Scientific Program
Program-at-a-Glance 
Sunday, June 22 | Monday, June 23 | Tuesday, June 24 | Wednesday, June 25 | Thursday, June 26
Monday, June 23, 2008
| 8:00 to 11:00 |
3012 Opening Symposium: Infusion therapies and surgery for Parkinson's disease
Chair: Andrew J. Lees, London, United Kingdom
Chair: Jose A. Obeso, Pamplona, Spain
| 08:00 |
Continuous dopaminergic stimulation - Where are we?
Fabrizio Stocchi, Roma, Italy
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| 08:30 |
Apomorphine infusion and intrajejunal levodopa
Angelo Antonini, Monza, Italy |
| 09:00 |
Deep brain stimulation - Exploring new targets
Robert G. Gross, Atlanta, GA, USA
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| 09:30 |
Break |
| 10:00 |
An update on cell based and gene therapy in Parkinson's disease
C. Warren Olanow, New York, NY, USA |
| 10:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 11:00 to 13:00 |
3013 Opening Symposium: The twists and turns of dystonia
Chair:
Chair:
| 11:00 |
Dystonia classification, differential diagnosis and genetics
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| 11:45 |
Treatment of dystonia including botulinum toxin treatment and surgery
- Impact on quality of life
Giovanni Abbruzzese, Genova, Italy |
| 12:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 13:30 to 16:00 |
3014 Parallel Session: Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in
sleep: Diagnosis, co-morbidities, basic science and treatment
Chair: Cynthia L. Comella, Chicago, IL, USA
Chair: Arthur S. Walters, Highland Park, NJ, USA
| 13:30 |
Diagnosis and co-morbidities
Arthur S. Walters, Highland Park, NJ, USA
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| 14:00 |
New genetic discoveries, role of iron and other basic science
David B. Rye, Atlanta, GA, USA
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| 14:30 |
Treatment
Claudia M. Trenkwalder, Kassel, Germany
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| 15:00 |
Panel Discussion |
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