Joint Meeting 
of the International Society for Neurochemistry
(ISN)
and the European Society for Neurochemistry
(ESN),
to be held in Berlin, Germany from August
8 - 14, 1999
SATELLITE MEETINGS
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration
August 16-17, 1999 – Bonn, Germany
Meeting place: Dept. of Neurology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
Organizers: M.T.Heneka (Bonn), D.L.Feinstein (Chicago, IL, USA), T.Klockgether (Bonn)
Format: Invited Speakers, ‘hot topic’ session (5 minute oral presentations), maximally 75 attendees.
Deadline: July 30, 1999
Travel connection to main meeting: Frequent regular flights from Berlin to Köln-Bonn or Frankfurt
Program: Topics will cover the sources, regulation, and targets of NO, with an emphasis on the role of NOS2 in brain disease (Stroke, Alzheimer’s, and Multiple Sclerosis).
Speakers and titles of the lectures: D. L. Feinstein (Chicago, IL, USA) "Regulation of astroglial iNOS by heat shock and cAMP"; S. Hewett (Farmington, CN, USA) "Potentiation of excitotoxic neuronal injury following induction of astrocyte NOS-2: implications for the progression of ischemic neurodegeneration"; G. Wolf (Magdeburg, Germany) "Sources and targets of nitric oxide in the brain"; M. Kengatharan (London, UK) "Nitric oxide related mediators of neurotoxicity in septic shock"; A. I. Boullerne (Chicago, IL, USA) "Dual Role of Nitric Oxide in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis"; and M. T. Heneka (Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Germany) "iNOS Expression in Neurons".
For further information, full program and registration please contact:
Dr. M.T.Heneka, Phone +49-7071-298-7438; Fax +49-7071-29 65 07.
E-mail: m.heneka@uni-bonn.de