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DANUBE NEUROLOGY
NEWSLETTER
Newsletter No. 15. December, 2007 |
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INTERNATIONAL DANUBE NEUROLOGY
ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPE
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. János
Tajti ( |
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Contents:
1.
In Memoriam Professor Franz Seitelberger (1916-2007) 2.
Management Committee Meeting of the
International ( 3.
Meeting with the Representatives of the Italian Society of Neurology ( 4.
Report of the Fifth International
Congress on Vascular Dementia ( 5.
The 2nd Joint Symposium of Serbian and Hungarian Neurologists ( 6.
Progress in Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy and Headache. Teaching Course ( 7.
The 40th International Danube Neurology Symposium ( 8.
The 41st International
Danube Neurology Symposium ( 9.
Danube Neurorehabilitation Section (by
Professor H. Binder, 10.
Future Conferences, Meetings, Courses and Symposia of the Int. Danube Neurology
Association 11.
Boards
of the International Danube Neurology Association of Central and (November, 2007) 12.
Present and Future Activities of the International 13.
Finances of the International 14.
Future Congresses, Meetings 15. Web-site of the International Danube Neurology
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1. In Memoriam Professor Franz
Seitelberger (1916-2007) Professor
Franz Seitelberger was born in He
received in 1987 E. Schrödinger Prize of the Publications: Zur Neuropathologie
des Alkoholismus, 1962; Grundzüge der morpholog. Entwicklung des
Zentralnervensystems, 1967 (with K. Jellinger); Zur Immunopathogenese der
Hirngewebsläsionen bei Multipler Sklerose, 1969; Lebensstadien des Gehirns,
1978; Umwelt und Gehirn, 1980; Wie geschieht Bewußtsein?, 1987; Gehirn,
Bewußtsein, Erkenntnis 1995, (with E. Oeser.) Source: http://www.dieuniversitaet-online.at/beitraege/news/altrektor-und-neurologe-franz-seitelberger-gestorben/10.html) |
Foto:
F. Seitelberger, privat; |
We would like to present a
necrology by the Honorary President of the “Professor
Dr. Franz Seitelberger was known far beyond the Austrian border as an
excellent neuro-pathologist. His education in clinical neurology and
neuropathology occurred by Professor Dr. Hans Hoff, director of the
University Clinic for Psychiatry and Neurology in Univ.Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c.mult Franz
Gerstenbrand” |
2. Management Committee Meeting of the International Danube Association (
The forthcoming Curatorium
Management Meeting of our Association was held on 26th August in Brussles,
Belgium, during the 11th EFNS Congress in Brussels (August 25-28,
2007). Below you find the protocol of the
Meeting:
1.
Introduction (Professor Gerstenbrand)
2.
Professor Vécsei (General Secretary) gave a report about the
present activities of the IDS as follows:
2.1.
The Danube Neurology Newsletter (No 14) (in June 2007) was
posted by e-mail to International Danube Neurology Association members,
participants at former Danube Symposia and at the Danube Clinical Neurology
Training Courses.
2.2.
The web-site of the Danube Association is being constantly
actualized with all Danube Newsletters, new, up-to-date information about
future meetings, symposia, teaching courses, etc. (http://www.szote.u-szeged.hu/neur/danube)
3.
ESCNP Symposium 2007,
4.
Report of future Danube Neurology Symposia:
4.1.
The 40th Danube Neurology Symposium organized by
Professor Bajenaru (
4.2.
The 41st Danube Neurology Symposium organized by
Professor Ransmayr (
4.3.
The 42nd Danube Neurology Symposium organized by
Professor Demarin and Professor Relja (2010,
5.
Future Meetings, Teaching and Training Courses, Exchange
Programmes under the auspices of the International Danube Neurology Association.
Teaching Course of Danube Neurology Symposium (
6.
Report of the Fifth International Congress on Vascular
Dementia (
7.
Finances of the Danube Neurology Symposia, Training and
Teaching Courses: 70:30 between the local organizers and the permanent
International Danube Neurology Association Secretariat or to transfer the amount of min. EUR 2,500 to the Secreteriat
8.
