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to 1998 Society for Neuroscience Meeting
Genetic and Environmental Interactions
in Neurodegeneration Symposium
(In conjunction with the Annual Society
for Neuroscience Meeting)
Los Angeles Convention Center
Room 403 A & B
1201 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California
Sponsored by:
Montreal Neurological Institute
Stanford University Medical School
The University of Rochester School of Medicine
Promega Corporation
Program
Saturday, November 7, 1998
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3:00 p.m.
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Moderator:
Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Genes and the Environment: Do Interactions Define
Disease Vulnerability?
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Speakers:
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3:05 p.m.
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William C. Mobley, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
New Insights into Neurodegenerative Disease Mechanisms:
An Overview
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to RealAudio: Lecture
(Uneven volume and clarity.)
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3:35 p.m.
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Marcy E. MacDonald,
Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
The Molecular Genetics of Huntington’s Disease
– "Getting to the .. of the Q"
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to RealAudio: Lecture
(Gap near the end because of side change.)
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4:05 p.m.
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Fred W. van Leeuwen, Ph.D.
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research
Mutations in RNA: A First Example of Molecular
Misreading in Alzheimer’s Disease
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4:35 p.m.
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Caroline M. Tanner, M.D., Ph.D.
The Parkinson’s Institute
Genetic and Environmental Interactions in Parkinson’s
Disease
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to RealAudio: Lecture
(Gap in middle.)
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5:05 p.m.
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Dale Eric Bredesen, M.D.
The Burham Institute
The Emerging Relationship between Developmental
and Degenerative Neural Cell Death
(Audio not available.)
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5:30 p.m.
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Casual Reception
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Keynote Address:
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6:30 p.m.
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Donald L. Price, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Lessons from Model
Systems
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7:30 p.m.
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Program Adjourns
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