29 January 1 February 2009, Thessaloniki – Greece

Thursday 29 January 2009

17:00 - 20:00 Registrations

20:00 -22:00 Opening Ceremony

20:00 -20:30 Addresses

20:30 - 21:00 Opening Lecture

"Rediscovering the ancient Macedonians"

Prof.Dr. Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli

21:00 -21:45 Recital for Piano and Viola

22:00 Welcome Reception

Friday 30 January 2009

11:00 -11:30 Lecture

Chairpersons: K. Jellinger S. J. Baloyannis, Ath. Arnaoutoglou

Space Neurology and the Use of the Its Scientific

Results in Neurorehabilitation

F. Gerstenbrand

11:30- 12:00 Lecture

Chairpersons: F. Gerstenbrand, D. Vassilopoulos

Criteria for the diagnosis of dementias: Is there a gold standard?

K. Jellinger

12:00-13:00 Lectures

Chairpersons: Th. Wisniewski, G. Kaprinis

12:00 Therapeutic Approaches for Alzheimer’s and Prion Diseases

Th. Wisniewski

12:30 Treatment of Dementia – The Value of Governmental Statement

R. Ihl

13:00- 15:00 Break

15:00 -16:00 Poster Viewing

Dementia

Chairpersons: S. Bostanjopoulou, Th. Tegos

P1 SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM AND MAMMILLARY BODIES IN NORMAL AGING

AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC

STUDY WITH SILVER STAINING METHODS.

Katlin Poder, Ioannis Mavroudis, Vassiliki G. Costa,

Stavros I. Baloyannis

Laboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy

First Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

P2 VASCULAR PATHOLOGY IS RELATED TO

NEUROFIBRILLARY DEGENERATION AND SYNAPTIC

LOSS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.

I.A. Mavroudis, K. Tsamis, D. Mytilinaios, V. G. Costa,

S. J. Baloyannis

Laboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, first

Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

P3 insula of Reil in normal aging and

Alzheimer’s disease.

I .A. Mavroudis, F. Petrides, K. Tsamis, D. Mytilinaios,

V. G. Costa, S. J. Baloyannis

Laboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, First

Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

P4 DENDRITIC ALTERATIONS IN STRIATAL NEURONS IN

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

KI. Tsamis¹, D. Mytilinaios¹, IA. Mavroudis¹, DF. Fotiou¹, SN.

Njau², V. G. Costa¹, SJ. Baloyannis¹

1. Laboratory of Neuropathology, 1^st Department of Neurology,

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Aristotelian

University of Thessaloniki, Greece

P5 broca and wernicke areas in normal aging

and Alzheimer’s disease. A morphological and

morphometric study by silver staining

methods

I.A. Mavroudis¹, K. Tsamis¹, L. F. Adipepe¹, S. N. Njau²,

V. G. Costa¹, S. J. Baloyannis¹

1. Laboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy,

First Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Laboratory of Forensic medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

P6 HUMAN AMYGDALOID BODIES. CYTOARCHITECTURE, EFFERENT FIBER

SYSTEM AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN NORMAL AGING AND

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

L. F. Adipepe, I.A. Mavroudis, K. Tsamis, D. F. Fotiou,

V. G. Costa, S. J. Baloyannis

Laboratory of Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy, First

Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

P7 SEVERE DEMENTIA AND SJÖGREN SYNDROME

Georgia Xiromerisiou, Thomas Tegos, Athanasios Tichalas,

Eugene Avdelidi, Stella-Evagelia Kapsali, Stavros Baloyannis

Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

P8 SEVERE DEMENTIA ASSOCIATED WITH SJÖGREN SYNDROME

Georgia Xiromerisiou, Thomas Tegos, Athanasios Tichalas,

Eugene Avdelidi, Stella-Evagelia Kapsali, Stavros J. Baloyannis

Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

P9 DEMENTIA DUE TO VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY:

A CASE REPORT THE IMPORTANCE OF A CAREFUL CLINICAL EVALUATION,

SO AS NOT TO MISS POTENTIALLY TREATABLE CONDITIONS OF DEMENTIA

A.Kiryttopoulos, A.Graigos, N.Voura, K.Papanikolaou

Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympus, Katerini ,Greece

P10 COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS

Despina Karassavidou¹, Rigas Kalaitzidis¹, Evangelia Dounousi¹,

Konstantinos Katopodis¹, , Xanthi Zikou¹, Kostas C.

