2007 – 7th ESNI COURSE | Oxford (UK) | 20-23 September
I Day
Basic Principles of Immunology
- The lymphatics in immunity (D. Jackson)
- Structure and function of the blood brain barrier (D. Romero)
- Antigen presentation and leukocyte activation in the CNS (D. Male)
- Have we forgotten about complement? (P. Morgan)
Basic Principles of Neuroscience
- Functional imaging of the human brains (I. Tracey)
- Cytokines and behavior: Malaise (D.C. Anthony)
- What can you do with animal models? Imaging inflammation (N. Sibson)
- Phenotyping the mouse: a video overview of models of rodent behaviour (R. Deacon)
- Video Sibson 1
- Video Sibson 2
- Video Sibson 3
- Video Deacon
II Day
Inflammation in neuroimmunology: basic mechanisms
- Functional epistasis in the MHC locus (L. Fugger)
- From disease to genes to therapy – following an oxidation path (R. Holmdahl)
- Myelin interactions (K. Nave)
- Genes influencing experimental neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration (M. Jagodic)
Inflammation in neuroimmunology: applied research
- The role of cytotoxic T cells (R. Liblau)
- Microglia-axon interactions (H. Neumann)
- Protective neuroinflammatory signalling pathways (U. Eisel)
- CNS lymphoid microenvironments and therapy of neuroinflammatory diseases (F. Aloisi)
III Day
Neuro and glio genesis
- Embryonic stem cells (S. Minger)
- Adult neurogenesis (C. Johansson)
- Where do oligodendrocytes come from in development and repair? (R. Franklin)
- Role and development of microglia (M. Schwartz)
Stem cell applications in neurological disorders
- Neural stem cells for brain repair (G. Martino)
- Haematopoietic stem cells for brain repair (D. Karussis)
- Schwann cells for brain repair (A. Van-Evercooren)
- Mesenchymal stem cells for brain repair (A. Uccelli)
IV Day
The basis of neuroimmunological disorders
- Inflammatory neuropathies (H. Willison)
- Inflammation in neurodegeneration (H. Perry)
- Neurological manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (T. Huizinga)
- Autoimmune channelopathies: an expanding spectrum of diseases (A. Vincent)
The basis of neuroimmunological therapy
- New developments in the therapy of multiple sclerosis (R. Hintzen)
- Therapeutic antibodies (H. Waldmann)
- Ion channel blockers and other neuroprotectants in autoimmune demyelination (K. Smith)
- Antigen specific therapy in autoimmunity (R. Martin)
- Video Hitzen