Keynote speaker: Robert L. Macdonald, MD, PhD
Chair, Dept. Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Location: Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, First floor.
Program:
8:15-8:30 Coffee & pastries
8:30 Welcome I. Soltesz
8:35- 10:45 Theme I: Febrile seizures, GABA and Epilepsy:
8:35-8:45 Febrile seizures and epilepsy, what are the issues? TZ Baram
8:45-10:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE and discussion:
GABAA receptor
mutations
and idiopathic generalized epilepsies and febrile seizures
Robert L. Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Neurology, Vanderbilt University.
10:00- 10:15 Origin of Slow GABAA Inhibition Janos Szabadics, PhD
10:15-10:30 HCN channels in developing hippocampus: enduring FS-evoked plasticity. Amy Brewster, PhD*
10:30 - 11:15 Discussion & coffee break
11:15- 11:45 Theme II: the auditory system and epilepsy
11:15- 11:30 Auditory System Development: a genetic basis for altered activation. Ilona Miko, PhD*
11:30-11:45 Auditory system: a gateway to therapy Thomas Lu, PhD*
11:45- 1:00 Theme III Epilepsy: neuroplasticity and cure
11:45-12:15 Epilepsy- induced Plasticity of neuronal networks Jeff Riley, MD* / Jack Lin MD,
12:15-12:45 How does surgery cure epilepsy? Devin Binder, MD
12:45-~1:100 Discussion
1:00- 2:00 PM Lunch and poster session.
* Post-Doctoral Researcher supported by the Epilepsy Training Grant (T32)