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Dr. George Perry is currently the dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. After graduation in Zoology from University of California, Santa Barbara, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and also studied at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Hole and obtained his PhD in Marine Biology in 1979. Dr. Perry joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in 1995, where he currently holds an adjunct appointment. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Microscopy Society of America, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Chemistry, Society of Biology and the Linnean Society and past-president of the American Association of Neuropathologists. He has been elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences Lisbon; Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and won the Distinguished Professional Mentor Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Senior Investigator Award from the International College of Geriatric psychoneuropharmacology, Senior Fulbright Fellow and the National Honor Plaque of Panama for exceptional contributions to Neuroscience. Dr. Perry is on Board of the National Organization of Portuguese Americans and serves as Director of Education and Research.

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Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Professor Tang completed his medical training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an academic staff since 1999. His main research area is Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Vahe Poghosyan received his MSc in Mathematics (1997) from Yerevan State University and PhD in Neurophysiology (2000) from National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. He held positions of Research Scientist in RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan (2000-2007), and Senior Scientist (2007-2016) and Director of Research Training Program (2011-2016) at AAI Scientific Cultural Services Ltd. in Cyprus. Currently, he is the Head of MEG Laboratory and Consultant Neuronavigation at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh, KSA.

Dr. Fakhir Salman Al- Ani is a Professor of Department in Physiology and Pathology. He has completed graduation in MBBS from Baghdad University and post-graduation in Physiology and Pathology from Baghdad University and Ph.D. Physiology and Pathology from Baghdad University. He has more than 20 publications.

Physiology and Pathology

He was born in Tuzla on May 28, 1963. He finished elementary and high school as well as the medical faculty in Tuzla. He started working as an assistant trainee at the Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine Tuzla, University of Tuzla, in April 1989. Since October 1990, she works as a specialist at the Clinic for Orthopedics and Traumatology, JZU UKC Tuzla. By establishing the Department of Medical Informatics at the Faculty of Medicine, Tuzla was engaged as an assistant until 1996. As a companion of the wounded, he was sent to Iran in 1992. Since 1996 he has been employed at New Medical Center and National Medical Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Specialization in diagnostic radiology ends in 2003. Necessary knowledge from interventional vascular and neovascular radiology was acquired in 2003 at Rikshospitalet Oslo, University of Oslo, Norway. He received the title of Master of Medical Science after defending the topic under the title "Doppler ultrasonography and digital subtraction arteriography in the diagnosis of carotid artery disease", 2005. In November 2008 he was appointed Director of the Clinic for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, JZU UKC Tuzla. In the same year, he received the title of Doctor of Medical Science after defending his work on the "Validity of computerized tomographic angiography in the diagnosis of cerebral vascular disease". He was appointed responsible teacher at the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Tuzla in May 2009. Since February 2011 he has been the Head of the Department of Medical Imaging in Radiology at the Pan-European University Apeiron in Banja Luka. He is currently serving as the President of the Tuzla Canton Medical Chamber. In October 2013 he was elected Chief of the Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, JZU UKC Tuzla. Since November 2013, he has also been awarded the Diploma Manager in Healthcare at the Pan-European University Apeiron in Banja Luka. The teacher is responsible for the subject "General principles of health care" at the College of Medicine of the University of Tuzla from the school year 2009/10. He is a member of the commission for the specialist exam in "Diagnostic Radiology" since 2009. Member of the commission for evaluation and defense of master and doctoral papers in the field of radiology, informatics and physics.

Endovascular treatment of giant basilar artery aneurysm is a complex procedure that requires the work of an experienced team and a range of materials and techniques available. Treatment of a giant aneurysm of the basilar artery in the body which includes the initial parts of both arteriae cerebelaris posterior was a special kind of technical challenges and use techniques Waffle cone. Technically it was not possible to implement the classic waffle cone technique, and made modifications to the horizontal stenting in the right artery cerebelaris posterior, and above it are set Koil, and the aneurysm successfully closed with rear patent cerebellar artery. Technical correctly written procedure with good outcome for the patient left the question of objective verification of results. Using Voronoi diagrams and indirect visualization of the 3D models of aneurysms with the analysis of the dynamics of flow (flow dynamics), an objective verification of results. Results of verification coincide with the real results to the patient. The new method of analysis of endovascular treatment has proven to be an effective model verification results

Marina V. Zueva, Professor of Pathophysiology, PhD, Dr. Biol. Sci., graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Department of Physiology of Higher Nervous Activity), received her Ph.D. and Dr. Biol. Sci. degrees from Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases. Currently, she is the Head of the Division of Clinical Physiology of Vision at the Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases. Zueva is a member of International Society of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV), European Association on Vision and Eye Research (EVER), European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA), the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR). She has published over ten peer-reviewed papers in English (over 80 in Russian) and presented over 60 topics at international conferences.

