[BIC-announce] FW: In Vivo Imaging in Recovery after Neural Injury Symposium
Jennifer Chew, Ms.
jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca
Mon Oct 6 16:09:49 EDT 2008
PLEASE DISCARD IF THIS IS A DUPLICATE. THANK YOU. JENNIFER
Jennifer Chew
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
MNI - WB317
3801 University Street
Montreal, Qc H3A 2B4
Telephone: 514-398-8554
Fax: 514-398-2975
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From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff
[mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms.
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 1:52 PM
To: MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA
Subject: In Vivo Imaging in Recovery after Neural Injury Symposium
Dear colleagues,
I just received this announcement from the office of
Michael E. Selzer, MD, PhD, FRCP, Director
Center for Experimental Neurorehabilitation Training (CENT)
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Tel: (215) 898-0180; Fax: (215) 573-2107
Note space is still available and registration for the meeting is free
but it's in Toronto.
Please contact Dr. Selzer's assistant at dorothy.evans at uphs.upenn.edu
<mailto:dorothy.evans at uphs.upenn.edu> if you would like more
information.
Beth
In Vivo Imaging in Recovery After Neural Injury: From Microimaging in
Animal Models to Functional Imaging in Man
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Michael Selzer and the University of Pennsylvania Center for
Experimental Neurorehabilitation Training (CENT) funded by the National
Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, NICHD, invite you to attend
this exciting and innovative daylong symposium to be held immediately
before the 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) and
the American Society of Neurologic Rehabilitation (ASNR) Joint
Educational Conference. Registration is free (see form below) and
includes continental breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, and a catered
evening reception. Hotel rooms should be booked through the ACRM
website. (www.acrm.org) Symposium space is limited to one hundred
attendees. Program and registration information appear below: Send all
replies to dorothy.evans at uphs.upenn.edu.
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. Session I - Imaging Axon Degeneration and Regeneration In
Vivo
"In vivo imaging of sensory nerve regeneration from PNS to CNS" -
Young-Jin Son, PhD, Drexel University
"In vivo imaging of axon dismantling" - Thomas Misgeld, PhD, Technical
University Munich
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Session II - Imaging Synapses and Circuits In Vivo
"In vivo imaging of synaptic plasticity and pathology" - Wen-Biao Gan,
PhD, New York University
"Optical methods for controlling and correcting neural circuit
functions" - Edward S. Boyden, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. Session III - Micro MRI In Vivo
"Exploring the chances for functional recovery: MRI after experimental
stroke" - Mathias Hoehn, PhD, Max-Planck-Institute
"Imaging individual axons in the living spinal cord: comparison of MRI
and optical methods" - Michael E. Selzer, MD, PhD, US Department of
Veterans Affairs and University of Pennsylvania
3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:00 p.m. Session IV - Human fMRI of Functional Recovery
"The human visual pathways: Developmental and adult plasticity" - Brian
A. Wandell, PhD, Stanford University
"Functional Physiology and Stroke Recovery" - John A. Detre, MD,
University of Pennsylvania
5:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker
"The utilization of manganese enhanced MRI (MEMRI) to assess in vivo
axonal transport deficits" - Robia G. Pautler, PhD, Baylor College of
Medicine
6:00 p.m. Wine and hors d'oeuvres
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BY OCTOBER 1ST complete and forward to Dorothy Evans at
dorothy.evans at uphs.upenn.edu
(phone: (215) 898-0180; fax: (215) 573-2107). (First come, first
served.)
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