Advances in Translational Neuroscience of Eye Movement Disorders

1. The studies of eye movements - past, present, and future (David Zee, MD – Johns Hopkins, USA).-2. Computational models of saccades (Lance Optican, PhD – NIH, USA).-3. Microsaccades - cognitive, motor, sensory, or bit of all three? (Susana Martinez-Conde,PhD – SUNY Upstate, USA).-4. Neurophysiology of strabismus in macaque models (Vallabh Das, PhD – University of Houston, USA).-5. Translational neuroscience of slow saccades (Janet Rucker,MD – NYU, USA).-6. Role of visual system in the pathogenesis of eye movement disorders (Matthew Thurtell,MD – University of Iowa, USA).-7. Opsoclonus and ocular flutter - molecules, models, and medicines (Aasef Shaikh,MD,PhD – Case Western Reserve, USA).-8. Distinctive properties of microsaccades in visual and motor disorders (Jorge Otero-Millan,PhD – Johns Hopkins, USA).-9. The influence of deep brain stimulation on eye movements (Chrystalina Antoniades, University of Oxfor<br>d, UK).-10. Inferior olive and cerebellum in motor learning of saccadic eye movements. (Aaron Wong,PhD – Johns Hopkins,USA).-11. Acquired pendular nystagmus (Aasef Shaikh,MD,PhD – Case Western Reserve University, USA).-12. What causes vertical nystagmus - cerebellum, brainstem, or both? (Dominic Straumann,MD – Zurich University, USA).-13. Eye movements in multiple sclerosis are diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers (Alessandro Serra,MD,PhD – Case Western Reserve University, USA).-14. Disorders of eye movements in the epileptic patient (Aasef Shaikh,MD,PhD – Case Western Reserve University, USA).-15. Saccades in spinocerebellar ataxia (Alessandra Rufa,MD – University of Siena, Italy).-16. Ocular motor apraxia (Caroline Tilikete, MD,PhD – University of Lyon, France).-17. Vestibular perception – bench to bedside (Barry Seemungal, FRCP,PhD – Imperial College, UK).-18. Pharmacotherapy of vestibular and ocular motor disorders (Michael Strupp,MD – Ludwig Maxmillian, Germany).-19. Oculography in the emergency room - the “ECG” for acute vestibular syndrome. (David Newman-Toker,MD,PhD – Johns Hopkins, USA).-20. Updates on vestibular rehabilitation (Michael Schubert, PhD,PT – Johns Hopkins, USA).-21. The central mechanism of strabismus (Jonathan Horton,MD,PhD – Univ California San Francisco, USA).-22. Strabismus - the role of orbit and orbital muscles. (Joseph Demer,MD,PhD – Univ California Los Angeles, USA).-23. Pattern strabismus - where does the brain’s role end and muscle’s begin? (Fatema Ghasia,MD – Cleveland Clinic, USA).-24. Latent nystagmus - clinical implications of animal models (Lawrence Tychsen,MD – Washington University, USA).-25. Congenital nystagmus. (Irene Gottlob,MD - Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK).-26. Concluding remarks (Aasef Shaikh,MD,PhD – Case Western Reserve University,USA).