ISMRM SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ~ 7-10 September 2013
 

Dynamic MR Imaging & Spectroscopy of Psychiatric Illness
Lisbon, Portugal

 

PROGRAM


  DAY 1 – Saturday, 7 September 2013  
     
16:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
18:00 Dinner & Opening Reception  
     
  Session 1: Dynamic Nature of Psychiatric Illness
Moderators: John D. Port, M.D. Ph.D. & Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
 
19:30 Welcome to the Workshop: Setting the Scene John D. Port, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
20:00 Progression of Psychiatric Disease Over a Lifetime Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D.
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA
21:00 Adjourn  
     

  DAY 2 – Sunday, 8 September 2013  
     
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Session 2: Longitudinal “Semi-Dynamic” Changes in MRI of Psychiatric Illness
Moderators: John D. Port, M.D. Ph.D. & Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
  Part 1  
09:00 Brain Structural Changes in Alcoholism Over Time Gabriele Ende, Ph.D.
University of Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
  Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
 09:45 Advanced Diffusion Imaging & Its Application to Psychiatric Illnesses

 
Mariana Lazar, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA
10:05 Acamprosate as a Glutamate Stabilizer in Alcohol-Dependent Subjects with European Ancestry David Hinton, B.A.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN, USA
10:25 Break & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Part 2  
10:45 Structural Brain Changes in Bipolar Disorders Over Time Stephen M. Strakowski, M.D.
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA
  Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
11:30 Association of Obesity with Reduced Hippocampal Volume in Bipolar Disorder Juliana Duarte, Ph.D.
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Porte Alegre, BR
11:50 Evidence of Aberrant Sodium Brain Ion Homeostasis in Bipolar Disease: the Sodium-Potassium-ATPase Theory Fernando Boada, Ph.D.
New York University
New York, NY, USA
12:10 Panel Discussion  
12:25 Lunch & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Session 3: Longitudinal “Semi-Dynamic” Changes in MRS of Psychiatric Illness
Moderators: John D. Port, M.D. Ph.D. & Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
  Part 1  
13:30 Metabolite Changes Over Time in Psychiatric Disease Neva M. Corrigan, Ph.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA
  Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
14:15 Glutamate & Oxidative Stress in Early & Late Schizophrenia Andrea Wijtenburg, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
14:35 MRS Analysis in Multiple Sclerosis Reveals a Close Correlation Between Low Hippocampal Levels of N-Acetylaspartylglutamate & Cognitive Impairment Kristen Rahn, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
14:55 Using Diffusion-Weighted Spectroscopy to Detect Alterations in White Matter Microstructure & Organization: Application to the Corpus Callosum in Multiple Sclerosis Emily Turner Wood, B.S.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
15:15 Break & Speaker Upload Available  
  Part 2  
15:30 Drug-Treatment Response Studies in Psychiatric Disease Paul Croarkin, D.O.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
  Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
16:15 A Longitudinal MR Spectroscopic Study of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex & Hippocampus Before & After Antipsychotic Treatment in Patients with Schizophrenia Meredith Reid, M.S.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, USA
16:35 Panel Discussion  
     
19:00 Group Dinner on Site  
     

  Day 3 – Monday, 9 September 2013  
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Educational Session 1  
08:45 MR Spectroscopy for Beginners, Part 1 - permission withheld Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
     
  Session 4: Short-Term “Functional” Dynamic Changes in MRI of Psychiatric Illness
Moderators: John D. Port, M.D. Ph.D. & Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
09:30 Resting State fMRI in Psychiatric Illness R. Todd Constable, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
10:15 Break & Speaker Upload Available  
     
10:30 Task-related fMRI in Psychiatric Illness Paul G. Unschuld, M.D.
University of Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
  Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
11:15 Distinct Temporal Dynamics Between Amygdala and Anterior Insula BOLD Signal Time Course in Response to Emotional Stimuli Gabriele Ende, Ph.D.
Central Institute of Mental Health
Mannheim, Germany
11:35 MEG-Measured Post-Mocement Beta Rebound (PMBR) During Finger Imitation Correlates with Motor Cortex Glutamate Levels as Measured via 1H MRS Mark S. Brown, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO, USA
11:55 Relax Your Body – Relax Your Amygdala: a fMRI Study on Harmonized Movements as Social Behavior Intervention in Stressful Situations - permission withheld Mathilde Schnizer, M.D.
Landersnervenklinik Wagner Jauregg
Linz, Austria
12:15 Panel Discussion  
     
12:30 Lunch  
     

  Day 4 – Tuesday, 10 September 2013  
07:00 Registration & Speaker Upload Available  
     
  Educational Session 2  
08:45 MR Spectroscopy for Beginners, Part 2 - permission withheld

 

Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
09:30 Break  
     
  Session 5: Short-Term “Functional” Dynamic Changes in MRS of Psychiatric Illness
Moderators: John D. Port, M.D. Ph.D. & Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
  Part 1  
09:45
 
Acute & Chronic Effects of Alcohol & Nicotine on Neurochemistry Graeme F. Mason, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
  Proffered Papers - Oral Session  
10:30 Abnormal Bioenergetics as Possible Biomarkers in Patients with Psychotic Disorders – a Dynamic 31P-MRS Study - permission withheld Fei Du, Ph.D.
Mclean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Belmont, MA, USA
10:50 Relationships Between Glutamatergic Neurotransmission & Membrane Lipid Turnover & High Energy Metabolism Measured in the Brain by Combined 1H- & 31P MR Spectroscopic Imaging Alexander Gussew, Ph.D.
Medical Physics Group
Jena, Germany
11:10 Break & Speaker Upload Available  
  Part 2  
11:25 Pharmacologic Alterations of Neurotransmitters in Psychiatric Illness Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY, USA
12:10 Panel Discussion  
     
12:30 Summary

 
John D. Port, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
     
13:30 Adjournment (lunch boxes served)  
     

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