NEUROSCIENCE MEETING 2005 “Research Strategies and Clinical Challenges in Neuroscience” 26 – 29th November 2005 Intercontinental Hotel, Al Ain, UAE
Saturday, 26 November 2005 Suggestions for Pre-conference Symposia:
1) Sheikh Hamdan Awards – a) Epidemiology of Neurodegenerative diseases in the Arab Region (Robert Friedland, Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine, Ohio, USA) b) Neurobiology of Autism (David Skuse, Professor & Head of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Child He alth, London, UK) 2) Neuroradiology workshop a) Assessment of white matter development in childhood using MRI. (Jaap Valk, Professor of Radiology & Neuroradiology, Free University Medical Center, The Netherlands) 3) Virtual Reality (Neurological planning, Education & Skills Development). 4) Workshops on diverse topics. a) Sleep disorders (Colin Shapiro, Director, Sleep Disorder Unit, University of Toronto). b) Substance use disorders (Mohammed Abou-Saleh, St. Georges Medical School, UK). c) Epilepsy (Michael Trimble, Institute of Neurology, London, UK). d) Depression and medical illness (Mary Robertson, University College London Medical School, UK). e) Multiple Sclerosis (Samia Khoury, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Harvard Medical School, USA). f) Neuropharmacology Review (Georg Petroianu, FMHS, UAE University). g) Deep Brain Stimulation. h) Neurotrauma
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Sunday, 27 November 2005
9:00 10:30 Registration Opening Ceremony (H. H. Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, Supreme Chancellor, UAE University and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, UAE). Coffee Break Plenary Session Torsten Wiesel* Nobel Laureate & President of Rockefeller Foundation Rockefeller University Lunch Break
11:00 11:30 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:30 Afternoon Session
Neurodevelopment and Regeneration Invited Speakers Martin Schwab Brain Research Institute, Switzerland Stephen McMahon GKT Centre for Neuroscience Res earc h, UK Sub themes: 1) 2) 3) 4) Regeneration, neuronal outgrowth and sprouting. Trans plantation. Developmental Genetics. The role of glia. Andrew J Copp Institute of Child Health, UK Renz o Guerrini University of Pisa & IRCCS Fondoazione, Stella Maris, ITALY
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Monday, 28 November 2005
Morning Session Neurodegenerative Disease. Invited Speakers Raj Kalaria
Institute for Aging & Health Newcastle General Hospital, UK
Robert Friedland
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA
Matt Farrer
Ma yo Clinic, USA
Sub themes: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Epidemiology and pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease. Oxidative and inflammat ory mechanisms in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Neurobiology of Parkinson’s disease. Therapeutic strategies in neurodegenerative diseases. Biomarkers, diagnostics and genetic aspects of neurodegenerative diseases
Lunch Break Afternoon Session Neuropsychiatry and Behaviour. Invited Speakers Michael Trimble Institute of Neurology Queen Square, UK Sub themes: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Childhood development al and psychiatric disorders. Biological correlates of psychiatric disorders. Neurocognitive effects in psychiatry. Genetics of neurobehavioral disorders. Neuropsychiatric aspects of Epilepsy David Pauls Harvard Medical School, USA David Skuse Institute of Child Health, UK
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Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Morning Session Neurotransmitters & Neuroimaging in health and disease. Invited Speakers Dan Larhammar Upps ala University Sweden Sub themes: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Neuropeptides and classical transmitters Pain Growth factors and neuromodulators Neuroimaging Epilepsy Tomas Hökfelt The Karolinska Institute Sweden Jaap Valk Free University Medical Center The Netherlands
Lunch Break Afternoon Session Motor Control and movement disorders. Invited Speakers JC Rothwell Institute of Neurology Queen Square, UK Sub themes: 1) 2) 3) 4) Neuropathology of movement disorders. New advances in therapy of movement disorders. Neurophysiology of dystonia. Functional Mapping in movement disorders. David Thompson Hope Hospital Manchester, UK Mary Robertson University College London Medical School London, UK
Closing Sessi on.
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