Main sessions
A comprehensive programme of Main Sessions has been devised as the central facet of the scientific programme for the congress.
Immune processes in epilepsy: basic and clinical issues
Vezzani, Annamaria (Italy) / Bien, Christian G. (Germany), Chairs
Immune/inflammatory processes in epilepsy: neurobiological aspects
Vezzani, Annamaria (Italy)
Innate immunity in epilepsy: the focus on TLE and malformations of cortical development
Aronica, Eleonora (Netherlands)
Antibodies against ion channels: putative pathogenic role in epilepsy
Levite, Mia (Israel)
Immune processes in epilepsy and therapeutical options
Bien, Christian G. (Germany)
Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in epilepsy
Bialer, Meir (Israel) / Elger, Christian (Germany), Chairs
The receptor side: the pharmacogenetic prediction of pharmacodynamic response
Elger, Christian (Germany)
The transporter side: multiple-drug transporters and their genetic variability in relation to drug response in Epilepsy
Sisodiya, Sanjay (UK)
The metabolizing part: genetic variability of metabolizing enzymes in epilepsy
Bialer, Meir (Israel)
Industry perspectives of pharmacogenetics in epilepsy
Franc, Monique (USA)
Predicting the response to AEDs
Kälviäinen, Reetta (Finland), Chair
Do we get any help from animal models?
Sills, Graeme (UK)
Which are the prognostic factors according to the epidemiological studies?
Semah, Frank (France)
Why do some patients loose the initial response?
Schmidt, Dieter (Germany)
Can we predict the response for individual patients?
Kälviäinen, Reetta (Finland)
Synaptopathies in epilepsy
Bernard, Christophe (France), Chair
Reorganization of the interneuronal network in the epileptic human hippocampus
Magloczky, Zsofia (Hungary)
Synaptic, extrasynaptic and non-synaptic ion channels in epilepsy
Kullmann, Dimitri (UK)
Altered functions of inhibitory networks in human and rodent TLE
Heinemann, Uwe (Germany)
Functional consequences of synaptopathies at the network level
Bernard, Christophe (France)