Siamopoulos¹, A. Kyritsis², Sygkliti-Errietta Pelidou²

Dept of Nephrology¹ and Dept of Neurology², University

Hospital of Ioannina, Greece

P11 MMSE SUBGROUP OF IMMEDIATE MEMORY AND BILATERAL MEDIAL

TEMPORAL HYPOPERFUSION

Sedaghat F.^1,2, Dedousi E³, Costa V. G.¹, Dimitriadis A. S.⁴,

Baloyannis S. J.¹

¹ 1^th Department of Neurology, ³Department of Nuclear Medicine, ⁴Department of Radiology,

AHEPA University Hospital, ²Aesculapius Diagnostic Center, Thessaloniki-Greece

P12 FRONTAL BLOOD FLOW REDUCTION CONTRIBUTES TO DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS

IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Sedaghat F.^1,2, Dedousi E.³, Baloyannis I.¹, Costa V. G.¹, Dimitriadis

A.S.⁴, Baloyannis S. J.¹

¹ 1^th Department of Neurology, ³Department of Nuclear

Medicine, ⁴Department of Radiology, AHEPA University

Hospital, ² Aesculapius Diagnostic Center,Thessaloniki-Greece

P13 ANXIETY AND SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINTS: ARE THEY RISK FACTORS

FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION?

I. Zalonis, F. Christidi, E. Kapaki, E. Bourbouli, D. Kolovou, P.

Sgouropoulos & D. Vassilopoulos

Department of Neurology. University of Athens

P14 CHOREA AETOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION – BASIC DIAGNOSTIC

METHODS – SUGGESTED TREATMENT

Grammatikopoulou Maria, Beredimas Panagiotis

Psychiatric Hospital “Petra Olympou” Neurology Department

P15 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE:MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN THE PREFRONTAL

CORTEX

Stavros J.Baloyannis, Vassiliki G.Costa, J. S.Baloyannis

Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Aristotelian

University, Thessaloniki, Greece

P16 VISUAL PERCEPTION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND VASCULAR DEMENTIA

PATIENTS USING THE ISHIHARA COLOUR DEFICIENCY TEST

N.A. Arnaoutoglou¹ , T. Banaki¹ , F. Petridis¹ , M.A. Arnaoutoglou²

V.G. Costa^1,2 , S.J . Baloyannis^1,2

¹Memory clinic of the 1^st Department of Neurology , Aristotelian University

² 1^st Department of Neurology , Aristotelian University , AHEPA Hospital , Thessaloniki , Greece

P17 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN THE PREFRONTAL

CORTEX

S. J. Baloyannis, V. G. Costa, J. S. Baloyannis

Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

P18 ANTI-GM1 ANTIBODIES IN DEMENTED PATIENTS

E.Hatziphilippou², E. Koutsouraki^1,2, T. Banaki¹, M.Traka¹, V.G.Costa^1,2, S.J. Baloyannis^1,2

¹ Memory clinic of the 1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University

² Neuroimmunological Laboratory of the 1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University,

AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Quality of Life - Rehabilitation

Chairpersons: A. Zaphyropoulos, P. Pappa

P19 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE

Kemanetzoglou Elisabeth, Βeredimas Panagiotis

Neurological department of Psychiatric Hospital “Petra Olympou”

P20 THE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CARE-GIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH

DEMENTIA. THE USE OF THE DAY CENTER FOR DEMENTED PATIENTS AND THEIR

CARERS OF THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL OF PETRA OLYMPUS, KATERINI-GREECE

N. Voura, K. Papanikolaou

Section Acute Psychiatric Disorders Hospital of Petra Olympus, Katerini -Greece

P21 APPLICATION OF THE COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS OF

