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EMEAC-IFCN Hybrid Symposium

Neurophysiology and Parkinson’s Disease: From Mechanisms to Treatment

Info about event

Time

Thursday 14 May 2026,  at 13:00 - 17:30

Location

Aarhus University Hospital, Auditorium J 116-113, Entrance J, Palle Juul- Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark

Organizer

EMEAC-IFCN

Online participation via the link (no registration required): https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/36841986699649?p=eGdUBW1h2C5pO78YLg

Program:

13:00-15:00:                     Pathophysiology, Clinical Symptoms, and the Role of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Understanding Parkinson’s Disease — Chaired by Hatice Tankisi and Jonathan Cole

13:00-13:30:                     Poul Henning Jensen – Possible relationships between α-synuclein aggregation and neurophysiology

13:30-14:00:                     Per Borghammer – Body-first vs. brain-first Parkinson's disease - evidence from multimodal imaging studies

14:00-14:30:                     John Rothwell – Exploring Corticospinal Excitability and Plasticity in Parkinson’s Disease Using TMS-EMG

14.30-15.00:                     Ulf Ziemann – TMS-EEG to understand brain network dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease

15:00-15:30 – Coffee break

15:30-17:30:                     Non-invasive and Invasive brain stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson´s disease — Chaired by Hatice Tankisi and Jonathan Cole

15:30-16:00:                     Yoshikazu Ugawa – Deep brain stimulation and MRI-guided focused ultrasound for treatment of Parkinson's disease

16:00-16:30:                     Walter Paulus – Repetitive TMS and transcranial electrical stimulation in Parkinson´s disease 

16:30-17:00:                     Robert Chen – Low-Intensity Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation in the treatment of Parkinson's disease

17:00-17:30: Concluding remarks

Contact information:       Professor Hatice Tankisi, EMEAC-IFCN President, email: hatitank@rm.dk