The full Neurology 2025 scientific program across 3 days — keynotes, oral presentations, and posters. Talks are ordered by program prominence within each day.
Day 1
- Oral
Neurophenomenology in retraining musicians with task-specific focal dystonia: Three cases
Sang Hie Lee · University of South Florida, United States
Musicians experience a high rate of playing-related pain and injury due to the rigorous nature of repetitive mind-body training, specifically musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD), performance anxiety (PA), and task-specific…
- Oral
Scientific-technological integration towards the clinical rehabilitation of spinal cord injured individuals
Alberto Cliquet Junior · UNICAMP, Brazil
Individuals with spinal cord injury rarely have access to innovative technology. The work presented here has allowed sensorimotor recovery to paraplegics and tetraplegics, in addition to the production of cutting-edge…
- Oral
Targeting the endocannabinoid system: A novel approach to the treatment of traumatic brain injury and stroke
Esther Shohami · The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Cannabis is one of the most widely used plant drugs in the world and was used for millennia for its medicinal and mind-altering effects. The latter are known to be mediated via the activation of the endocannabinoid…
- Oral
Interactions between COX-2 and glutamatergic receptors with CB1 as a novel target in mood and cognitive studies
Katarzyna Stachowicz · Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Glutamate, the brain’s primary excitatory neurotransmitter, maintains neuronal communication and functional stability. Together with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter, it…
- Oral
Neuromedin U induces airway goblet cell hypersecretion through eosinophil-derived interleukin-1α in allergic rhinitis
Changqing Zhao · Shanxi Medical University, China
Background: Neuropeptide neuromedin U (NMU) is elevated in allergic rhinitis (AR) and has been linked to eosinophil activation, but its role in goblet cell (GC) secretion during AR remains unclear. This study aimed to…
- Oral
Neuroimmune mechanisms in nasal hyperreactivity: Unraveling the nose-brain axis
Yanjie Wang · Shanxi Medical University, China
Nasal hyperreactivity (NHR), including conditions such as allergic rhinitis, represents a group of common disorders characterized by complex neuroimmune interactions, with underlying mechanisms that are not fully…
- Oral
Role of alzheimer’s disease presenilin-1 associated protein in mitochondrial apoptosis
Xuemin Xu · The University of Texas Permian Basin, United States
The process of apoptosis, a programmed form of cell death, is a normal occurrence during neurogenesis in the maturation of the central nervous system. However, dysregulated or premature activation of apoptosis can…
- Oral
The loss of PINK1 function alters molecular pathways in human fibroblasts
Yingxue Ren · Mayo Clinic, United States
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Mutations in the PINK1 and PRKN genes have been linked to early-onset PD and are among one of the most frequent causes for inherited…
- Oral
Brain health factors in aging executives: Insights from Mayo Clinic Arizona’s THRIVE pilot study
Dixie J Woolston · Mayo Clinic Arizona, United States
Background: Brain health is essential for cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning throughout life. The WHO's 2022 position paper emphasized the critical role of modifiable factors—such as physical activity…
- Oral
The absolute beginner. Right-and lefthand process-based measures in handwriting
Carlo Di Brina · Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Fine motor performance across ages is traditionally assessed through handwriting and drawing, focusing on both the final product and the kinematic aspects of the movement (Blank et al., 2019; Smits-Engelsman et al.…
- Oral
Mucin detection based on Thioflavin T and lasing effect – A proposal for diagnostics of brain tumors from human tears
Ewelina Jalonicka · Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
Brain tumors, especially glioblastoma, are highly malignant and lethal to humans. There is no rapid, non-invasive, early diagnostic method in the world. Recent reports indicate a major role of mucins in the pathogenesis…
- Poster
ACE-dependent Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
Sergei M Danilov · University of Illinois, United States
An analysis of 1200+ existing missense ACE mutations revealed that >400 are predicted to be damaging and led us to hypothesize that heterozygous carriers of these loss-of-function (LoF) ACE mutations (which result in…
- Poster
Who cares …… for the carers
Jaqueline Tuppen · COGS Club, United Kingdom
The House of Commons Inequalities in Dementia Care Debate 2024 highlighted that in the whole of the UK, the number of people with dementia is estimated at 850,000 and in England, around 540,000 people care for an…
