15th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PARKINSON'S

Daily Schedule
Thursday
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
TICKET
4507 Video Session
Huntington’s disease and other chorea
17:30 – 19:00
Location: South Building, Level 800, Room 801B
In this interactive video session, video cases of various forms of
primary and secondary choreas will be shown, emphasizing key
signs that may help in leading to a more precise diagnosis. The use
of diagnostic tools and the interpretation of results that support or
refute specific diagnoses will be included. Participants may contact
the faculty to arrange to present specific problematic cases for group
discussion.
Ralf Reilmann
Münster, Germany
Mohit Bhatt
Mumbai, India
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be
better able to:
1. List primary and secondary forms of choreas
2. Distinguish key features that assist in arriving at a final
diagnosis
3. Understand diagnostic tools available to diagnose
specific forms of chorea
Recommended Audience: Clinical Academicians; Practitioners;
Non-Physician Health Professionals; Students/Residents/Trainees
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4508 Video Session
Pediatric movement disorders
17:30 – 19:00
Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 713AB
This interactive video session, will demonstrate a variety of
movement disorders in children and review an ordered diagnostic
and examination approach to pediatric movement disorders.
Treatment will also be discussed through video examples.
Participants are encouraged to contact the faculty if they wish
to present difficult cases or particularly interesting examples of
disorders for group discussion.
Roser Pons
Athens, Greece
Lillian Lee
Quezon City, Philippines
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be
better able to:
1. Develop an approach to evaluate pediatric movement
disorders
2. Identify the major categories of pediatric movement
disorders
3. Understand the common causes of pediatric
movement disorders
Recommended Audience: Clinical Academicians; Practitioners;
Students/Residents/Trainees
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4509 Video Session
Startle, stereotypies and mannerisms: Video cases
17:30 – 19:00
Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 715AB
In this interactive session, the phenomenology, clinical features and
neurophysiology of abnormal startle, stereotypies and mannerisms
will be reviewed using video examples.
Marie Saint-Hilaire
Boston, MA, USA
Kapil Sethi
Augusta, GA, USA
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be
better able to:
1. List the classification of neuropsychiatric hyper-startles
and their cross cultural variations
2. Discuss the neurophysiological mechanisms by which
abnormalities of the startle response may occur
3. Describe the recent advances in understanding the
clinical features, prevalence, and outcomes of motor
stereotypy disorders
Recommended Audience: Clinical Academicians; Practitioners;
Students/Residents/Trainees
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4610 Scientific Discussion
Role of innate and adaptive immunity in
neurodegeneration
17:30 – 19:00
Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 717AB
In this discussion, the faculty will discuss and present evidence
on the deleterious and positive roles of neuroinflammation in
neurodegenerative diseases.
V. Hugh Perry
Southampton, United Kingdom
Howard Gendelman
Omaha, NE, USA
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be
better able to:
1. Describe neuroinflammatory processes in
neurodegeneration
2. Discuss the neuroprotective aspects of inflammation
in neurodegeneration
3. Explain the deleterious aspects of inflammation in
neurodegeneration
Recommended Audience: Basic Scientists; Clinical
Academicians; Students/Residents/Trainees