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Session 4
Special Session: Folate and Neural Tube
Defects
Chaired by: Doug Cochrane & Valeria
Capra
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11.00 - 11.45
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Biochemistry
and genetics of folate metabolism
Dr Rima Rozen (McGill University, Montreal)
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11.45 - 12.30
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Prenatal diagnosis and folic acid in the detection and
prevention of neural tube defects
Dr Margot Van Allen (Medical Genetics, UBC)
ABSTRCT NOT AVAILABLE - see presentation in members area
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12.30-12.45
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General discussion with panel (David Shurtleff, Deborah
Sival)
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12.45-14.00
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Lunch
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14.00-15.30
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Scientific Session 5: Spina Bifida: Sociological
Issues
Chaired by: Beverly Irwin & Rosemary
Batchelor
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14.00
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Paper 19
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Functional results in young adults with spina bifida. A comparative
study amongst two therapeutic periods
Susana Rodriguez, Esther Pages, Ampar Cuxart, Jordi
Iborra, Mar Melendez, Judith Sanchez-Raya
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14.15
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Paper 20
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Testing a model of adaptation in adolescents and young adults (AYA)
with spina bifida (SB)
Kathleen Sawin, Timothy Brei, Amy Heffelfinger,
Susan Cashin, Thomas Webb, Constance Buran
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14.30
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Paper 21
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Knowledge on and intake of folic acid supplementation in pregnant
women in Denmark
Mikkel Rasmussen, Dorte Clemmensen, Claus
Mosdal
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14.45
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Paper 22
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Measuring
health outcome in young adults with spina bifida
Susana Rodriguez ,Esther Pages, Ampar Cuxart, Mar
Melendez, Jordi Iborra, Judith Sanchez-Raya
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15.00
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Paper 23
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Evaluating functional and health outcomes for patients with spina
bifida 5 and 10 years post-transition into adult care
Irene Chan, Doug Cochrane, Elysia Adams, Beverly
Irwin, Paul Thiessen, Bonnie Sawatzky
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15.15
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Paper 24
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A comparison of parenting stress between mothers of children with
spina bifida and able bodied controls
Lai Choo Ong, Nazli Norshireen, Vijayalakshmi
Chandran
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15.30
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Coffee/tea
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15.45 - 16.30
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Session 6: Poster Viewing: moderator Hugh
Richards
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Poster 1
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Immunohistochemical study of human embryonic brain choroid plexuses
and subcommissural organ
Emilia Carmona-Calero, Ibrahim Gonzalez-Marrero,
Juan Gonzalez-Toledo, Agustin Castañeyra-Ruiz, Leandro
Castañeyra-Ruiz, Hector de Paz-Carmona, Isabel Hernandez-Garde,
Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo
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Poster 2
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Alterations in choroid plexus gene expression in Alzheimer's
disease provide inferences for CSF composition and dynamics
Miles Miller, Edward Stopa, Elena Nkinova, Keith
Tanis, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, Evan Finney, David Stone, Luiz
Camargo, Lisan Parker, Ajay Verma, Andrew Baird, John Donahue, Ana
Gonzalez, Brian Eliceiri, Gerald Silverberg, Petra Klinge, Conrad
Johanson
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Poster 3
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Ventricular
lavage for post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Ian Pople, Andrew Whitelaw
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Poster 4
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Manic episode after treatment with ventriculoperitoneal shunting
due to obstructive hydrocephalus with corpus callosal signal
changes: a case report
Liberto Brage-Martin, Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo,
Juan C Ribas-Neijerk, Mario García-Conde, Pablo Febles-Garcia,
Mario Spreafico-Guerrero, Luis Pérez-Orribo, Rebeca Pérez-Alfayate,
Emilia M. Carmona-Calero, Victor García-Marín
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Poster 5
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Dysfunction of the antisiphon device, SiphonGuard, due to rupture
of the shell
Kai Arnell, Pelle Nilsson
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Poster 6
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Temporary tracheostomy required as an infant may be a risk factor
for future centrally mediated disordered sleep ventilation
Robert Adderley, David Wensley
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Poster 7
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Acute
respiratory failure following shunt disconnection
Robert Adderley
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Poster 8
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Health Sciences Online: an extraordinary opportunity for the
democratization of health sciences knowledge
Erica Frank
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Poster 9
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Patients with spina bifida and bladder cancer: Our
experience
E Pages, L Montesinos, M Melendez, S Rodriguez, A
Cuxart
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Poster 10
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The complex spina bifida case: a case report
Takayuki Inagaki, Tatsuo Uesaka, Sosaku Yamanouchi,
Atsushi Ohashi, Keiji Kawamoto
CANCELLED
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Poster 11
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Shunting in Chronic Hydrocephalus induces VEGFR-2 and Blood Vessel
Density Changes in the Caudate Nucleus
Mark Luciano, Stephen Dombrowski, Abhishek Despande, Natalie
Krajcir, Jun Yang
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Poster 12
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Direct control of CSF pulsatility and its effect on CBF: Initial
findings using a novel method and device
Stephen Dombrowski, Jun Yang, Serge El Khoury,
Natalie Krajcir, Mark Luciano
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Poster 13
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Defects in cell-cell junctions lead to neuroepithelial/ependymal
denudation in the telencephalon of human hydrocephalic
fetuses
Montserrat Guerra, Deborah Sival, Antonio
Jimenez, María Dolores Dominguez Pinos, Wilfred den Dunnen, Luis
Federico Bátiz, José Manuel Pérez-Figares, Esteban Rodríguez
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Poster 14
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The disruption of the ventricular (VZ) and subventricular (SVZ)
zones of the ganglionic eminences in hydrocephalic hyh
mice is associated to abnormalities in the cortical GABAergic
neurons
Karin Vio, Ana Ojeda, Roberto Yulis, Esteban
Rodríguez
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16.30-18.00
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Scientific Session 7: Choroid Plexus and Molecular
Biology
Chaired by: Conrad Johanson & Pat
McAllister
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16.30
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Paper 25
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Long-term effects of arterial hypertension on the choroid plexus,
blood to cerebrospinal fluid barrier and CSF proteins and their
involved in certain types of dementia
Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo, Ibrahim
Gonzalez-Marrero, Rafael Castro, Agustin Castañeyra-Ruiz, Hector de
Paz-Camona, Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz, Juan M Gonzalez-Toledo, Emilia
M Carmona-Calero
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16.45
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Paper 26
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Augurin production in the mammalian choroid plexus: Implications
for CSF and hydrocephalus
Sonia Podvin, Xitong Dang, Stuart Knowling, Ana
Gonzalez, Miles Miller, Edward Stopa, Conrad
Johanson, Raul Coimbra, Brian Eliceiri, Andrew Baird
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17.00
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Paper 27
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Expression of aquaporins in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's
disease
Sic Chan, Meenu Madan, Srinu Chigurupati, Jogi
Pattisapu
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17.15
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Paper 28
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ECRG-4
expression in normal and neoplastic choroid plexus
John Donahue, Miles Miller, Sonia Podvin, Cynthia
Jackson, Conrad Johanson, Edward Stopa, Andrew Baird
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