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22 June
8.30 SYMPOSIUM 4
AudITORIuM
10.00 NEuroPHYSIoLogY aND NEuroPSYCHoLogY
Chairmen: G. Miceli (Italy), F. Pulvermüller (United Kingdom)
8.30 Neurophysiology of language S4.1 F. Pulvermüller (United Kingdom)
9.00 event-related rTMS at encoding affects differently deep and shallow memory traces
S4.2 S. Rossi, F. Giovannelli, M. Cincotta, M. Feurra, N.R. Polizzotto, G. Bianco, S.F. Cappa, I. Innocenti (Italy)
9.15 effect of negative and positive emotion on working memory performance: An fMRI study S4.3 N. Osaka, T. Minamoto, K. Yaoi, M. Osaka (Japan)
9.30 Investigating cognitive representations with brain-like networks and MeG/eeG S4.4 M. Garagnani, F. Pulvermüller (United Kingdom)
9.45 The sensorimotor grounding of language and speech
S4.5 L. Fadiga (Italy)
8.30 SYMPOSIUM 5
gEMELLI
10.00 NEuroPHYSIoLogY aND STroKE
Chairmen: V. Di Lazzaro (Italy), G.L. Lenzi (Italy)
8.30 Neurophysiology and stroke S5.1 V. Di Lazzaro (Italy)
9.00 Mirror movements after cortical and lacunar stroke are related to interhemispheric inbalance: a S5.2 TMS study
R. Chieffo, A. Poggi, L. Straffi, F. Spagnolo, E. Coppi, M. Comola, A. Inuggi, G. Comi, L. Leocani (Italy)
9.15 Prognostic value of contralesional delta band eeG activity in acute stroke
S5.3 G. Assenza, F. Zappasodi, P. Pasqualetti, S. Assenza, M. Ercolani, L. Fraioli, C. Gaudino, F. Passarelli, F. Tibuzzi, F. Vernieri, P.M. Rossini, F. Tecchio (Italy)
9.30 Asymmetric inter-hemispheric connections between the human parietal cortices
S5.4 G. Koch, M. Cercignani, S. Bonnì, V. Giacobbe, G. Bucchi, V. Versace, C. Caltagirone , M. Bozzali (Italy)
9.45 Motor cortical output in acute stroke S5.5 I. Tarkka, S. Peurala (Finland)
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ednesday 22 June
8.30 SYMPOSIUM 6
MOSCATI
10.00 NEuroroBoTICS
Chairmen: E. Guglielmelli (Italy), X. Navarro (Spain)
8.30 An overview of peripheral nerve interfaces for biomedical applications S6.1 X. Navarro (Spain)
9.00 Neurorobotics: understanding the brain by building neuro-inspired robots S6.2 E. Guglielmelli (Italy)
9.30 Innovative microactuated and self-opening peripheral neural interfaces S6.3 A. Cutrone, S. Bossi, P. Sergi, S. Micera (Italy)
9.45 Does primary motor cortex plasticity parallel adaptive modification to human walking? S6.4 J. Zabukovec, T. Lam, L. Boyd (Canada)
10.00 POSTeR SeSSION 8
pOSTER AREA
10.30 agEINg, DEMENTIa, CogNITIvE FuNCTIoN (page 62)
Chairmen: C. Masullo (Italy), F. Pulvermüller (United Kingdom) POSTeR SeSSION 9
EvENT rELaTED PoTENTIaLS (page 63)
Chairmen: F. Fattapposta (Italy), R. Näätänen (Finland) POSTeR SeSSION 10
ExPErIMENTaL NEuroPHYSIoLogY (page 64) Chairmen: F. Babiloni (Italy), C. Grassi (Italy) POSTeR SeSSION 11
NEuroMoNITorINg - 1 (page 65)
Chairmen: B. Cioni (Italy), J.-M. Guérit (Belgium) POSTeR SeSSION 12
NEuroMoNITorINg - 2 (page 66)
Chairmen: D.M. Cibils (Uruguay), C. Foresti (Italy) POSTeR SeSSION 13
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ednesday
22 June
10.30 WORKSHOP 4
AudITORIuM
11.30 NEuroMoNITorINg IN THE oPEraTIvE rooM aND INTENSIvE CarE uNIT Chairmen: D.M. Cibils (Uruguay), J.-M. Guérit (Belgium)
10.30 Neuromonitoring in the operative room and Intensive Care Unit W4.1 J.-M. Guérit (Belgium)
10.50 False positive findings in the intraoperative monitoring of scoliosis W4.2 D.M. Cibils (Uruguay)
11.10 Long-term neuromonitoring of the electrocorticogram in malignant stroke, subarachnoid and W4.3 intracranial hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury: Role of cortical spreading depression
