Timetable

Plenary Parallel Symposium Workshop Poster

Monday, 4 June 2012
08:00	01Pre-Congress Workshop: MDSA & MDS-AOS Basic Movement Disorders Course Meeting Room 211
10:00		02Pre-Congress Workshop: Asia Pacific Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees Workshop Meeting Room 101	03Pre-Congress Workshop: Diagnosis and Acute Stroke Therapy Workshop Meeting Room 109	04Pre-Congress Workshop: Botulinum Toxin Hands-on Course Meeting Room 110	05Pre-Congress Workshop: Advanced Training Supervisor Workshop (RACP) Meeting Room 204
13:00		06Pre-Congress Workshop: AOCN Advocacy Workshop Meeting Room 101	07Pre-Congress Workshop: Preventing Recurrent Stroke Meeting Room 109	08Pre-Congress Workshop: AOCN & IFCN Hands-on EMG Course Meeting Room 110	09Pre-Congress Workshop: ANZAN Regional Neurology Workshop Meeting Room 204
17:00
19:00	55UCB Symposium Meeting Room 203
20:30

Tuesday, 5 June 2012
06:45	56Biogen Idec Breakfast Symposium Meeting Room 110
08:15
08:30	11Congress Opening Plenary 2 Co-Chair Richard Frith New Zealand Co-Chair Ching-Piao Tsai AOAN and Veterans General Hospital Taiwan
08:45	12AOAN President's Symposium Plenary 2 Neurological Disorders in Asian Oceanian Region - The Way Forward Ching-Piao Tsai, AOAN and Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan CNS Infections and Stroke in Asian Oceanian Region Man Mohan Mehndiratta, G B Pant Hospital, India Dementia in Asia Jianping Jia, Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital, Capital Medical University, China Neurogenetic Studies in Asia Teeratorn Pulkes, Mahidol University, Thailand
10:45	13Morning Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
11:15	14Keynote Lecture Plenary 2 Co-Chair Lawrence Wong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Co-Chair Lynette Kiers Royal Melbourne Hospital Australia Global Challenges in Neurology Werner Hacke, Ruprecht-Karls Universitat Heidelberg, Germany
11:55
12:00	15Plenary Session 1 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Lawrence Wong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Co-Chair Lynette Kiers Royal Melbourne Hospital Australia Functional Neurological Disorders: They're Real! Mark Hallett, NINDS MS Mimics: the good, the bad and the ugly Stephen Reddel, The University of Sydney
13:00	16Lunch & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202 Online Scenario-based Learning Tool for Acute Stroke Management David Bourke, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand Dean Kilfoyle Botulinum Toxin Type A for the Treatment of Disabling Tremor in Multiple Sclerosis: A Double-blind, Randomized Controlled, Cross-over Study Anneke van der Walt, Center for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne; Royal Melbourne Hospital; 4. Sydney Eye Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Optic Nerve Axial Diffusivity Predicts Axonal Loss but Not Clinical Outcome After Acute Demyelinating Optic Neuritis Anneke van der Walt, Center for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne; Royal Melbourne Hospital; 4. Sydney Eye Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Struck Twice: An Unusual Case of Recurrent Stroke with Thrombus Identified in an Interatrial Septal Pouch Dayna Griffiths, Gosford Hospital, Australia Axonal loss in non-ON eyes of MS patients is associated with sub-clinical inflammatory demyelination of the visual pathway Aleksander Klistorner, Sydney Eye Hospital, Melbourne, Australia The Level of Glutamate in the Blood of Children with Hemorrhagic Stroke Before and After Citicoline Neuroprotective Therapy Konstantin Pushkarev, Children's City Clinical Hospital No 1, Almaty, Kazakhstan Endovascular stenting improves autonomic dysfunction in symptomatic intracranial or extracranial artery stenosis Lily Xiong, Division of Neurology, Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sex, Showering and Gardening: Transient Global Amnesia in Queensland Simon Bell, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Validation of AD8 to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment at a Singapore Memory Clinic Yanhong Dong, Department of Pharmacology, National University Health System, Singapore Vascular Dementia due to Corpus Callosum Infarction Yanhong Dong, Department of Pharmacology, National University Health System, Singapore Validation of the Korean Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Korean Elderly: Further follow-up Jin-Young Ahn, Department of Neurology, Seoul Medical Center, Korea Absence of Splenium in Middle East Syndrome (Review of Articles and Case Report) Naif Saad ALGhasab, Qassim university ,6th year medical student., Saudi Arabia "Early" and Late: Saccadic Abnormalities in Frontotemporal Dementia James Burrell, Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia Predicting Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in Corticobasal Syndrome James Burrell, Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and the Risk of Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease in Han Chinese Yafang Chen, The Institute of Neulogy in Fujian Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Wanjin Chen, Department of Neurology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Xiaozhen Lin, Department of Neurology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Qijie Zhang, The Institute of Neulogy in Fujian Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Disorders of Intracranial Hemodynamics in Patients with After-Effects of Battle Cranio-Cerebral Trauma Inna Chernenko, Kharkiv medical academy of postgraduate education, Ukraine Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Amnestic and Nonamnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Mun Seong Choi, Maryknoll Hospital, Korea Finger Puppet Sign as Unique Clinical Presentation of Alzheimer's Dementia Tomoyuki Kamata, Department of Neurology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Japan Different Anatomical Substrates Between Sound Naming and Visual Naming: A Voxel-Based Lesion-Symptom Mapping Study Min-Jeong Kim, Department of Neurology, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Changing Patterns of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex (PDC) of the Kii Peninsula in Japan Shigeki Kuzuhara, Department of Medical Welfare, Faculty of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Japan Association of Small Head Circumference with Cognitive Decline & Depressive Symptoms in an Elderly Rural Community Oh Dae Kwon, Department of Neurology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Korea Immunoreactivity for Cyclin-dependent Kinase 5 in Granulovacuolar Degeneration Masahiro Nakamori, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Japan Amyloid Deposition in Lewy Body Diseases Promotes Alzheimer's Disease Like Cortical Atrophy Hitoshi Shimada, Molecular Neuroimaging Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan Chronic Migraine and Chronic Daily Headache in the Asia–Pacific Region: A Systematic Review Richard Stark, Australia Tooth Loss May Predict Poor Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Adults