1st Day, April 10, 2008 (Thu)
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| 09:00 - 11:10 |
EPIDEMIOLOGY, GENETICS
RISK FACTORS FOR SUBSEQUENT EPILEPSY AFTER FEBRILE SEIZURES: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN TAIWAN
Tsai ML (Taiwan)
RISK AND CONSEQUENCES OF FEBRILE SEIZURES IN DENMARK
Vestergaard M (Denmark)
SEARCHING FOR THE FEBRILE SEIZURES SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES IN JAPANESE
Nakayama J (Japan)
GENETICS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FEBRILE SEIZURES: CASE-CONTROL ASSOCIATION STUDIES
Kira R (Japan)
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| 11:10 - 12:00 |
LUNCH TIME SEMINAR (1)
FEBRILE SEIZURES - SEMIOLOGY IN HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS. EVIDENCE OF FOCALITY AND HETEROGENETY
Neville BG (UK)
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| 12:40 - 14:20 |
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND HYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING FEVER-RELATED EPILEPTIFORM SYNDROMES
Kaila K (Finland)
THE ROLE OF EEG IN FEBRILE STATUS EPILEPTICUS (FSE)
Nordli DR Jr (USA)
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| 14:20 - 15:40 |
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER PRESENTATION (2)
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| 15:40 - 16:50 |
MANAGEMENT & TREATMENT
TREATMENT OF FEBRILE SEIZURES: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, CURRENT OPINIONS, AND POTENTIAL FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Lux A.L. (UK)
CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF FEBRILE-SEIZURES IN JAPAN: AN OVERVIEW
Sugai K (Japan)
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| 16:50 - 18:30 |
PROLONGED FS
CONSEQUENCE OF PROLONGED FEBRILE SEIZURES
Shinnar S (USA)
FEVER, FEBRILE SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY: LESSONS FROM THE LABORATORY
Baram TZ (USA)
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2nd Day, April 11, 2008 (Fri)
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| 08:00 - 09:30 |
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES
EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY EXERTS LONG-LASTING EFFECTS ON NMDAR AND AMPAR SUBUNIT EXPRESSION, DISTRIBUTION AND INTERACTION IN NEOCORTICAL CULTURES
Jiang Q (China)
A NOVEL MODEL OF PROLONGED SEIZURES IN THE IMMATURE BRAIN
Dunleavy M (Ireland)
THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF FEBRILE SEIZURES ON THE HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL PLASTICITY: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Chang YC (Taiwan)
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| 09:30 - 10:50 |
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER PRESENTATION (2)
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| 10:50 - 12:00 |
CYTOKINES
INFLUENCES OF CYTOKINE ON THE IRRITABILITY OF HYPERTHERMIA-INDUCED SEIZURES IN DEVELOPING RATS
Fukuda M (Japan)
THE ROLE OF INTERLEUKIN-1β IN EXPERIMENTAL FEBRILE CONVULSIONS
Heida JG (USA)
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| 12:00 - 12:50 |
LUNCH TIME SEMINAR (2)
AGE-DEPENDENT ROLE OF THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (TRH) IN SEIZURE MODURATION
Kubek MJ (USA)
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
ENCEPHALOPATHY
EARLY BIOMARKER FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE INFANTILE ENCEPHALOPATHY
Ymanouchi H (Japan)
CAN WE DISTINGUISH ENCEPHALOPATHY FROM FEBRILE SEIZURE CAUSED BY HHV-6 AT THE FIRST SEIZURE?
Nagasawa T (Japan)
SEVERE PARTIAL EPILEPSY AND ENCEPHALOPATHY DUE TO IMMUNEMADIATED DISORDER (SPEEDI DISORDER)
Specchio N (Italy)
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| 14:30 - 16:50 |
GEFS+, SMEI
PARTIAL SEIZURES IN PATIENTS WITH SCN1A MUTATION
Shike T (Japan)
DRAVET SYNDROME OR GEFS+?
Scheffer IE (Australia)
SMEI: A CLINICAL GENETIC STUDY OF 38 ITALYAN PATIENTS
Granata T (Italy)
MOLECULAR BASIS OF SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY
Yamakawa K (Japan)
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