 13916 Marseille, Cedex 20
Interactions between presynaptic calcium channels and proteins implicated in exocytosis
• Richard Tsien

Dept. Molec. & Cell. Physiology, Stanford Univ Sch Med, Beckman Ctr Rm B 105, Stanford, CA
Rapid Endocytosis at hippocampal synapses: kinetics and regulation
• Yuri Ushkaryov

Dept Biochem, Imperial College, London SW72AY, UK
Stimulation of norepinephrine release by a-latrotoxin requires Ca2+ and is mediated by latrophilin, G proteins and phospholipase C
• Flavia Valtorta

Dept Neurosciences, DIBIT-S.Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano
Molecular mechanisms of neurite outgrouth

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