Neuroprotective Agents: Eighth International Neuroprotection Society Meeting

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c84821) has announced the addition of “Neuroprotective Agents: Eighth International Neuroprotection Society Meeting” to their offering.

The eighth in this series of Annals volumes brings together clinical and basic science researchers from several disciplines in a common forum to address various approaches to neuroprotection.

Topics covered include the following: clinical implications of neuroprotection -- intensive care and comorbidities; anesthesia hazards -- opportunities for neuroprotection; resistance to cell death; nanotechnology; neuroprotection in spinal cord injury; and global brain injury.

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Topics Covered:

- Chronic Hypertension Aggravates Heat Stress Induced Cognitive Dysfunction and Brain Pathology: Dafin F. Muresanu and Hari S. Sharma.

- The Brain as Target for Inflammatory Processes and Neuroprotective Stratagies: Stephen D. Skaper.

- Genetic and Hormonal Regulation of Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolism: Implications for Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Major Depressive Disorder and Aging: Gregory F. Oxenkrug.

- Metabolic Syndrome in Drug Abuse: Asraf Virmani, Zbigniew K. Binienda, Syed F. Ali and Franco Gaetan.

- Early Exposure to General Anesthesia Causes Significant Neuronal Deletion in the Developing Rat Brain: H. Nikizad, J-H. Yon, L. B. Carter and V. Jevtovic-Todorovic.

- Inhibition of T-type Calcium Current in the Reticular Thalamic Nucleus by a Novel Neuroactive Steroid: Pavle M. Joksovic, Douglas F. Covey and Slobodan M. Todorovic.

- A Select Combination of Neurotrophins Enhances Neuroprotection and Functional Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury: Hari Shanker Sharma.

- Intracerebroventricularly-Administered Neurotrophins Attenuate Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier Breakdown and Brain Pathology Following Whole Body Hyperthermia: Hari Shanker Sharma and Conrad E. Johanson.

- Role of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor in Neuronal Survival and Behavior-related Plasticity: Robert H. Lipsky and Ann M. Marini.

- Neurotoxicity of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Protein gp120 in the Rat Nigro-Striatal System is Prevented by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor: Italo Mocchetti, Rachel L. Nosheny, Gianluigi Tanda and Edwin M. Meyer.

- Induction of the Neurotrophic Factors, GDNF and BDNF Associated with the Mechanism of Neurorescue Action of Rasagiline and Ladostigil: New Insights and Implication for Therapy: Orly Weinreb, Tamir Amit, Orit Bar-Am, and Moussa B. H. Youdim.

- Neuroprotection at the Nano Level – Part I: An Introduction to Nanoneurosurgery: Russell J. Andrews.

- Neuroprotection at the Nano Level – Part II: Nanodevices for Neuromodulation - Deep Brain Stimulation and Spinal Cord Injury: Russell J. Andrews.

- Drug Delivery to the Spinal Cord Tagged with Nanowire Enhances Neuroprotective Efficacy and Functional Recovery Following Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord: Hari Shanker Sharma, Syed F. Ali, W. Dong, Z. Ryan Tian, R. Patnaik, S. Patnaik, Aruna Sharma, Arne Boman, Per Lek, Elisabeth Seifert and Torbjorn Lundstedt.

- Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders with Radical Nanomedicine: Neeraj Singh, Courtney A. Cohen and Beverly A. Rzigalinski.

- Neuro- and Cardio-protective Effects of Blockade of Nitric Oxide Action by Administration of Methylene Blue: Lars Wiklund, Samar Basu, Adriana Miclescu, Per Wiklund, Gunnar Ronquist and Hari Shanker Sharma.

- The Effect of Methylene Blue and Related Redox Dyes on MAO Activity, Rat Pineal N-Acetylserotonin, Melatonin, and Related Indoles Content, and on the Righting Reflex in Melatonin-primed Frogs: G.F. Oxenkrug, S.O. Sablin and P.J. Requintina.

-The Effect of Methyl Derivatives of Dopamine on TNF-alpha and Lipid Peroxidation: Mary C. Perianayagam, Pura J. Requintina, Bertrand L. Jaber and Gregory F. Oxenkrug.

- Valproate and Acetyl-L-Carnitine Exert a Preventive Action on Methamphetamine-induced Behavioral Sensitization in Mice: Roberto Coccurello, Antonio Caprioli, Orlando Ghirardi and Ashraf Virmani.

- N-Acetylcysteine Attenuates Arsenite-Induced Oxidative Injury in DRG Explants: P.L. Chao, Y.H. Chou, C.H. Yang and Anya M.Y. Lin.

- The Effect of Luzindole and other Melatonin Receptor Antagonists on the Iron- and Lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced Lipid Peroxidation In Vitro: Pura J. Requintina and Gregory F. Oxenkrug.

- Antibodies to Serotonin Attenuate Closed Head Injury Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption and Brain Pathology: H.S. Sharma, R. Pataik, S. Mohanty, A. Sharma and V. Prasad.

- Rab Mediated Endocytosis: Linking Neurodegeneration, Neuroprotection, and Synaptic Plasticity?: A. Baskys, I. Bayazitov, E. Zhu, L. Feng, and R. Wang

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