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 />
Thursday<br />
54<br />
Thursday, June 09, 2011<br />
5103 Blue Ribbon Highlights<br />
11:00 – 12:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 800, Hall FG<br />
Chairs: David Burn<br />
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom<br />
Susan H. Fox<br />
Toronto, ON, Canada<br />
This session will provide a critical review of the best poster<br />
presentations by a panel of experts, highlighting the relevance,<br />
novelty, and quality of both clinical and basic research presented by<br />
the delegates.<br />
Etienne Hirsch<br />
Paris, France<br />
Marcelo Merello<br />
Buenos Aires, Argentina<br />
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />
better able to:<br />
1. Understand the key new scientific findings from the<br />
poster presentations at the 2011 MDS International<br />
Congress<br />
2. List the target areas of research focus for 2011-2012<br />
3. Identify future primary areas of research in movement<br />
disorders<br />
Recommended Audience: Basic Scientists; Clinical<br />
Academicians; Practitioners; Non-Physician Health Professionals;<br />
Students/Residents/Trainees<br />
Corporate Therapeutic Symposia<br />
12:00 – 12:40<br />
Please see pages 62 -63 for more information<br />
Lunch will be provided for session attendees.<br />
Poster Session<br />
Poster Session 4<br />
Location: South Building, Level 800, Hall E<br />
Abstracts: 908 - 1155<br />
Poster Viewing: 9:00 – 18:00<br />
Author Presentation: 13:30 – 15:00<br />
Guided Poster Tours<br />
13:30 – 15:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 800, Room 808<br />
Guided Poster Tour 13 – Parkinson’s disease:<br />
Clinical trials<br />
Guided Poster Tour 14 – Huntington’s disease<br />
Guided Poster Tour 15 – Surgical therapy:<br />
Parkinson’s disease<br />
Guided Poster Tour 16 – Parkinson’s disease: Cognition<br />
For complete listing of abstracts in each tour, please see<br />
pages 76 -83.<br />
TICKET<br />
5205 Parallel Session<br />
Fragile X Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome<br />
[FXTAS]<br />
15:00 – 17:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 717AB<br />
Chairs: Deborah Hall<br />
Chicago, IL, USA<br />
David Riley<br />
South Euclid, OH, USA<br />
15:00 Clinical features: Archetypes, formes frustes, and<br />
“gray zone” carriers, treatment strategies, and ongoing<br />
research perspectives<br />
Deborah Hall<br />
Chicago, IL, USA<br />
15:40 Molecular basis of FXTAS and other Fragile X<br />
associated disorders<br />
Paul Hagerman<br />
Davis, CA, USA<br />
16:20 Epidemiology, other Fragile X associated disorders,<br />
diagnostic testing, and genetic counseling<br />
Sébastien Jacquemont<br />
Lausanne, Switzerland<br />
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be<br />
better able to:<br />
1. Understand the molecular biological basis of FXTAS<br />
and the relationship between FXTAS and other Fragile<br />
X associated disorders<br />
2. List the core clinical features of FXTAS, neurological<br />
findings that differ between genders, and the clinical<br />
features of “gray zone” gene carriers<br />
3. Identify patients most suitable for FXTAS genetic<br />
testing and genetic counseling<br />
Recommended Audience: Basic Scientists; Clinical<br />
Academicians; Practitioners; Non-Physician Health<br />
Professionals; Students/Residents/Trainees<br />
TICKET<br />
5206 Parallel Session<br />
Genetic testing in Movement Disorders:<br />
Approaches and controversies<br />
15:00 – 17:00<br />
Location: South Building, Level 700, Room 714AB<br />
Chairs: Oksana Suchowersky<br />
Calgary, AB, Canada<br />
Vincenzo Bonifati<br />
Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />
15:00 Approaches to genetic testing in movement disorders<br />
Andrea Nemeth<br />
Oxford, United Kingdom<br />
15:40 Controversies in genetic testing in movement disorders<br />
Vincenzo Bonifati<br />
Rotterdam, Netherlands