Opening Ceremony
Friday October 12, 2007
Loews Le Concorde Québec Convention Center
PM 17:00 – 19:00
Introduction Arvid Carlsson, Göteborg University
Denis Brière, Laval University
Pierre Blanchet, Montreal University
Donald Calne, UBC
Plenary session
17:30 – 18:00 Anatomo-functional organization of basal ganglia
André Parent, Canada
18:00 – 18:30 Normal plasticity in basal ganglia:
learning and loving it

Ann Graybiel, USA
18:30 – 19:00 Basal ganglia and emotions
Yves Agid, France


Saturday October 13, 2007
Sensitization and tolerance in basal ganglia: Experimental data
AM 1 8:30 – 10:00
Chairs Francesca Cicchetti
Erwan Bezard
8:30 – 8:55 Angela Cenci, Sweden
8:55 – 9:20 Erwan Bezard, France
9:20 – 9:45 Paul Vézina, USA
Question period: 15 minutes
Coffee break: 10:00 – 10:30


AM 2
10:30 – 12:30
Chairs Jonathan Brotchie
Thérèse Di Paolo
10:30 – 10:50 Glutamate modulation
Thérèse Di Paolo, Canada
10:50 – 11:15 Nuclear receptor and dopamine neurotransmission
Claude Rouillard, Canada
11:15 – 11:35 Opiates modulation
Pershia Samadi, Canada
11:35 – 12:00 Adenosine modulation
Frederic Calon, Canada
12:00 – 12:30 Overview
Jonathan Brotchie, Canada
Lunch: 12:30 – 14:00

Sensitization and tolerance in basal ganglia: Clinical data
PM 1 14:00 – 15:25
Chairs Amos Korczyn
Donald Calne
14:00 – 14:25 Evidence in Levo-Dopa treated Parkinson’s disease
John Nutt, USA
14:30 – 14:55 Phenomenology of motor aspects
Fabrizio Stocchi, Italy
15:00 – 15:25 Phenomenology of non motor aspects
Jaime Kulisevsky, Spain
Question period: 15 minutes
Coffee Break: 15:30 – 16:00

Sensitization and tolerance in basal ganglia: Therapeutic aspects
PM 2 16:00 – 17:55
Chairs Warren Olanow
Anthony Lang
16:00 – 16:25 Continuous dopaminergic stimulation strategies
Warren Olanow, USA
16:30 – 16:55 Correction of dyskinesia
Clinical trials in dyskinesia

Philippe Damier, France
17:00 – 17:25 Non pharmacological strategies
Surgery - TMS

Anthony Lang, Canada
17:30 – 17:55 Thalamus as a target in dyskinesia surgery
Chihiro Ohye, Japan
Question period: 15 minutes
Coffee Break: 15:30 – 16:00


Sunday October 14, 2007
AM 1 8:30 – 9:55
Chairs Yves Agid
Andrew Lees
8:30 – 8:55 Mood disorders in Parkinson’s disease
Emmanuelle Pourcher, Canada
9:00 – 9:25 Behavioral deviance in Parkinson’s disease
Andrew Lees, United Kingdom
9:30 – 9:55 PET data on dyskinesia
Gambling and placebo effect

Jon Stoessl, Canada
Coffee Break: 10:00 – 10:30

AM 2 10:30 – 11:25
Chairs Peter Jenner
Emmanuelle Pourcher
10:30 – 10:55 Selective Depotentiation; surgical avenues
Michael Schüpbach, Switzerland
11:00 – 11:25 Selective depotentiation
Pharmacological avenues

Peter Jenner, United Kingdom


Closing Ceremony
Movement Disorder Society Award Presentation and Conclusion
AM 11:30 – 12:00
Jon Stoessl, Donald Calne, Emmanuelle Pourcher

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