Conference on Chronic Neurological Conditions (2008,
Marseille, Professor Beloyannis)
9.
Collaboration with EFNS, WFN, EPDA, EBC and other
neurological organizations (Professor Gerstenbrand)
10. Varia
11.
Closing remarks (Prof. Gerstenbrand)
3. Meeting with the
Representatives of the Italian Society of Neurology (
During
the 11th Congress of the EFNS in
4. The Fifth International Congress on Vascular Dementia (
Co-chairs:
Amos D. Korczyn (
The
very successful Congress hosted about 950 participants.
4.1 The topics of the Congress were:
Definitions
and Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular and Mixed Dementia; Mixed Dementia;
Specific Vascular Cognitive Syndromes; Epidemiology: Prevalence and Incidence
Studies, Risk Factors; Mechanisms: White Matter Changes, Strategic Strokes,
Multiple Lacunae; Cellular processes: Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, Endothelial
Changes; Evaluation: Structural and Functional Imaging, Transcranial Doppler,
SPECT, PET, MRI; Neuropsychology: Testing for Cognitive Impairment and for
Depression in Vascular Brain Disease; Prevention and Treatment: Drug Trials,
Inclusion Criteria, Outcome Measures; Vascular Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease
and Binswanger's Disease; Genetic Forms of Vascular Dementia; Genes involved in
Vascular Brain Disease; CADASIL; Amyloid Angiopathy; Mild Cognitive Impairment;
Homocystein and Brain Damage; Vascular Depression; Cardiac Disease &
Cognitive Impairment; The Blood-Brain Barrier in Dementia; Neurocanthocytosis;
Post-irradiation Encephalopathy; MELAS; Susac’s Syndrome; Fabry's Disease.
For further information see: www-kenes.com/vascular
4.2 The Poster Prize winners at the Fifth VAD Congress
were:
1st Prize: Age-adjusted
WML-Scores for Diagnostics of Normal vs. Pathological Values in Dementias (R. Seitz, P. Kelemen, M. Kreis, M. Damian,
B. Krumm, L. Frölich, F. Hentschel, Germany)
2nd Prize: Influence of
Caloric Restriction in the Amyloid Plaque Formation and the Microglial Cell Activation
in TG2576 Mice (M.C. Romero,
J. Wang, A.B. Rocher, L. Ho, P.R. Hof, G.M. Pasinetti, S. Martin-Aragon, J.
Benedi, A.M. Villar, Spain, USA)
3rd Prize: Study of
Polymorphisms in the Genes Encoding for Antioxidative Proteins in Patients with
Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease (A. Cagnin, V. Lunardelli, C. Briani, C.
Gabelli, S. Terrazzino, F. Miccichè, A. Stecca, M. Passarotto, M. Motta,
G.L. Ricchieri, A. Leon, L. Battistin,
4.3 Joint
Symposium of the Austrian and Hungarian Neurological Societies (
The
Congress hosted a joint symposium of the Austrian and Hungarian Neurological
Societies under the title: VASCULAR
DEMENTIA: AN INCREASING HEALTH-CARE PROBLEM AND TASK FOR NEUROLOGISTS TO BE
DECIDED
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Chairpersons: Franz Fazekas (
The
Spectrum of VD: Diagnostic Limitations (Franz Fazekas,
VD: A
Neuropathologic Diagnosis (Kurt
Jellinger,
Prevention of Stroke and Cognitive Vascular Impairment (Martin Furtner, Johann Willeit,
MRI Surrogates for Vascular Dementia
Trials (
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Chairpersons: Katalin Sas
(
Mild Cognitive Impairment of
Vascular Origin: Facts and Unanswered Questions (
Our Experiences with
Cognitive Testing in Acquired Neuropsychological Deficits (
Evidence
Based Treatment of Dementia: What Can We Learn from the Cochrane Library?
