4th Symposium on Experimental Spinal Cord Repair and Regeneration
Brescia, Italie, 25-27 March 2002

Programme

 

SUNDAY MARCH 24TH

21.00    Opera Concert with the soprano Katia Ricciarelli

MONDAY MARCH 25TH

8.45    OPENING CEREMONY
 

MORNING SESSION CHAIRS: Wise Young - Jeffrey Goldberg

09.30    “Invited Lecture” Rita Levi Montalcini

10.00    “Clinical trials for spinal cord injury” Wise Young -USA

10.30    “T-cell based therapeutic vaccination for spinal cord injury”

Michal Schwarz – Rehovot – Israel

10.50    “Analysis of the expression of neuronal and staminal cells markers by humen amniotic cells”

Sergio Barlati – Brescia – Italy

11.10    COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRS: Michal Schwarz - Sergio Barlati

11.30    “NFKS Inflammation and Spinal Cord Injury” John Bethea – Miami –USA

11.50    <![endif]>“Cultured rat embryo spinal cord motoneurons as in vitro model for studying motoneuron diseases”

Tiziana Mennini – Milano - Italy

12.05    “Astroglial scarring“  David E. Weinstein – New York – USA

12.20    “Suppression of fibrous scar at the lesion site promotes axon regeneration in cns”

            H. W. Müller -Dusseldorf -  Germany

12.35    Effect of IL6 receptor/IL6 chimera on experimental models of neuroprotection and remyelination

            Marina Pizzi – Brescia – Italy

12.50    “The Bone and joint decade 2001-2010 What can we expect?"

            Lars Lidgren - Lund - Sweden

13.10     LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIRS: Wise Young- Arsenio Weinstein

15.00    Title to be decided - More papers

15.15    “SCI and the blood-brain barrier” - Weihong Pan – New Orleans – USA

15.35    “Onentum transposition in the treatment of spinal cord injury“ Harry Goldsmith - Glenbrook -USA

15.55    “Olfectory ensheathing glia" Susan Barnett - Glasgow -UK

16.15    “Biotechnologies” Claudio Battaggia – Mogliano Veneto – Italy

16.35    “Blood supply of spinal cord” Henry V. Crock – London – UK

16.55    COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRS: Weihong Pan – Hani Matloub

17.25    “Stem cells: a new therapeutical approach to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other degenerative diseases” Vincenzo Silani – Milano - Italy

17.45    “Fatty acid binding protein during neuronal injury and nerve regeneration”

Marino De Leon – Loma Linda – USA

18.05    “Title to be decided" More papers

18.25    “Mitochondrial impairment  in skeletal muscles of ALS patients” Giuseppe Moretto – Belluno _Italy

18.45    "Title to be decided"

19.00    End of session

 

TUESDAY MARCH 26th

MORNING SESSION CHAIRS: Charles Tator - Arsenio Vecsteinas

08.30    “Cervical Spondilotic Mielopathy” Domenico Gambacorta – Siena – Italy

08.40    “Title to be decided” More papers

09.00    “Activity-dependent inhibitory synaptogenesis via TRKB receptor signaling" 

            Fredrick Seil-Portland -USA

09.20    “Bladder restoration in patients with spastic bladders followed by spinal cord injury”

            D. Sauerwein – Bad Wildungen – Germany

09.40    “Title to be decide" More papers

10.00    COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRS: Reggie Edgerton – Fin Biering-Sorensen

10.30    “Energy cost of locomotion with different orthoses” Arsenio Vecsteinas – Brescia – Italy

10.50    E.D. surgical therapy in spinal cord injury David Ralph – London – UK

11.10    “Stem cells for spinal cord regeneration” Charles H. Tator – Toronto – Canada

11.40    “Putative roles of Schwann cells in the  immunesurveillance  of  the peripheral nerve tisssue”
Giuseppe Moretto – Belluno - Italy

11.50    “Erectile physiopathology of patient with S.C.J.” Edoardo Pescatori – Modena - Italy

12.10    “Radiation potential therapy for acute spinal cord injury” Nurit Kalderon – New York – USA

12.30    LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIRS:

  Humberto Cerrel-Bazo -Michael Keith

14.05    “Problems and solutions in spinal cord repair” Lee S.Illis – Chandlersford - UK

