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"Steroid Hormones and Epilepsy" organized by Dr. Libor Velísek |
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| INTRODUCTION - Libor Velísek, MD, PhD 1. CORTICOSTEROIDS – PROS AND CONS IN EPILEPTOGENESIS Stephen G. Matthews, PhD – University of Toronto – "Antenatal glucocorticoids and programming of the developing brain" Serge Rivest, PhD – Laval University – "Glucocorticoids mediating the inflammatory response in the brain – role in plasticity and epilepsy" 2. ESTROGENS – PROS AND CONS IN EPILEPTOGENESIS C. Dominique Toran-Allerand, MD, Sc.D. – Columbia University – "Novel mechanisms of estrogen action in the developing brain: ER-X, new player in an old story" Jana Velísková, MD, PhD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine – "Estrogen effects in the adult brain" SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS - Libor Velísek, MD, PhD |
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| S.L. Moshé 1. Guest Lecturer, University of Colorado School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Abby Visiting Professor Lecture, Denver, CO, Sexual dimorphism and developmental regulation of substantia nigra function, December 14, 2001. 2. Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Neonatal Seizures, March 29, 2002. 3. Grand Rounds, University of Connecticut & Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, Temporal lobe epilepsy: Pathogenesis and age-related treatment issues, May 23, 2002. |
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