20th Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns
The 20th ESA Annual Scientific Meeting was held at the Cairns Convention and Exhibition Centre, Cairns, 13-15 April 2005.
Themes
- Seizures in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence
- Remote and Indigenous Epilepsy
- The First-Ever Seizure: From Basic Science to the Bedside
International Keynote Speakers
- Prof Tallie Z. Baram, University of Calfornia, USA
- Assoc Prof Patrick Kwan, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
ASM Awards
- Janssen-Cilag Best Platform Award
Dr Anita Vinton, Royal Melbourne Hospital
The extent of resection
of the hypometabolism on FDG-PET is associated with outcome following
surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Compumedics Best Poster Award
Assoc Prof Terence O'Brien, Royal Melbourne Hospital
The acceleration of
amygdala kindling epileptogenesis by chronic low-dose corticosterone
involves both mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors.