Poster Presentations - The 4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy)

The 4^th World Congress on

Controversies in Neurology (CONy)

Barcelona, Spain, Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, October 28-31, 2010

Poster Presentations

Group A
Friday, October 29, 2010

#	Epilepsy
1	MILD ADOLESCENT/ADULT ONSET EPILEPSY AND PAROXYSMAL EXERCISE-INDUCED DYSKINESIA DUE TO GLUT1 DEFICIENCY Z. Afawi Neurology Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2	ABCB1 GENETIC VARIANTS AND RESPONSE TO ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS IN NORTH INDIAN COHORT OF EPILEPSY PATIENTS K. Bala Neurology & Neuropsychopharmacology, Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi, India Genomic and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, CSIR, New Delhi, Delhi, India
3	THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING USING SERUM CONCENTRATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY RECEIVING VALPROIC ACID IN MONO- OR POLYTHERAPY E.I Brusturean-Bota, L.D Perju-Dumbrava, A.D Buzoianu, C.S Maier, L.C Perju-Dumbrava University of Medicine & Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Neurology I, County Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Drug Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
4	THE OXIDATIVE STATUS OF EPILEPSY PATIENT WITH BRAIN LESION S.J. Chang, B.C. Yu1 Y.C. Lee, C.N. Chang Department of Life Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Neuroscience, Chang Gung University and Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
5	MONOTHERAPY WITH LEVITERACETAM OR OXCARBAZEPINE: A STUDY OF 65 CHILDREN WITH PARTIAL COMPLEX SEIZURES A. Gniatkowska-Nowakowska Neurology Department, Outpatient Clinic of Child Neurology, Kielce, Poland
6	EFFECTS OF CEFTRIAXONE AND L-NAME ON PENTYLENETERAZOLE-EVOKED CONVULSIONS A. Jelenković, M.D. Jovanović, D. Stanimirović, D. Bokonjić, B. Bošković Institute for Biological Research & Department of Neurophysiology, "Sinisa Stankovic", Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade; Pathophysiology, Military Medical Academy, Institute for Medical Research, Belgrade, Serbia & Biology, National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, Canada
7	ANTIEPILEPTIC TREATMENT AND COMA STATE M. Khaburzania, M. Beridze, G. Chakhava, E. Devidze Neuromedicine, Tbilisi State Medical University & Neuromedicine, Khechinashvili University Hospital, Tbilisi, Georgia
8	PATHOGENESIS OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURE K. Khachatryan, A. Aydinyan, M. Khachatryan, T. Khachatryan Diagnostics, Mikaelyan Surgical Institute, Yerevan; Neurosurgery, St. Mariam Astvatsatsin MC, Yerevan; General and Endovascular Neurosurgery, N1 Clinical Hospital of YSMU, Yerevan, Armenia
9	THE STUDY OF EEG CHANGES IN EPILEPTIC CHILDREN AT THE BACKGROUND OF AEP DRUGS I. Khachdize, V. Maloletnev, M. Gugushvili Department of Behavior, Cognitive Functions and Human Psychophysiology & Clinical Neurophysiology, I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology and D. Tatishvili Medical Center, Tbilisi; Behavior, Cognitive Functions and Human Psychophysiology, I. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology, Tbilisi & Clinical Neurophysiology, Tatishvili Medical Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
10	ADULT EPILEPSY ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA J. Kruja, S. Mijo, G. Vreto UHC Mother Theresa, University Neurology Service, Tirana, Albania; UHC Mother Theresa, University Imaging Service, Tirana, Albania
11	PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND PSYCHOGENIC MOVEMENT DISORDERS IN MMPI-2 R. Kubíková Radka First Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Radka Kubíková, Brno, Czech Republic
12	PARTICULARITIES IN EPILEPTOLOGY: PARTICULAR RESULTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ON TWO CASES OF EPILEPSY A. Guen, C. Moret-Chalmin Neurology, Neurophysiology, ICE Neruological Clinic, Chaville, France
13	IMPAIRED MESIAL SYNCHRONIZATION IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY G. Ortega, I. Herrera Peco, A.-C. Concepción, G. Sola Rafael, J. Pastor Neurosurgery Service, Clinical Neurophysiology & Clinical Services, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid & School of Medicine, San Pablo-CEU University, Madrid, Spain
14	MELATONIN SECRETION IN REFERACTORY EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN A. Paprocka, E. Jamroz Silesian Medical University, Child Neurology Department, Poland
15	AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT PARTIAL EPILEPSY WITH AUDITORY FEATURES: DESCRIPTION OF A TUNISIAN JEWISH FAMILY NOT LINKED TO LGI1 GENE W. Simri Israel