- Poster
Improvement of brain function by wasabi component “hexaraphane”
Isao Okunishi · Kinjirushi Co Ltd, Japan
Hexaraphane (6-methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate; 6-MSITC) is an isothiocyanate present in the rhizomes and roots of Wasabi ( Eutrema japonicum (Miq.) Kiudz.). Here we present the results of two clinical trials…
- Poster
Impact of egg-derived proteins, yolkin polypeptide complex and ovocystatin, on blood-brain barrier integrity and function
Bartlomiej Stanczykiewicz · Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Introduction: The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective and protective membrane that separates the brain from the circulating blood, effectively shielding it from harmful substances, toxins and pathogens. Its…
- Poster
Phosphorylation of Kv7.2 potassium channel’s regulatory domain alters binding interactions with calmodulin
Sinchana Basoor · UT Health San Antonio, United States
Kv7 channels are potassium ion channels expressed in the nervous system. Kv7 channels function to control the excitability of neurons by reducing the rate of action potential firing. The Kv7.2 channel has been shown to…
- Poster
Deepthickness: A novel deep learning method for estimating cortical thickness trajectories in healthy and alzheimer’s disease populations
Connor Dalby · University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that presents with critical challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Emerging research indicates that AD-related cortical changes, such as cortical thickness, can…
- Poster
Prosodic changes in patients with idiopathic parkinson’s disease: The effect of dysarthria severity
Miseon Kwon · Asan Medical Center, Korea, Republic of
Background & Objective: Patients with Parkinson’s disease frequently show hypokinetic dysarthria exhibiting both segmental and suprasegmental features of speech, such as monotonous pitch, reduced intensity…
- Poster
Validation study of the cogniscan computerized test for memory and processing speed in a Brazilian sample
Mariana Medeiros Assed · University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Cogniscan screening test, a self-administered software for assessing episodic and working memory, focusing on validating its accuracy in a Brazilian clinical sample.…
- Poster
The efficiency of using clonidine buccally and dexmedetomidine intranasally as non-invasive procedural sedation during magnetic resonance imaging in patients hospitalized at the neonatology department in Ceske Budejovice
Martina Sivakova · Ceske Budejovice Hospital, Czech Republic
Backround : Procedural sedation does not have clear recommendations in the newborn population. There is an effort to find a balance between the need to minimize motion artifacts during imaging (including MRI) and the…
- Poster
Brain aquaporin expression in development and disease
Randall Woltjer · Oregon Health and Science University, United States
Aquaporins (AQPs) are channels that participate in water homeostasis in various organs including the kidney and brain. Several classes of these including AQP1, AQP4, and AQP9 are expressed, chiefly by glial cells, in…
Day 2
- Oral
Vascular effects during neuroinflammation
David Lominadze · University of South Florida, United States
Many neuroinflammatory diseases are accompanied by neurodegeneration and memory deficits. In a substantial number of these diseases, deleterious causes originating in vasculature play a significant role in the…
- Oral
Fibromyalgia treated with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and physical exercise
Milton C R Medeiros · Irmandade Santa Casa de Arapongas, Brazil
Introdution: Fibromyalgia is a chronic and heterogeneous condition, characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and associated changes, such as anxiety disorder, sleep disorder, depression, cognitive impairment and…
- Oral
Fibromyalgia treated with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and physical exercise
Milton Cesar Rodrigues Medeiros · Santa Casa de Arapongas, Brazil
Introdution: Fibromyalgia is a chronic and heterogeneous condition, characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and associated changes, such as anxiety disorder, sleep disorder, depression, cognitive impairment and…
- Oral
A critical appraisal of strategies to afford protection against neurotoxic amyloid β peptides-induced brain degeneration
Carlos Gutierrez Merino · University of Extremadura, Spain
The 2022 world Alzheimer’s report pointed out the importance of early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as nearly 75% of individuals with dementia are not diagnosed globally. The histopathological…
- Oral
Systemic inflammation and neuroinflammation in alzheimer’s disease: An unexplored relationship
Corinne Quadalti · University of Bologna, Italy
Growing evidence suggests a link between systemic inflammation and cognitive decline. Studies in cognitively healthy individuals have demonstrated an association between low-grade systemic inflammation, and accelerated…
- Oral
Antibody-Ppoteases as the upgraded translational tools of the next-step generation in personalized and precision practice to monitor multiple sclerosis at clinical and subclinical stages
Sergey Victorovich Suchkov · N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
Among the best-validated predictive biomarkers are autoimmunity-related ones to predict and prognosticate risks of the chronification, complications and thus disabling. The latter is so much valuable and important since…
- Oral
Efficacy of transcranial photobiomodulation in mild cognitive impairment and early alzheimer’s disease: A randomized controlled study
Hyelim Chun · St.Peter’s General Hospital, Korea, Republic of
Transcranial photobiomodulation (t-PBM) is a novel, non-invasive, neuromodulation technique. It has a wide range of indications in neurodegenerative diseases including mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which serves as a…
- Oral
Determination of blood biomarkers for dynamic monitoring-a promising method for evaluating the effectiveness of alzheimer's disease treatment
Dakukina Tatsiana · Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health, Belarus
Belarusian researchers have developed an algorithm for the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of dementia of various origins, based on the use of clinical indicators and laboratory studies of the concentration of…
- Oral
The clinical features of children with autism spectrum disorder in India
Rahul Hajare · Sandip University, India
Ng the children’s sex and age and the children’s parents’ age and education level, when a diagnosis was determined. We also studied clinical features, including the child’s age at the time of early alert signs and at…
- Oral
New vision for early detection of alzheimer's disease
Sharmistha Dey · All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Background: Recent research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has highlighted that the oxidative damage is the earliest event of disease. These oxidative modifications are closely associated with inflammatory molecules. It is…
- Poster
Essential roles, mechanisms and consequences of vascular dementia
Yong Xiao Wang · Albany Medical College, United States
Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is a common neurodegenerative disease. This dementia includes all types of vascular dementia. It is caused by brain cerebral blood vessel dysfunctions.…
- Poster
The foundation and architecture of Personalized & Precision Medicine (PPM) in clinical neurology: Towards curative and neurodegenerative disease-modifying treatment for multiple sclerosis
Sergey Victorovich Suchkov · N.D. Zelinskii Institute for Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
A new systems approach to diseased states and wellness result in a new branch in the healthcare services, namely, Personalized and Precision Medicine (PPM). PPM is an emerging approach to healthcare that aims to…
- Poster
Parkinson's disease, aging and mitochondria
Ming Guo · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, United States
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorders. Mutations in PINK1 and PARKIN lead to inherited forms of PD. My lab was one of the first in the world to report the function of the PINK1…
Day 3
- Keynote · Virtual
Novel procedure: Spinal epidural balloon decompression and adhesiolysis
Jin Woo Shin · Asan Medical Center, Korea, Republic of
Nonsurgical treatments, such as nerve block, in chronic pain patients with severe adhesions are reported to have a relatively low effect and a high risk for relapse. This may be attributed to the fact that epidural…
- Keynote · Virtual
Neurobiological foundations of language mediation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of fMRI studies in translation and interpreting
Jun Pan · Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Language mediation, ranging from written translation to interpreting, represents one of the most complex cognitive tasks performed by the human brain which involves an intricate interplay of language processing…
- Keynote · Virtual
Mature B-cell lymphoma with acute myelitis as the first presentation: A case report and literature review
Yufan He · North Sichuan Medical College, China
Background: Lymphomas are malignant neoplasms of the immune system, originating in lymphoid organs and having the potential to affect the central nervous system. Notably, lymphomas presenting initially as acute myelitis…
- Keynote · Virtual
Genetic code, neurocode and prospects for developing strong artificial intelligence
