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THURSDAY,
MAY 1, 2003
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18:30
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Registration
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19:00
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Opening
reception
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FRIDAY,
MAY 2, 2003
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Session
I: Opening lecture
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8:30
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Welcome
and Opening Remarks - Rob Friedland, Murat
Emre
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8:45
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Marsel
Mesulam
- From Plasticity to Degeneration in the Hippocampus -
A Story of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
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Session
II: BASIC SCIENCES OF DEMENTIA
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CHAIR
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Changiz
Geula
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9:45
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Joab
Chapman
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Factors in
Neurodegeneration and Dementia
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10:10
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Changiz
Geula
- Selective Age-Related Vulnerability of the Primate
Brain to Amyloid-Beta Toxicity: the Aged Rhesus Model
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10:35
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Break
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10:50
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Danny
Michaelson
- The Role of Environmental Factors and the Amyloid
Precursor Protein in Mediating the Pathological
Effects of Apolipoprotein E4
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11:15
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Larry
Sparks
- Water Quality and Cholesterol-Induced Pathology:
Differential Alzheimer’s-Like Pathology and Free
Radical Activity in Brain, and Attenuated Splenic and
Hepatic Alterations with the Use of Distilled Drinking
Water
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Session
III: GENETICS
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CHAIR
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Rivka
Inzelberg
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11:40
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Aida
Al Aqeel
- Genetic Causes of Dementia (Alzheimer-Like) in
Children
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12:05
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Lunch
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13:30
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Abdalla
Bowirrat
- Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease in Wadi Ara
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13:55
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Ezio
Giacobini
- From Cholinesterase Inhibitors Into Anti-Amyloid
Therapy
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Session
IV: EPIDEMIOLOGY
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CHAIR
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M.
Anwar Etribi
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14:20
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M.
Anwar Etribi
– Alzheimer’s Disease and other Types of Dementia
in Egypt
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14:45
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Abdul
Abyad
- Diagnostic Challenges in the Assessment of Dementia
in the Middle East - Can We Use the Same Criteria as
Used in the Western World?
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15:10
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Break
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15:30
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Işın
Baral Kulaksızoğlu
- Undetected Depression In The Elderly Population In
Turkey
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15:55
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Jeremy
Kark
- Low Population Levels of Plasma Vitamin B12 in
Israelis
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16:20
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Amos
Korczyn
- Is Alzheimer’s Disease Really the Most Common Type
of Dementia?
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17:45
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POSTERS
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20:00
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Gala
Dinner
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SATURDAY,
MAY 3, 2003
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Session
IV: EPIDEMIOLOGY (cont.)
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CHAIR
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M.
Anwar Etribi
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8:30
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Rob
Friedland
- Dietary and Genetic Interactions in Alzheimer’s
Disease
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8:55
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Nir
Giladi
- The Relations Between Cognitive Function and Gait
Dynamics
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Session
V: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
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CHAIR
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A.
Abyad
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9:20
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Murat
Emre
- Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of AD
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9:45
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Abdelmoneim
Ashour
- The Arabic Version of the Geriatric Mental State Is
Ready for Serious Dementia Research in the Arab World
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10:10
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Break
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10:30
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Rivka
Inzelberg
- Parkinson Disease Dementia
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10:55
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S.
J. Baloyannis
- Synaptic Alterations in the Medial Geniculate
Bodies, the Inferior Colliculi and the Acoustic Cortex
in Alzheimer´s Disease: a Golgi and Electron
Microscope Study of the Mesencephalic, Diencephalica
and Cortical Parts of the Auditory (Acoustic) Pathway
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Session
VI: TREATMENT
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CHAIR
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Puiu
Nisipeanu
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11:20
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Moussa
Youdim
- A novel neuroprotective cholinesterase and
brain-selective MAO inhibitor with APP processing
activity for the treatment of dementia co-morbid with depression
and Parkinson's disease
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11:45
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Eldad
Melamed
- Potential Role of Novel Brain-Targeted Antioxidants
in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders
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12:10
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Diana
Paleacu
- Donezepil for the Treatment of Behavioral Symptoms
in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
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12:35
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LUNCH/Satellite
Symposium Pfizer
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Session
VII: CAREGIVING
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CHAIR
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Marwan
Ramadan
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14:00
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Marwan
Ramadan
- A Study of Dementia in Homecare Patients in Qatar
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14:25
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Nasser
Loza
- Care of the Elderly in Ancient Civilizations in the
Middle East
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14:50
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Ruth
Goldberg
- Consensus Conference For Professionals Treating
Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
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Closing
comments
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15:05
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M.
Anwar Etribi
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