THE PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM DEMENTIA OF THE DAILY CENTRE

“ ZOODOCHOS PIGI” (THE SPRING OF LIFE)

T. Banaki^1,2 , M. Traka^2,3, F. Petridis¹, E. Koutsouraki^2,3, V.G.

Costa^2,3, S. J.Baloyannis^2,3

¹Memory Clinic of 1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University

² Daily Centre for Memory Disorders and Alzheimer disease \

“Zoothοchos Pigi”, Liti Thessaloniki

³1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

P22 Surgical treatment of pressure sores

Achilleas Chantes, Irini Sparveri, Dimitrios Dionyssiou,

Alexandros Dionyssopoulos,Antonios Papaconstantinou,

Efterpi Demiri.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Grecce.

P23 TREATING CHRONIC ULCERS WITH INTRALESIONAL

INJECTION OF PLATELET-RICH PLASMA

Dimitrios Dionyssiou¹, Efterpi Demiri¹, Pericles Foroglou¹,

Aggeliki Cheva², Nikolaos Saratzis³, Georgios Karkavelas².

Department of Plastic Surgery¹, Laboratory of Pathology², 2^nd Department of Surgery³,

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

P24 Comparative study of pressure sore prevalence i

n a two-years period

Achilleas Chantes, Antonios Antoniou, Sotirios Tsepouras,

Leonidas Pavlidis, Pericles Foroglou, Efterpi Demiri.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

History of Neurology

P25 AVICENNA AND EPILEPSY

A.Kiryttopoulos, P. Beredimas

Neurological department Psychiatric Hospital of Petra Olympus, Katerini, Greece

Medical Ethics

P26 PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM:

PROGNOSTIC AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS

Christos Arnaoutoglou¹, Nikitas Arnaoutoglou², Georgios

Spanos³, Georgios Alexandros Kazdaglis⁴, Vassilis Samaras⁵

1. Centre for Foetal Care, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK

2. 1^st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Medical Faculty,

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

3. Eurodiagnosis - Diagnostic Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece.

4. Institute of Anatomy Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

5. Department of Pathology, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.

P24 PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF ENCEPHALOCELE: PROGNOSTIC

AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS

Christos Arnaoutoglou¹, Marianthi Arnaoutoglou², Georgios

Alexandros Kazdaglis³, Georgios Spanos⁴, Vassilis Samaras⁵,

1. Centre for Fetal Care, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK

2. 1^st Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Medical Faculty,

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

3. Institute of Anatomy Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

4. Eurodiagnosis - Diagnostic Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece.

5. Department of Pathology, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.

New Methods

P27 NANOMEDICINE

Evangelos A. Dimitriadis

A’ Neurological Clinic, AHEPA, A.U.Th.

P28 PHOBIC STIMULATION IN NORMAL INDIVIDUALS AND DEPRESSIVE PATIENTS.

A STUDY WITH PUPILLOMETRY

D. Fotiou¹, I. Mavroudis¹, D. Tsiptsios², V. Stergiou², A. Karlovasitou², S. Ι. Baloyannis¹

¹ First Neurological Clinic Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki

² Laboratory of Clinical Neurolophysiology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Hospital ΑHΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

P29 APPLICATIONS OF INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE AND ESPECIALLY

IN NEUROLOGY

Kotsavasiloglou C., Baloyannis S.

1^st   Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University AHEPA Hospital

Neuroanatomy – Neurophysiology – Malformation – CNS

P30 MORPHOMETRIC FEATURES OF THE DENDRITES IN NEURONS

OF THE LATERAL HUMAN HYPOTHALAMUS

D. G. Mytilinaios^1, KI. Tsamis¹, IA. Mavroudis¹, D.F. Fotiou¹,

S.N. Njau², V. G. Costa¹, S. J. Baloyannis¹

1. Laboratory of Neuropathology, 1^st Department of Neurology,

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Aristotelian

University of Thessaloniki, Greece

P31 FRONTAL LOBE AND THE CONTROL OF SPEECH

Kotsavasiloglou C., Baloyannis S.

