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CONGRESS PRIZE WINNERSUschi Tschabitscher Prize for Young Neurologists:
Investigator Award: We congratulate the winners of the EFNS Investigator Awards 2008!Kjersti Aaseth, Nordbyhagen, Norway: Headache attributed to chronic rhino-sinusitis in a population based sample. The Akershus study of chronic headache awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuroepidemiology and Public Health Araceli Alonso-Canovas, Madrid, Spain: Meningeal carcinomatosis in prostate cancer: usefulness of prostate specific antigen (PSA) determination in cerebrospinal fluid, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuro-oncology Anton Alvarez, La Coruña, Spain: Negative interaction between serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha and insulin growth factor-I in Alzheimer’s disease, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Infections Eduardo Becerra-Verdin, Monterrey, Mexico: Histological evaluation of rat brain and spinal cord in a model of peripheral polyneuropathy caused by Karwinski humboldtiana fruit, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Substance abuse and Neuro-toxicology Eteri O. Chijavadze, Tbilisi, Georgia: Electrolytic lesion of thalamic reunion nucleus disturbs the structure of sleep-waking cycle, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Sleep disorders Pelin Cizmeci, Ankara, Turkey: An experimental model for chronic headache, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Headache Petr Dusek, Prague, Czech Republic: Abnormalities in precuneus activity may underlie time perception deficit in Parkinson’s disease, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuroimaging and neurosonology Edward J. Gorzelanczyk, Bydgoszcz, Poland: The influence of thalomotomy on cognitive functions and depression intensity in idiopathic Parkinson’s patients, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Cognitive Neurology Cathleen Haense, Cologne, Germany: Relationship between CSF tau and phosphotau-181, regional glucose metabolism and MMSE in Alzheimer’s disease awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Dementia Hanne Harbo, Oslo, Norway: A non-synonymous SNP based genome-wide association study in multiple sclerosis identifies the non-receptor tyrosine-protein kinase gene (TYK2) on chromosome 19 awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Multiple Sclerosis and other demyelinating diseses Saiju Jacob, Oxford, UK: Correlation of orbicularis oculi neuromuscular jitter values with antibody titres and clinical severity in myasthenia gravis, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panels on Muscle disorders and the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neuro-immunology Zwany Metting, Groningen, The Netherlands: Perfusion CT in mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neurotraumatology Mario-Joao Oliveira, Lisbon, Portugal: Wavelet analysis of heartrate and blood pressure variability to assess autonomic activity on tilt test in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on ANS Mariya Petrova, Sofia, Bulgaria: Relationship between depression and cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease patients with and without mild cognitive impairment, awarded by the efns2008/MDS-ES Scientist Panel on Movement disorders Anna Poggesi, Florence, Italy: Age-related white matter changes progression over time and transition to disability. The LADIS (Leukoaraiosis and DISability) Study, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Stroke Giovanni Stevanin, Paris, France: Identification of the SPG15 (Spastizin) gene, responsible for an autosomal recessive complicated spastic paraplegia, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Neurogenetics Tatiana Zaldívar, Havana, Cuba: Ethnic differences in ALS: a population based mortality study, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on ALS Gordana Zupan, Rijeka, Croatia: Effects of pioglitazone on the lipid peroxidation levels and COX-2 expressions in different brain structures of rats with lithium plus piocarpine-induced status epilepticus, awarded by the EFNS Scientist Panel on Epilepsy
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