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International Graduate School of Neuroscience

IGSN / RDN Conference

Characterization and Rescue of Neuronal Dysfunction

April 25-26, 2023, Veranstaltungszentrum, Ruhr Universität Bochum

April 25
9.15

Welcome - opening of the conference
Carsten Theiß Speaker IGSN

Session 1
9.25
Interfaces of neurological and immunological diseases
Introduction: Melissa Sgodzai
9.30

Jörn Steinert
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
Neuroinflammation and Redox Signalling as Treatment Targets in Neurodegeneration
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10.05

Coffee break / Poster Session

11.00

Michael Heneka
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg
Innate Immune Activation in Alzheimer’s Disease

11.35

Brainstorming Session (1)

12.30

Lunch break

April 25 - Afternoon
Session 2
1.30 p.m.
Mechanistic insights into psychiatric and affective disorders
Introduction: Wei Shao
1.35 p.m.

Juan Pablo Lopez
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden
Ketamine Exerts its Sustained Antidepressant Effects via Cell-type Specific Regulation of Kcnq2
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2.10 p.m.

Reinmar Hager
Division of Evolution & Genomic Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Identification of Neuro-epigenetic Dysfunction that Underpin Cognitive Deficits Caused by Exposure to Maternal Infection
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2.45 p.m.

Coffee break

3.00 p.m.

Erika Comasco
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden
Neural Signatures of Mood Switches
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3.35 p.m.

Brainstorming Session (2)

4.05 p.m.

Individual meetings with RUB scientists

April 26 - Morning
Session 3
9.25
Disorders and diseases of the motor system
Introduction: Amba Frese
9.30

Rohini Kuner
Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Exploiting the Motor Cortex for Pain Relief
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10.05

Friedhelm Hummel
Brain Mind Institute, Institute of Technology EPFL, Geneva, Switzerland
Towards Precision Medicine: Patient-tailored Treatment Strategies to Enhance Motor Recovery
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10.40

Coffee break

10.55

Kathrin Doppler
Neurological Clinic, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Autoantibodies Against Proteins of the Node of Ranvier as a Cause of Peripheral Neuropathy
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11.30

Poster Session / Brainstorming Session (3)

12.20

Lunch break

April 26 - Afternoon
Session 4
1.20 p.m.
Neurorehabilitation and rescue of nervous system dysfunction
Introduction: Sumit Roy
1.25 p.m.

Yasin Temel
Department of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Severe Neurological and Psychiatric Dysfunction
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2.00 p.m.

Gesa Hartwigsen
Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) Leipzig, Germany
Functional Plasticity and Reorganization in the Language Network
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2.35 p.m.

Coffee break / Brainstorming Session (4)

3.25 p.m.

George Prigatano
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA
Neuroplasticity and the Unforgiving Brain: A Clinical Neuropsychological Perspective
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4.00 p.m.
Farewell — End of conference

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