Viernes 16 de marzo de 2007: Simposium sobre Cambios Neuroendocrinológicos en la enfermedad de Huntington en Leiden, Países Bajos.
Organizadores El EHDN y la Fundación High-Q
Objetivos - To arrange an opportunity for a broader group of scientists and clinicians working with Huntington’s disease in Europe and that are interested in hypothalamus and neuroendocrine factors, to meet and hear the current research from world-leading experts. - To stimulate new ideas on how to view HD and inspire clinicians to investigate less studied aspects of HD such as sleep disturbances, psychiatric symptoms, weight loss, changes in circadian rhythm etc. - To identify novel potential mediators of the pathogenesis in HD, which will lead to new projects that would not have been initiated otherwise.
Inscripción Registration is possible via email to Åsa Petersen and Marie-Noëlle Witjes-Ané. There is no fee. Participants (aside from the invited speakers) are kindly asked to cover their expenses for travel and accomodation out of their own pockets.
Información sobre el Simposium
LUGAR Y PROGRAMA
Holiday Inn, Leiden, The Netherlands www.holiday-inn-leiden.com Haagse Schouwweg 10 2332 KG LEIDEN +31 (0)71 53 55 555
Trains from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport arrive to Leiden Central Railway station 6 times per hour. A free shuttle service is available between central station and the hotel in the early morning and late afternoon from Monday to Friday.
Thursday 15 March: arrivals 20.00-22.00 Reception
Friday 16 March: symposium 8.30-9.00 Registration 9.00-9.15 Dr. Åsa Petersén and Prof. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer Opening remarks 9.15-10.15 Prof. Dick Swaab, Dutch Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, NL The human hypothalamus in health and disease 10.15-10.45Coffee 10.45-11.45 Ahmad Aziz, Leiden University Medical Center, NL Hypothalamic changes in Huntington’s disease 11.45-12.15 Dr. Marta Valenza, University of Milan, Italy Dysfunction of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway in Huntington's disease and neurodegenerative disorders 12.15-13.15 Lunch 13.15-14.15 Prof. Ruud M Buijs, Biomedicas Institute UNAM, Mexico city Overview of neuroendocrine regulation 14.15-14.45 Dr. Maria Björkqvist, Lund University, Sweden Neuroendocrine factors as biomarkers for Huntington's disease 14.45-15.15 Coffee
15.15-15.45 Jorien van der Burg, Lund University, Sweden Increased energy metabolism in Huntington disease mice 15.45-16.15 Dr. Patrick Weydt, Ulm University, Germany PGC-1 alpha in the metabolic dysregulation of Huntington's Disease 16.15-16.45 Dr. Sebastiaan Overeem, Leiden University Medical Center, NL Narcolepsy and hypothalamic pathology