FGSN 6th Annual Symposium:
Epilepsy

October 7.-8, 2004
University of Helsinki, Finland


 

  

 

Thursday, October 7
Viikki Infocenter

Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Epilepsy
9:30 Coffee and registration
10:15 Epilepsy in children and adults
Dr. Reetta Kälviäinen
(Kuopio)
11:45

Lunch
12:30 Modelling of epilepsy in vitro and in vivo
Prof. Asla Pitkänen
(Kuopio)
14:00

Coffee/tea
14:30 Neurophysiology of epilepsy
Dr. Sebastian Schuchmann
(Berlin / Helsinki)
15:30

Epilepsy: an imbalance between excitation and inhibition?
Prof. Kai Kaila
(Helsinki)
16:30

End of day 1
 
 

Friday, October 8
Arppeanum

Current Topics in Epilepsy Research
9:30 Coffee and registration
10:15 Inhibition in epilepsy
Prof. Istvan Mody
(Los Angeles)
11:15 Workshop on Istvan Mody's topic 
12:15

Lunch break
13:15 An epileptic neuron: does it exist?
Prof. Heinz Beck
(Bonn)
14:15 Workshop on Heinz Beck's topic 
15:15

Coffee/tea
15:45 Exploring epilepsy with mouse mutants
Prof. Jeffrey Noebels
(Houston)
16:45 Workshop on Jeffrey Noebels's topic 
18:00

Wine and snacks (in the University's Main Building)
 
Organized by:
The Finnish Graduate School of Neuroscience
 
 
 
Last updated: September 6, 2004