(
The
Aprosodias: Clinical Manifestation and Significance of the Syndrome (
Carotid
Stenosis and Cognitive Function (
4.4 Symposium of
the Romanian Society for the Study of Neuroprotection and
Neuroplasticity (SSNN)
Also,
the Congress hosted a Symposium of the Romanian Society for the Study of
Neuroprotection and Neuroplasticity (SSNN), (
Neuroprotection
and Neuroplasticity - A Short Consensus of the Concepts. Clinical Utility of
Neurotrophic Factor Therapy (Cerebrolsyin) in VAD - Data from a New Pilot
Clinical Study (Dafin Muresanu)
Neuroimmunotrophic
Activity in Vascular Dementia: Regulation of Serum IGF-I and TNF-ALPHA (Anton
Alvarez)
Neurotrophic
Factors - Mechanisms of Potential First Generation Therapeutics (Herbert Moessler)
Post
Stroke Dementia (Natan Bornstein)
Pathological
Changes of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Dementias (Bogdan Popescu)
For further
details about the Congress see: http://www.kenes.com/vascular/
5. The 2nd
Joint Symposium of Serbian and Hungarian Neurologists (
Co-chairs: S. Apostolski (
The
2nd Joint Symposium of Serbian and Hungarian Neurologists took place
from 19-20 October, 2007, in
Effects
of valproic acid on the dopaminergic system (Péter Klivényi)
Apo-E
gene allele frequencies in different subtypes of multiple sclerosis (Erika Losonczi)
Transcranial
direct current stimulation in epilepsy (
The
effect of selective COX inhibitors on the NO-induced n-NOS expression in the
caudal trigeminal nucleus of the rat
(Hedvig
Varga)
L-kynurenine
attenuates the nitroglycerin-induced n-NOS in rat caudal trigeminal nucleus
(Enikő Vámos)
T-cell
subpopulations in experimantal autoimmune encephalomyelitis (Đorđe Miljković)
Serum
anti-GFAP antibodies in dysimmune neuropathies (Ivana Basta)
Hemiballism-hemichorea
syndrome (Aleksandr Ristić)
Postpuncture
headache /mean flow velocity and vasomotor reactivity estimated by TCD
(Aleksandra Radojičić)
The
significance of uric acid in MS (Irena Dujmović)
Hashimoto
encephalopathy / problem of urgent neurology (Marko Ercegovac)
Parenchymal
brain echosonography in differential diagnosis of parkinsonism (Milija Mijailović)
CSF
markers in dementia (Gorana Mandić )
6. Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Headache and
Vertigo – Danube Teaching Course (
The
Persistent Vegetative State - Prof. F. Gerstenbrand
(
Depression
and Dementia - Prof. A. Korczyn
(Izrael)
Stroke
Units in
Progress in MS - Prof. Hartung (
Markery
w SM - Prof. K. Selmaj (
Differential
diagnosis of MS - Prof. Rolak
(
Status
epilepticus and acute symptomatic seizures- Prof. Bauer
Recent
developments in understanding of patomechanism of migraine and treatment
strategies - Prof. L. Vecsei (
For further information please see
the website: http://www.danube2007.paiz.com.pl/ |
7. The 40th
International
Organized by: Professor
Time: 21-24 May, 2008 Venue:
Wednesday, May 21: Evidence based medicine -
Teaching course, Session of the Society for Study of Neuroprotection and
Neuroplasticity, Satellite Symposium
Thursday, May 22: Opening ceremony,
“Gheorghe Marinescu Conference”, Dementia, Satellite Symposium, Stroke,
Dementia, Neuroethics, Neurorehabilitation, Epilepsy, Satellite Symposium
Friday, May 23: Movement disorders
(Plenary session), Multiple sclerosis, Neurooncology, YNT session, Satellite
Symposium,
Danube Board Meeting 13.30-14.30), Movement disorders, Peripheral
neuropathies;
Meeting of
the European Society for Clinical Neuropharmacology (location tbc), Poster Sessions
Saturday May 24: Myastenia, Closing
ceremony and poster awards, Satellite Symposium, Board Meeting of the Romanian Society of Neurology.
Invited speaker for the Honorary
Lecture “Gheorghe Marinescu” at the official opening ceremony of the Danube Symposium (which
will be joined with the Annual Congress of the Romanian Society of Neurology) will
be Professor Vladimir Hachinski.
Early registration before
Symposium website: www.danube2008.ro
8. The 41st International Danube Neurology Symposium
(15-17 October, 2009,
The
motto of the Sympoisium is: What we can
learn from our neighbours.
