Early Morning Session

Multimodal approaches
Chairs: PM Rossini and HR Siebner

TMS and fMRI
S Bestmann and J Baudewig

TMS and EEG
R Ilmoniemi

TES and functional imaging
SA Brandt

Peripheral magnetic stimulation
A Straube and A Struppler

TMS and genetics
J Rothwell

An integrated approach (TMS, fMRI, MEG, HD-EEG) to post-stroke plastic reorganization
P Rossini

Late Morning Session 1

New methodologies
Chairs: Y Ugawa and M Sommer

The dopaminergic system investigated with rTMS/PET ligands
A Strafella

Plasticity induced by quadripulse rTMS
Y Ugawa

The influence of TMS pulse shape
M Sommer

Extending the duration of rTMS effects:
R Müri

Late Morning Session 2

Controversy: Memory consolidation and excitability changes as a function of circadian rhythm and sleep
Chairs: L Cohen and R Dengler

Circadian changes in motor cortical excitability
N Lang

Downscaling
R Huber

Reactivation
L Marshall

Early Afternoon Session

What do we mean by motor cortex plasticity?
Chairs: JC Rothwell and U Ziemann

Evidence that PAS and other rTMS effects can affect synaptic plasticity in motor cortex
J Classen

What exactly does the motor cortex contribute to motor learning?
U Ziemann

From cellular experimental frameworks to human models
M Ridding and GW Thickbroom

Training motor plasticity in stroke
W Byblow

Training motor plasticity in cortex and spinal cord
J Nielsen

Late Afternoon Session

tDCS and plasticity
Chairs: M Nitsche and A Pascual-Leone

Postulated actions on cortex
M Nitsche

tDCS versus TDCS?
W Paulus

tDCS in migraine and pain
A Antal

tDCS in depression
PS Boggio

Homeostatic plasticity
H Siebner

Debate

tDCS is a better tool than rTMS?
For: A Priori
Against: J Rothwell

Early Morning Session
Chairs: PD Thompson and A Berardelli

History of TMS in movement disorders
R Benecke

Are SICI, or other paired pulse intracortical paradigms useful investigative tools in movement disorders?

YES: Intracortical paired pulse studies in PD and dystonia
C Stinear

YES: Intracortical paired pulse in Tourettes and Huntingtons
M Orth

NO: Problems in interpreting paired pulse studies
R Chen

IT DEPENDS: On disease and current orientations
R Hanajima

Late Morning Session

Other paired pulse or rTMS designs
Chairs: P Manganotti and A Flöel

Paired pulse plasticity in spinal cord
S Meunier

Interhemispheric effects in Parkinson’s disease
M Cincotta

Premotor-motor short term potentiation
A Berardelli / A Suppa

Premotor-motor connectivity in PD
A Münchau

Special Lecture
Chair: F Ferbert and D Claus

New advances in transcranial stimulation
A Pascual-Leone

Early Afternoon Session

Is it useful to study plasticity in movement disorders?
Chair: J Classen and M Hallett

YES: Dystonia
A Quartarone

YES: Dyskinesias
F Morgante

NO: Skilled musicians
K Rosenkranz

Late Afternoon Session

Session 4: Varia
Chairs: J Liepert and F Tergau

New methods for studying connectivity from parietal to motor cortex
G Koch

Insights into rTMS effects from recordings of descending volleys
V Di Lazzaro

rTMS and spasticity
D Centonze

Latest breaking news
NN

Early Morning Session

TMS in cognitive studies
Chairs: C Gerloff and V Walsh

TMS in visual areas I
T Kammer

TMS in visual areas II
V Walsh

TMS in parietal cortex
M Rushworth

TMS and tactile discrimination
P Schwenkreis

TMS of premotor cortex
J O’Shea

TMS in prefrontal cortex
S Rossi

Late Morning Session

Animal studies of TMS and tDCS
Chairs: R Lemon and D Liebetanz

Insights from in vitro studies: Designing targeted stimulation protocols
M Bikson

Cortical spreading depression and tDCS
D Liebetanz

Cortical effects of TMS in the visual cortex of the cat
V Moliadze

TMS affects the expression of c-fos, zif268 and cortical calcium binding proteins in the rat brain
K Funke

Anatomical, physiological and cognitive effects of TMS-induced seizures in primates: Implications for magnetic seizure therapy and TMS safety guidelines
SH Lisanby

Special Lecture
Chair: V Amassian and A Antal

Physiology of human grasping as revealed by TMS
R Lemon

Round Table Discussion

Therapeutic potential of rTMS/tDCS/extradural stimulation
Partially Sponsored by the Movement Disorders Society

Chairs: G Abbruzzese and M George

Overview
L Cohen

Report from the rTMS safety meeting in Siena 2008
P Rossini and S Rossi

New Investigations in:

Stroke
F Hummel

Tinnitus
P Eichhammer

Depression
F Padberg

Other neuropsychiatric disorders
F Fregni

Pain
JP Lefaucheur

Epilepsy
Rosenow

Schizophrenia
PB Fitzgerald

Critique
J Rothwell and M George