16	WADA TEST, INTRAOPERATIVE HIPPOCAMPAL COOLING AND COGNITIVE OUTCOME AFTER SURGERY S. Telecka, M. Brazdil, I. Tyrlikova, R. Kubikova, J. Chrastina, Z. Novak, I. Rektor Neurology & Neurosurgery Departments, St. Anne´s University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
	Stroke
17	IS SURGERY BETTER THAN STENTING? DO DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY (CEA) VS. CAROTID STENTING (CAS) OR THE RESULTS ARE SIMILAR AFTER CREST TRIAL? D. Bartko, I. Combor, K. Zelenak, V. Sefranek, Z. Gombosova Central Military University Hospital, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; Institute of Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, Military Health, Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic; Dept. of Radiology, University Hospital, Martin, Slovak Repblic; National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
18	CERTITUDE CONTROVERSIES IN IMAGISTIC DIAGNOSIS OF THE CERVICAL ARTERIES DISSECTION G. Boeru, L. Gutiu Central Universitary Emergency Military Hospital Bucharest, Romania
19	THREE MONTHS OUTCOMES OF IV VS IA THROMBOLYSIS IN A COMMUNITY SETTING L. Catalli, R. Guisado, S. Hopper, K. De La Cuesta, C. Lange Regional Medical Center of San Jose, San Jose, California; O'Connor Hospital, San Jose, California; El Camino Medical Center, Mountain View California; Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, California
20	INITIAL NIHSS AND TIMELY T-PA PREDICTS 3 MONTH DISABILITY L. Catalli, D. Pickham, R. Guisado Regional Medical Center of San Jose, San Jose, California; University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
21	ASSOCIAION BETWEEN SEVERITY OF CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE, PULSATILITY OF CEREBRAL ARTERIES AND BRACHIAL ANKLE PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN PATIENTS WITH LACUNAR INFARCTION S.H. Choi, S.M. Jun Neurology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan & Neurology, Bongseng Memorial Hospital, Busan, South Korea
22	SOUTH HYPERTONIC SALINE DOWNREGULATE THE PRODUCTION LEVEL OF LPS-INDUCED MIF IN THP-1 CELLS: A NOVEL APPROACH S.-H. Choi, J.-K. Lee Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul & Division of Oncology, Department of Gyncology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
23	EFFECTIVENESS OF LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE TO PREVENT STROKE VERSUS TO PREVENT CORONARY EVENTS G. Chrysant, S. Chrysant Cardiology, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
24	WHICH WAY TO TAKE IN BASILAR ARTERY STENOSIS? M.A. Cruz, O. Ferreira, A.P. Breia. C. Guarda Neurology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
25	IMPACT OF AGE OR TIME TO TREATMENT ON CHANGES IN CLINICAL OUTCOME SCORES IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH TPA FOR ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE: THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (LUMC) EXPERIENCE R.V. do Campo, M.J. Schneck, S.G. Morales-Vidal, J. Platakis, K.D. Orjuela, J.Cuomo, S. Factor, J. Biller Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña, Spain; Department of Neurology, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26	THE EFFECTS OF EXCITOTOXICITY WITH HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY PIGLET MODEL H. Fujioka, R. Wakahara, T. Takeda, S. Nomura, E. Ninomiya, S. Hisatsune, T. Yokoi, M. Saito, H. Shintaku Department of Pediatrics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo
27	VARIATIONS OF CIRCLE OF WILLIS RELATED WITH HYPOPLASIA OF POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY AND ISCHEMIC STROKE E Harizi, X. Doci Durres Regional Hospital, Department Neurology, Albania
28	IS POLYSOMNOGRAPHY NEEDED IN PATIENTS WITH LATERAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION AND AQUIRED ONDINE’S CURSE? N. Hodorog, R. Prodan University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr.T.Popa Iasi, Clinica I Neurologie, Romania
29	COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING (CDI) OF RETROBULBAR VESSELS FINDINGS IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS WITH EYE INVOLVEMENT D.C. Jianu, Silviana Nina Jianu, D.F. Muresanu, Ligia Petrica, Sanda Maria Deme, M. Serpe Romania
30	INDIRECT CAROTID-CAVERNOUS FISTULAS OF LOW- FLOW TYPE: COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING (CDI) OF RETROBULBAR VESSELS FINDINGS D.C. Jianu, S. Nina Jianu, D.F. Muresanu, S. Maria Deme, M. Petrica, M. Serpe Romania
