Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's Disease

Scope of the Conference

Organizers: J. Rogers (AZ, U.S.A) and J. Bauer (Freiburg, Germany)

Elsevier Science, in conjunction with the Neuroinflammation Working Group, is pleased to announce a Neurobiology of Aging sponsored conference. It will be held as a 2-day meeting immediately prior to the World Alzheimer Congress, Washington, DC, July 2000.
Twenty-four clinical studies and hundreds of research papers have already provided evidence that inflammatory processes are crucially implicated at various stages in the pathological cascade of Alzheimer's Disease. This conference will represent the most concentrated gathering of experts from the field ever brought together, and will provide a detailed exposition and debate of this critical avenue of research into AD.
The meeting will be of interest to not only those working on inflammatory processes in AD, but also everyone researching AD or other neurodegenerative diseases or the normal aging of the nervous system.
Speakers will review the major inflammatory mechanisms that have been uncovered in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. Each presentation will begin with a summary of the molecular biology, biochemistry and functions of the mediator or class of mediators under discussion, so as to provide the audience with essential background information from classical inflammation biology. These summaries will then be followed by a review of how the particular inflammatory mediator or mechanism is expressed and acts in the AD brain.
Additional lectures will be devoted to the interactions of the various pathways and their relevance to AD pathophysiology, based on reviews of the basic science and clinical literature.
A final session will address the controversies that exist in the field, such as the most appropriate choice of an anti-inflammatory therapeutic for AD.
Neurobiology of Aging
The conference will be keyed to the publication of a major comprehensive review paper prepared by the speakers, and published in Neurobiology of Aging. Additionally, authors of the best posters presented at the meeting will be invited to contribute a paper to a special issue of the journal. Registrants to the meeting will receive both the relevant issues of Neurobiology of Aging.
Neurobiology of Aging is the leading journal devoted to the publication of research into the normal and pathological aging of the nervous system.
Language
The language of the conference will be English