29 MAY 2008           

 

 

16:30                Departure from Hotel Kypriotis

                        Driving through the city we will arrive in Asklepeion at 16:50

                        Guided tour at Archaeological site till 17:30

17:30                Re-enactment of the “Oath Ceremony” as performed in the days of Hippocrates

18:00                Departure from Asklepeion

18:10                Arrival at the Hippocratic Foundation. Guided tour of the Hippocratic Garden where

the visitors can see the plants and the herbs that Hippocrates used in his therapies.

                        There is also Museum which exhibits ancient books that refer to Hippocrates, copies

of ancient coins and bas-reliefs

19:30                Arrival in Platanos Square few words for the famous Hippocrates Plane Tree, the oldest

tree in Europe, will take place the cocktail and the guests can enjoy folklore dances from

local dancers.

 

 

 

30 MAY 2008

 

09:00-09:30       Registrations

 

09:30-10:00       Address

 

10:00-12:00       Lectures

Chairpersons: L. Gustafson, K. Maurer

 

10:00                The neurosciences and Philosophy

                        S. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

10:30                Nanotechnology Implications in Neurology

K. Aifantis (Greece)

 

11:00                Depression and Dementia

A.Korczyn (Israel)

 

11:30                Discussion

 

12:00-13:00       Break

 

13:00-14:30       Poster Viewing

Chairpersons: J. Leszek, Th. Tegos, E. Koutsouraki

 

1. Clinico-pathological concordance in dementia diagnostics

Hans Brunnström (Sweden)

 

2. DemTect: Diagnostic Validity and Utility for the screening of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Horácio Firmino, Joana Araújo , Mário R. Simões (Portugal)

 

3. Antibodies against GM1 in the serum of demented patients

E. Hatzifilippou, E. Koutsouraki, T. Banaki, M.Traka, V.G.Costa,

S.J. Baloyannis  (Greece)

 

4. Brain Perfusion SPECT and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Early Diagnosing of Neurodegenerative Dementias

                          Fereshteh Sedaghat , Eleni Dedousi, Vassiliki Costa, Athanasios S.         

                          Dimitriadis, Stavros J. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

5. Postive priming of novel two-dimensional figures in people with moderate Alzheimer’s disease. 

K. F. Rawnsley & J. S. Burt. (U.K.)

 

6. A family with Alzheimer’s disease – revisited. A four generation clinicopathological perspective

Lars Gustafson, Arne Brun, Elisabet Englund,

Hans Brunnström, Jarl Risberg, Ulla Passant  (Sweden)

 

7. 5’ UTR-CGG-Repeat of Reelin Gene Effect  on Alzheimer Disease

Antoniadis Diamantis , Katopodi Theodora, Lambropoulos Alexandros,   Costa Vassiliki  , Baloyannis Stavros (Greece)

 

8. What Dementia Staff Believe about Dementia Behaviour: A Three Country European Survey

Elisa Aguirre (U.K.)

 

9. Senile type of Multiple Sclerosis

E. Koutsouraki, S. Koukoulidou, V. Costa, S.J. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

10. CALL-FLEMING Syndrome:  A case report

                        T. J. Tegos (Greece)

 

            11. Clinical, Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging manifestations in Kearns-     

            Sayre syndrome: a case report

Avdelidi Eugenia, Koutsouraki Efrosini, Kapsali Stella-Evaggelia, Xiromerisiou Georgia, Tychalas Athanasios, Arnaoutoglou Marianthi, Costa Vasiliki, Baloyannis Stavros (Greece)

 

12. Case report: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension with adrenal hyperplasia responsive to topiramate treatment.

Stella-Evangelia Kapsali, Marianthi Arnaoutoglou, Eugenia Avdelidi, Athanasios Tychalas, Georgia Xiromerisiou, Stavros I Baloyannis (Greece)

 

13. Homonymous hemianopsia associated with abnormal cerebral venous drainage

Georgia Xiromerisiou, Athanasios Tychalas, Avdelidi Eugenia, Kapsali Stella-Evangelia, Arnaoutoglou Marianthi, Costa Vasiliki, Stavros Baloyannis (Greece)

 

14. Chronic Subdural Haematoma In Elderly Patients,over 85 Years Old-Surgical Treatment

Nikolaos Syrmos, Kostantinos Grigoriou,Vasilios Valadakis,

Dimitrios Arvanitakis (Greece)

 

