Saturday, April 15, 2000
9:00  a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Lecture Hall D1.502
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

This program will explore the physiological and clinical aspects of a number of neurological disorders and some current research being performed in these areas. 


Scheduled Speakers 

Neural Development and Regeneration
Luis Parada, Ph.D.
Professor, Developmental Biology, UTSWMC
 
Stroke
Hal Unwin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology, UTSWMC
View Dr. Unwin's Presentation 

Clinical Aspects of Parkinson's Disease
Richard Dewey, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology, UTSWMC
 
Novel Treatment Therapies for Parkinson's Disease
Dwight German, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry, UTSWMC
 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Jeffrey Elliot, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurology, UTSWMC
 

A light lunch will be served.  A certificate of completion will be provided for purposes of professional development credit. Please check with your school district to determine if credit will be accepted for this event.

Related Links

General Neurology Sites

The Whole Brain Atlas (http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html)
This is a great site for cross-sectional images of normal and diseased brains.  Disease states include: stroke, tumors, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, MS, AIDS, Lyme disease, and the ever-popular Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, among others.

Neurosciences on the Internet (http://www.neuroguide.com/) 
A plethora of links related to neuroscience grouped into categories such as Exams/Tutorials, Images, Medicine, Centers/Labs, and many, many more. 

HHMI Neuroscience (http://www.hhmi.org/research/)
Details on some of the current research being done by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.  Also check out  links here to other HHMI materials on the senses.

Brain Briefings (http://web.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/index.html)
This page from the Society for Neuroscience lists the titles from their series of two-page newsletters explaining how basic neuroscience discoveries lead to clinical applications. Related to this symposium are articles on ALS, Parkinson's disease, and spinal cord injury.

Sheep Brain Dissection: The Anatomy of Memory  (http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/braindissection/index.html)
This interactive page from the Exploratorium in San Francisco allows students to see a "live" sheep brain dissection. Requires Real Player to view the video.

Society for Neuroscience (http://web.sfn.org/)

Gross and microscopic images of neurological and other pathologies

http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ORGAN.html#1
http://edcenter.med.cornell.edu/Courseware/Pathology_Image_Collection.html
http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/edprog/path/path-11a.htm

Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, and Paralysis Guide to Support Organizations  


Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's Disease Foundation (http://www.pdf.org/) :Background information and support for patients and families.

National Parkinson Foundation (http://www.parkinson.org/)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Doctor's Guide to ALS Information and Resources This site maintains summaries of current research findings on ALS. (http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PatientResAllCateg/ALS%20(Lou%20Gehrig's%20Disease)?OpenDocument)

Baylor College of Medicine site on ALS - Contains some really good background information on ALS. (http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/neurol/struct/als/als1.html)

World Federation of Neurology: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis  This website is sponsored by the World Federation of Neurology to link researchers and clinicians worldwide with the goal of finding effective treatment and a cure for ALS. (http://www.wfnals.org/)

Stroke

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/)

Images of Stroke MR angiography & PET images of stroke, includes descriptions (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/radiology/image_gallery.htm#Vascular)

The NIH Stroke Scale Instrument used to assess level of cognitive damage caused by stroke (http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/neurology/Stroke/Scaleind.html)

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