1^st   Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University AHEPA Hospital

P32 KIMMERLE’S ANOMALY (OR PONTICULUS POSTICUS)

AS A CAUSATIVE FACTOR OF CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHES

AND NEUROSENSORY HEARING LOSS

E. Koutsouraki, E. Avdelidi, S-E. Capsali, V.G. Costa,

S.J. Baloyannis

1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, AHEPA

Hospital, Thessaloniki

P33 AGENESIS OF THE SPHENOID SINUS A RADIOLOGICAL STUDY

N.Syrmos¹,G.Gavridakis²,L.Triantafyllou²,Chr.Syrmos³

1.Neurosurgical Department-Venizeleian General Hospital-

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

2.CT-scan Department- Venizeleian General Hospital-

Heraklion, Crete, Greece

3. Neurosurgical Department-AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki

Macedonia, Greece

16:00 -17:30 Lectures

Chairpersons: A. Korczyn, P. Papathanasopoulos

16:00 Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Communication among Greek

neurologists

P. Papathanasopoulos

16:30 Molecular Pathogenesis of Charcot – Marie -Tooth Disease

D. Vassilopoulos

17:00 Dementia and Depression

A. Korczyn

17:30-18:00 Break

18:00 -20:00 Medical Ethics

Round Table Medico-Ethical Aspects concerning Quality of Life

Following Severest Damage of the Central Nervous System (CNS)

Chairperson: F. Gerstenbrand

Speakers: K. Jellinger

K. Von Wild

A. Korczyn

L. Vecsei

R. Formisano

S. Baloyannis

M. Leonardi

20:00 -21:00 Lectures

Chairpersons: R. Ihl, N. Vlaikidis

20:00 Imaging of M.S. with Conventional Modalities

A. Haritandi

20:20 Imaging of M.S. with New Modalities

K. Kouskouras

20:40 Nanotechnology: Applications in Medicine

K. Aifantis

Saturday 31 January 2009

8:30-11:00 Oral Communications

Chairpersons: Lagos G, Kapaki E,

8:30 Toxic causes of mental illness has not been given the regular

attention by the medical community

E. A. Dimitriadis (Thessaloniki)

8:45 CIMT and FTM Arm Training - Inducing cortical reorganization

to improve functional recovery

K. Horafas S. Papastergiou (Athens)

9:00 Neuropsychological Parameters in Parkinson’s disease

I. Theotoka . (Athens)

9:15 Evaluation of indexes for higher cognitive function decline in normal aging

C. Kotsavasiloglou, A.Nousi, M. Traka, S. J. Baloyannis

(Thessaloniki)

9:30 The Importance of PET in Quality of Life of Patients with Brain Tumors

F . Sedaghat, S.J. Baloyannis (Thessaloniki)

9:45 Stress and glucocorticoid footprints in the brain — the path from

depression to Alzheimer’s disease

I. Sotiropoulos ^1,2, O.F.X. Almeida ², A. Takashima ¹

(Tokyo, Munich)

10:00 Is Parkinson’s disease one disease? Focus on disease

heterogeneity.

S. Bostantjopoulou (Thessaloniki)

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Lectures

Chairpersons: L. Vecsei, N. Taskos

10:30 Neuroprotective Effects of Kynurenine and the Kynurenate Analog SZR-72

L. Vecsei

11:00 The Contribution of Endogenous Neuroprotection and

Neuroplasticity in Neurorecovery

D . Muresanu

11:30 Hypothalamus in Alzheimer’s Disease: A morphological Study in

Colgi and Electron Microscopy

S. J. Baloyannis

12:00 -13:00 Lectures

Chairpersons: D. Muresanu, V. Costa

12:00 Glycation end Products a Specific Biochemical

marker Are Advanced for early Detection of Alzheimer’s disease?