31	INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL STENOSIS IN THE POSTERIOR CIRCULATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS K. Kang Department of Neurology, Eulji General Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, South Korea
32	HEMORHEOLOGICAL STUDY IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH CLINICALLY SILENT MULTIFOCAL VASCULAR CEREBRAL LESIONS P.A. Kowal, I. Siemieniak, A. Marcinkowska-Gapinska Department of Neurology, University of Medical Sciences Poznaס, Poland; Department of Neurology Stru Hospital Poznan, Poland; Rheological Laboratory University of Medical Sciences Poznan, Poland
33	PROTHROMBOTIC STATES IN YOUNG STROKE PATIENTS J. Kruja, I. Zekja, S. Xhaxho, A. Kuqo, D. Drini Neurology Department and Nursing Faculty, UHC Mother Theresa, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
34	SEVEN-YEARS EXPERIENCE OF INTERNAL CAROTID STENTED PATIENTS M.F. Mateus, V. Pos-de-Mina, L. Rebocho, I. Mendes LUSCAN (Ultrasonography Lab), Espirito Santo de Evora Hospital, Evora, Portugal; Stroke Unit, Espirito Santo de Evora Hospital, Evora, Portugal; Neurology Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal
35	INTRA-LUMINAL THROMBUS IN INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY: PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME? A CASE REPORT I. Mendes, S. Mateus, V. Pós-de-Mina LUSCAN (Ultrasonography Lab), Espírito Santo de Évora Hospital, Évora, Portugal; Neurology Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal
36	CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTIONS, FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA AND FAMILIAL LONG QT SYNDROME-A UNIQUE ASSOCIATION-THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGES K. Orjuela, S. Morales-Vidal, R. Vazquez do Campo, J. Biller Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Neurology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruna, La Coruna, Galicia, Spain
37	AN UNUSUAL CONDITION OF "OFF LABEL" THROMBOLYSIS: A CASE REPORT S.. Supe, Z. Poljakovic, M. Habek Department of neurology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
38	CEREBROVASCULAR RESERVE CAPACITY IS MORE SENSITIVE MARKER OF INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION THAN CEREBRAL LACTATE LEVEL B. Urbanová, A. Tomek, J. Hort, S. Ostry, J. Vrana, A. Skoch, J. Laczo, M. Mohapl, D. Netuka, R. Mikulik, D. Horinek, V. Benes Department of Neurology, Charles University in Prague, 2nd Medical School, and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Neurosurgery, Charles University in Prague, 1st Medical School, and Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Radiodiagnostics, Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Radiodiagnostics and Interventional Radiology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
39	DYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE I. Varga, I. Ionescu Transilvania University, Faculty of Medicine, Neurology and Psyhiatry Hospital, Brasov, Romania; Centre of Neuro-muscular Diseases, Covasna, Romania
	Parkinson's disease
40	IS ELDERLY-ONSET ESSENTIAL TREMOR ASSOCIATED WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT?: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY (NEDICES) J. Benito-León, E.D. Louis, A.J. Mitchell, F. Bermejo-Pareja University Hospital "12 de Octubre" Neurology, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
41	EEG CORRELATES OF THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN AGED PATIENTS WITH THYROID GLAND DYSFUNCTION M. Beridze, N.Natroshvili, N. Beridze, R. Shakarishvili Neurology Department, Railway Central Hospital, Tbilisi & Neuromedicine, Khechinashvili University Hospital, Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
42	CARNOSINE AS NOVEL REGULATOR OF RED/OX STATE IN CELLS AND TISSUES: EXPERIMENTAL BASIS FOR CLINICAL USE A. Boldyrev, T. Fedorova, S. Stvolinsky, M. Maximova, S. Illarioshkin, Z. Suslina Department of Biochemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow; Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Research Center of Neurology, RAMS, Moscow & Clinical Department, Research Center of neurology, RAMS, Moscow, Russia
43	PARTICIPATION OF NA/K-ATPASE IN INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING IN CEREBELLUM GRANULE CELLS O. Brodskaya, E. Akkuratov, A. Boldyrev Moscow State University Department of Biochemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
44	PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY (PN) IN PARKINSON`S DISEASE PATIENTS D. Dobi, M. Kapisyzi, I. Zekja, E. Roci, B. Kokona, J. Kruja UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology, Tirana, Albania; Faculty of Nursing, Tirana, Albania; Regional Health Authority, Tirana, Albania; Hospital "Omer Nishani", Gjirokastra, Albania