M. Fabricius, J.P. Dreier, R. Graf, J.A. Hartings, M. Lauritzen, A.J. Strong (Germany, USA, United Kingdom)
11.20 eRPs and sensory evoked potentials in severe comatose brain injury patients. A multivariate W4.4 analysis
C. Fischer, J. Luaute, M. Kandel, F. Dailler, D. Mrlet (France)
10.30 WORKSHOP 5
gEMELLI
11.30 BraIN CoMPuTEr INTErFaCE
Chairmen: F. Babiloni (Italy), J. Millan (Switzerland)
10.30 Brain computer interface W5.1 J. Millan (Switzerland)
10.50 Brain computer interfaces for communication and control of electronic devices: possible role for W5.2 clinical applications
F. Babiloni (Italy)
11.10 Movement related cortical potentials: asynchronous versus synchronous brain computer W5.3 interfaces
N. Mrachacz-Kersting, I.K. Niazi, D. Farina (Denmark, Germany)
11.20 A fully-autonomous brain-body interface for patients with neuromuscular disease or injury W5.4 R. Ajemian, V. Caggiano, S. Micera, J. Winograd, K. Hasegawa, N. Sunder, X. Navarro,
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ednesday 22 June
10.30 WORKSHOP 6
MOSCATI
11.30 NEuroPHYSIoLogICaL MoNITorINg oF ProgrESSIvE PErIPHEraL aND CENTraL NEuroLogICaL DISEaSES
Chairmen: R. Dengler (Germany), R. Liguori (Italy)
10.30 Neurophysiological monitoring of upper and lower motor neuron degeneration in motor neuron W6.1 disease
R. Dengler (Germany)
10.50 Neurophysiological monitoring of progressive peripheral and central neurological diseases W6.2 R. Liguori (Italy)
11.10 A methodological reappraisal of non invasive high voltage electrical stimulation of lumbosacral W6.3 motor nerve roots
W. Troni, A. Di Sapio, F. Sperli, A. Bertolotto (Italy)
11.20 Reliability of SF-eMG in diagnosing myasthenia gravis: sensitivity and specificity calculated on 85 W6.4 reviewed cases
L. Padua, P. Caliandro, G. DiIasi, C. Pazzaglia, F. Ciaraffa, A. Evoli (Italy)
11.30 KeYNOTe LeCTURe 3
AudITORIuM & gEMELLI
12.30 BraIN STIMuLaTIoN IN PSYCHIaTrIC DISorDErS 11.30 Brain stimulation in psychiatric disorders
K3 M. George (USA)
12.00 Discussion
Discussants: S. Rossi (Italy), A. Zangen (Israel)
13.30 SATeLLITe SYMPOSIUM 1
AudITORIuM
14.30 MERCK SERONO
CLINICaL NEuroPHYSIoLogY IN MuLTIPLE SCLEroSIS: NEW PErSPECTIvE/aSPECTS Chairman: G. Comi (Italy)
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ednesday
22 June
13.00 SATeLLITe SYMPOSIUM 2
gEMELLI
13.30 BRAINSWAY ITALIA
TraNSLaTIoNaL NoNINvaSIvE BraIN STIMuLaTIoN 13.00 Introduction and Lateralized TMS in anesthetized rats SS2.1 A. Rotenberg (USA)
13.07 TMS and mechanonomyography in awake rats SS2.2 T.-H. Hsieh (USA)
13.14 rTMS effects on neuroplasticity markers: differential outcomes in anaesthetized and awake animals SS2.3 A. Zangen (Israel)
13.21 tDCS safety assessment in rats SS2.4 M. Nitsche (Germany)
13.00 SATeLLITe SYMPOSIUM 3
MOSCATI
14.30 MERZ PHARMA ITALIA
BoTuLINuM ToxIN TrEaTMENT
Chairmen: A. Berardelli (Italy), P.M. Rossini (Italy)
13.00 The peripheral (PNS) and central (CNS) mechanism of action of botulinum neurotoxin SS3.1 O. Rossetto (Italy)
13.30 The North American experience on botulinum toxin treatment (dystonia) SS3.2 S. Chouinard (Canada)
13.50 The Italian experience on botulinum toxin treatment (dystonia & spasticity) SS3.3 C. Trompetto (Italy)
13.50 The Italian experience on botulinum toxin treatment (dystonia & spasticity) SS3.4 A.R. Bentivoglio (Italy)
14.10 Discussion and closing remarks
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ednesday 22 June
14.30 SYMPOSIUM 7
AudITORIuM
16.00 ExPErIMENTaL NEuroPHYSIoLogY For THE uNDErSTaNDINg oF MECHaNISMS oF NEuroLogICaL DISEaSE
