IVth International Congress of Neuroimmunology 23-27 October 1994, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAMME
Monday, October 24
Wednesday, October 26
Plenary session on basic neuroimmunology I m m u n e recognition and regulation - A . S i n g e r ; Accessory signals in T-cell activation - R. v a n L i e r ; Autoimmunity and self-tolerance - H. W e k e r l e ; Neuronal cytokine pools and cytokine receptors - T. B a r t f a i ; The neuroendocrine stress response and susceptibility to inflammatory disease - E. S t e r n b e r g . Workshops and poster sessions EAE: mechanisms, antigens and intervention - Nervous tissue; regeneration and transplantation - Infections in the CNS - Cytokines and the nervous system Peripheral neuropathies.
A Dale McFarlin memorial on multiple sclerosis The immunopathology in MS vis ~ vis regeneration C. R a i n e ; M R I and MRS, role in diagnosis and therapy - I. M c D o n a l d ; Immunogenetics and susceptibility markers in MS - G. E b e r s ; CNS inflammation, E A E and MS - C. D i j k s t r a ; CNS T cells and target antigens
Tuesday, October 25
Plenary session on immune-mediated diseases of the nervous system A I D S and the CNS - H. B u d k a ; Adverse immune reactions in the CNS - R. Z i n k e r n a g e l ; Cytokines and cerebral ischaemia - N. R o t h w e l l ; Autoimmunity at the neuromuscular junction - A . V i n c e n t ; Therapeutic strategies for autoimmune demyelinating disease - /4.
- L. S t e i n m a n .
Workshops and poster sessions I m m u n e mechanism and therapy in MS - Ischaemia and CNS trauma - Neuroendoerine interaction with the immune system - Alzheimer's disease and ageing Myelin gene expression and regulation. Thursday, October 27
Plenary session on nervous system differentiation Nervous system development - S. F e l t e n ; Interactions between neural cells - M . S c h a c h n e r ; Myelin, structure and biogenesis - D. H o e k s t r a ; Cytokine circuits in the CNS - E. B e n v e n i s t e ; B l o o d - b r a i n barrier and cell adhesion molecules - H. L a s s m a n n . Workshops and poster sessions Regulatory mechanisms of remyelination - b l o o d - b r a i n barrier and cell adhesion molecules - immunotherapy - immunoendocrine aspects of pituitary function Myasthenia g r a v i s / A C h receptor.
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Workshops and poster sessions Autonomic nervous system and immune functions Immunological functions of microglia and astrocytes Brain tumor immunology - Muscle and motor neuron diseases - Heat-shock proteins and antigen processing.
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