BUDAPEST HUNGARY 28th International Epilepsy Congress
BUDAPEST HUNGARY 28th International Epilepsy Congress
BUDAPEST HUNGARY 28th International Epilepsy Congress
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TUESDAY 30 TH JUNE 2009<br />
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME<br />
TUESDAY 30 TH JUNE 2009<br />
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28 th <strong>International</strong> <strong>Epilepsy</strong> <strong>Congress</strong><br />
4:00 - 6:20 Film Screening Hall 7<br />
1930’s:The Eugenics Movement<br />
Shorvon, S (UK) Chair<br />
Screening: Dr Kildare’s Crisis ( 940)<br />
Debate<br />
4:30 - 5:30 Main Session Hall<br />
Brain development, plasticity and epilepsy<br />
O’Brien, T (Australia) Chair<br />
How does the brain become epileptic?<br />
Baram, TZ (USA)<br />
What does epilepsy do to the brain?<br />
Pitkanen, A (Finland)<br />
6:00 - 7:30 Post Main Session Hall<br />
Brain development, plasticity and epilepsy<br />
O’Brien, T (Australia) Chair<br />
Clinical genetics: relationship between<br />
developmental age and presentation of different<br />
epilepsy syndromes?<br />
Scheffer, I (Australia)<br />
Inflammation and epileptogenesis in developing<br />
brain: mechanistic insights<br />
Vezzani, A (Italy)<br />
Effects of treatment: can anti-epileptic drugs have<br />
adverse effects on the developing brain?<br />
O’Brien, T (Australia)<br />
Effects of treatment: can epilepsy be prevented?<br />
Blumenfeld, H (USA)<br />
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