Organized by: Professor
E-mail: gerhard.ransmayr@akh.linz.at Time:
15-17 October, 2009
Venue:
Suggested topics:
1)
Aging in neurological diseases (concentrating on cerebrovascular diseases,
dementia, Parkinson’s disease and related disorders and epilepsy);
2)
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
It
is planned to have: plenary
sessions with invited experts, satellite symposia, free communications, poster
sessions and teaching courses (tutorials). An interesting form of presentation
could also be controversies of experts on specific topics (Diagnosis,
treatment, etc.).
9. Danube
Neurorehabilitation Section (by Professor H. Binder,
Professor Binder (Professor for Neurology
President of Austrian Society of Neurorehabilitation
SMZ Baumgartner Höhe - Otto Wagner Spital) is working on setting up a Danube Neurorehabilitation Section
within the organisation of the International
Danube Neurology Association. We would like to present
his short report about the activities:
“Neurorehabilitation: a new section
within the
Studying
epidemiological data and projections for the coming decades, one must assume a
numerical increase in disabled persons suffering from diseases of the nervous
system will occur. Medicine, not least, is responsible for this situation
because of improvements in treatment for formerly fatal neurological diseases
recently growing number of patients with more or less chronic disability has
become something of an issue. On the other hand the scientific and technical progress
fortunately has lead to more and more growing number of promising
neurorehabilitative treatments. But sad to say neurorehabilitation is neglected
almost during neurological residency and leads a wallflower existence in
neurological congresses and postgraduate training.
This
situation gave rise to setting up a special rehabilitation section within the
Danube Association in September 2007. The task of the section must serve first
and foremost education and training. Neurorehabilitation must be part of each
congress program with two destinations: first to inform about contemporary
scientific activities and results in the frame of main topics and secondly to
give hands on informations during workshops. Furthermore, the section must
bring awareness for neurorehabilitation into the thick of hospitals,
departments and not at least the teams by organizing and coordinating on-site
training or teaching courses. If nothing else she should serve as a kind of
"communication network" for exchange of questions and answers
regarding special problems occuring during daily work.
To
be adequate to the forementioned tasks it is necessary to collect all
colleagues interested and experienced in different neurorehabilitation areas.
Therefore we request to touch base with the chairman of the section
Univ.Prof.Dr.H. Binder (heinrich.binder@wienkav.at) who will organize a first
meeting during the next Danube Symposium not only to meet each other and
distribute responsibilities but above all to compile a detailed programme concerning
the contents.
10. Future Meetings of the International
10.1 The 42nd International
Organized by: Professor Vida
Demarin & Professor Maja Relja
E-mail: vida.demarin@zg.t-com.hr &
mrelja@mamef.mef.hr Time: 2010
(Please note that the e-mail address
of Professor Demarin was wrong in our previous, Newsletter 14! This is the
correct, actual e-mail address!)
10.2 The 43rd International
Organized by: Professor Heinz Reichmann (
10.3 The 44th International
Organized by: Professor László Vécsei (
10.4 The 45th International
Organized by: Professor Evzen Ruzicka (
10.5 The 46th
International
Professor Kostic (
Time: 2014
11. BOARDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
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Honorary President General Secretary
Deputy
Secretary General |
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Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c. F. Gerstenbrand Prof. Dr. L. Vécsei
Prof.
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Senior
Advisory Committee
Prof.
E. Csanda ( Prof.
I. Georgiev ( Prof.
D. Hadijev ( Prof.
K. Jellinger ( Prof. R.D. Koch (Magdeburg) Prof. H.F. Schulze (Berlin) Prof.
J. Toole ( Prof.
N.V. Vereshchagin ( Prof.