Chairmen: C. Grassi (Italy), L. Leocani (Italy)
14.30 experimental Neurophysiology for the understanding of mechanisms of neurological disease S7.1 L. Leocani (Italy)
15.00 Single unit activity, multi unit activity and local field potential in macaque’s motor cortex are S7.2 modulated by median nerve stimulation
O. Papazachariadis, L. Cappiello, K. Carbè, S. Ferraina (Italy)
15.15 Differential connectivity changes in the oscillatory activity of the cortex and basal ganglia S7.3 from a model of parkinsonian rats: effect of dopamine agonist
M. Valencia Ustarroz, M.J. Nicolás , J. López-Azcárate, M. Alegre, F. de Vico Fallani, L. Astolfi, J. Toppi, F. Babiloni, J. Artieda (Spain, Italy)
15.30 effects of different forms of amyloid ß-peptide on synaptic function S7.4 C. Ripoli, E. Riccardi, R. Piacentini, G. Bitan, C. Grassi (Italy, USA)
15.45 effects of membrane polarisation on velocity recovery cycles of human muscle fibres in-vivo S7.5 R. Arunachalam, D. Allen, C.E.G. Moore (United Kingdom)
14.30 SYMPOSIUM 8
gEMELLI
16.00 NEuroPHYSIoLogY oF agEINg
Chairmen: G. Maira (Italy), P.M. Rossini (Italy)
14.30 Neurophysiology of ageing S8.1 P.M. Rossini (Italy)
15.00 A deficit of dorsal stream function in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment S8.2 T. Yamasaki, S. Horie, E. Himeno, N. Nakamura, Y. Ohyagi, J. Kira, S. Tobimatsu (Japan)
15.15 eeG spectral analysis and low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (LOReTA)
S8.3 in diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia and differences with Alzheimer’s disease and healthy subjects
F. Caso, M. Cursi, G. Fanelli, M. Falautano, L. Leocani, G. Comi, G. Magnani, F. Minicucci (Italy)
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ednesday
22 June
14.30 SYMPOSIUM 9
MOSCATI
16.00 PaTHoPHYSIoLogY oF EEg FroM NEoNaTaL PErIoD To MaTuraTIoN Chairmen: A. de Weerd (The Netherlands), M.G. Marciani (Italy)
14.30 Pathophysiology of eeG in the first months of life S9.1 A. de Weerd (The Netherlands)
15.00 Cortical sources of eeG rhythms are abnormal in Down syndrome
S9.2 C. Babiloni, G. Albertini, P. Onorati, C. Muratori, P. Buffo, C. Condoluci, M. Sarà, F. Pistoia, F. Vecchio, P.M. Rossini (Italy)
15.15 Full-term neonate seizure recognition and management: amplitude-integrated eeG? S9.3 conventional eeG?
M.D. Lamblin, A. Touzery-De Villepin (France)
15.30 Power spectral analysis of two-channel eeG in very preterm infants undergoing heat loss S9.4 prevention
A. Suppiej, I. Festa, L. Bartolini, A. Cappellari, D. Trevisanuto, M. Ermani (Italy)
15.45 Full-term newborn hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy early neurophysiological evaluation: S9.5 comparative assessment of c-eeG and a-eeG classifications
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ednesday 22 June
16.00 POSTeR SeSSION 8
pOSTER AREA
16.30 agEINg, DEMENTIa, CogNITIvE FuNCTIoN (page 62) Chairmen: A. Oliviero (Spain), C. Tomberg (Belgium) POSTeR SeSSION 9
EvENT rELaTED PoTENTIaLS (page 63)
Chairmen: D. Restuccia (Italy), R. Verleger (Germany) POSTeR SeSSION 10
ExPErIMENTaL NEuroPHYSIoLogY (page 64) Chairmen: L. Leocani (Italy), A. Rossi (Italy) POSTeR SeSSION 11
NEuroMoNITorINg - 1 (page 65)
Chairmen: P. Costa (Italy), C. Fischer (France) POSTeR SeSSION 12
NEuroMoNITorINg - 2 (page 66)
Chairmen: G. Assenza (Italy), A. Ragazzoni (Italy) POSTeR SeSSION 13
NEuroroBoTICS aND BraIN CoMPuTEr INTErFaCE (page 67) Chairmen: G. Pfurtscheller (Austria), B. Rossi (Italy)
POSTeR SeSSION 14
rTMS aND tDCS - 1 (page 67)