45	BIOACTIVITIES OF KOREAN MISTLETOE SPECIES OTHER THAN VISCUM ALBUM L. VAR. COLORATUM OHWI K.H. Hwang, J.H. Kim, Y.J. Choi, G.H. Kim, K. Choi, K.W. Park Plant Resources Research Institute, Duksung Women's University, Seoul & Forest Resource Conservation, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
46	GENETICALLY INHERITED METABOLIC DISORDERS MIMICKING CEREBRAL PALSY E. Jamroz, A.Paprocka Silesian Medical University, Child Neurology Department, Poland
47	MONOAMINE OXIDASE-A, -B AND DOPAMINE Β-HYDROXYLASE INHIBITORS FROM FRUIT OF GARDENIA JASMINOIDES J.H. Kim, G.H. Kim, K.H. Hwang Plant Resources Research Institute, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
48	CARNOSINE AS A NEUROPROTECTOR UNDER HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIC CONDITIONS K. Kulebyakin, A. Boldyrev Moscow State Department of Biochemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
49	HAND TREMOR IN DYSTONIC PATIENTS M. Rakacolli, M. Kapisyzi, D. Dobi, I. Zekja, E. Roci, J. Kruja UHC Mother Teresa, Service of Neurology, Tirana, Albania; Faculty of Nursing, Tirana, Albania; Regional Health Authority, Tirana, Albania
50	REPEAT EXPANSION (CAG)n OF THE ATXN2 GENE IN PATIENTS OF MEXICO WITH SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA. EVIDENCE OF MODIFIER GENES S.A. Ramirez-Garcia, V. Volpini, G. Castaneda-Cisneros, J. Sanchez-Corona, C. Moran-Moguel, S. Gutierrez-Rubio, N.Y. Nunes-Reveles, O. Davalos-Rodriguez, R.C. Rosales-Gomez, N.O. Davalos-Rodriguez, J.R. Alcaraz-Ochoa, D. Garcia-Cruz Instituto de Genetica Humana, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Centro de Diagnostico Genetico Molecular, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain; Centro Medico Nacional de Occidente, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
51	AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR TREMOR ASSESSMENT AND SUPPRESSION E. Rocon de Lima, J.A. Gallego Abella, A. Koutsou, J.L. Pons Rovira Bioengineering Group, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
52	NATIONWIDE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF PEDIATRIC NEUROTRANSMITTER DISEASE IN JAPAN H. Shintaku, M. Segawa, M. Kato, S. Saitoh, S.-I. Hamano, M. Kubota, J. Tohyama, J. Natsume, Y. Maegaki, T. Matsuishi, H. Hattori, S. Ide, Y. Itoh, H. Fujioka, Y. Nomura Pediatrics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka & Pediatrics, Pediatric neurotransmitter disease (PND) Study Group, Osaka, Japan
53	IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE, IS THE AGGREGATION OF Α-SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN TO FORM LEWY BODIES A PROTECTIVE OR A PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE? L. Siakallis Neuroscience and Mental Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom & Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus
54	EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF LONG-TERM XEOMIN® (BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN TYPE A FREE FROM COMPLEXING PROTEINS) TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BLEPHAROSPASM D. Truong, H. Fernandez, M. Marx Neurology, the Parkinson and Movement Disorder Institute - Orange Coast Memorial Center, Fountain Valley, California; Neurology, University of Florida - Movement Disorders Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA; Neurology, Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
	Late Additions:
55	MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DELIRIUM IN REVERSIBLE HYDROCEPHALUS SECONDARY TO NEUROINFECTION P.R. Murillo Blanco Mexico
56	THE ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY NEUROIMAGING METHODS IN EPILEPSY DIAGNOSTICS M. Jakucinski Maciej, K. Leszek, R. Kulinski, E. Fersten, H. Koziara, B. Mroziak, D. Ryglewicz, P. Nauman Department of Nuclear Medicine and Magnetic Resonance, Brodno Regional Hospital, Warsaw; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; Department of Neurosurgery, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Oncology Center, Warsaw; Department of Neurosurgery; 1st Department of Neurology & Department of Psychology and Mental Health Promotion, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

Group B
Saturday, October 30, 2010

#	Multiple Sclerosis
1	ATYPICAL INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE M.I. Aguilar, J.M. Hoxworth, A.B. Porter Neurology Department & Radiology Department, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA *CONy Committee amendment: The topic of this poster belongs to the Stroke Section, our apologies for the mistaken placement*