M. Wender ( |
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Executive Board László Vécsei Gen. Secr. (Szeged) Michael Brainin
(Klosterneuburg) Vida Demarin
(Zagreb) Franz
Gerstenbrand (Vienna) Pavel Kalvach
(Praha) Amos Korczyn
(Tel Aviv) Carl H. Lücking ( Tine S. Prevec ( Gerhard Ransmayr
(Linz) Heinz Reichmann
(Dresden) Peter Riederer (Würzburg) Cristian Falup-Pecurariu ( Representative
of the European
Association of Young Neurologists
and Trainees |
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Deputy Members J. Afra ( M. Gavranovic ( A.B. Guekht ( V. Komarek
(Praha) J. Kotowicz
(Warsaw) Z.M. Levic ( L. Lisy ( I. Milanov (Sofia) R.Z. Moukhamedzianov ( Z. Mubrin ( J. Opara (Tarnowskie Góry) M. Piradov ( I. Szirmai
(Budapest) I. Velcheva
(Sofia) B. Volk ( |
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Managing Board O. Bajenaru (Bucuresti) D. Bartko ( S. Beloiannis ( H. Binder
(Vienna) N. Bornstein
(Tel Aviv) D. Bozicevic ( V. Brinar ( A. Czlonkowska ( J. Czopf (Pécs) M. Drobny (Martin) D.G. Gherman ( E.I.Gusev ( V. Kostic
(Beograd) N. Loncarevic
(Sarajevo) D. Muresanu
(Cluj Napoca) R. Naumovski
(Skopje) T. Negrycz ( I. Pascu (Tirgu Mures) Z. Pirtosek ( N. Psatta (Bucuresti) I. Ravnik
(Ljubljana) I. Rektor (Brno)
M. Relja
(Zagreb)
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Associate Members Y. Agid ( L. Battistin (Padova) G. Boysen ( R. Clifford Rose ( A. Culebras ( J.L. De Reuck
(Gent) R.A. Dierckx
(Gent) G. Ebinger
(Brussels) K. Einhäupl
(Berlin) R.B.
Godwin-Austin (Nottingham) B. Johansson ( J.M. Lopes J.M. Martinez-Lage ( J. Olesen ( A. Portera-Sanchez ( R. Regli ( H. Staunton ( G. Stern ( A. Twijnstra ( |
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K. Selmaj (Lodz) O. Sinanović (Tuzla) P. Traubner
(Bratislava) S. Yancheva ( |
Honorary
Members H.
Krejcowa (Praha) A. Struppler (München) A.
Petrescu (Bucuresti) J.
Tichy (Praha) |
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12. Present and Future Activities of the
International
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The Danube Neurology
Association fosters and coordinates fellowship programs for young
neurologists from Danube Countries
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Coordination of future Danube
Neurology Symposia
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The Danube Neurology
Newsletter is available free of charge (also downloadable) on Internet in
electronic version;
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Information about future events (Calendar of events)
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We also consider as our task to help with the activity of
the EFNS in the Danube-countries.
13. Finances of the International
According to previous
decision of the Danube Curatorium Meeting, the financial sources of the
International Danube Neurology Association from all kinds of symposia,
conferences, meetings, teaching/training or other kinds of courses under the
roof and auspices of our organization, are as follows:
According to a final
report of the meetings, symposia, etc. to be handed in electronically to the
Head Office in
14. Future Congresses,
Meetings
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14.1 The
15th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological
Societies ( Chairman
of Local Organizing Committee: L. Vécsei Local
Organizing Committee:
D. Bereczki, L. Csiba, S. Komoly, Z. Nagy, Time: 2011 Venue: Information: Kenes International; Tel.:
+41 22 908 0488; Fax: +41
22 732 2850; www.kenes.com |
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14.2 The 5th
International Symposium on Coma and Death ( President: 5th Latin-American Congress of
Clinical Neurophysiology 5th International Symposium of
the Definition of Death Network Information: E-mail: braind@infomed.sld.cu http://www.sld.cu/neurofisiologia08/ http://changesurfer.com/BD/CD05.html |
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14.3 The 5th World
Congress for Neurorehabilitation ( Information: www.sarah.br/wfnr-rio2008 |
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14.4 The 6th World
Congress for Neurorehabilitaion ( |
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15. Web-site of the International
The home-page of the International Danube Neurology Association consists of:
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the contents of all Newsletter (Nr.1-15)
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Managing and Executive Board Members of Danube
Neurology Association
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Past and future Symposia, Conferences, Meetings
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Other further important information.