J. Leszek

12:30 NADPH as a drug target against oxidative stress

B. A. Kokkas

13:00-15:00 Break

15:00-16:30 Poster Viewing

Chairpersons: E. Pelidou, E. Koutsouraki

Multiple Sclerosis

P34 COMPUTERIZED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERY DETECTS

PSYCHOMOTOR PROCESSING SPEED IMPAIRMENT AS THE CORE

OGNITIVE DEFICIT IN RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

PATIENTS

Lambros Messinis, Emmanuel Anyfantis, Epameinondas Lyros,

Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos.

Department of Neurology, Neuropsychology Section, University

of Patras, Medical School

P35 NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICITS IN RELAPSING REMIITING

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS WITH LOW DISABILITY STATUS

Lambros Messinis, Emmanuel Anyfantis, Epameinondas Lyros,

Anna Paschali, Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos.

Department of Neurology, Neuropsychology Section, University

of Patras, Medical School

P36 ANTI-GM1 ANTIBODIES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS
E. Koutsouraki ^1,2, Ε. Hatzifilippou¹, C. Cosetsidou ¹, E. Avdelidi ¹,

T. Banaki ¹ , V.G. Costa ^1,2, S. J. Baloyannis ^1,2

1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, AHEPA

Hospital Thessaloniki, Greece

¹Neuroimmunological Laboratory

²Out-patient clinic for MS patients

P37 CHRONIC PAIN IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS:

FROM CLINICAL ISSUES TO PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES

A. Michos¹, M. Krommyda², P. Beredimas³

1. Asklepios Schlossberg Klinik Bad Koenig (Frankfurt, DE)

2. Allgemeines Krankenhaus Celle (Hannover, DE)

3. Petra-Olympou Psychiatric Hospital (Katerini, GR)

P38 CRITICAL ANALYSIS IN CONTRIBUTION OF

INTERFERON IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Evangelos A. Dimitriadis, Stamatios Petousis

A’ Neurological Clinic , Laboratory of Neuropathology ,

AHEPA , AUTH

Inflammation

P39 SYDENHAM’S CHOREA – A REVIEW

Kemanetzoglou Elisavet, Βeredimas Panagiotis

Neurological department of Psychiatric Hospital “Petra Olympou”

P40 MULTI-PARAMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS APPROACH IN

THE DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROSYPHILIS

N.Sgouros^a*, I.Kontaxakis^a , E.Bourbouli^a , E.Kararizou^b,

G.Paraskevas^b, E.Kapaki^b

^a Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University

of Athens Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, Athens

^b Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of

Athens, Eginition Hospital

Vascular Disorders

P41 A VERY RARE CASE OF AN EXTENT CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA

OF THE BRAINSTEM

E. Koutsouraki, E-S Capsali, E. Avdelidi, V. g. Costa,

S. J. Baloyannis

1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, AHEPA

Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

P42 ISCHEMIC CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT IN THE

DISTRIBUTION OF ANTERIOR CHOROIDAL ARTERY:  

A CASE REPORT

Thomas J. Tegos, Athinodoros Valavanis, Stella-Evangelia

Kapsali, Stavros I. Baloyannis

Aʼ Department of Neurology AHEPA Hospital

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Greece

P43 THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE UNSTABLE CAROTID

PLAQUE ON CERVICAL ULTRASOUND AND TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER

T.J Tegos,A.G Papadimitriou, S.I Baloyannis

A΄ Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian

University of Thessaloniki, Greece

P44 HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA ASSOCIATED WITH ABNORMAL

CEREBRAL VENOUS DRAINAGE
M. Arnaoutoglou, G. Xiromerisiou, A. Tychalas, V. Costa, G. Spanos, S. J. Baloyannis
AHEPA Hospital Thessaloniki, Eurodiagnosis Diagnostic Center, Thessaloniki

