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Neuroscientists hope that the future will allow early diagnosis of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s disease
Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society brings together hundreds of neuroscientists to discuss advances in this area.
While not much progress has been made to halt Parkinson’s disease or the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, there are several studies underway that are expected to allow early diagnosis of these diseases, especially Alzheimer’s, as the promise of biological markers appears to be much closer.
These were the major conclusions drawn at the symposium on clinical strategies of the 12th Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society (SPN) held on 26-28 May at the Egas Moniz Building and organized by three researchers from the IMM: Luísa Lopes, Domingos Henrique e Tiago Outeiro.
The event, attended by 250 people, focused on six key topics: Neurodevelopment, Clinical Strategies, Functional Neuroscience, Neural Networks, Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Neurosciences. There were three plenary sessions led by Michael Hausser, from the University College London, José Castro Lopes, from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, and Gillian Bates, from King’s College London School of Medicine.
The meeting was an important occasion that brought together Portuguese neuroscientists, and was characterized by the high scientific quality of the sessions. There was also room to honour individuals and projects with a national impact.
Joaquim Alexandre Ribeiro, IMM researcher and Professor of FMUL, was appointed honorary member of SPN as a career tribute, which was supported by his doctoral students.
The Award Brain Ageing and Dementia, Alzheimer Disease 2010 ((SPN/Pfizer) was given at the meeting to researcher Elisabete Ferreiro, of the Neuroscience Centre of Coimbra, for her project entitled “Interaction between endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated endothelial dysfunction and hippocampal neurogenesis: potential therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease”. The prize for best poster was awarded to topic “Topographic analysis of the proliferative pattern of the subependymal zone: a stereological approach” presented by a team of researchers from the University of Minho.
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