Ri.MED Foundation organizes every year a Scientific Symposium, centered on subjects in the 8 research fields of interest, in which Ri.MED researchers and keynote speakers show their scientific results. Each edition of the event raises attention from the scientific community and from the press.
The 7th edition of the annual scientific Ri.MED Symposium “Advances in Neuroscience” was dedicated to the memory of Rita Levi-Montalcini, MD (1909–2012). The event took place on October 30, 2013 in Rome, Università degli Studi “Roma Tre”.
Here is the program:
Camillo Ricordi
Welcome and Introduction
Mario Panizza
Welcome to Rome
Arthur S. Levine
Introduction to Symposium Theme
Peter L. Strick
Levi-Montalcini Keynote Address
“A Tale of Two Primary Motor Areas: ’Old’ and ’New’ M1”
Andrew B. Schwartz
“Recent Work toward a High-Performance Brain-Computer Interface”
Break
Silvia Conforto
“The Muscle Synergy Model in Neuromechanics:
A Simple Explanation of a Complex Problem”
Robert M. Friedlander
“Role of Caspase Cell Death Pathways in Neurological Diseases”
David A. Lewis
“Cortical Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia”
Lunch
Alessandra Biffi
“Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy”
Beatriz Luna
“Adolescence Is Not a Disease – Understanding the Adolescent Brain”
Paolo Maria Rossini
“Brain Connectivity as a Marker of Physiological and Pathological Aging”
Refreshment Break
Colleen A. McClung
“Circadian Genes, Dopamine, and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders”
Ri.MED Fellow Talks
Pierangelo Cifelli
“GABA(A) Current Rundown in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy”
Chiara Milanese
“Nitrite-Mediated Cysteine S-Nitrosation Is Protective in PD”
Roberto Di Maio
“Muscarinic/Glutamatergic Stimulation Elicits Abnormal GABA-ergic Differentiation: Relevance in Epileptic Disorder”
The 7th Ri.MED Symposium – as well as previous editions – reserves to the participants the opportunity to attend a preview presentation of important scientific results, not yet disclosed.
We thank all participants for their contribution to the success of this important occasion of exchange and scientific divulgation.
Program (dowload)
