SNC'21 | LIVE
SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference 2021
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Opening of the SNC'21 | 13:45–14:00
13:45–13:50 Maja Bresjanac
13:50–13:55 Blaž Koritnik
13:55–14:00 Viktorija Radotič
Symposium | 14:00–16:00
SARS-COV-2 AND BRAIN
Chair: Maja Bresjanac
14:00–14:30 Neuro-COVID - What it is and what it is not / Raimund Helbok
14:30–15:00 Neurological Associations of COVID-19 Vaccines / Jennifer Frontera
15:00–15:30 Learning during the pandemic: mapping potential educational inequalities across Europe / Zsuzsa Blaskó
15:30–16:00 Cognitive and Neurological Consequences of COVID-19 / Adrian Owen
Symposium | 16:00–18:00
METABOLIC BRAIN IMAGING IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS / Chair: Matej Perovnik and Maja Trošt
16:00–16:30 Mechanisms of tau pathology spreading in Alzheimer’s disease and 4R tauopathies / Nicolai Franzmeier
16:30–16:45 Developing and Interpreting a Deep Learning Model for Alzheimer’s Disease Tracking / Alison Deatsch
16:45–17:00 Technical Factors Affecting Image Quality in PET / Mauro Namías
17:00–17:15 Cognition-related functional topographies in Parkinson’s disease: Localized loss of the ventral default mode network / Katharina A Schindlbeck
17:15–17:30 Metabolic correlates in PSP clinical subtypes / Gloria Martí-Andrés
17:30–17:45 Specific Metabolic Brain Patterns in Alzheimer’s dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies / Matej Perovnik
17:45–18:00 Correlations between brain metabolism and neuropathology in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease / Tomaž Rus
18:00–18:15 Break
Plenary talk | 18:15–19:00
CAN BRAIN IMAGING UNRAVEL THE TANGLED WEB OF NEURODEGENERATION? / Thilo van Eimeren
Friday, 24 September 2021
Short Oral Presentations Session I | 11:00–12:00
Dr. Janez Faganel Memorial lecture | 12:00–12:45
SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY / Giuseppe Lauria
12:45–13:00 Break
Symposium | 13:00–14:30
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR MOVEMENT DISORDERS - A NEUROIMAGING PERSPECTIVE
Chair: Maja Trošt and Dejan Georgiev
13:00–13.15 Non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease and Dystonia: Neuroimaging perspective / Vladimira Vuletić
13:15–13:30 The effect of Deep Brain Stimulation on Brain Metabolism in Movement Disorders / Maja Trošt
13:30–13:40 Parkinson's disease as a network disorder: Lessons from connectivity studies / Rok Berlot
13:40–13:50 Frequency modulation in deep brain stimulation: Does it work and is there neuroimaging proof of its action?
/ Dejan Georgiev
13:50–14:00 Impulsivity in STN-DBS PD: More than a unitary phenomenon / Tjaša Mlinarič
14:00–14:10 Effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on language in advanced Parkinson's disease / Živa Drakulić
14:10–14:30 Discussion
14:30–15:00 Break
Workshop | 15:00–18:45
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CNS PROTEIN MISFOLDING
Chair: Lana Blinc
15:00–15:45 | Proteostasis Collapse: A Basis for Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases / Richard I. Morimoto
15:45–16:15 | An update on Tau-related diseases / Gabor G. Kovacs
16:15–16:45 | TDP-43 proteinopathies / Boris Rogelj
16:45–17:15 | Now it is time for research to crack Parkinson’s disease / Patrik Brundin
17:15–17:45 | Huntington's disease / Roger A. Barker
17:45–18:15 | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies / Adriano Aguzzi
18:15–18:45 | A structural biologist's view of neuroscience / Holger Wille
18:45–19:00 Break
AOŽ Memorial lecture | 19:00–19:45
GENETIC PRION DISORDERS AND PATIENT-SCIENTIST'S MANDATE / Sonia M. Vallabh
Neuroscience and Society Dialogue | 19:45–20:30
Saturday, 25 September 2021
Short Oral Presentations Session II | 11:00–12:00
Plenary talk | 12:00–12:45
SYSTEMS ALL THE WAY DOWN: STUDYING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AS BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL SYSTEMS / Eiko Fried
12:45–13:00 Break
Symposium | 13:00–15:00
MUSIC AND BRAIN: EVIDENCE-BASED MUSIC INTERVENTIONS IN MEDICINE
Chair: Igor M. Ravnik and Uroš Kovačič
13:00–13:30 Neurology of Music and Brain / Daniele Schoen
13:30–14:00 Research towards evidence-based music interventions / Stefan Koelsch
14:00–14:30 The mother's voice, singing and speaking, as a special tool for early interventions in the NICU / Manuela Filippa
14:30–15:00 Heart rate variability in relation to self-selected music or music genres preselected by the researchers / Uroš Kovačič
Symposium | 15:00–17:00
BRAIN HEALTH ACCROSS THE LIFESPAN – FINDINGS FROM THE LIFEBRAIN PROJECT
Chair: Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne
15:00–15:30 Ageing and brain imaging in Lifebrain / Klaus P. Ebmeier for Lifebrain Consortium
15:30–16:00 What can blood biomarkers tell us about the brain? / Christian A. Drevon
16:00–16:30 What is brain health? Perceptions of respondents to the Global Brain Health Survey
/ Isabelle Budin-Ljøsne for Lifebrain Consortium
16:30–17:00 Brain asymmetry in aging and Alzheimer's disease / James M. Roe
Plenary talk | 17:00–17:45
EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AS STRESS SIGNALS: IDENTIFYING NOVEL MECHANISMS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMING / Tracy Bale
SNC'21 Closing | 17:45–18:00
17:45–18:00 Maja Bresjanac