Without Dementia and Stroke Seung-Han Suk, Wokwang University Sanbon Medical Center and Ansan Municipal Geriatric Hospital, Korea SLC2A14 Polymorphism and Alzheimer's Disease in Han Chinese Wei Wang, Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University,, China Lan Tan, Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University WITHDRAWN: Gender Specificities in Vascular Dementia Versus Alzheimer’s Disease in 1159 Consecutive Cases Yi Xing, Department of Neurology, Xuan Wu Hospital of the Capital Medical University, China Influence of Vascular Risk Factors on the Evolution of Alzheimer’s Disease Takashi Yamazaki, Department of Neurology, Research Institute for Brain and Vessels, Akita, Japan, Japan Changes in White Matter Integrity in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study Changhao Yin, Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China, China Xiaobo Li, Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, United States Combined Ipsilateral Thalamic Diaschisis and Contralateral Cerebellar Diaschisis in Status Epilepticus Kyung-Ho Choi, Department of Neurology, Kangwon University of College of Medicine, Korea Tolerability, Safety, and Side-effects of Levetiracetam Versus Phenytoin in Intravenous and Total Prophylactic Regimen Amongst Craniotomy Patients: A Prospective Randomised Study Karen Fuller, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia Diagnosing Conversion Disorder: Psychological Formulations Meet Emerging Neurobiological Evidence Islam Hassan, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia Predictable Factors and Timing of Seizure Recurrence After Tapering and Withdrawal of Antiepileptic Drug in Epileptic Patients with Monotherapy Sang Kim, Department of Neurology Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Korea Hyung Jeon, Department of Neurology Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Korea Precipitating Factors on Migraine Patients Sang Kim, Department of Neurology Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Korea Hyung Jeon, Department of Neurology Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Korea Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in a Child Patient After Seizure SeongRyul Kim, Dept. of Neurolgy, Ulsan Dong-Gang general hospital, Korea Effects of Psychosocial Profiles on Felt Stigma in People with Epilepsy Young Soo Kim, Department of Neurology Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Gyeongnam, Korea., Korea Long-Term Effect of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Seizure Suppression in Adult Patients with Intractable Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy Masako Kinoshita, Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization, Utano National Hospital, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of M, Japan Nationwide Survey of Myoclonus Epilepsy of Adult in Japan Katsuya Kobayashi, Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Wireless Instantaneous Adenosine Recording During Kainic Acid-Induced Seizure in Rat: WINCS Application Sung Chul Lim, Department of Neurololgy, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea First-Ever Seizure Arising From Sleep: Clinical Characteristics And Prognosis Tapuwa Musuka, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia Treatment of Epilepsy Developed after Head Trauma Hitoshi Nakano, National Hospital of Utano, Japan Cognitive Rehabilitation in Children with Epilepsy Kiran Bala Narula, Institution of human behaviour and allied sciences (IHBAS),Delhi, India Significant Reduction in Complications Using Smaller Size Grids During Intracranial Electrode Recording in Pre-Surgical Evaluation of Drug Resistant Partial Epilepsy – A Re-Audit Zebunnessa Rahman, Westmead Hospital, Australia Hard to Diagnose What You Have Never Heard Of… Elizabeth Shiner, Dept of Neurology, St George Hospital, Australia Justine Wang, Dept of Neurology, St George Hospital, Australia Mode-Dependent Effect of High-Frequency Electrical Stimulation of the Anterior Thalamic Nucleus on Amygdala-kindled Seizures in Rats Lan Tan, Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University MRI Study in Relatives of TLE+HS Patients Meng-Han Tsai, Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, Australia Case of Syndrome of Headache with Neurological Deficits and Cerebrospinal Fluid Benjamin Tsang, Austin Health, VIC, Australia Glioblastoma Masquerading as a Benign Lesion: Clinical and MRI Progression Justine Wang, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia Ictal Bradyarrythmias and Asystole Manori Wijayath, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia Heat Stroke Induced Cerebellar Dysfunction - A "Forgotten Syndrome" Ho Choonbg, Liverpool Hospital, Australia Evidence of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Genetic Parkinson’s Disease Carolyn Sue, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Australia A Family with Unusual Phenotypic Variability in Parkin-Related Parkinson’s Disease Carolyn Sue, Kolling Institute of Medical Research and The University of Sydney, Australia Decreased Thyroid MIBG Uptake may be a Differential Parameter in Parkinson's Disease Combined with Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy Hee-Tae Kim, Department of Neurology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Korea MR Brain Imaging in Patients With Parkinsonism and Gait Disorders on 3T Ling Ling Chan, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Efficacy of “Skate Walking” in Parkinson’s Disease Shinsuke Hamada, Hokuyukai Neurological Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, Japan Parkin Mutation and the Outcome of Deep Brain Stimulation Beom S Jeon, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Pill Questionnaire for Detecting Cognitive Deficits and its Impact on Daily Living in Parkinson’s Disease Beom S Jeon, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea The Seoul National University Hospital Cohorts of MSA Beom S Jeon, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Young-onset Multiple System Atrophy Beom S Jeon, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Effect of Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase Inhibition on Oxysterol 7-ketocholesterol Induced Apoptosis DooEung Kim, Department of Neurology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Korea Nonmotor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease Jae Woo Kim, Dong-A University Hospital, Korea Treatment of Proximal Upper Limb Tremor with Botulinum Toxin Therapy Samuel Kim, Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia Intravenous Amantadine for Freezing of Gait Resistant to Dopaminergic Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial Young Eun Kim, Department of Neurology and Movement disorder center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea., Korea Discriminant and Convergent Validity of Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-Mental State Examination in Detecting Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson Disease Patients in South-East