Neurotherapy

Section - Stem Cells<br><br> Jeffrey Macklis - Boston, USA Stem cell recruitement in the adult cortex following spinal cord injury<br> Scott Whittemore - Louisville, USA Application of embryonic stem cells in spinal cord repair<br> Peter Burbach - Utrecht, The Netherlands Molecular programming of stem cells into mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neurons<br> Ole Isacson - Belmont, USA Stem cell transplantation in Parkinson disease<br> Robin Ali - London, UK Retinal repair by transplantation of photoreceptors<br> Thomas Reh - Seattle, USA Efficient generation of retinal progenitor cells from human embryonic stem cells<br> Maurice Curtis - Gotenborg, Sweden Discovery of a rostral migratory stream in the adult human brain<br> Magdalena Götz - Munich, Germany Glial cells as stem cells ? a new view on reactive gliosis<br> Urban Lendahl - Stockholm, Sweden Molecular regulation of stem cell differentiation<br> Anders Björklund - Lund, Sweden Cell and gene therapy repair stategies for Parkinson disease <br> <br>Section Immunotherapy and vaccination therapy <br><br> Roger Nitsch - Zurich, Switzerland Immunotherapy of Alzheimer's disease <br> Cynthia Lemere, Boston, USA Developing novel immunogens for effective and safe Alzheimer disease vaccine<br> Frank Baas - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Complement therapy promotes peripheral nerve regeneration<br> Philip Popovich - Columbus, USA T-cell and macrophage involvement in neuroregeneration<br> Hans van Noort - Rijswijk, The Netherlands Toll-like receptors in the CNS: implications for neurodegeneration and repair <br><br>Section Gene Therapy<br><br> Alan Harvey - Perth, Australia Gene therapy and transplantation in CNS repair: the visual system<br> Raymond Bartus - San Diego, USA Gene therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease<br> Krys Bankiewicz - San Francisco, USA AAV-AADC gene therapy for Parkinson disease<br> Martijn Tannemaat - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Promoting regeneration of injured peripheral nerves and avulsed spinal ventral roots by gene therapy<br> Mimoun Azzouz - Sheffield, UK Gene therapy for ALS based on retrograde delivery of transgenes with equine LV vectors<br> Bill Hauswirth - Gainesville, USA Cone photoreceptor targeted gene therapy<br><br>Pharmacotherapy<br><br> Iqbal Sayeed - Atlanta, USA Progesterone as a neuroprotective factor in traumatic and ischemic brain injury <br> Stefan Gold - Los Angeles, USA Oestrogen and testosterone replacement therapies in neurologic and psychiatric disorders<br> Reinier Schlingemann - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Treatment of retinal diseases with VEGF antagonists<br> Hans-Werner Müller - Düsseldorf, Germany Pharmacological modification of the extracellular matrix to promote regeneration of the injured brain and spinal cord<br> Yvo Roos - Amsterdamdam, the Netherlands First aid for the brain: successful reanimation strategies after stroke<br> Fabrizio Benedetti - Turin, Italy Placebo responses in neurological disorders<br><br>Neuroprostheses<br><br> Thomas Stieglitz - Freiburg, Germany Brain-computer interfaces<br> Gerald Chader - Los Angeles, USA Visual performance with retinal prostheses<br> Vittorio Colletti - Verona, Italy Alternative neurosurgical approaches for auditory brain implants<br> Richard Normann - Salt Lake City, USA Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia<br> Edward Tehovnik ? Cambridge, MA, USA Microstimulation of the visual cortex to restore vision<br> Miguel Nicolelis - Durham, USA Control of artificial limb in monkeys: feedback by neural stimulation<br><br>Deep Brain Stimulation, FES and TMS<br><br> Alim-Louis Benabid - Grenoble, France Deep brain stimulation for neurological disorders: an historical perspective<br> Reggie Edgerton - Los Angeles, USA Potential for restoring neuromotor function via activity-dependent mechanisms<br> Vivian Mushahwar - Edmonton, Canada Intraspinal microstimulation and oscillating field stimulation<br> Damiaan Denys - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Deep brain stimulation: obsessive compulsive disorder<br> Diego Centonze - Rome, Italy Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex ameliorates spasticity in multiple sclerosis<br><br>Mechanisms of spontaneous plasticity and regeneration<br><br> Christian Lohmann ? Amsterdam, The Netherlands Simultaneous imaging of morphological plasticity and calcium dynamics in dendrites<br> Catherine Lubetzki - Paris, France Axonal signals in central nervous system demyelination: the semaphorins <br> Massimo Filippi - Milan, Italy Magnetic resonance techniques to quantify tissue damage, tissue repair and functional cortical reorganization in multiple sclerosis<br> Henning Voss - New York, USA Diffusion tensor imaging as a tool to study neuronal plasticity and regeneration<br> James Fawcett - Cambridge, UK Molecular control of brain plasticity and repair<br>