North of England Neurological Association
Annual meeting
28th - 29th November 2014
Majestic Hotel Harrogate
Friday 28th November 2014
Guest lecture 7:00 pm
Mr Richard Selway
Consultant neurosurgeon, King's College Hospital London
Brain Stimulation for Neurological Disorders, past, present and future
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Academic Programme
Saturday 29th November
Academic presentations (15 minute presentations including questions) |
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9:00 |
Coffee on arrival |
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Session One: Chairman Peter Enevoldson (NENA President) |
9:30 |
Phenotypes associated with m.3243A>G mutation - Initial findings of a national mitochondrial disease patient cohort study |
9:45 |
Reconstruction of the nigro-striatal circuit in a biodegradable scaffold for potential use in transplantation for Parkinson’s disease |
10:00 |
Paraneoplastic neurological disorders and neuronal antibodies in small cell lung carcinoma: a prospective study |
10:15 |
Outcomes of patients undergoing cranioplasty at two centres in the United Kingdom |
10:30 - 11:30 |
Coffee and exhibition |
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Session Two: Chairman Paul Cooper (Host Unit: Manchester) |
11:30 |
Developing a new device for prolonged home monitoring of Parkinson's dyskinesia: provisional results |
11:45 |
Lymphoma in MS patients taking Mitozantrone |
12:00 |
Effect of lipid profile on prognosis in the patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: a defence mechanism or a reflection of metabolic dysregulation? |
12.15 |
HIV infection and stroke |
12:30 |
GGGGCC repeat expansion of C9ORF72 is toxic via sequestration of RNA binding proteins and consequent disruption of RNA splicing |
12.45 |
NENA Annual General Meeting |
13.00 - 13:50 |
Lunch |
14:00 |
Liversedge and Crawford Prizes. President's Medal. |
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Session Three: Chairman John Bamford (NENA President Elect) |
14:00 |
Consultant's Cases |
14:10 |
Gangsta's Paradise, in triplicate |
14:30 |
Just another ward consult – an unusual paraparesis in A&E |
14:40 |
Sporadic FSP - a note of caution" (Presented by Anna Randall) |
14:50 |
Speech abnormal, MRI normal |
15:00 |
A muzzy head and a tingly arm |
15:10 |
An underutilized operation?" |
15:20 |
Title to be confirmed |
15:30 |
Awards, and close of meeting |
The following pharmaceutical companies have sponsored the Saturday meeting via provision of exhibition stands and will be present on the day:
Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals Ltd |
AbbVie Ltd |
Eisai Ltd |
UCB Pharma |
Cyberonics Ltd |
Biogen Idec Ltd |
GE Healthcare Ltd |
Britannia Pharmaceuticals Ltd |
Genzyme Therapeutics Ltd |
Allergan |
Teva UK Ltd |
Merz Pharma Ltd |