Asia Way Inn Koay, Department of Pharmacology, National University Health System, Singapore WITHDRAWN: Mechanisms for the Protective Effects of 17-beta-estradiol: Relevance to Depressive Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease Pardeep Kumar, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India WITHDRAWN: Amyloid beta Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotective Role of 17β Estradiol in Aging Rat Brain Synaptosomes Pardeep Kumar, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Validation of the Attention Questionnaire Scale in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Do-Young Kwon, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea How Do Voluntary Movements Decrease Resting Tremor in Patients with Parkinson Disease ? Tomokazu Nakagawa, Takeda general hospital, Japan The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Apathy in Parkinson’s Disease Hiroaki Oguro, Department of Neurology, Shimane University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysfunction and ¹⁸F-FP-CIT Uptake in Parkinson’s Disease Yoon-Sang Oh, Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Korea Analysis of Activated T Cell Subsets in Parkinson’s Syndrome Tomoko Okamoto, Department of Neurology, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan The Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene in Parkinson's Disease Kumar Prakash, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore A Survey of Deep Brain Stimulation Condition Monitoring Hidemoto Saiki, Department of Neurology, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Institute, Japan Impairment of the Vestibulo-Cerebellar Interaction in Friedreich's Ataxia David Szmulewicz, The University of Melbourne, Australia The Rapid Video-Oculographic Measurement of the Normal Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex David Szmulewicz, The University of Melbourne, Australia Analysis of Lrrk2 In Essential Tremor EK Tan, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore Evoked Potential Characteristics of Common Vestibular Disorders Rachael Taylor, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia Relationship Between Monoamine Metabolites in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Cerebellar Variant of Multiple System Atrophy and Spinocerebellar Degeneration Kenichi Yabuuchi, Department of Internal Medicine III, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan Disconnection of the Extension Pins from the Neurostimulator Connector Block as an Unusual Cause of Sudden Worsening of Parkinsonism Hui-Jun Yang, Department of Neurology, Seoul national university hospital, Korea An Open Label Clinical Pilot Study of Resveratrol as a Treatment for Friedreich Ataxia Eppie Yiu, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia Comparison of Once-Daily Versus Twice-Daily Combination of Ropirinole Prolonged Release in Parkinson’s Disease Ji Young Yun, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Beom S Jeon, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Early Diagnosis of a Complex and Special Patient with Wilson Disease Qijie Zhang, The Institute of Neulogy in Fujian Province, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Wanjin Chen, Department of Neurology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Cerebro Spinal Fluid and Serum Uric Acid in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Mohammad Ali Shafa, kerman neurology research institue, Iran The CogState Brief Battery (CBB): A Practical Test to Monitor Cognitive Change in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care Lotte de Meijer, Box Hill Hospital, Australia Use of JC Virus Serology to Stratify the Risk Associated with Natalizumab Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis Wajih Bukhari, Griffith University Queensland Australia, Australia Simon Broadley, Griffith University Queensland Australia, Australia Quantifying the Value of Multiple Sclerosis Disability Outcomes by Disability Weights for Each Level of the Expanded Disability Status Scale Joong-Yang Cho, Department of Neurology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea Clinical, Laboratory, MRI, and Electrophysiologic Findings in Longitudinally Short Transverse Myelitis: Comparison with Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis Seong-Sook Hong, Dept. of Radiology, SoonChunHyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Korea Seok-Beom Kwon, Dept. of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea Clinical Effectiveness of Therapeutic Plasmapheresis and its Effect on Anti-Aquaporin-4 Antibody Levels in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Su-Hyun Kim, Department of Neurology, Research Institute and Hospital of National Cancer Center, Korea Idiopathic Recurrent Myelitis: Clinical, Laboratory, MRI, and Electrophysiological Characteristics and Risk Factor of Recurrence Seok-Beom Kwon, Dept. of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Korea Connexin Astrocytopathy in Baló’s Concentric Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica in Asians Katsuhisa Masaki, Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan Delayed Transverse Myelitis After Toxocara Canis Infection: Could a Parasite be the Cause of CNS Demyelinating Disease? Yangki Minn, Department of Neurology, Hallym University, Korea Peptide Array Analysis for Detection of Immunogenic Site on Aquaporin-4 in Neuromyelitis Optica Masahiro Mori, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan Modelling Genetic Susceptibility to Multiple Sclerosis with Family Data Cullen O'Gorman, Griffith University, Queensland; Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland, Australia Walk the Talk- Axonal Properties and Functional Ability in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Hannah Pickering, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences University of New South Wales, Australia Prevalence of POLG mutations in Australian Patients with Mitochondrial Disease Christina Liang, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 is a Biomarker of Mitochondrial Disease Christina Liang, Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia A Case of Myofibrillar Myopathy Manifesting Muscle Cramps and Mild Hand Weakness Takashi Ayaki, Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Palmar Digital Nerve Injury of Snow Shoveler Masayuki Baba, Department of Neurology, Aomori Prefecture Medical Center, Japan Selective Vulnerability of Corticomotoneurons in Neurodegeneration Jong Seok Bae, Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia A Prevalence Study of Genetic Mutations in Australian Patients with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Nicholas Blair, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Australia Ankylosing Spondylitis with Cervical Fracture, Cardiac Arrest, Locked-in Syndrome, and Death Dae Sup Byun, Department of Neurology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea The Relationship Between Clinical Severity and Electrophysiological Findings in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Joong-Yang