Symposium: Can we identify common pathways mediated by Glial Cells in neurodegeneration?

Can we identify common pathways mediated by Glial Cells in neurodegeneration?

Chairs
Juana Pasquini (Short CV)
[IQUIFIB] Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biologicas “Prof. Alejandro Paladini”

The Simposium try to demonstrate the interrelationship between the different glia cells in the central nervous system (CNS) We also included tha Schwann cells

SPEAKERS

Carla Caruso:
INBIOMED UBA-CONICET. Facultad de Medicina, UBA.
Title:The role of astrocytes in Huntington’s disease.

Maria Claudia Gonzalez Deniselle:
Lab. de Bioquímica Neuroendócrina.  Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental   IByME-CONICET.
Title: Myelin as a target of steroid hormones in motoneuron degeneration.  

Pablo Iribarren:
Profesor Titular e Investigador Principal CIBICI-CONICET Facultad de Ciencias Químicas  Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Córdoba Argentina.
Title:
Microglial Cells: foes or friends during urodegeneration? 

Felipe Court :
Full Professor, Center for Integrative Biology, Universidad Mayor, Chile. Director, FONDAP Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism
Title:Schwann Cell-Axon interactions in Homeostasis, Degeneration and Axonal Regeneration.

Symposium Conclusions:
Jorge Correale
Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológica (IQUIFIB) Facultad de y Farmacia y Bioquímica  Universidad de Buenos Aires CONICET y Departamento de Neurología FLENI. Buenos Aires  Argentina