2	COGNITIVE, STRUCTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF LATE-LIFE AFFECTIVE DISORDERS A. Canuto University Hospitals of Geneva and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
3	REINFORCEMENT OF RISK TAKING BEHAVIOUR IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN PATIENTS WITH MS: A NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOL, POSSIBLY? P.C. Chatzialexiadi, P.G. Vassiliou, C.G. Papadopoulou, R.P.V. Rotas Society for the Investigation of the Social Contributor to Personal Illness, Athens, Greece
4	A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: RESULTS FROM DATA GATHERED ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN SLOVAKIA – “MS PROFILE” V. Donath, L. Lisy, L. Prochazkova, J. Szilasiova, M. Martinikova Neurology, F.D. Roosevelt Teaching Hospital, Banska Bystrica; Neurology, University Hospital Bratislava & Department, L. Pasteur University Hospital, Kosice, Slovakia
5	SURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION REVERSES CEREBRAL CORTICAL THINNING IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE CHRONIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE J. Fierstra, D. Maclean, J. Han, M. Tymianski, D. Mikulis Western Hospital Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto; Neurosurgery, University of Health Network, Toronto & Anesthesia, University of Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Neuroscience, Rudolf Magnus Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
6	CANCER AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS C.S. Guarda, C.M. Mendes Neurology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
7	EFFICACY OF VITAMIN D3 AS ADD-ON THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSING–REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RECEIVING SUBCUTANEOUS INTERFERON BETA-1A: A PLANNED, PHASE II, MULTICENTRE, DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL R. Hupperts, J. Smolders, F. Barkhof, L. Grimaldi, T. Holmoy, J. Killestein, P. Rieckmann, M. Schluep, R. Vieth, U. Hostalek, L. Ghazi, M. Beelke Department of Neurology, Orbis Medical Centre Sittard, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands; VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G. Giglio di Cefalu, Cefalu, Italy; Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre and Department of Neurology, Institute of Immunology, Oslo, Norway; Department of Neurology, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Merck Serono S.A. – Geneva Switzerland
8	MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CLINIC OF BAGHDAD, AN ENDEAVOUR FOR AN UNRAVELING DATABASE H. A. Mohammed Baghdad Teaching Hospital, MS Clinic, Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq
9	PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH DISEASE RELATED FACTORS A. Poulios, A.L. Christopoulos, D.K. Kitsos, K.I. Voumvourakis, G. Gasparinatos, E. Stamboulis Department of Psychology, University of Athens, Athens & Department of Neurology, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
10	THE EFFECT OF RELAPSES AND TIME TO ONSET OF PROGRESSION ON DISABILITY ACCUMULATION IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS A. Scalfari, A. Neuhaus, M. Daumer, P.A. Muraro, G. Ebers Imperial College, Centre of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK; Department of Neurology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK; Sylvia Lawry Centre, Munich, Germany
11	TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSIS OF T CELL REGULATORY CYTOKINES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS G. Vianale, E. Costantini, R. Muraro, D. Gambi, A.M. Tata, M. Reale Dept. of Oncology and Experimental Medicine, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescar, Italy; Dept. of Biology and Biotecnology, Charles Darwin, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy
12	ADOPTIVE REGULATORY CELL THERAPY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS:TWO CASE REPORTS R. Wank, B. Laumbacher, S. Gu, B. Fellerhoff Immunotherapy Research Center, Immunis e.V., Muenchen, Germany
13	DEXTROMETHORPHAN/QUINIDINE FOR PSEUDOBULBAR AFFECT: EFFICACY EVALUATION IN PATIENTS USING CONCOMITANT SSRIS D.Wynn, R. Kaye, A. Hepner Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA; Consultants in Neurology Multiple Sclerosis Center, USA