Nikolay Bodyagin · Ryazan State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov, Russian Federation
Further research into the genetic code and its physical properties is an important resource for decoding the neurocode and developing strong artificial intelligence. DNA has a hierarchical spiral structure, which still…
- Keynote · Virtual
Heterotopic ossification of skeletal muscle: A complication of stiff person syndrome
Martin D Kafina · Westchester Medical Center, United States
This case report highlights how Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) can be associated with severe complications, including heterotopic ossification (HO). HO of skeletal muscle has not been described in the pathophysiology of…
- Keynote · Virtual
Neurophysiological grading tool of ulnar nerve entrapment across wrist and across elbow with case presentation
Salim Hirani · Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital, United Kingdom
Ulnar nerve entrapment across the elbow (UNEAE) and across wrist (UNEAW) is the second most common entrapment of the hand after carpal tunnel syndrome. There are few gradings available for UNEAE and lesser in UNEAW. The…
- Keynote · Virtual
Measuring and modulating neuronal excitability with transcranial magnetic stimulation: Approaches and mechanisms
Hakjoo Kim · McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has emerged as a non-invasive neuromodulation technique capable of inducing neuroplasticity, with significant potential in both basic research and clinical applications. This…
- Keynote · Virtual
Narrative medicine applications for neuro-oncology patient identity and quality of life
Robert B Slocum · University of Kentucky HealthCare, United States
Brain cancer and its treatments bring a unique threat to the patient’s identity and quality of life by challenging their essential identity in significant ways, possibly including impaired cognitive skills, loss of…
- Keynote · Virtual
Dysfunctional changes presented by individuals with chronic pain, which impact evidence-based practice for treating pain: Systematic review
Joao Rafael Rocha Da Silva · Connect Life Rehabilitation and Performance, Brazil
Chronic pain is defined as persistent pain for more than three months, resulting in changes in the functional synaptic network of the brain and its gray matter dimensions, causing hypersensitivity to a nociceptive…
- Keynote · Virtual
Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi Leaf Lectin (SteLL) modulates subacute depressive and anxious behaviors in stress-exposed mice
Michelle Melgarejo da Rosa · Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Anxiety and depression are major causes of disability worldwide, often worsened by chronic stress. Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (SteLL) has been traditionally used for various medicinal purposes, including treating…
- Keynote · Virtual
Can specific personality traits serve as protective factors against age-related cognitive decline? A longitudinal study of experiential openness and executive functions in healthy older adults
David Sperbeck · Private Practice, United States
Background: General studies of neurocognitive processing across the lifespan have demonstrated gradual declines among healthy adults in the domains of memory, problem-solving, executive functioning, and processing…
- Keynote · Virtual
Guidelines application for the treatment of TBI in children A multidisciplinary approach
Zhanna Semenova · Clinical and Research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and Trauma, Russian Federation
Introduction: The main aim of management of pediatric Severe Brain Injury (TBI) is to hold normal ranges for optimizing the most favorable outcomes.Clinical and research Institute of Emergency Pediatric Surgery and…
- Keynote · Virtual
Transcranial pulse stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: A case series
Ali Riza Gunes · Alexius/Josef Hospital Neuss, Germany
Depression, a prevalent condition, has reached unprecedented levels in certain countries, such as Germany, as indicated by the most recent data. Depending on the severity of the condition and the patient's individual…
- Keynote · Virtual
Personalised nutrition plans and recreational activities in helping patients with neurological disorders in care homes/assisted living facilities
Veronicah Akankunda · Golden Age Elderly Homes Kampala, Uganda
A natural nutrition plan for elderly people with neurological disorders should focus on whole, nutrient-dense foods that support brain health and address specific needs. unprocessed foods that promote overall health and…
- Keynote · In-Person
Biomimetic electronic devices for adrenergic synapsis modeling
Cristian Ravariu · Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
The importance of the adrenergic transport mechanisms comprehension in the synapses is useful in clinics diagnosis and pharmacology. For this aim, the paper proposes a parallel biodevice composed by Adrenaline Bioliquid…