Chairmen: M. Cincotta (Italy), M. Nitsche (Germany)
16.30 WORKSHOP 7
AudITORIuM
17.30 EvENT rELaTED PoTENTIaLS
Chairmen: R. Näätänen (Finland), M. Onofrj (Italy)
16.30 The mismatch negativity: An index of cognitive decline in neuropsychiatric and neurological W7.1 diseases and in aging
R. Näätänen (Finland)
16.50 High resolution scalp eRP study of the transition from visual perception to recognition memory W7.2 L. Maillard, E. Barbeau, C. Bénar, L. Koessler, P. Chauvel, C. Liegeois-Chauvel (France)
17.00 electrophysiological study of visual processing in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 W7.3 J. Kremlacek, M. Valis, J. Masopust, A. Urban, A. Zumrova, R. Talab, M. Kuba, Z. Kubova,
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ednesday
22 June
16.30 WORKSHOP 8
gEMELLI
17.30 SCorE: STaNDarDISED CoMPuTEr BaSED orgaNISED rEPorTINg oF EEg Chairmen: S. Beniczky (Denmark), G. Rubboli (Italy)
16.30 SCORe: ictal findings W8.1 S. Beniczky (Denmark)
16.50 SCORe: an overview of the software
W8.2 H. Aurlien, S. Beniczky, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen, A. Martins-da-Silva, E. Trinka, G. Visser,
G. Rubboli, H. Hjalgrim, H. Stefan, I. Rosén, J. Zarubova, J. Dobesberger, J. Alving, K.V. Andersen, M. Fabricius, M.D. Atkins, M. Neufeld, P. Plouin, P. Marusic, R. Lees, R. Pressler, R. Hopfengärtner, J.C. Brøgger, R. Mameniskiene, W. van Emde Boas, P. Wolf (Norway)
17.00 SCORe: background activity, sleep and non-ictal findings
W8.3 S. Beniczky, H. Aurlien, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen, A. Martins-da-Silva, E. Trinka, G. Visser, G. Rubboli, H. Hjalgrim, H. Stefan, I. Rosén, J.C. Brøgger, J. Zarubova, J. Dobesberger, J. Alving, K.V. Andersen, M.D. Atkins, M. Neufeld, P. Plouin, P. Marusic, R. Lees, R. Pressler,
R. Mameniskiene, R. Hopfengärtner, W. van Emde Boas, P. Wolf, M. Fabricius (Denmark, Norway,
Portugal, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Israel, France, Finland, Lithuania)
17.10 SCORe: specific features of the neonatal eeG
W8.4 R. Pressler, S. Beniczky, H. Aurlien, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen, A. Martins-da-Silva, E. Trinka, G. Visser, G. Rubboli, H. Hjalgrim, H. Stefan, I. Rosén, J.C. Brøgger, J. Zarubova, J. Dobesberger, J. Alving, K.V. Andersen, M. Fabricius, M.D. Atkins, M. Neufeld, P. Plouin, P. Wolf, P. Marusic, R. Lees, R. Mameniskiene, R. Hopfengärtner, W. van Emde Boas (United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Austria, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Israel, France, Finland, Lithuania)
17.20 SCORe: normal variants, artefacts, polygraphic channels and interpretation
W8.5 G. Rubboli, S. Beniczky, H.A. Aurlien, A. Fuglsang-Frederiksen, A. Martins-da-Silva, E. Trinka, G. Visser, H. Hjalgrim, H. Stefan, I. Rosén, J. Zarubova, J. Dobesberger, J. Alving, K.V. Andersen, M. Fabricius, M.D. Atkins, M. Neufeld, P. Plouin, P. Marusic, R. Lees, R. Pressler, R. Hopfengärtner, J.C. Brøgger, R. Mameniskiene, W. van Emde Boas, P. Wolf (Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Austria, The Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Israel, France, Finland, United Kingdom, Lithuania)
17.30 ROUND TABLe 1
AudITORIuM & gEMELLI
18.30 gIaNTS oF NEuroPHYSIoLogY (in memory of John Desmedt)
17.30 Neuromuscular junction r1.1 P. Girlanda (Italy)
17.50 The seminal contribution of Jean edouard Desmedt to the recording and interpretation r1.2 of somatosensory evoked potentials (SePS)
F. Mauguiere (France)
18.10 Neurophysiology of cognition r1.3 C. Tomberg (Belgium)