Epilepsy

P45 POSTTRAUMATIC EPILEPSY RISK FACTORS: REVIEW

OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE

E.Syrmou₁, N.Syrmos₁, G. Theothoropoulos₂, Ch. Syrmos ₃

1. Post-graduated students of T.E.F.A.A., Aristotle University of

Thesslaoniki, Greece

3. Department of Anatomopathology, Theagenio Hospital,

Thessaloniki, Greece

4. Neurosurgical Department, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

P46 BIPOLAR DISORDER IN EPILEPSY

V. Stergiou², G. Tsaleras², P. Armentsoudis¹, Ε. Dimitrakoudi¹,

V.Daniilidou¹, Α. Τyhalas¹, Α. Karlovasitou², S. Ι. Baloyannis¹

¹ First Neurological Clinic Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki

² Laboratory of Clinical Neurolophysiology, Aristotle University

of Thessaloniki, Hospital ΑΧΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

P47 CASE REPORT: TRANSIENT HYPNIC HEADACHE SYNDROME

IN A PATIENT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL

OF LONG TERM LITHIUM TREATMENT

Avdelidi E., Karlovasitou A., Andriopoulou G., Baloyannis S.J.

1st Department of Neurology, Department of Clinical

Neurophysiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA

Hospital

P48 CHRONIC ADULT SLEEPWALKING: CLINICAL

FEATURES AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION

S. Boufidis², A. Balla², G. Xiromerisiou¹, Ε. Avdelidi¹, E.

Vlachogianni³, Α. Karlovasitou², S. Ι. Baloyannis¹

¹ First Neurological Clinic Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki

² Laboratory of Clinical Neurolophysiology, Aristotle University

of Thessaloniki, Hospital ΑΧΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

³ General Hospital “Agios Paulos”

P49 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EEG DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF

AN EPISODE OF SPORADIC HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE

Avdelidi E., Tychalas A., Karlovasitou A., Arnaoutoglou M.,

Baloyannis S. J.

1st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of

Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital

P50 ASYMMETRIC EEG FINDINGS IN IDIOPATHIC

GENERALIZED EPILEPSY IN ADOLESCENCE

M. Spilioti³, Ε. Dimitrakoudi¹, P. Armentsoudis¹, D. Galios⁴ , G.

Tsaleras², Ε. Avdelidi¹, Α. Karlovasitou², S. Ι. Baloyannis¹

¹ First Neurological Clinic Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki

² Laboratory of Clinical Neurolophysiology, Aristotelian University

of Thessaloniki, Hospital ΑHΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

³ University of Crete, Medical School, Dept of Pediatrics,

Neurology and Child Psychiatry, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

⁴ General Hospital Volos, Greece

P51 PURE SLEEP EPILEPSY WITH TONIC CLONIC

SEIZURES

Ε. Dimitrakoudi¹, P. Armentsoudis¹, M. Spilioti³, G.

Xiromerisiou¹, Ε. Kalliolia¹, D. Tsiptsios², D.

Fotiou¹, Α. Karlovasitou², S. Ι. Baloyannis¹

¹ First Neurological Clinic Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki

² Laboratory of Clinical Neurolophysiology, Aristotelian University

of Thessaloniki, Hospital ΑHΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

³ University of Crete, Medical School, Dept of Pediatrics,

Neurology and Child Psychiatry, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

P52 BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS AS ADJUNCTIVE

THERAPY TO KETOGENIC DIET IN REFRACTORY

EPILEPSY

Evangeliou A¹, Spilioti M², Doulioglou V¹, Kalaidopoulou P¹, Ilias

A¹, Skarpalezou A³, Katsanika I¹, Kalamitsou S¹ , Vasilaki K¹,

Ioannou H¹, Garganis K⁴, Varlamis G ¹ Α. Karlovasitou⁶, S. J.