14	IMPACT OF A VARIABLE TITRATION SCHEME AND DOSE REDUCTION ON TREATMENT ADHERENCE TO SUBCUTANEOUS INTERFERON BETA-1A IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSING–REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: DATA FROM AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY N. Zessack, W.-G. Elias, T. Emskutter Merck Serono GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany; Praxis, Hamburg, Germany; Neurologikum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
	Headache & Pain
15	ARE THERE COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN FIBROMYALGIA? A.C. Abel, M.V. Montse, I.B. Iker, J.M. Juan, F.C.S.Felix UIC Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain
16	SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION AND HEADACHE A. Andrikopoulou, I. Soussis, G. Tsivgoulis, G. Gasparinatos, E. Lia, S. Kalimeris, L. Stefanis, K. Voumvourakis, E. Stamboulis, Second Department of Neurology, University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece
17	SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION TREATED BY EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH E. Angelidakis, K. Tsatsou, P. Nianiou, N. Kontogiorgi, L. Verenzioti, J. Tavernarakis Department of Neurology, Evangelismos Hospital Athens, Greece
18	CORRUGATOR SUPERCILII RESECTION FOR HEADACHE EMANATING FROM THE FRONTAL REGION A. de Ru, P. Schellekens, P. Lohuis Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Central Military Hospital, Utrecht; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht & Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Diakonessenhuis Zeist, The Netherlands
19	HEADACHE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: WHAT ROLE FOR HEAD CT-SCAN? D. Grunho, S. Guarda Neurology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
20	THE MRI VOLUMETRY OF THE POSTERIOR FOSSA AND ITS SUBSTRUCTURES IN TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA: A VALIDATED STUDY D.H. Hořínek, B. Urbanová, P. Rejchrt, F. Charvát, V. Beneš Department of Neurosurgery, Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Neurology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Radiology, Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
21	PLASMA NITRIT LEVELS, TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT STATUS (TAS), TOTAL OXIDANT STATUS (TOS) AND OXIDATIVE STRES INDEX (OSI) IN TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE AND FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS M. Neyal, F. Yimenicioglu, A. Aydeniz, A. Tas‏ki‎n, S. Saglam, M. Cekmen, A. Neyal, S. Gursoy, O. Erel, A. Balat Gaziantep University Medical School Neurology Department, Gaziantep, Turkey; Gaziantep University Medical School Physical Medicine Department, Gaziantep, Turkey; Harran University Medical School, Department of Biochemistry, Sanliurfa, Turkey; Kocaeli University Medical School, Department of Biochemistry, Kocaeli, Turkey; Gaziantep Avukat Cengiz Gokחek State Hospital, Neurology Department, Gaziantep, Turkey; Ankara Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Biochemistry Depatment, Ankara, Turkey; Gaziantep University Medical School Pediat, Department, Gaziantep, Turkey
22	ASSESMENT OF LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT NEED IN IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION M. Ozturk, O. Altiokka, B. Dogan, B. Mutluay, Y. Altunkaynak, S. Baybas. Bakırkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases, Neurology Department, Istanbul, Turkey
23	RAPID AND SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN MIGRAINE SYMPTOMS WITH A NEW POWDERED FORMULATION OF DICLOFENAC POTASSIUM FOR ORAL SOLUTION: RESULTS FROM 2 RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS A. Rapoport The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; The New England Center for Headache
24	AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE USE OF OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEADACHES C. Russo, J. Sarria, M.-C. Wilson Sarria Moffitt Cancer Center Neurology and Anesthesiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
25	COGNITIVE DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC BACK PAIN G. Timarova, E. Pakosova 2nd Dep.Neurology, University Hospital Bratislava, Slovak Republic
26	BENEFIT OF BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A (BOTOX) FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE REFRACTORY NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE (NDPH) N. Tsakadze, M.-C. Wilson University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
	Dementia
