Benzinga's Microcap Movers for Thursday October 4, 2012

Below are highlights from Benzinga's daily coverage of small cap and microcap securities making big moves:

Shares of LodgeNet

, the Sioux Falls, SD provider of provider of interactive media and connectivity services to the hospitality and healthcare industries, rose 16.54% Thursday on 5 times average volume. LodgeNet announced Wednesday they were certified by Marriott International as a Marriott Global Property Network Standards approved provider for property Internet. LodgeNet closed at $0.74 on Thursday.

Shares of Escalon Medical

, the Wayne, PA medical device company, rose 151% Thursday on 31 times average volume. Escalon announced Thursday the sale of its Clinical Diagnostics Business to ERBA Diagnostics

for $6.5 million in cash. Escalon Medical closed at $0.98 on Thursday.

Neuralstem

, the Rockville, MD stem cell company, rose 12.28% Thursday on 3.75 times average volume. Neuralstem announced Thursday it will provide an update of the Phase I trial to test Neuralstem's human spinal cord stem cells, NSI-566, in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) at the American Neurological Association annual meeting on Monday, October 8th. Neuralstem closed at $1.28 on Thursday.