La linea d'ombra tra l'invecchiamento fisiologico e la demenza: aspetti clinici, genetici ed etici The Shadow Line from Normal Aging to Dementia: Clinical, Genetic and Ethical Aspects

20-22 September 2001, Auditorium Mons. Pietro Capretti, via Piamarta, 6 - Brescia, Italy

Provincia Lombardo-Veneta Ordine Ospedaliero di S. Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli

ISTITUTO DI RICOVERO E CURA A CARATTERE SCIENTIFICO

A.Fa.R. ASSOCIAZIONE FATEBENEFRATELLI PER LA RICERCA

F.I.F. FONDAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE FATEBENEFRATELLI

Thursday, 20 September 2001

5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

 

Chairman: P. M. Rossini, Italy, Rome

 

Plenary Lecture: G. Giorello (philosopher) - Italy, Milan

Individual and Collective Memory in Ageing Society

 

R. Fabello, Italy, Brescia - O. Zanetti, Italy, Brescia

Ten years of Care and Research for demented patients at IRCCS S. Giovanni di Dio

Friday 21st September 2001

9 a.m. - 12.15 a.m.

 

Mild Cognitive Impairment - Clinical Aspects

Chairmen: L. A. Vignolo, Italy, Brescia

U. Senin, Italy, Perugia

 

J. Touchon - France, Montpellier

Classification Criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment

 

A. Padovani - Italy, Brescia

Mild Cognitive impairment or Preclinical Alzheimer Disease: still an open question?

 

O. Zanetti, C. Geroldi - Italy, Brescia

Natural History of mild cognitive impairment.

 

S. Cappa - Italy, Milan

The borderline between ageing memory and early AD: methodological issues

 

10.30 - 10.45 a.m. Coffe Break

 

G.B. Frisoni - Italy, Brescia

The clinical spectrum of Mild Cognitive Impairment

P.M. Rossini - Italy, Rome

Contribution of Brain Magnetic Field study to the assessment of Cognitive Functions

 

N.L. Foster - USA, Ann Arbor, MI

Isolated Memory Impairment: Clues from Imaging and Follow-up Studies

 

12.15 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Lecture:

Chairman: J.H. Growdon - USA, Boston

M. Trabucchi - Italy, Rome

The Future of Research on Dementia in Italy

 

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Lunch and Poster Discussion

Mild Cognitive Impairment - Genetic and Molecular Aspects

 

2 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Chairmen: G. Schettini - Italy, Genoa

G. Bernardi - Italy, Rome

 

G. Pasinetti - USA, NY

Gene expression profiling of Alzheimer's Disease dementia

 

S.E. Arnold - USA, Philadelphia

"Single cell gene expression profiling in AlzheimerÕs disease and other neuropsychiatric illnesses"

 

J.H. Growdon - USA, Boston

Can biomarkers identify individuals at risk for developing Alzheimer's Disease?

 

S. Sorbi - Italy, Florence

Genetic of Familial Alzheimer Disease

 

A. Papassotiropoulos -Switzerland, Zurich

New aspects in the genetics of AlzheimerÕs Disease

 

L. Benussi - Italy, Brescia

Cystatin C as a risk factor in Alzheimer Disease

 

N. Andreasen - Sweden, Pitea

Amyloid beta protein as a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's Disease

 

L. M. Grimaldi - Italy, Caltanissetta

Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer Disease

 

4.30 p.m.- 4.45 p.m. Coffee Break

 

4.45 p.m. - 5.30 p.m

Main Lecture:

Chairman: P. F. Spano - Italy, Brescia

 

C. Caltagirone - Italy, Rome

Mild Cognitive Impairment: an entity still looking for an identity

 

5.45 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.

Open debate to Caregivers

 

7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Concert for Organ, Harpsicord and Recorder

Chiesa S. Cristo, Via Piamarta 9, Brescia

Saturday 22st September 2001

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

Workshop on Genetic Counseling of Dementia

Chairmen: F. Ajmar - Italy, Genoa

S. Barlati - Italy, Brescia

 

G. Binetti ­ Italy, Brescia

Attitudes towards predictive genetic testing in siblings of Familial Alzheimer Disease patients

 

C. Bresciani - Italy, Brescia

Getting in the knowledge of our future: how and why?

 

P. Soliveri - Italy, Milan

Counseling in Huntington Disease

 

G. Corbellini - Italy, Rome

The educational challanges of genetic counseling for late-onset complex disease

 

S. Maffettone - Italy, Rome

Untitled

 

D. Neri - Italy, Messina

The right to know or not and procreative responsibility

 

11 a.m. - 11.15 a.m. Coffee Break

 

E. Di Maria - Italy, Genoa

What do we predict? Genetic testing issues in late - onset neurodegenerative disorders

 

L. Nahon, M. Landoni - Italy, Milan

Reasons for kwowing, reasons for not knowing

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

O. Zanetti, G. Binetti,

A. Alberici, R. Ghidoni

IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia.

Phone +39-030-3501710

Fax +39-030-3533513

e-mail: shadowline.info@oh-fbf.it

the official language will be English

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