Scientific Program(As of February 19, 2010)

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Workshop

WS1 (G1-1) (75 min) Clinical use of motion logger

Chairpersons: Meadows R (Surrey, UK), Nakajima T (Mitaka)

  1. Meadows R (Surrey, UK)
    Actigraphic analysis techniques
  2. Enomoto M (Kodaira)
    Appropriate method of activity measurement
  3. Nakajima T (Mitaka)
    The reproducibility of actigraph
  4. de Weerd AW (Hague)
    Use for polysomnography

WS2 (G1-2) (75 min) Spinal reflex

Chairpersons: Nielsen JB (Copenhagen), Masakado Y (Isehara)

  1. Nielsen JB (Copenhagen)
    Overview
  2. Marchand-Pauvert V (Paris)
    Spinal internuerons
  3. Masakado Y (Isehara)
    H reflex in rehabilitation
  4. Morita H (Matsumoto)
    Parkinson disease

WS3 (H1-1) (75 min) Neurophysiology of urination and pelvic floor muscles

Chairpersons: Ertekin C (Izmir), Hattori T (Chiba)

  1. Sakakibara R (Chiba)
    Sphincter physiology
  2. Tello A (Mexico City)
    Neurophysiology of pelvic floor
  3. Vodusek DB (Ljubljana)
    Clinical study
  4. Ertekin C (Izmir)
    Human cremaster muscle and cremasteric reflexes

WS4 (H1-2) (75 min) Restoration of injured peripheral nerve function

Chairpersons: Xavier de Castro JH (Porto Alegre) , Chu N-S (Taipei)

  1. Zhu Y (Shanghai)
    Use of physiological test
  2. Kwon HK (Seoul)
    Electrodiagnosis as a prognostic factor
  3. Montero J (Barcelona)
    Facial nerve
  4. Chu N-S (Taipei)
    Outcome of toe-to-finger graft

WS5 (G2-1) (75 min) Drug effect on EEG

Chairpersons: Saletu B (Vienna), Kinoshita T (Osaka)

  1. Saletu B, Anderer P, Saletu-Zyhlarz G (Vienna)
    Drug effects on EEG topography and tomography
  2. Kinoshita T (Osaka)
    Clinical application
  3. Strik W (Bern)
    Pathophysiology of thought disorders and Hallucinations
  4. Tanaka H (Mibu)
    Clinical application in neurology

WS6 (G2-2) (75 min) Physiology of neuromuscular junction

Chairpersons: Sanders DB (Durham), Witoonpanich R (Bangkok)

  1. Sanders DB (Durham)
    Overview
  2. Witoonpanich R (Bangkok)
    Myasthenia gravis
  3. Oh SJ (Birmingham, Ala.)
    Lambert-Eaton syndrome
  4. Maselli RA (Davis, Cal.)
    Electrophysiology of congenital myasthenic sydromes

WS7 (H2-1) (75 min) Ocular movement

Chairpersons: Bodis-Wollner I (New York), Terao Y (Tokyo)

  1. Bodis-Wollner I (New York)
    Saccade-related cortical activity
  2. Romani GL (Chieti)
    Activation of human oculomotor centers during planning of eye movements
  3. Terao Y (Tokyo)
    Saccades in neurological disorders
  4. Yugeta A (Tokyo)
    DBS and saccade performance

WS8 (H2-2) (75 min) Respiratory physiology

Chairpersons: Podnar S (Ljubljana), Homma I (Tokyo)

  1. Nogues MA (Buenos Aires)
    Respiratory control
  2. Homma I (Tokyo)
    Emotional breathing
  3. Podnar S (Ljubljana)
    Quantitative EMG of diaphragm and genioglossus
  4. Chokroverty S (Edison, N.J.)
    Physiology of breathing during sleep

WS9 (G3-1) (75 min) Neurophysiology of hyperkinetic movement disorders

Chairpersons: Deuschl G (Kiel), Shibasaki H (Kyoto)

  1. Elble RJ (Springfield, Ill.)
    Tremor
  2. De Koning-Tijssen MA (Amsterdam)
    Myoclonus
  3. Hallett M (Bethesda)
    Dystonia

WS10 (G3-2) (75 min) Studies of cranial nerve functions

Chairpersons: Kimura J (Iowa City), Valls-Sole J (Barcelona)

  1. Kimura J (Iowa City)
    Differential diagnosis of facial weakness
  2. Nobrega J (Sao Paulo)
    Trigeminal nerve
  3. Valls-Sole J (Barcelona)
    Blink reflex and startle response
  4. Yingling CD (San Francisco)
    Facial monitoring surgery

WS11 (H3-1) (75 min) Motor unit number estimation

Chairpersons: Bromberg MB (Salt Lake City), Komori T (Tokyo)

  1. Bromberg MB (Salt Lake City)
    Clinical application
  2. Lee K-W (Seoul)
    Motor neuron disease
  3. Komori T (Tokyo)
    Neuropathies

Hands-on-workshop

1. TMSMonday November 1, 9-11 am

Organizer: Ugawa Y (Fukushima)
Ugawa Y (Fukushima), Mills KR (London, UK), Rothwell JC (London, UK), Magistris MR (Geneva), Tsuji S (Kitakyushu)

2. EEGMonday November 1, 9-11 am

Organizer: Ikeda A (Kyoto)

  • Initial remark (15 minutes):
    How do we read routine EEG in the modern imaging era?:
    Luders H.O (Cleveland).
  • Case presentation (20 minutes X 4 sessions):
    Epilepsy 1:
    Presenter: Terada K (Shizuoka)
    Discussants: Lee BI (Seoul), Chauvel P (Marseille)
  • Epilepsy 2:
    Presenter: Sakamoto A (Ribeirao Preto)
    Discussants: Ebersole JS (Chicago), Nakasato N (Sendai)
  • EEG in adults:
    Presenter: Akamatsu N (Kitakyushu)
    Discussants: Rektor I (Brno), Tobimatsu S (Fukuoka)
  • EEG in children:
    Presenter: Oguni H (Tokyo)
    Discussants: Yamada T (Iowa city), Otsubo H (Toronto),
  • Presentation of interesting cases and general discussion (25 minutes)

3. EMG and nerve conduction studyMonday November 1, 14:00 - 16:30

Kimura J (Iowa City), Kiernan M (Sydney), Kohara N (Kobe), Baba M(Hirosaki), Fawcett P (Newcastle upon Tyne), Bostock H (London, UK), Kuwabara S (Chiba), Kaji R (Tokushima) , Komori T (Tokyo)

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