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Symposia and plenary lectures
Friday, October 5th
| 14:00 | Plenary lecture: Neural-immune dialogue in sleep disorders Marina Bentivoglio, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Italy |
| 15:00 | Symposium: Cognitive neuroscience
chair: Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Zvezdan Pirtošek |
| 15:00 | Theta and alpha EEG in working memory Johannes Sarnthein, Neurologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Switzerland |
| 15:30 | The role of occipital gamma activity in humans: from working memory to consolidation Ole Jensen, F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| 16:00 | Dopamine modulation of cellular networks in the prefrontal cortex: boosting cognitive signaling via D1 & NMDA receptor interactions? Charles R. Yang, Neuroscience Discovery, Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, USA |
| 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:45 | Neuronal and electrophysiological correlates of intention and volition Zvezdan Pirtošek, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 17:15 | Exploration of functional integration in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease Grega Repovš, Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA |
| 18:00 | Plenary lecture: Multidisciplinary studies of brain, cognition, and behavior Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Brain Sciences Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA |
| 19:00 | Panel discussion: Ethical challenges to Neuroscience and Neuroscientists – personal perspective
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| 20:00 | Wine and cheese get-together by the posters |
Saturday, October 6th
| 09:00 | Symposium: Amyloidogenic proteins aggregation and toxicity I: Molecular mechanisms
chair: Eva Žerovnik |
| 09:00 | Using stefin B as a model amyloidogenic protein – overview Eva Žerovnik, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:25 | The mechanism of amyloid-fibril formation by stefin B; temperature and protein concentration dependence of the rates Katja Škerget, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:40 | Toxicity, size and morphology of prefibrillar oligomers; applied from the outside or expressed inside cells Slavko Čeru, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:05 | Pore formation of stefin B wt, Y31 variant and EPM1 mutant G4R on planar lipid membranes Gabriella Viero, CNR-FBK Institute of Biophysics, Unit at Trento, Povo, Italy |
| 10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:35 | Symposium: Amyloidogenic proteins aggregation and toxicity II: Cellular studies
chair: Robert Layfield, Gerd Multhaup |
| 10:35 | Protein aggregation in the cell and the ubiquitin-proteasome system – overview Robert Layfield, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK |
| 11:00 | Amyloid-beta aggregation, metal ions and ROS in Alzheimer’s disease Gerd Multhaup, Institute of Chemistry/Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Germany |
| 11:25 | Familial Alzheimer disease genetic defects alter cystatin C trafficking Luisa Benussi, NeuroBioGen Lab and Memory Clinic, IRCCS "Centro San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli", Brescia, Italy |
| 11:50 | Lysosomal enzymes and their inhibitors in autophagy Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 12:05 | Regulation of apoptosis during aging Veronika Stoka, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 12:30 | Plenary lecture: Deep brain stimulation: From therapy to a better understanding of brain function Evžen Růžička, Department of Neurology, General Faculty Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 13:15 | Lunch break with poster session |
| 14:45 | Plenary lecture: From gene expression to extracellular matrix in synaptic plasticity, learning and memory Leszek Kaczmarek, Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland |
| 15:45 | Symposium: Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: From cell, through animal models to clinics
chair: Boris Rogelj |
| 15:45 | Proteomic analysis of X11 interacting proteins Boris Rogelj, MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK |
| 16:10 | Cell cycle abnormalities in a presenilin mouse model of Alzheimer's disease Salvador Soriano, Department of Neuroscience, MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK |
| 16:35 | Curcumin binding to tau aggregates in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies Nina Mohorko, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:50 | Regional correlation of dementia-related pathology detection using [F-18]FDDNP PET imaging and postmortem immunohistology Lojze M. Šmid, Laboratory for Neural Plasticity and Regeneration, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| 17:05 | Coffee break |
| 17:20 | Plenary lecture: Elements of a neurobiological theory of hippocampal/neocortical interactions in memory Richard G. M. Morris, Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
| 18:05 | Marina Bentivoglio presents International Brain Research Organisation |
| 18:20 | Richard Morris presents Federation of European Neuroscience Societies |
| 20:00 | Dinner with live music at a popular down-town restaurant
Everybody is welcome, but attendance is possible upon prior registration only. You can sign up when registering for the Conference or by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. |
Sunday, October 7th
| 09:00 | Symposium: Early brain damage and the plasticity of the impaired brain
chair: Zvonka Rener Primec, Metka Derganc |
| 09:00 | Plasticity of the impaired brain in children with cerebral palsy (CP): The role of lesion type for epilepsy and neurodevelopmental outcome Markus Wolff, University Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Tübingen, Germany |
| 09:40 | Brain growth, mental and cognitive development can be influenced by severe epileptic activity during early infancy Zvonka Rener Primec, Department of Neurology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:00 | Novel neuroprotective strategies in the newborn – from laboratory to hospital practice Damjan Osredkar, Department of Neurology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:20 | Neuroprotection in clinical practice Metka Derganc, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 11:05 | Neonatal hypoxia and long-term neuropsychological outcome: Preliminary results of a follow-up study into early and late adolescence David Gosar, Department of Neurology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11:20 | Timing of brain injury: from diagnosis to prognosis Tina Bregant , Department of Neurology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 11:45 | Plenary lecture: New imaging studies in neurodegeneration Richard Frackowiak, Département d’études cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France and Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL, London, UK |
| 12:45 | Lunch break with poster session |
| 14:30 | Symposium: Neurodegeneration
chair: Maja Trošt, Blaž Koritnik |
| 14:30 | Neuroplasticity and pathophysiology of depression [Special lecture sponsored by Servier] Jean Pierre Olié, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France |
| 15:00 | Initial clinical experience with SPECT imaging of dopamine transporter in Slovenia Maja Trošt, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:20 | Sensors for tremor measurement in patients with Parkinson's disease Samo Ribarič, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:35 | Central motor control in upper motor neuron degeneration Blaž Koritnik, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:55 | Behavioral and cognitive distinction between frontotemporal and Alzheimer dementias Rajka M. Liščić, Alzheimer’s disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA, and Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 | Symposium: Evoked cerebral blood flow in patients with carotid disease
chair: Bojana Žvan, Marjan Zaletel |
| 16:30 | Carotid disease and cognitive function Bojana Žvan, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:55 | Neurovascular coupling during ageing and in migraneurs Marjan Zaletel, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 17:20 | Carotid angioplasty and perfusion CT in patients with carotid disease Zoran Miloševič, Clinical Institute of Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 17:45 | Transcranial Doppler sonography in carotid disease patients Senta Frol, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 18:10 | Functional magnetic resonance imaging in patients with carotid disease Sergio Mofardin, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Poster presentations
Posters will be mounted by Friday at 14:00. They will be displayed for the duration of the Conference. The authors will be available for questions and discussion during lunch breaks.
