2003 – 5th CRNI COURSE | Bergamo (Italy) | 12-15 March
Autoimmunità e neurodegenerazione: aspetti di base e risvolti clinici
I Day
- Relation ship between the CNS and the immune system (R. Weller)
- Clinical spectrum of CNS demyelinating diseases (A. Compston)
- Differential diagnosis of demyelinating diseases (G. Comi)
II Day
Autoimmunity abd nervous system: basic and clinical aspects (II)
- CNS and PNS immune privilege: cell trafficking (B. Bonetti)
- Mechanisms of transendothelial migration of leukocytes (B. Engelhardt)
- Infectious demyelinating diseases of the CNS (P. Gallo)
- Magnetic resonance imagin (MRI) correlates of demyelinating disorders (M. Filippi)
Neurological complications od systemic autoimmune diseases
- Clinical significance of autoantibodies: practical guidelines (P. Meroni)
- Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: immunopathogenic and clinical features (A. Afeltra)
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: news (A. Tincani)
- GvHD in the CNS: a new clinical entity? (A. Uccelli)
III Day
Neuronal degeneration: basic concepts
- Mechanisms of axonal damage in the CNS (G. Mancardi)
- Mechanisms of axonal damage in the PNS (N. Rizzuto)
- Neurophysiological asessment of axonal damage (L. Leocani)
- Imaging of axonal degeneration (N. De Stefano)
Autoimmunity and neurodegeneration (I)
- Brain and spinal cord injuries: new frontiers in therapy (M. Schwartz)
- The role of immunity in cerebrovascular disorders (A. L. Sirén)
- Epileptic encephalopathies: pathogenic hypotheses (R. Mantegazza)
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: pathogenic hypotheses (V. Silani)
IV Day
Autoimmunity and neurodegneration (II)
- Microglia and Alzheimer’s disease (A. Cagnin)
- Mechanisms of axonal damage in the PNS (N. Rizzuto)
- CNS tumors: clinico-pathological correlations (F. Roncaroli)
- CNS lymphoproliferative diseases (P. Iuzzolino)