Baloyannis⁵

1. 4th Paediatric Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

Papageorgiou Hospital, Ring Road, Thessaloniki, Greece

2. University of Crete, Medical School, Dept of Pediatrics,

Neurology and Child Psychiatry, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

3. Institution of Child Health, Children's Hospital Agia Sofia,

Athens, Greece

4. Epilepsy Unit of Agios Loukas Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

5. First Neurological Clinic Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aristotelian University

of Thessaloniki, Hospital ΑHΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

P53 SEIZURE IMPACT ON ASPECTS OF SCHOOL LIFE AND ON THE

QUALITY OF LIFE OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN THRACE REGION, GREECE

Aspasia Serdari^a, Gregorios Tripsianis^b, Agelos Tsalkidis^c,

Konstantinos Vadikolias^d, Athanasios Chatzimichael^c, Charitomeni

Piperidou^d , Miltiadis Livaditis^a,

a.Department of Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, Democritian

University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece

b.Department of Medical Statistics, Democritian University of Thrace, Greece

c.Department of Pediatrics, Democritian University of Thrace,

University Hospital of Alexandroupolis,Greece

d.Department of Neurology, Democritian University of Thrace,

University Hospital of Alexandroupolis,Greece

P54 TRANSIENT EPILEPTIC AMNESIA PRESENTING AS DEMENTIA: A REPORT

OF THREE CASES

G Balamoutsos, G Anthomelides, P Ioanides, D Karacostas, N. Tascos

2^nd Neurology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki

P55 POSTTRAUMATIC EPILEPSY RISK FACTORS: REVIEW

OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE

E. Syrmou₁, N. Syrmos₁, G. Theodoropoulos₂, Ch. Syrmos_3.

1. Post – graduated students of T.E.F.A.A., Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

2. Department of Anatomopathology, Theagenio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

3. Neurosurgical Department, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

P 56 ALCHOHOL ABUSE AS A PRECIPITATING FACTOR FOR NON CONVULSIVE

STATUS EPILEPTICUS: TWO CASE REPORTS AND A LITERATURE REVIEW.

Arnaoutoglou M, Karlovasitou A, Tychalas A., Fotiou D, Karamanidis C, Spanos G.,

Avdelidou E., Kalliolia E., S. J. Baloyannis

1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Chairpersons: K . Karageorgiou, M. Arnaoutiglou

Neurosurgery

P57 ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΣ ΥΔΡΟΚΕΦΑΛΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΟΣΚΛΗΡΙΔΙΕΣ

ΣΥΛΛΟΓΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗΣ ΗΛΙΚΙΑΣ–ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ

ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΤΙΚΟΥ

Ι. Μάγρας ¹, Δ. Παρασκευόπουλος¹, Ν. Φόρογλου¹, Ε. Παύλου²,

Μ. Καρρά, Β. Αρζόγλου¹, Ι. Μπαλογιάννης¹

1 Α΄ Νευροχειρουργική Κλινική Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου

Θεσσαλονίκης – Νοσοκομείο ΑΧΕΠΑ

2 Β΄ Παιδιατρική Κλινική Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου

Θεσσαλονίκης – Νοσοκομείο ΑΧΕΠΑ

P58 ΚΡΑΝΙΟΣΥΝΟΣΤΕΩΣΗ: ΘΕΡΑΠΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ

ΜΕ ΠΛΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΑΝΙΟΥ.

Μπαλογιάννης Ιωάννης ¹, Παρασκευόπουλος Δημήτριος ¹,

Αρζόγλου Βασίλειος¹ , Καρά Μαρία¹, Φόρογλου Νικόλαος1, Ε.

Παύλου², Μάργας Ιωάννης ¹

1 Α΄ Νευροχειρουργική Κλινική Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου

Θεσσαλονίκης – Νοσοκομείο ΑΧΕΠΑ

2 Β΄ Παιδιατρική Κλινική Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου

Θεσσαλονίκης – Νοσοκομείο ΑΧΕΠΑ

P59 Epidemiological research and analysis of low

back pain in Macedonia and in Crete-a multicenter study-

Nikolaos Syrmos 1,2,3,4,5, Ch.Iliadis1, S.Patiakas 2, M.Loulakaki 1,

A. Gargeraki 1,E.Kirmanoglou 4,N.Kapoutzis 2, A.Televantos 2,

S.Tzinas 3,G.Giantsis 3,D.Alaseirlis 4,I.Dellis4, T.Moumtzidelis 4,

V.Papaioannou 4,K.Grigoriou 1 ,D.Arvanitakis 1,Ch.Syrmos 5

1. Venizeleian General Hospital-Heraklion-Crete, Neurosurgical Department

2. Goumenissa General Hospital-Goumenissa-Kilkis-Macedonia, Surgical Department

3. Naoussa General Hospital-Naoussa-Imathia-Macedonia, Surgical and Orthopaedic Department

4. Giannitsa General Hospital-Giannitsa-Pella-Macedonia ,Orthopaedic Department

5. AHEPA University Hospital-Thessaloniki-Macedonia , Neurosurgical Department

P60 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REASARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE INJURED IN ROAD TRAFFIC

ACCIDENTS IN MACEDONIA AND IN CRETE-A MULTICENTER STUDY-

Nikolaos Syrmos 1,2,3,4,5, Ch.Iliadis1, S.Patiakas 2, M.Loulakaki 1,

A. Gargeraki 1,E,Kirmanoglou 4,N.Kapoutzis 2, A.Televantos 2,

S.Tzinas 3,G.Giantsis 3,D.Alaseirlis 4,I.Dellis4, T.Moumtzidelis 4,

V.Papaioannou 4,K.Grigoriou 1 ,D.Arvanitakis 1,Ch.Syrmos 5

1. Venizeleian General Hospital-Heraklion-Crete, Neurosurgical

Department

2.Goumenissa General Hospital-Goumenissa-Kilkis-Macedonia,

Surgical Department

3.Naoussa General Hospital-Naoussa-Imathia-Macedonia, Surgical

and Orthopaedic Department

4.Giannitsa General Hospital-Giannitsa-Pella-Macedonia

,Orthopaedic Department

5. AHEPA University Hospital-Thessaloniki-Macedonia

,Neurosurgical Department

Movement Disorders

P61 ALTERATIONS IN PURKINJE CELLS AND DENTATE NUCLEUS NOTICED IN

IDIOPATHIC PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND VASCULAR PARKINSONISM.

D.F.Fotiou, I.A.Mavroudis, K.Tsamis, V. G. Costa, S.J.Baloyannis,

Laboratory of Neuropathology, 1^st Department of Neurology,

Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.

P62 DEPRESSION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE. A STUDY

WITH PUPILLOMETRY

V. Stergiou², D. Fotiou¹, D. Tsiptsios², Ε. Kalliolia¹, G.Tsaleras², Α. Τyhalas¹,

Α. Karlovasitou²

¹ First Neurological Clinic Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Thessaloniki

² Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki,

Hospital ΑHΕPΑ, Thessaloniki

P63 DYSTONIA IN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS. A CASE REPORTS

OF BLEPHAROSPASMUS IN HASHIMOTO DISEASE

M.Arnaoutoglou, E. Koutsouraki, V. G. Costa, E. Avdelidou,

S. A. Kapsali, M. Traka, C. Karamanidis, N. Arnaoutoglou,

G. Spanos, G. Xiromerisiou, S. J. Baloyannis

1^st Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

16:30-18:40 Lectures

Chairpersons: K .von Wild, P. Kalvach

16:30 Ageing, Care with Optimal Qol and End-of-Life Issues

N. Tataru

17:00 Role of patient organizations in post-stroke care: Czech Stroke Patient Association and SAFE

P. Kalvach

17:30 Psychosocial Dimension of Neurological Diseases

C . Karageorgiou

17:50 Santiago Ramon y Cajal his Scientific Contribution and his vision on

Neurosciences

A. Portera

18:20 The Neurology in Byzantine era

S. J. Baloyannis

18:40-19:00 Break

19:00-20:10 Lectures

Chairpersons: J. Leszek, N. Tataru

19:00 Unusual Cases of Multiple Sclerosis

E. Koutsouraki

19:20 Types of neurovascular symptomatology and carotid plaque

echostructure

Th. Tegos

19:40 Carotid plaque echostructure: does it play any role in the clinical decision making?

Ath. Giannoukas

19:50 The role of cerebellum in the pathophysiology of dystonia

M. Arnaoutoglou