Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences

EKN

October 15, 1999

Roze Collegezaal AZU, Utrecht

09.20-9.30     Prof.Dr. W.H. Gispen (Dept. Med. Pharmacology/RMI, Utrecht, NL):
                       Introduction

Morning session:

Chair: Prof.Dr. P.R. Bär (Dept. Neurology/RMI, Utrecht, NL)

09.30-10.00    Dr. D. Martin (Dept. Neurosurgery/Univ. Liege, Belgium)
                        Human spinal cord injury: the clinical situation and neurosurgical approaches
10.00-10.30    Dr. G. Brook (Dept. Neurology/RWTH Aachen, Germany)
                        Spontaneous responses after spinal cord injury: novel targets for intervention strategies

10.30-11.00    coffee-break

11.00-11.30    Dr. E.A.J. Joosten (Dept. Neurology/RMI, Utrecht, NL)
                        Pharmacotherapeutic strategies and repair mechanisms after spinal cord injury
11.30-12.00    Dr. G. Raivich (Max. Planck fur Neurobiologie/Martinsried, Germany)
                        The role of microglia in CNS injury
12.00-12.30    Prof.Dr. J. Verhaagen (Herseninstituut/Amsterdam, NL)
                        Molecular and cellular approaches to promote neuroregeneration

12.30-13.30    lunch

Afternoon session:

Chair: Dr. W. Nacimiento (Dept. Neurology/RWTH, Aachen, Germany)

13.30-14.00   Dr. D. Grijpma (Universiteit Twente, NL)
                       Polyester carbonates for artificial nerve guides
14.00-14.30   Drs. G. Snoek/A. Neve (Revalidatiecentrum 't Roessingh/Enschede, NL)
                       Treatment strategies for the upper extremities in tetraplegia
14.30-15.00   Prof.Dr. A. Wernig (Physiologisch Institut Bonn, Germany)
                       Locomotor training in SCI persons"
15.00-15.10   Dr. W. Nacimiento (Dept. Neurology, RWTH, Aachen, Germany)
                      Concluding remarks

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