14.45    “Past and current concepts on SCI rehabilitation” Luigi Caldana – Arcugnano – Italy

15.10    “Initiation of standing and locomotion in complete SCI subjects by mimic missing reticulospinal control of lumbar network with spinal cord stimulation” Milan R. Dimitrijevic – Houston – USA/ Ljubljana - Slovenia

15.30    Discussion

15.35    “Locomotor capacity of patients with spinal cord lesion”  Volker Dietz – Zurich - Switzerland

15.55    Discussion

16.00    “Spinal cord injury repair by coordination dynamic therapy” Giselher Schalow – Nottwill - Switzerland

16.20    Discussion

16.25     COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRS: Milan R. Dimitrijevic – Luigi Caldana

16.40    “Facilitating locomotor recovery following spinal cord injury” Reggie Edgerton – Los Angeles - USA

17.00    Discussion

17.05    “The role of myoblastic activity and embryonic myosin in muscle regeneration useful to rehabilitation”

Ugo Carraro – Padova - Italy

17.25    Discussion

17.30    “Reversing muscle atrophy on denervated muscles by means of FES”

            Helmunt Kern – Wien - Austria

17.50    Discussion

17.55    “Improving walking in incomplete SCI individuals with FES, and increasing bone minerals with FES”

Fin Biering-Sorensen – Copenhagen - Dennmark

18.15    Discussion

18.20    “A task oriented approach by means of active physical therapy on SCI subjects: 8 years of clinical experience on standing, exercise and walking” Humberto A. Cerrel-Bazo -Arcugnano – Italy

18.40    Discussion

18.45    “SCI walking by means of FES: kinematic and dynamic of the flexion triplex reflex.A model definition”

Marsilio Saccavini – Udine - Italy

19.05    Discussion

19.10    End of session

20.00    Social Dinner – Ristorante Carlo Magno

WEDNESDAY MARCH 27th

MORNING SESSION CHAIRS: Pierfranco Spano – Patrick Gauthier

08.30    “Laserpuncture: an alternative treatment for spinal cord injuries””

Albert Bohbot – La Chapelle Montlinard – France

08.50    “Neurosurgical strategy in tetraplegic children suffering from birth injuries to the spinal cord“

Klaus R. H. Von Wild – Munster – Germany

09.00    “Rehabilitation procedures applied to tetraplegic patients undergoing advanced research programs” 

Maria Antonietta Vannini – Montecatone – Italy

09.20    “Title to be decided" More papers

09.40    “Neurogenic bladder standardization in spinal cord injury” Roberto Carone – Torino - Italy

10.00    “Long term results with the Brindley Bladder Controller in SCI patients”

Hans Van der Aa - Enschede – Netherland

10.20    COFFEE BREAK

CHAIRS: Maria Antonietta Vannini – Klaus Von Wild

10.40    “Alternative and complementary therapies for SCI“ Laurance Johnston - Boulder -USA 

11.00    “Grafting strategies for repairing respiratory command after high cervical injury”

 Patrick Gauthier – Marseille – France

11.30    “Benefit and risk of spine surgery for the neurological integrity of the spinal cord and nerves”

Dieter Grob – Zurich – Switzerland

11.40    “Palliative surgical aspects for the tetraplegic patient“ Vincent Hentz – Stanford – USA

12.00    LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION CHAIRS: Dieter Grob – Vincent Hentz

Functional Electrical Stimulation: Second Generation Neuroprostheses for Control of the Upper and Lower Extremities

14.00    “Advanced prostheses for the upper extremity” Michael W. Keith – USA

14.20    “Networked neuroprostheses and control strategies”  Hunter Peckham – USA

14.40    “Progress toward lower extremity standing and walking with FES” John Davis - USA

15.00    “Strategies for high level spinal cord injury, the shoulder” Harry Hoyen - USA
15.20    Discussion

15.40    “Title to be decided”  More papers

16.00    “Rehabilitation training as a support to rehabilitation surgery”

Maria Antonietta Vannini – Montecatone – Italy

16.20    “Tentative surgery for repairing spine cord lesions ” Giorgio Brunelli – Brescia - Italy

16.40    End of meeting

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