15. First twenty -four hours in geriatric polytrauma patients-Analyze of mortality  -A multicenter study

N. Syrmos, S. Patiakas,V.Valadakis, K.Grigoriou, A.Televantos, N.Kapoutzis,

S.Tzinas, D. Alaseirlis,T. Moumtzidelis, J. Delis, E. Chatzinasiou, V. Papaioannou,

D. Arvanitakis, Ch.Syrmos  (Greece)

 

16. Evaluation of P-Tau and â Amyloid in Plasma of Patients with Dementia and MCI: A Study with SPECT Confirmation

                          F. Sedaghat, E. Dedousi, A. Papazisi, E. Karantona, V. Costa,

                          A. Dimitriadis, S. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

14:30-16:30       Break

 

16:30-18:00       Lectures

Chairpersons: R. Ihl, A. Arnaoutoglou

 

16:30                Frontotemporal Dementia

                        O. Tanridag (Turkey)

 

17:00                Clearance and Detection of Amyloid-â and Tau Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease

E. Sigurdsson (U.S.A)

 

17:30                Suicide Prevention Programs

                        F. Baro (Belgium)

 

18:00                Cello Recital

Performed by Prof. K. Maurer

 

           

 

31 MAY 2008

 

09:30-11:30       Symposium I

                        Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia

Chairpersons: R. Ihl, S. Baloyannis

           

                        Treatment Target test on Dementia (3TD)

                        M. Mesbah, B. Grass-Kapanke, R. Ihl (Germany)

 

                        Functional Imaging in Demetia with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

                        K. Maurer (Germany)

 

                        Effects of Antidementia Drugs on Neuropsychiatric Features of Dementia

                        R. Ihl (Germany)

 

11:30-12:00       Coffee Break

 

12:00-13:30       Lectures

Chairperson: A. Korczyn

 

12:00                Cajal-Retzius cells in the occipital cortex in early cases of Alzheimer’s disease: A Golgi and Electron Microscope study

                        S. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

12:30                Art and Dementia

K. Maurer (Germany)

 

13:00                Discussion

 

13:30-16:00       Break

 

16:00-18:00       Short Lectures

                        Chairperson: V. Costa, K. Sitzoglou

 

16:00-16:15       Ethics in Multiple Sclerosis

E. Koutsouraki, S. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

16:15-16:30       Vascular Dementia

                        Th. Tegos (Greece)

           

16:30-16:45       Exploring the Task Specificity of Age-related Facial Emotion

Recognition Impairments

Orgeta, Vasiliki (U.K.)

 

16:45-17:00       Depression and its correlates among patients with and without dementia in Norwegian nursing homes

Maria Barca (Norway)

 

17:00-17:15       Coffee Break

 

17:15-19:00       Symposium II

Vascular factors in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease

Chairpersons: J. Leszek, S. Baloyannis

 

                        Alteration of capillaries in Alzheimer's Disease

                        S. Baloyannis (Greece)

 

Genotype-phenotype correlation of vascular risk factors in Alzheimer's Disease

                        R. Cacabelos (Spain)

 

Kinurenines, neurodegeneration and ageing:preclinical and clinical observations.

L. Vecsei  (Hungary)

 

Vascular Dementia versus Vascular Depression

N. Tataru   (Romania)

 

The possible role of hypertension in the pathogenesis of AD

J. Leszek (Poland)

 

 

19:00-20:30       Symposium III

                        The Needs of people attending Community Mental Health Services

                        Chairpersons: M. Orrell, R, Mateos

                       

                        At home with dementia

C. Miranda & M. Orrell (UK)

 

Needs related to quality of life in dementia

Dröes R.M., Roest, HG van der, Meiland, FJ,  Boelens-van der Knoop, ECC, Bos, J, Meihuizen, L, Ettema, TP, Gerritsen, DL, Hoogeveen, F, Lange, J de, Schölzel-Dorenbos, CJM, Jonker, C  (The Netherlands)

 

The needs of people attending Community Mental Health Services. The case of a Psychogeriatric Unit

Raimundo Mateos and Javier López-Moríñigo (Spain)

 

 

The case of people attending a Mental Health Unit collaborating

with Primary Care

Sergio Benabarre and Javier Olivera (Spain)

 

                       

20:30                 Closing Ceremony

Presentation of Posters prizes

 

The official Language of the Congress is English           

Posters must be mounted on 30of May between 08:00 and 09:00 and remain on display until 18:00

 

Material for mounting posters will be provided