IICN Registrar’s Prize in Neuroscience 2011
Sponsored by Janssen-Cilag
Radisson Blu St. Helen’s Hotel, Dublin
November 11th 2011
10.00Registration
Coffee/Tea
10.20 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Dominick McCabe
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (12 mins: 10mins presentation + 2 mins Qs)
10.30A new gene in ALS: clinical phenotype for ALS patients who are gene positive.
Susan Byrne, Aleksey Shatunov, Marwa Elamin, Peter Bede, Russell McLaughlin, Kevin McKenna, Niall Pender, Ammar Al Chalabi, Orla Hardiman
10.42The Use of PET/CT in Neurodegeneration.
Dineen J1, O’Connell M2, Kavanagh E2 and Lynch T1.
11.54What is the Aetiology of Thunderclap Headache? A Systematic Review of the causes of Acute Severe Headache.
Emma Devenney, Orla Gray, Raeburn Forbes
11.06Unmet Needs of Irish MS Patients.
R Lonergan1, K Kinsella1, P Fitzpatrick2, M Duggan1, S Jordan1, D Bradley1, M Hutchinson1, N Tubridy1
11.18Imaging of brain lesions at 3 Tesla in multiple sclerosis associated nystagmus.
1Parameswaran M. Iyer, MD,2Andrew J. Fagan, PhD, 2James F. Meaney, FRCR, 3,4 Niall C. Colgan, PhD , 3Stephen D. Meredith, BE, 3Kathleen M. Curran, PhD,1Janice Redmond, MD
11.30Increased lymphocyte-platelet complex formation as a measure of enhanced platelet activation in recently symptomatic versus asymptomatic ‘microembolic signal negative’ carotid stenosis patients-Results from the Platelets And Carotid Stenosis (PACS) study.
Kinsella JA MRCPI 1, Tobin WO MRCPI 1, Tierney S FRCSI 2, Feeley TM FRCSI 2, Egan B FRCSI 2, Collins DR MD 3,4, Coughlan T MRCP 3,4, O’Neill D MD, FRCPI 3,4, Harbison JA MD, FRCPI 5, Madhavan P FRCS(Ed)6; Moore DJ MD, FRCSI 6, O’Neill SM MCh, FRCSI 6, Murphy RP FRCPI 1,4, Saqqur M MD, FRCPC 7, Hamilton G MD FRCS 8, McCabe DJH PhD, FRCPI 1,4,9
11.42Vitamin D and the Clinically Isolated Syndrome
SB Kelly, K Kinsella, M Duggan, J Brady, J Fletcher, C McGuigan, N Tubridy, M Hutchinson
11.54Functional correlates of temporal discrimination in adult onset primary torsion dystonia patients and unaffected first-degree relatives.
Okka Kimmich2,3, Robert Whelan1, David Bradley1,2, Joshua Balsters4, Seán O’Riordan2,3, Richard B Reilly1, Michael Hutchinson2,3
12.06Coagulation System Potential in Response to Altering Antiplatelet Therapy in Ischaemic Cerebrovascular Disease – Results From The TRinity AntiPlatelet Responsiveness (TrAP) Study.
Tobin WO 1, Kinsella JA 1, Kavanagh GF 1, O’Donnell JS 5,McGrath RA 5, Collins DR 2,3, Coughlan T 2,3, O’Neill D 2,3, Egan B 4, Tierney S 4, Feeley TM 4, Murphy RP 1,3, McCabe DJH 1,3,6
12.18High Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment in HIV.
Patricia H McNamara1, Robert Coen2, Colm Bergin3, Janice Redmond1, Colin P Doherty1.
12.30Diffusion weighted imaging, clinical characteristics and risk of recurrent stroke in posterior circulation TIA– a pooled analysis of individual patient data.
Merwick Á1, Albers GW2, Amarenco P3, Arsava EM4, Ay H4, Calvet D5,Coutts SB6, Cucchiara BL7, Demchuk A6, Furie K4, Giles M9, Labreuche J3, Lavallee P3, Mas JL5, Olivot JM2, Purroy F8, Rothwell PM 9, Saver JL10, Sheehan O1, Stack JP1, Walsh C11, Kelly PJ1.
12.42 The Determination of Aggregated Tau In Solution and Its Potential as a Tool for the Diagnosis of Tauopathies.
Seán T. O’Dowd1,2, Mustafa T. Ardah3, Kinley A. Roberts2, Gemma Cummins2, Brian Magennis2, Omar M. El Agnaf3 , Timothy Lynch1,2 and Dominic M. Walsh1,4.
13.00Lunch
CASE PRESENTATIONS (10 mins: 8 mins presentation + 2 mins Qs)
14.00A Stiffness of Memory
Tobin WO1, Farrell M2, McGuigan C3
14.10In the blink of an eye.
Susan Byrne, Faruq Pradhan, Peter Bede, Marwa Elamin, Orla Hardiman.
14.20ALS-FTD with Parkinsonism
Curtin D, O’Dowd ST, Lynch T.
14.30Pick ‘n’ mix: neuropathological detection of peri-tumour tauopathy.
R Lonergan1, F Carthy1, M Alexander1, P Kelly1, K O’Rourke1, M Farrell2, T Lynch1.
14.40Neuropathy developing during treatment of Parkinson’s Disease with intestinal levodopa/carbidopa infusion.
Okka Kimmich, Seán O’Riordan, Michael Hutchinson
14.50The Circadian Ghost
McGovern EM, Counihan TJ, Hennessy MH
15.00The Face And The Blood Vessel: Tale Of Two Weaknesses.
Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal, Sunny Ogbonnaya, Gerald Wyse, Noel Fanning, Michael O’Sullivan.
15.20 – 15.40Tea / Coffee break
15.40The “Other” Nervous System.
Stela Lefter1, Elvira Kuhn1, Brian McNamara2, Aisling M Ryan1
15.50When You Hear Hooves...
A. Laffan1, S. Hutchinson2, K. O’Byrne3, F. Brett4, C. Doherty2, Y. Langan1
16.00Anti-glycine receptor antibody causing relapsing encephalitis with
rigidity and myoclonus.
J.Williams1M.Hutchinson1,S.O’Riordan1,S.Connolly2, A.Vincent3
16.10 Explosive Onset Seizures in Pregnancy
Kinsella J A*, Vincent A§, McGuigan C*.
16.20You’re Never Too Old…
A Molloy, N Bermingham, O O’Toole, B Sweeney.
16.30 A case of homozygous p.A467T POLG1 mutation with late onset Alpers phenotype: a clinicopathological summary.
McKinley JJ1, Lewis G2, Lee RJE2, Forbes RB2, Ironside J3, Taylor R4, Burt A4, Briggs G2, Herron B1.
16.40Achievable Brain Computer Communication through Short Intensive Motor Imagery Training despite Long Term Spinal Cord Injury
Jacqueline Stow#, Damien Coyle*, Aine Carroll#, Abdul Satti*, and Jacinta McElligott#
16.50 Catatonia, orofacial dyskinesia and autonomic instability.
Ryan SA1, Costello DJ2, Harrington H1
17.20Announcement and presentation of Prizes