- Keynote · In-Person
Diagnostic challenges in creutzfeldt-jakob disease: A case report of atypical presentation
Mohamed Shafei · King’s Mill Hospital, United Kingdom
Background and aims: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal neurodegenerative prion disorder often mimicking other neurological conditions including stroke. This case report highlights the diagnostic…
- Keynote · In-Person
Epidemiology of cerebral infarction in young adults: Study retrospective at the Annaba CHU, Algeria
Selma Hannachi · Annaba University Hospital, Algeria
Introduction: Cerebral infarctions (CI) in young people represent a pathology whose incidence is increasing worldwide. The particularity of this young population lies in the diversity of risk factors, as well as in the…
- Keynote · In-Person
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) with preexisting pypofrontality versus frontal AD: Radiologic and neuropsychological data in a case of likely dysexecutive alzheimer’s
James S Maniscalco · Northwell Health- Staten Island University Hospital, United States
Frontal Alzheimer’s disease (fAD) is an atypical AD variant which is difficult to differentiate from and frequently misdiagnosed as behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). Most recent work has identified…
- Oral · Virtual
Perception and individuality
Ken Ware · Neurotricional Sciences Institute, Australia
The way we perceive our world directly influences our responses to it. There is significant variability in how individuals perceive and subjectively evaluate their environment, even among people experiencing the same…
- Oral · Virtual
Neuroimaging by evaluation nerverenovate and neuroplasticity of acupuncture in children with cerebral palsy
Zhenhuan Liu · Nanhai Maternity and Children Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China
Objective: To investigate the effect of and Acupuncture on brain plasticity and motor development in children with cerebral palsy. Investigate effect on mechanism of apoptosis of brain nerve cells, regulating the…
- Oral · Virtual
Predictors of neurological recovery following traumatic spinal cord
W S El Masri · Keele University, United Kingdom
The incidence of Traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCI) is small and ranges between 10-50/million population/year. Prior to the second WW the great majority of patients died within two years of injury. Since the 2nd WW…
- Oral · Virtual
GABA-A receptor modulating steroid antagonists decrease GABAergic tone, improve memory impairment, attenuates fatigue, and decrease neuroinflammation
Torbjorn Backstrom · Umea Neurosteroid Research Center, Sweden
Gamma-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain and GABA-ergic transmission is important for the regulation of learning and memory. The progesterone metabolite allopregnanolone…
- Oral · Virtual
Futurey on neurology
Luiz Moutinho · University of Suffolk, United Kingdom
The presentation starts by addressing the fields of neurobiology, especially concentrating on the future of neurobiology and the future, connectivity and connectomics. The discussion will also include genetics and…
- Oral · Virtual
Neuroscience education: From ‘learning by doing’ in the classroom to technology-enhance learning
Stefano Sandrone · Imperial College London, United Kingdom
In 1906, the Italian biologist and pathologist Camillo Golgi and the Spanish pathologist and histologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology ‘in recognition of their work on the…
- Oral · Virtual
Oxygen-ozone therapy and cognitive frailty: A non-pharmacological approach to potentially resolve immune and inflammatory dysfunctions
Antonio Carlo Galoforo · University of Pavia, Italy
As the world’s population ages, Cognitive Frailty (CF) is becoming one of the most serious health problems and elucidating its biological mechanisms along with prevention and treatments becomes increasingly important…
- Oral · Virtual
Narrative medicine: A communication therapy for the communication disorder of Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) also known as Functional Seizures (FS)
Robert B Slocum · University of Kentucky HealthCare, United States
Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), also known as Functional Seizures (FS), have involuntary paroxysmal episodes that resemble epileptic seizures but without organic etiology. Patients with PNES are…
- Oral · Virtual
Traumatic brain injury in 2025
Jonathan Eskenazi · Cedars Sinai Medical Center, United States
Definition and Types: TBI is an injury to the brain caused by external force, resulting in a range of effects. It can be classified as mild (concussions), moderate, or severe based on symptoms and impact. Causes: Common…
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