Session Number:
S11
Session Title:
Diabetes and neuro-degeneration: lessons from neurology
Session Type:
Symposium
Session Start/End Time:
Thursday, Oct 01, 2009, 8:30 AM -10:30 AM
Location:
Cori Hall
Presenters:
 
 
Chair --M. Cnop;
Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
 
Chair --M. Ristow;
Dept. of Human Nutrition, University of Jena, Germany.

 
Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic implications in neurodegenerative disorders--A. Schapira;
Service for Neurosciences, Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
 
Huntington's disease and metabolic abnormalities: lessons from mice and men--A. Aziz;
Departments of Neurology and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands.
 
Friedreich's ataxia and glucose intolerance - human and mouse genetics--M. Ristow;
Dept. of Human Nutrition, University of Jena, Germany.
 
Common pathological processes in Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. The role of mitochondria and insulin--C. Resende de Oliveira;
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.