27	FRONTAL-TYPE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ADVANCED CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE (CRF): WIDE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (QEEG) J.A. Barios, V.Fernández-Armayor, B. Benbunan, J.L. Teruel, M. Fernández, A. Pedrera, C. González, J.M. Gaztelu Neurología Experimental, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (HURC), IRYCIS, Madrid ; Unidad de Ciencias Neurológicas, Madrid; Nefrología, HURC, IRYCIS. ; Neurofisiología Clínica, HURC, IRYCIS; Deimos Space, Madrid
28	DOES A COMBINATION OF THE MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION AND CLOCK DRAWING TEST (MINI-CLOCK) IMPROVE DETECTION OF MILD ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? J. Benito, J. Cacho, R. Garcia, J.L. Vicente, B. Fernnadez-Calvo, A. Michel Neurology, Madrid, Spain; Neurology & Statistic Departments, Clinico Universitario, Salamanca, Spain; Psychology, Paraiba, Brasil & Psychiatry, Leicester, UK
29	IS MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY: DATA FROM THE NEDICES COHORT F. Bermejo-Pareja, R. Trincado, V. Puertas-Martin, I. Contador, A. Villarejo, M.J. Medrano, J. Benito-Leon Department of Neurology, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain; Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Spain; Department of Basic Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, University of Salamanca, Spain; Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Leicestershire Partnership Trust, Leicester, UK; University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; 6Epidemiology National Centre, Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
30	QUALITY OF SLEEP IN NEWLY-DIAGNOSED MILD TO MODERATE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENTS: RESULTS OF THE CASUAL STUDY C. Carnero, C. Guzman Quilo Neurology Service, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain; Medical Affairs, Janssen-Cilag, Madrid, Spain
31	MEDIAL TEMPORAL ATROPHY A RELIABLE PREDICTOR FOR PROGRESSIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE IN MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT SUBJECTS S.M. Deme, C.D. Jianu, D.S. Ioncu, S. Kory-Calomfirescu Western "Vasile Goldis" University of Arad, Romania, Arad; Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara; Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania
32	CHRONIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS: RESULTS OF BURR-HOLE IRRIGATION WITH SUBDURAL DRAINAGE K. Fujiwara, S. Keiichi, E. Tsutomu Neurosurgery, Iwai Hospital, Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan
33	BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGIC INDICATORS IN THE ONSET AND DEVELOPMENT OF PHENOMENA SO-CALLED ALZHEIMER J.D. Garcia, L.M. Sanchez, P. del C. Tudor, D. Banega, D.Z. Prieto, A.M. Leites, G.A. Martinez Neuro-psycho-ethology Research Center Alzheimer Project, Concepción del Uruguay
34	LOWER EDUCATION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - NATURE OR NURTURE? I. Ioancio, A.G Diaconeasa, I. Turcu, L Spiru Ana Aslan International Academy of Aging, Bucharest, Romania
35	EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS ATTRIBUTING TO CONVERSION: FROM MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TO DEMENTIA – 3 YEARS FOLLOW UP STUDY H.-J. Kim, S.H. H. Choi Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Neurology, Seongdong Regional Center for Dementia, Seoul, South Korea
36	HYPERPHOSPHORYLATION OF TAU PROTEIN HAS A PROTECTIVE ROLE IN PREVENTING NEURONAL DEATH DUE TO THE TOXICITY OF C-TERMINALLY TRUNCATED TAU IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE R. Mena, J. Luna-Muñoz, P. Flores, S. Zamudio, F. De la Cruz, C.R. Harrington, C. Wischik Neuroscience, CINVESTAV-IPN, DF, Mexico & Physiology, ENCB-IPN, DF, Mexico; Mental Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
37	DO FAMILY PHYSICIANS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN DETECTING ALZHEIMER’S? I. Trascu, L. Spiru Ana Aslan International Academy of Aging, Bucharest, Romania
	Rehabilitation & Neuro-oncology
38	TIBET ACUPUNCTURE IS THE ONE OF THE WAY FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIC PAIN A. Aslanyan Central Outpatient's Clinic #1, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
39	FOLLOW UP OF INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PATIENTS ON LONG-TERM PHARMACOTHERAPY IN CLINICAL CONTEXT N. Bjelogrlic-Laakso, E. Raatikainen, M. Castren, K. Mahmood, M. Pasanen, M. Kaski Rinnekoti Foundation, Espoo & University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
40	MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND A NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH INCLUDING DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGINING: A CASE REPORT R.C. Krishna, M. Grinn, D. Steinberg, J. Steinberg, M. Thirunavukkarasu, P. Tadi Westchester Medical Care, P.C, USA
