15th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARKINSON'S
15th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARKINSON'S
15th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARKINSON'S
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Daily Schedule<br />
Wednesday<br />
50<br />
Wednesday, June 8, 2011<br />
TICKET<br />
4213 Parallel Session<br />
The non-dementia associated cognitive and<br />
behavioral features of Parkinson’s disease<br />
15:00 – 17:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 717AB<br />
Chairs: Dag Aarsland<br />
Stavanger, Norway<br />
Roger Barker<br />
Cambridge, United Kingdom<br />
15:00 Dopamine and cognition: What have we learned from<br />
experimental studies?<br />
Antonio Strafella<br />
Toronto, ON, Canada<br />
15:40 Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s disease:<br />
What does it mean?<br />
Dag Aarsland<br />
Stavanger, Norway<br />
16:20 Cognitive and behavioral problems related to STN<br />
DBS in Parkinson’s disease<br />
Paul Krack<br />
Grenoble, France<br />
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />
better able to:<br />
1. Describe the role of dopamine in normal cognitive processes<br />
2. Recognize the entity and significance of Mild<br />
Cognitive Impairment (MCI) of Parkinson’s disease<br />
3. Identify the cognitive and behavioral problems related<br />
to surgery for Parkinson’s disease<br />
Recommended Audience: Basic Scientists; Clinical<br />
Academicians; Practitioners; Students/Residents/Trainees<br />
TICKET<br />
4307 Teaching Course<br />
Neurodegeneration: The role of environmental<br />
factors<br />
15:00 – 17:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 800, Room 801A<br />
Chairs: Caroline Tanner<br />
Sunnyvale, CA, USA<br />
Louis Tan<br />
Singapore<br />
15:00 A frequent question: The role of smoking, caffeine and<br />
nutrition in Parkinson’s disease<br />
Louis Tan<br />
Singapore<br />
15:40 Toxin induced parkinsonism: The manganese cases<br />
Pille Taba<br />
Tartu, Estonia<br />
16:20 Herbicides and pesticides in Parkinson’s disease<br />
Caroline Tanner<br />
Sunnyvale, CA, USA<br />
TICKET continued<br />
4307 Teaching Course<br />
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />
better able to:<br />
1. Understand the role of environmental factors in<br />
Parkinson’s disease<br />
2. Recognize the clinical features of toxin–induced<br />
parkinsonism<br />
3. Describe the possible effects of pesticides in<br />
Parkinson’s disease<br />
Recommended Audience: Clinical Academicians; Practitioners;<br />
Non-Physician Health Professionals; Students/Residents/Trainees<br />
TICKET<br />
4308 Teaching Course<br />
New Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale:<br />
MDS-UPDRS<br />
15:00 – 17:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 800, Room 801B<br />
Chairs: Anette Schrag<br />
London, United Kingdom<br />
Christopher Goetz<br />
Chicago, IL, USA<br />
15:00 Similarities and differences between the MDS-UPDRS<br />
and the original UPDRS<br />
Anette Schrag<br />
London, United Kingdom<br />
15:40 Key characteristics of the MDS-UPDRS with emphasis<br />
on difficult items<br />
Glenn Stebbins<br />
Chicago, IL, USA<br />
16:20 Application of the MDS-UPDRS<br />
Pablo Martínez-Martín<br />
Madrid, Spain<br />
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />
better able to:<br />
1. Identify similarities and differences between the MDS-<br />
UPDRS and the original UPDRS<br />
2. Evaluate key characteristics of the MDS-UPDRS with<br />
emphasis on difficult items<br />
3. Develop the capability to apply the MDS-UPDRS<br />
Recommended Audience: Clinical Academicians; Practitioners;<br />
Non-Physician Health Professionals; Students/Residents/Trainees