Program - the Segerfalk Minisymposium

Cellular and network plasticity in dystonic movement disorders

Place: Fernström Lecture Hall, BMC, Sölvegatan 19, Lund

09.00-09.10	Welcome address by M. Angela Cenci
	Morning session: Basic anatomy and physiology Chair person: Ann Graybiel
09.10-09.50	Peter L. Strick, Pittsburg, USA Basal Ganglia 'Loops' with the Cerebral Cortex and Cerebellum: Circuits for movement, cognition and affect
09.50-10.30	Henrik Jörntell, Lund, Sweden Imbalances in motor pathways – connections to activity balancing within the cerebellar microcircuitry
10.30-10.50	Coffee break
10.50-11.30	Gordon Shepherd, Chicago, USA Intracortical signal integration at the microcircuit level
11.30-12.10	Joshua Plotkin, Chicago, USA Dendritic integration of synaptic inputs in striatal neurons
12.10-13.10	Lunch
	Afternoon session: Pathophysiology Chair Person: M. Angela Cenci
13.10-13.50	Antonio Suppa, Rome, Italy Abnormal plasticity in dystonia: a clinical overview
13.50-14.30	Mark LeDoux, Memphis, USA Animal models of dystonia
14.30-14.50	Coffee break
14.50-15.30	Hitoshi Kita, Memphis, USA Signal transfer across the cortico-basal ganglia network in movement disorders
15.30-16.10	Per Petersson, Lund, Sweden Cortical resonant oscillations in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia
16.10-16.50	General discussion chaired by Ann Graybiel

Organizing committee: Angela Cenci Nilsson, Henrik Jörntell, Pia Berntsson, Andrea Nord.

The Segerfalk Minisymposium is sponsored by the Segerfalkstiftelsen and STINT.

Last modified: 2012-05-01