Cho, Department of Neurology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea Nerve Conduction Study Findings in SLE Patients Without Neuropathy Symptoms and Signs Sue Yng Fong, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia Tacrolimus Monotherapy for Initial Immunosuppressive Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis Kengo Fujita, Kansai Medical University department of neurology, Japan Serotonin 1B Receptor Polymorphism and Migraine Modules Jae-Hyeok Heo, Department of Neurology, Seoul Medical Center, Korea Manho Kim, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Insulin Response as a Risk Factor for Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Sung-Hee Hwang, Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea Brain Perfusion SPECT in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Masato Ishibashi, Department of Internal Medicine III, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan Clinical Characteristics of Recurred Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo After Successful Repositioning Objectives Jung, Department of Neurology, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Korea Median and Ulnar F Wave Inversion in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Byung-Jo Kim, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Korea Delayed Post-Radiation Lower Cranial Nerve Palsy in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Seung Min Kim, Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea Two Cases of Oncogenic Osteomalacia Presenting as Pain and Gait Disturbance Seung Min Kim, Departments of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Pharmacokinetics of 3,4-Diaminopyridine in Healty Volunteers and a LEMS Case Kiyonobu Komai, Iou National Hospital, NHO, Department of Neurology, Japan Altered Sensory Nerve Excitability May Underlie Neuropathy Development in Type 1 Diabetes Natalie Kwai, Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Sural, Ulnar Sensory Responses and Sural/Ulnar Amplitude Ratio (SUAR) in Varying Age Group: Influence of Age on Nerve Conduction Taek-Jun Lee, Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, Korea An Unexpected New Phenotype Related to the m.1555A>G Mitochondrial Mutation Christina Liang, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia Characteristic Eye-Movements and Vestibular Dysfunction in 2 Patients with SPG7 (paraplegin) Mutations Christina Liang, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia Changes in Axonal Function Pre-Post Operation in Patients with Radiculopathy Cindy Lin, School of Medical Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Classification of Gullian-Barre Syndrome subtype after Serial Nerve Conduction Study Yangki Minn, Department of Neurology, Hallym University, Korea Hyperglycemia Induces Axonal Edema and Nerve Conduction Slowing Across the Carpal Tunnel in Diabetic Patients Sonoko Misawa, Department of Neurology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Chemical Library Screening Identifies a Small Molecule that Downregulates SOD1 Transcription for Drugs to Treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Gaku Murakami, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan Riluzole Alters Na⁺ Channel Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Jenna Murray, Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Prognostic Factors Related to Surgical Outcome for Myasthenia Gravis After Thymectomy Dong-Seok Oh, Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea Changes in Axonal Excitability in Bortezomib-Induced Neuropathy Saiko Nasu, Department of Neurology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Prominent Fatigue in Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy: Evidence of Activity-dependent Conduction Block Yu-ichi Noto, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan Beneficial Effects of Copper-Removal Therapy for Mutant SOD1-linked Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Shin-ichi Ono, Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Scool of Pharmacy, Nihon university, Japan Novel Connexin 32 Mutation in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Associated with Transient Central Nervous System Dysfunction and White Matter Lesion Min Su Park, Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Korea A New Phenotype of Mitochondrial Disease Characterized by Familial Late-Onset Predominant Axial Myopathy and Encephalopathy Yusuke Sakiyama, Department of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan Norfolk QOL-DN Distinguishes Stages of Transthyretin Amyloidosis and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Kannan Subramaniam, Pfizer Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia., Australia Expression of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in the Skin of the Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. An Immunohistochemical Study Megumi Suzuki, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Japan Trigeminal Neuralgia in a Multiethnic Patient Cohort Cheng Yin Tan, University of Malaya, Malaysia FSHD in Chinese Population: The Number of D4Z4 Repeat is Not a Critical Determinant of the Clinical Phenotype Zhiqiang Wang, Department of Neurology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Shenxing Murong, Department of Neurology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Minting Lin, Institute of Neurology in Fujian Province,The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medial University, Fuzhou,China, China Zhiying Wu, Department of Neurology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, China Target Antigen Analysis of Acquired Neuromyotonia (Isaacs’ syndrome) Osamu Watanabe, Neurology, Kagoshima University Hospital, Japan Microarray Analysis in Spinal Cords of Sporadic ALS Patients with Cell-type Specific Transcriptome Hirofumi Yamashita, Kyoto University, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan Gastrointestinal Pseudoobstruction and Sensory Neuronopathy in Small Cell Lung Cancer Dong Joo Yun, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Affecting Medulla and Upper Cervical Cord Associated with Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Jae-Young An, Korea Curcumin Helps in Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders Singh Prakash Anand, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Three Dimensional Vestibular and Saccadic Abnormalities in Gaucher’s Disease Swee Aw, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine,University of Sydney, Australia A Novel Antibody Identified in a Patient with Steroid-Responsive Encephalopathy Associated with Autoimmune Thyroiditis Nicholas Blair, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia Metabolic Changes in the Hippocampus on Functional Brain Imaging in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Ling Ling Chan, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Mild Encephalopathy with Reversible Lesion in the Splenium of the Corpus Callosum and Bilateral Frontal White Matter JeongHo