41	REHABILITATION ISSUES IN PATIENTS WITH POSTOPERATIVE DISCOGENIC THORACIC MYELOPATHY P. Krotenkov, O. Krotenkova, A. Kiselev, S. Kotov Department of Neurology and Department of Neurosurgery, Moscow Regional Scientific Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia
42	EFFECT OF FINGER POSITION ON THE MEDIAN NERVE AREA WITHIN THE CARPAL TUNNEL: AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING STUDY M. Nadar, A. Assubaitah, S. Alobaidy Occupational Therapy, Kuwait University, Jabriah; Radiography Department, Kuwait University, Jabriah & Physical Therapy, Kuwait University, Jabriah, Kuwait
43	HODGKIN'S DISEASE WITH INTRASINUSOIDAL TUMORAL CELLS WITH CEREBRAL MANIFESTATIONS AT ONSET S.M. Nicolescu, I. Varga, R.M. Pavel, A.Z. Gales, V.C. Barlong, D.I. Minea Neurology, Transilvania University & Neurology, Neuropsychiatry Hospital, Brasov, Romania
44	PROTEIN MISLOCALIZATION AND LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP OF A PATIENT WITH MALONYL-CoA DECARBOXYLASE DEFICIENCY P. Padmini Molecular Neurology, Padmini Polinati, Helsinki & Molecular Neurology, Tiina Tyni, Helsinki, Finland
45	INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD METASTASIS TO THE CONUS MEDULLARIS: A CASE DISCUSSION H. Ramakonar, T. Anitha, C.Lind Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Pathwest & School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia
46	THE USE OF POSTURAL STABILITY TESTS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEREDITARY ATAXIA J. Schwabova, F. Zahalka, V. Komarek, T. Maly, P. Hrasky, T. Gryc, A. Zumrova Charles University, 2nd Medical Fakulty and Motol Hospital, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Czech Republic; Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Sport Research Centre, Czech Republic
47	DYNAMICS OF SIGNALING PROCESSES IN GLIOBLASTOMA D54MG CELLS INDUCED BY SUB-LETHAL PHOTODYNAMIC TREATMENT WITH 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID A. Uzdensky, A. Juzeniene, J. Moan Institute for Neurocybernetics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia; Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway
	Peripheral neuropathy
48	PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AND IMBALANCE: A STUDY USING COMPUTERIZED STATIC AND DYNAMIC POSTUROGRAPHY S.K. Agarwal, N.K. Agarwal USA
49	IMBALANCE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: A STUDY USING COMPUTERIZED STATIC AND DYNAMIC POSTUROGRAPHY N.K. Agarwal, S.K. Agarwal USA
50	THE IMPACT OF BISPHOSPHONATES ON SURVIVAL IN DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY J. Dooley, K. Gordon, M. Esser, K. Sheppard, J. MacSween IWK Health Centre Pediatric Neurology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
51	IS THE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS) AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE? N. Groumas, D. Psilaki, N. Ananidis, B. Tragoulias, M. Stathi, G. Stamatakis 1st Rehabilitation Department, National Rehabilitation Center, Athens, Greece
52	SURGICAL OUTCOME OF NON-TRAUMATIC ULNAR ENTRAPMENT NEUROPATHY AT ELBOW J. Kruja, R. Alimehmeti, A. Seferi, D. Agolli, G. Vyshki, F. Dashi, M. Petrela UHC Mother Theresa, University Neurology Service, Tirana, Albania; UHC Mother Theresa, University Neurosurgery Service, Tirana, Albania
53	NUTRITION SEROTONIN AND CORTICOGENESIS: A SEROTONERGIC NEUROPATHY G. Manjarrez, J.R. Hernández, R.M. Herrera, A.M. Boyzo, R.C. Mercado Biofísica y Neurociencias, Cinvestav-IPN, Distrito Federal, Mexico
54	DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN DENTAL NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES: DO WE HAVE ANY ANSWER? S.C. Narula, K. Bala Govt Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India; Insitute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India
55	FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: A COLLABORATIVE STUDY ON CLINICAL COURSE E. Pastorello, C. Borsato, M. Cao, C. Angelini, C.P. Trevisan Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
56	POEMS SYNDROME: CLINICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF FOUR PATIENTS I. Sastre, J. Vilchez, L. Bataller, T. Sevilla, J.F. Vazquez Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
57	“MALIGNANT” SEIZURES WITHOUT MALIGNANCY? E. Krasnikova, A. Terentiou, A. Karamplianis, A. Lachana, A. Koumarianou3 Department of Neurology, Hospital, Athens, Greece; Intensive Care Unit, Hospital, Athens, Greece; Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology Unit, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece