12th International Congress
12th international congress

Scientific Program

Program-at-a-Glance PDF

Sunday, June 22  |  Monday, June 23  |  Tuesday, June 24  |  Wednesday, June 25  |  Thursday, June 26

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
08:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session I
10:30 – 12:30 Plenary Session II
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Posters
14:30 – 16:30 Parallel Sessions
17:00 – 19:00 How To Do It – Skills Workshops and Video Sessions
08:00 – 10:00 Plenary Session
4101: Plenary Session I: Neuronal death in Parkinson’s: How, why, when, and where?

Chair: Etienne C. Hirsch, Paris, France
Chair: Yoshikuni Mizuno, Tokyo, Japan

08:00 The molecular underpinning of the selective neuronal vulnerability in Parkinson’s disease
D. James Surmeier, Chicago, IL, USA
08:30 Value of genetic models in understanding the cause and mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease
Ted M. Dawson, Baltimore, MD, USA
09:00 Lessons from basic science to devise therapeutic strategies for Parkinson’s disease
Jonathan M. Brotchie, Toronto, ON, Canada
09:30 Panel discussion

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10:30 – 12:30 4102: Plenary Session II: Cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease

Chair: Murat Emre, Istanbul, Turkey
Chair: Christopher G. Goetz, Chicago, IL, USA

10:30 Clinical spectrum of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease
Bruno Dubois, Paris, France
11:00 Anatomical and molecular pathology underlying the cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease
Glenda M. Halliday, Randwick, Australia
11:30 Imaging in cognitive impairment: Lessons from other forms of dementia
Nick Fox, London, United Kingdom
12:00 Panel discussion

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12:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Posters

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14:30 – 16:30 Parallel Sessions
4201: Parkinson’s disease: Epidemiological issues

Chair: Piu Bill Chan, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
Chair: Caroline M. Tanner, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

14:30 Parkinson’s disease risk factors – An overview
Alexis Elbaz, Paris, France
15:00 Methodologic issues
Beate Ritz, Los Angeles, CA, USA
15:30 Future directions: Parkinson’s disease RFQ, MDS Epidemiology Task Force, Multicenter Risk Factor Studies
Caroline M. Tanner, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
16:00 Panel Discussion

4202: Teaching Course: Dysautonomia in Parkinson’s disease: Spectrum, evaluation, and treatment

Chair: Carlo Colosimo, Rome, Italy
Chair: Wolfgang H. Jost, Wiesbaden, Germany

14:30 Gastrointestinal dysfunction
Wolfgang H. Jost, Wiesbaden, Germany
15:00 Genito-urinary dysfunction
Ryuji Sakakibara, Chiba, Japan
15:30 Cardiovascular dysfunction
Christopher Mathias, London, United Kingdom
16:00 Panel discussion

4203: Teaching Course: Neuropsychiatry in Parkinson’s disease: Beyond dementia

Chair: Dag Aarsland, Stavanger, Norway
Chair: Bruno Dubois, Paris, France

14:30 Depression and anxiety
Anette Schrag, London, United Kingdom
15:00 Apathy and fatigue
Laura Marsh, Baltimore, MD, USA
15:30 Hallucinations and psychosis
Dag Aarsland, Stavanger, Norway
16:00 Panel discussion

4204: Motor control studies in Movement Disorders

Chair: Mark Hallett, Bethesda, MD, USA
Chair: Pietro Mazzoni, New York, NY, USA

14:30 Why don't we move faster? Parkinson's disease, movement vigor and implicit motivation
Pietro Mazzoni, New York, NY, USA
15:00 Learning to predict the future: The cerebellum adapts feedforward movement
Amy Bastian, Baltimore, MD, USA
15:30 Maladaptive organization of motor cortex in dystonia
Angelo Quartarone, Messina, Italy
16:00 Panel discussion

4205: Gender issues in Movement Disorders

Chair: Marie Vidailhet, Paris, France
Chair: David G. Standaert, Birmingham, AL, USA

14:30 Male/female differences in phenotypes of Parkinson’s disease and drug responses
Lisa M. Shulman, Baltimore, MD, USA
15:00 Estrogen issues
Walter A. Rocca, Rochester, MN, USA
15:30 Non-estrogen issues
David G. Standaert, Birmingham, AL, USA
16:00 Panel discussion

4206: Nursing roles in Movement Disorders: New horizons

Chair: Jeana Jaglin, Chicago, IL, USA
Chair: Orna Moore, Tel-Aviv, Israel

14:30 The role of the Nurse in medical management
Orna Moore, Tel-Aviv, Israel
15:00 The role of the Nurse in surgical management
Susan Heath, San Francisco, CA, USA
15:30 Expanding the vision of the Movement Disorders Nurse
Cathi Thomas, Boston, MA, USA
16:00 Panel discussion

4207: FXTAS

Chair: Maureen A. Leehey, Greenwood Village, CO, USA
Chair: Henry L. Paulson, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

14:30 FXTAS overview: FMR1 genotypes, clinical scope and presentation, natural history and videos of patients
Maureen A. Leehey, Greenwood Village, CO, USA
15:00 The molecular underpinnings of FXTAS
Paul Hagerman, Davis, CA, USA
15:30 The epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of FXTAS
Pierre R. Burkhard, Geneva 14, Switzerland
16:00 Panel discussion

4208: Update on Dystonia

Chair: Ryuji Kaji, Tokushima City, Japan
Chair: Sabine O. Meunier, Paris, France

14:30 Paired associative stimulation in dystonia
Sabine O. Meunier, Paris, France
15:00 Neuroplasticity at corticostriatal synapses in dystonia models
Paolo Calabresi, Rome, Italy
15:30 Molecular dissection and anatomical basis of dystonia
Satoshi Goto, Tokushima City, Japan
16:00 Panel discussion

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17:00 – 19:00 How To Do It – Skills Workshops and Video Sessions

4301: How To Do It – Skills Workshop: How to examine mental function in patients with Movement Disorders
Murat Emre, Istanbul, Turkey
David John Burn, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

4302: How To Do It – Skills Workshop: Recognizing, understanding, and managing side effects of DBS
Marwan I. Hariz, London, United Kingdom
Leo Verhagen, Chicago, IL, USA

4303: How To Do It – Skills Workshop: Electrophysiological evaluation of patients with movement disorders
Peter Brown, London, United Kingdom
Alfredo Berardelli, Roma, Italy

4304: How To Do It – Skills Workshop: Transcranial sonography (TCS): Clinical and research applications 
Daniela Berg, Tuebingen, Germany
Johann M. Hagenah, Lubeck, Germany
Mark Hallett, Bethesda, MD, USA

4305: How To Do It – Skills Workshop:How to prepare a video of a movement disorder patient and how to train patients to take videos that are useful
Carol Moskowitz, New York, NY, USA

4401: Video Session:Psychogenic movement disorders
Victor Fung, Westmead, Australia
David E. Riley, Cleveland, OH, USA

4402: Video Session: Dystonic disorders: Primary and secondary
Ryuji Kaji, Tokushima City, Japan
Marie Vidailhet, Paris, France

4403: Video Session: Atypical parkinsonism 
Carlo Colosimo, Rome, Italy
Gregor K. Wenning, Absam, Austria

4404: Video Session: Toxic, immune-mediated, infectious movement disorders
Francisco Eduardo C. Cardoso, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Regina Katzenschlager, Vienna, Austria

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