Han, Department of Neurology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Korea A Case of Vision-Threatening Papilloedema in the Setting of Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Sarah Hewer, Royal Hobart Hospital, Australia A Case of Mycoplasma-Associated Acute Central and Peripheral Nervous System Demyelination Sarah Hewer, Royal Hobart Hospital, Australia Hemifacial Hyperhidrosis Associated with Ipsi/contralateral Cervical Disc Herniation Myelopathy. —Compression Pattern Determines the Laterality— Yoko Inukai, Department of Physiology, Aichi Medical University, Japan Nocardial Brain Abscess with Difficulty in Diagnosis and Treatment Masaki Ishihara, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Japan Post Lumbar Puncture Headache- which Needle to Choose Stephen Keddie, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne. UK, United Kingdom Lumbar Puncture: Which Needle to Choose Stephen Keddie, Northumbria Healthcare Trust, United Kingdom Inferior Vestibular Neuritis Ji-Soo Kim, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea Stress-Induced Headache and Postural Control Disturbance Compared to Normal Population Geun-Ho Lee, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Korea HTLV-1 Specific Cytotoxic T Cell Migration in the Cerebrum of the Patient with HAM/TSP Eiji Matsuura, Dept. of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University, Japan A Case of Symptomatic SUNCT Tapuwa Musuka, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia A Case of Leber’s plus and Leigh-like Syndrome Cullen O'Gorman, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Pathological Study of Pseudohypertrophy of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus Katsuhiko Ogawa, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan Evaluation of Clinical Features and Therapeutic Responses of Idiopathic Orbital Myositis Makiko Ota, Department of Neurology,Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Japan Effect of Carvedilol Against Aluminium Induced Neuro-toxicity: Possible Behavioral and Biochemical Alterations in Rats Atish Prakash, Pharmacology Division, Institute of Pharmacy and Emerging Sciences, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, India Clinical Characteristics of Adult Male Patients with Anti-N-Methyl D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Hikaru Sakamoto, Department of Neurology, Sakai Hospital Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Japan A Case of Lemierre Syndrome Hong Ki Song, Department of Neurology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Korea The Etiology of Acute Meningoencephalitis- is Early Diagnosis Still a Challenge? Uma Sundar, Lokmanya Tilak Mun. Med. college and hospital, Mumbai, India Tuberculous Meningitis and Other Extrapulmonary TB Manifestations in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients Mei Ling Sharon Tai, University of Malaya, Malaysia TB Meningitis in a HIV Negative Patient with Positive Urine Test for Cannabis Mei Ling Sharon Tai, University of Malaya, Malaysia A Rare Case of TB Myelitis and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Sharon Tai, University of Malaya, Malaysia An Unusual Case of Cerebellar Tuberculous Abscess in an Immunocompromised Patient Sharon Tai, University of Malaya, Malaysia A Case-Community Control Study of Subacute Sclerosing Panencepahlitis (SSPE) in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea Toshiaki Takasu, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Hyperthermia-induced Brain Injury in a Critical-Care Patient: A Case Study Joanne Tan, University of Melbourne, Australia Adult Migraine Prophylaxis With Levetiracetam – An Open –Label Study In A Rural Medical Institute In Northern India Archana Verma, Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and ResearchSaifai, Etawah, INDIA, India Capturing Acute Vertigo Miriam Welgampola, University of Sydney, Australia Uncommon Manifestation of a Chronic Illness Manori Wijayath, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia A Modified Ziehl-Neelsen Staining for de novo Detection of Intracellular Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Tuberculous Meningitis Patients Gang Zhao, Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, China Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Sang Won Han, Department of Neurology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Korea The Pattern of Voiding Dysfunction After Acute Brainstem Infarction Kee Ook Lee, Konyang University College of Medicine, Korea Dimensions of Perceived Social Support in Relation to Poststroke Depression Thanh Phan, Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Lesion Patterns and Stroke Mechanisms in In-Hospital Stroke Sung-Wook Yu, Department of Neurology, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea Predictors for Poststroke Dementia in Chinese Vincent Mok, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Limb-Shaking Transient Ischemic Attack:A Case Report and Literature Review Qian Zhang, Department of Neurolgy, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China, China Branch Occlusive Disease: Clinical and MRA findings Oh Young Bang, Samsung Medical Center, Korea A 37-Year-Old Man with Fever, Diarrhoea, Lymphadenopathy, Shortness of Breath and Stroke David Bourke, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand Stroke Complicating Infective Endocarditis Treated with Thrombolysis Wallace Brownlee, Auckland District Healthboard, New Zealand Perfusion-Diffusion Mismatch Reflects Leptomeningeal Collateral Quality and Changes in Collateral Flow are Associated with Infarct Growth Bruce Campbell, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia Extending the Time for Thombolysis in Emergency Neurological Deficits – Intra-Arterial: The EXTEND-IA Trial Rationale and Protocol Bruce Campbell, Royal Melbourne Hospital University of Melbourne, Australia Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus as a Manifestation of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Associated with Pheochromocytoma Dae-Il Chang, DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY, Korea Head Impulse Test Characteristics in Acute Vestibular Syndrome Luke Chen, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, RPA Hospital, Sydney, Australia CT and MR Imaging Analysis of Calcification Suspensions of Different Types and Concentrations Jin-Yong Choi, Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea Mechanical Thrombectomy with the Solitaire AB Stent in the Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Single Center Experience Wook-Jin Choi, Department of Neurology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Korea Seasonal Difference of Circadian Variation in the Timing of Cerebral Infarction Onset: A Hospital-Based Study Yun Im Choi, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea, Korea Increased Pulsatility Index is Associated with Intracranial Arterial Calcification Pil-Wook Chung, Department of Neurology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sunkyunkwan university school of medicine, Korea Both Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at Baseline and at 3-6 Months after Stroke Predict Significant Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) in Patients with Small Vessel Disease (SVD) at 1 Year Yanhong Dong, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia Outcome and Acute Stroke Recurrence in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack ~ Fukuoka Stroke Registry ~ Shigeru Fujimoto, Stroke Center, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Japan Changes to Self-concept and Poststroke Depression Sophia Halley, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Thanh Phan, Department of Medicine, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Central Effects of Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Spasticity William Huynh, Neuroscience Research Australia, Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of NSW, Australia The Association of Kidney Function with Acute Stroke Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital: A Cohort Study Rogie Marie A Ignacio-Alcantara, Philippines Transcranial Doppler Detection of Microembolic Signals in a Patient with Cerebral Infarction Associated with Spontaneous Echo Contrast Kwang Deog Jo, Department of Neurology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea Steno-Occlusion of the Bilateral Internal Carotid Arteries Associated with Basilar Tip Aneurysm Kwang Deog Jo, Department of Neurology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea Acute Borderzone Infarction in a Patient with Common Carotid Artery Occlusion Kwang Deog Jo, Department of Neurology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea A Case of Moyamoya Syndrome Associated with Hyperhomocystinemia and Protein C Deficiency Kwang Deog Jo, Department of Neurology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea Differences in Cerebral Hemodynamics Measured by Acetazolamide-Challenged CT Perfusion Between Patients with Proximal and Distal Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis Kwang Deog Jo, Department of Neurology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea Evaluating Emergency Department Use of the ABCD2 Score to Assess and Manage Patients Presenting with TIA Stephen Keddie, Mona Vale Hospital, Australia Michael Boland, Mona Vale Hospital, Australia Clinical Significance of Lesion Patterns in Striatocapsular Infarctions Done-Eun Kim, Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea Cilnidipine Protects Primary Cultured Cortical Neurons from Hypoxia Hee-Tae Kim, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea Coenzyme Q10 Protects Neural Stem Cells Against Hypoxia/Reoxygenation by Enhancing Survival Signals Hee-Tae Kim, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea Unilateral Exophthalmos Caused by Transverse, Superior Sagittal Venous Sinus Thrombosis SeongRyul Kim, Ulsan Dong-Gang General hospital, Korea Intracranial Arterial Stenosis and Related Clinical Risk Factors in Acute Stroke Patients Jun Hong Lee, Department of Neurology, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Korea Calcium-Channel Blockers Inhibit the Antiplatelet Effect of Clopidogrel Kyung-Yul Lee, Department of Neurology Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea Dynamic Change of White Matter Hyper-intensities Over Time;Retrospective Study of Longitudinal Follow-up Data Young Hyun Lee, Department of neurology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Korea Dong Won Yang, Department of neurology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Korea Jung-Hee Cho, Department of neurology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Korea Young Min Shon, Department of neurology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Korea Beum Saeng Kim, Department of neurology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Korea A-Hyun Cho, Department of neurology, Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Korea The Mobilisation of a Novel Cell Population in Response to Ischaemia: The Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Smooth Muscle Actin-Positive Cells in a Rat Model of Stroke Tina Ling, University of Melbourne, Australia Dabigatran, a New Oral Anticoagulant: Initial Impressions Shinji Matsuda, Department of Neurology, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Japan Neurological Deterioration and Stroke Recurrence in the Acute Phase of Japanese Minor Stroke with NIH Stroke Scale Score of 4 or Less ~ Fukuoka Stroke Registry ~ Satomi Mezuki, Stroke Center, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Japan Factors Influencing Early Neurological Progression of Ischemic Stroke in Active Cancer Patients Fukiko Morii, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan WITHDRAWN: Factors influencing early neurological progression of ischemic stroke in patients with active cancer Fukiko Morii, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan Preoperative Managment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Improves Postoperative Outcome in Bariatric Surgery Seong-Ho Park, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea Spontaneous Nystagmus in the Diagnosis of Vertigo in the Emergency Department Davor Pavlin-Premrl, Monash University, Australia Differential Involvement of Motor Corticofugal Fibers Predict Motor Deficit in Stroke Patients Thanh Phan, Monash Medical Centre & MOnash University, Australia Novel Application of EEG Source Localisation in Assessment of the Penumbra Thanh Phan, MOnash Medical Centre and Monash University, Australia Clinical and Histopathological Features in Patients with Severe Carotid Artery Stenosis Treated with Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Intraplaque Hemorrhage Detected with MR Imaging Rie Saito, Department of Neurology, Toranomon Hospital, Japan A retrospective study of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) Kenichi Sakajiri, Department of Neurology National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Japan Eishun NItta, Department of Neurology National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Japan Recurrence of Ischemic Stroke in Cardioembolic Cases Immediately Following IV t-PA Therapy Junichiro Shimada, Department of Neurology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, Japan The Clinical Significance of Serum Gamma-glutamyltransferase in Acute Cerebral Infarction Jeyong Son, Bongseng memorial hospital, Korea Lacunar Infarcts: Correlation of Clinical Syndrome with Imaging Lesion, Angiographic Findings, and Cognitive Function Uma Sundar, LTMMC&H, Sion , Mumbai, India Clinical Outcome in Patients Receiving Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator (IV tPA) Influenced by the Site of Arterial Occlusion and the Timing of Neurological Improvement Kentarou Suzuki, Institue of Brain and Blood Vessels, Mihara Memorial Hosp, Japan Takayasu's Arteritis, Ulcerative Colitis and Stroke: A Rare Co-Existence Mehrdad Taghipour, Student research committee, Cancer research center, School of medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran, Iran Dynamic Changes of Motor Cortical Excitability and Transcallosal Inhibition During Recovery Rehabilitation After Subcortical Stroke Utako Takechi, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine,University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Japan The CHADS2 Score is Independently Associated with Early Ischemic Stroke Outcomes Hans Tu, Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia Cerebral and Cutaneous Manifestations of Left Atrial Myxoma Ravindra Urkude, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia Micro-Structure of the Extracellular Matrix in the Skin of East Asian Patients with Spontaneous Cervicocephalic Arterial Dissection Kenji Yoshikawa, Stroke center, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, Japan
14:00	17W Ian McDonald Lecture Plenary 2 Chair Matthew Kiernan Neuroscience Research Australia Australia Neuromyelitis Optica: Concepts in Evolution Satoshi Kuwabara, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan
14:30	18Plenary Session 2 Plenary 2 Chair Matthew Kiernan Neuroscience Research Australia Australia The Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis Trevor Kilpatrick, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne Treatment Decisions in MS Helmut Butzkueven, Box Hill Hospital, Australia
15:30	19Afternoon Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
16:00	20Plenary Session 3 Plenary 2 Co-Chair William Carroll Co-Chair Carolyn Sue Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital Australia Inflammatory Neuropathies - AMAN/AIDP Ryuji Kaji, Tokushima University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Clinical Deconstruction Matthew Kiernan, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medical Sciences University of New South Wales, Australia New Strategies for Drug Discovery in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ryosuke Takahashi, Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
17:30	22CSL Biotherapies Symposium Meeting Room 110
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Wednesday, 6 June 2012
08:00	23ANZAN Annual General Meeting Plenary 2
09:00	24Keynote Lecture Plenary 2 Co-Chair Michelle Kiley Australia Co-Chair Ching-Piao Tsai AOAN and Veterans General Hospital Taiwan Epilepsy Genetics and Clinical Practice: Impact of the $1000 Genome Samuel Berkovic, Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia, Australia
09:30	25Plenary Session 1 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Ching-Piao Tsai AOAN and Veterans General Hospital Taiwan Co-Chair Michelle Kiley Australia Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Asia Nadir Bharucha, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, India Epilepsy and Infection Kurupath Radhakrishnan, Sree Chiltra Institute of Medical Sciences, India
10:30	26Morning Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
11:00	27Co-Morbidities and Management Issues in Epilepsy Plenary 2 Co-Chair Wendyl J D'Souza St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Australia Co-Chair Cecilie Lander Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospitals Australia Pregnancy Related Issues in the Management of Epilepsy Terence O'Brien, The University of Melbourne Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Rosemary Panelli Psychiatric Co-Morbidities in Epilepsy Mike Salzberg, St Vincent's Hospital & The University of Melbourne, Australia Neuropsychological Consequences in Epilepsy Armin Mohamed, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
13:00	28Lunch & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
14:00	29Young Investigator Encouragement Award Presentations Plenary 2 Co-Chair Pamela McCombe University of Queensland Co-Chair Man Mohan Mehndiratta G B Pant Hospital India Markedly Elevated sICAM-1 and sVCAM-1 Levels in Neuromyelitis Optica: Correlations with Blood-brain Barrier Disruption Akiyuki Uzawa, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan The Utility of Multimodal Evoked Potentials in Multiple Sclerosis Prognostication Sudarshini Ramanathan, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Australia Clinical and Serological Features of Thymomatous and Non-thymomatous MG Patients in Korea Sujin Lee, The Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, College of Medicine, Korea Patterns of Disease Spread in Early Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Neil Simon, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia Asscociation of GWAS-linked Loci with Alzheimer's Disease in Han Chinese Jin-Tai Yu, Qingdao Municipal Hospital; Qingdao University, China Cortical Hyperexcitability Precedes Lower Motor Neuron Dysfunction in Sporadic ALS Parvathi Menon, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney,, Australia	30Platform Presentation: Stroke Meeting Room 109 Co-Chair John Fink New Zealand Co-Chair Bernard Yan Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne Australia CT Perfusion Improves Diagnostic Accuracy and Confidence in Acute Ischemic Stroke Bruce Campbell, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia The SAFE Algorithm Predicts Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke Peter Alan Barber, University of Auckland, New Zealand Exploring Plastic Changes in the Unaffected Hemisphere in Acute Stroke William Huynh, Neuroscience Research Australia, Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of NSW, Australia Region Variability in Brain Volume at 3 Months After Stroke Amy Brodtmann, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Australia NINJ2 SNP May Bring Forward the Onset of First-ever Ischemic Stroke Sang-Wuk Jeong, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Korea Phaeochromocytomas and Paragangliomas from a Neurological Perspective Neil Anderson, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand	31Platform Presentation: Neuro-inflammation/Neuro-muscular/Multiple Sclerosis Meeting Room 110 Co-Chair Helmut Butzkueven Box Hill Hospital Australia Co-Chair Monique Ryan NMO IgG in Neuromyelitis Optica Cases in the ANZ Population Wajih Bukhari, Griffith University Queensland Australia, Australia Simon Broadley, Griffith University Queensland Australia, Australia Changes in Nerve Excitability Before and After Immunotherapy in Patients with Guillain-Barré Syndrome Jowy Tani, Department of Neurology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Nocturia in Multiple Sclerosis Vivien Li, Austin Health, Australia Two Cases of Copper Deficiency Myelopathy Benjamin Tsang, Austin Health, VIC, Australia	32Platform Presentation: Epilepsy Meeting Room 203 Co-Chair Michelle Kiley Australia Co-Chair Armin Mohamed Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Aeromedical Decision Making: Traumatic Brain Injury and Assessment of Seizure Risk Michael Drane, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Australia Quantitative Analysis of the Difference Among Variety of Cognitive Functional Indices Before and After Surgery of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Keiko Usui, National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Japan Zeta Waves on EEG are a Reliable Marker of Structural Brain Lesions Tapuwa Musuka, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia What Determines the Frequency of HFOs in Neocortex ?: A Comparison of HFOs Between Somatosensory- and Cortico-cortical Evoked Potentials Katsuya Kobayashi, Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Characterisation of a Possible Novel Syndrome of Autoimmune Adult Onset Focal Epilepsy and Encephalitis (AAFEE) Sudarshini Ramanathan, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Australia	33Platform Presentation: Movement Disorders/Cognitive Disorders Meeting Room 211 Co-Chair John O'Sullivan Co-Chair Carolyn Sue Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital Australia Clinical Features and Cortical Dysfunction in Corticobasal Syndrome James Burrell, Neuroscience Research Australia, Australia Patterns of Neuropsychological Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia and Mixed Dementia Yanhong Dong, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore A Simple Word List Recall Identifies Healthy Participants at Risk for Progression to Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer’s Disease in the Next 18-36 Months Cassandra Szoeke, National Ageing Research Institute, Australia Brain Perfusion Differences Between Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple System Atrophy, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Noriyuki Kimura, Department of Internal Medicine III, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Focal Dystonia Alexander Lehn, Department of Neurology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
15:30	34Afternoon Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
16:00	35Refractory Epilepsy Plenary 2 Co-Chair Geoffrey Herkes Royal Northshore Hospital, NSW Australia Co-Chair Kaitlyn Parrat The Scope of the Problem Patrick Kwan, The University of Melbourne Surgical Options for Refractory Epilepsy Kurupath Radhakrishnan, Sree Chiltra Institute of Medical Sciences, India Inflammation and Adult Epilepsy Meng Tan, Cabrini Hospital
17:30	58Novartis Symposium Meeting Room 203
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Thursday, 7 June 2012
06:45	59Bayer Symposium Meeting Room 110
08:15
08:30	36Keynote Lecture Plenary 2 Co-Chair Rick Stell Co-Chair Karyn Boundy SA Health Australia Aß Oligomers as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer's Disease Colin Masters, Mental Health Research Institute, Australia
09:00	37Plenary Session 1 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Rick Stell Co-Chair Karyn Boundy SA Health Australia Secondary Dystonia Mohit Bhatt, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, India Hereditary Ataxias Hidehiro Mizusawa, Japanese Society of Neurology, Japan
10:00	38Morning Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
10:30	39Plenary Session 2 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Katya Kotschet St Vincent's Health Australia Co-Chair Beom S Jeon Department of Neurology, Seoul national university hospital Korea Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease Louis Tan, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore Parkinson's Dementia - DLB - Different Disorders or Different Expressions of the Same Disorder David Williams, The Alfred Hospital Tim Anderson, University of Otago, New Zealand Contributions of Cognitive Testing to Differential Diagnosis of the Parkinsonian Disorders Elsdon Storey, Monash University
12:00	40Lunch & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
13:00	41Mervyn J Eadie Lecture Plenary 2 Co-Chair John O'Sullivan Co-Chair Ming Liu West Chine Hospital Sichuan University China Something Old, Something New Pamela McCombe, University of Queensland
13:30	42Plenary Session 3 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Ming Liu West Chine Hospital Sichuan University China Co-Chair John O'Sullivan Wilsons Disease: Clinical & Therapeutic Challenge Mohit Bhatt, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, India Neuro Behavioural Problems in PD Andrew Evans, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia Movement Disorders Emergencies Victor Fung, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital; Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Australia
15:00	43Afternoon Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
15:30	44Plenary Session 4 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Robert Henderson Co-Chair Judith Spies Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Australia Cognitive Testing for the Movement Disorders Neurologist - Instruments and Potential Pitfalls Amy Brodtmann, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Australia Paraneoplastic Movement Disorders Thomas Kimber, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia The Paroxysmal Dyskinesias Louis Tan, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
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Friday, 8 June 2012
08:30	46Grand Rounds Plenary 2 Co-Chair Richard Frith New Zealand Co-Chair Richard Stark Australia
09:30	47Keynote Lecture Plenary 2 Chair Helen M Dewey Austin Health, VIC Australia Stroke in the Asia Pacific Region Geoffrey Donnan, Melbourne Brain Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia
10:00	48Morning Tea & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
10:30	49Plenary Session 1 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Judy Frayne Co-Chair Peter Hand Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne Australia Acute Stroke Therapy - The Asian Perspective Ming Liu, West Chine Hospital Sichuan University, China Selection of Patients for Acute Stroke Therapies Mark Parsons, John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle, Australia Acute Simultaneous Multiple Lacunar Infarcts: Severe Disease Entity in Small Artery Disease Hahn Young Kim, Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Korea Regional Differences in the Management of Intracerebral Haemorrhage in INTERACT2 Candice Delcourt, The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, RPAH, Australia Neuro-intervention Strategies in Acute Stroke Bernard Yan, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia
12:30	50Lunch & Posters Banquet Room 201 & 202
13:15	51E Graeme Robertson Lecture Plenary 2 Co-Chair Richard A Macdonell Austin Health, VIC Australia Co-Chair Amanda Gilligan Eastern Health Australia Stroke in Evolution - A Tale of Two Strategies Stephen Davis, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia
13:45	52Plenary Session 2 Plenary 2 Co-Chair Richard A Macdonell Austin Health, VIC Australia Co-Chair Amanda Gilligan Eastern Health Australia The New Oral Anti-coagulants: What's their Place in Stroke Prevention? Alan Barber, Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, New Zealand An Update on Posterior Circulation Stroke Jong S Kim, Asan Medical Center, Korea Intracranial Arterial Disease in Stroke: What's the Risk and How to Treat It Yi-ning Huang, Peking University First Hospital, China
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