Recently, we proposed and theoretically substantiated the hypothesis, which offers new approaches to treating neurodegenerative diseases of the retina and brain (Zueva, 2015). For the first time, we suggested that the impact of visual environmental cues of complex spatiotemporal structure on a person throughout his life is necessary for normal development and aging of the brain and visual system. The theory sets the link between the complexity of neural connections, nonlinear dynamics of physiological processes in the brain and the nonlinear characteristics of sensory cues. The loss in the complexity of neural networks in the retina and the brain develops in such socially relevant neurodegenerative diseases as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, etc. The necessity of maintaining and strengthening of mental abilities in extreme situations and normal aging is a separate social and medical problem. The idea is to improve the scheme of neural circuits and brain’s function in normal and neurodegenerative diseases by nonlinear visual and other sensory stimuli with complex temporal structure through the reactivation of the brain plasticity. We can expect that the development of innovative non-drug technologies of impact on brain plasticity and definition of ways to manage this process will contribute to a more efficient recovery of neuronal contacts, cognitive functions, and overall functionality in patients with neurodegenerative disorders and amblyopia. The creation of devices for nonlinear sensory stimulation and the detection of mechanisms of its impact on the brain are crucial for therapeutic strategies, which can underlay of future breakthrough technologies.

Dr Khaled Goher has more than 15 years of experience in academia in Egypt, Oman, NZ and the UK. He joined the Biomedical Engineering Program, Aston University in July 2017. Dr Goher is a customer and market-oriented academic with special dedication to research for the benefit of the society. His principal research interests lie in the field of mobile robotics, personal care and assistive robotics while considering needs, preferences and expectations of elderly. Dr Goher is currently investigating the possibility of developing robotic walking devices and other assistive devices for manipulation, fall prevention and elderly mobility. He published a book, many high-quality articles and book chapters and has presented several research papers in various peer-reviewed international conferences. He holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering, a PhD in Control Engineering from the University of Sheffield, and a PGCertHE from Auckland University of Technology. He supervised number of PhD students, two Master students, many senior design projects and tens of course-based projects. Dr Goher is internationally-engaged with various non-profits organizations. He is a member in the management team of CLAWAR association and a member of number of standardisation committees of the British Standards Institution (BSI).

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Tarit Kanti Ghosh MSc, MBBS, born in 1968 is a renowned Neurologist in Bangladesh. Since the very childhood he was extraordinary talented i.e. he always stood as topper in the class. In secondary school certificate & higher secondary certificate public exam he was one of seven among about 400,000 students all over the country. Being a son of a doctor his ambition was to become a benevolent physician. Thereby, he completed his graduation from the then British recognized medical college in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1993. Then he did post-graduation(MSc) in internal medicine & Neurology from United Kingdom. He accomplished “Leading edge neurology for the practising clinicians, 2014” course in University college of London, UK. Due to thirst of knowledge he is still studying in the university of Melbourne, Australia in the Specialist Certificate Course in Clinical Research Neuroscience.

Abstract : This article reflects how surgery irrespective to age and/or organ becomes a prospective major health problem. In general about 50-60% patients undergone surgery suffer mild/moderate/severe psycho-biological illness in future for a long time due to feeling or fear that he/she (1:3) has lost part of body inside unhealed or prolonged healing process. so some neuro-psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety,tension,emotion and depression gradually burden their life style eventually leading to chronic stress (about 10%) along with some major health risks in 4-6 yrs after surgery.

Weimin Yang has completed his PhD from Sichuan University and visitor scholor studies from Melbourne University. He is the professor in Dept. of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, master tutor, innovative talents of Henan Province Health Sciences and Technology. His research work mainly related to clinical features of Chinese stroke patients, stroke register, dementia, and systematic reviews of therapies from China. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals.

Background: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a significant contributor to global health-related morbidity and mortality. Due to improved recognition and treatment of atrial fibrillation by antithrombotics, there is an increase in proportion of ICH caused by warfarin and novel oral anticoagulants. However, the relationship between anticoagulation intensity and hematoma expansion remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the effects of INR on hematoma expansion post ICH. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of all patients hospitalized for ICH at a single institution from January 1, 2008 and August 1, 2014. Hematoma volumes on initial CT scans and repeat CT scans were analyzed by the AxBxC/2 method. Univariate analysis was used to compare baseline characteristics and median regression analysis was performed to estimate the effects of INR and hematoma volume changes. Results: We included 224 consecutive ICH patients. Median age (IQR) was 68.5 years (17.0), 60.3% were male, median presentation Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) (IQR) was 14.0 (4.0), median volume (IQR) of the first CT was 11.7ml (25.6), median INR (IQR) was 1.1 (0.2). We showed that INR and time lapsed between first CT and second CT were independent risk factors to hematoma volume change, adjusting for baseline hematoma volume and time. For each 1.0 increase in INR was associated with hematoma volume increased by 2.4ml (p = 0.015). Conclusions: We showed that high INR was associated with hematoma growth post ICH. However, the effects of reversal anticoagulation in the attenuation of hematoma growth remain uncertain and require confirmation in future randomized controlled studies.

Andreas Melzer was born in 1960 and after studies in Mainz and Tuebingen he qualified in Dentistry in 1989 and as MD in 1993. He has 20 years experiences in the development of medical technology for laparo-endoscopic surgery, interventional radiology, interventional & intraoperative MRI and image guided robotics, surgical instrumentation, surgical robotics and Nitinol devices with more than 60 patents and over 200 publications, more than 500 oral and poster presentations. He has served as co editor of three medical journals, Co-founder and partner of six start-up companies in the medical technology business and consultant for major vendors in medicine. He serves as organizer or chairman of various medical conferences and board member of six medical and technical societies. He currently is Professor of Medical Technology and Director of the Institute for Medical Science and Technology IMSaT, a joint venture of the Universities Dundee and St Andrews, Scotland.

Applied Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry

Sarah Crawford received a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry from Princeton University in 1982 and a PhD Degree from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1987. She has been affiliated with Southern Connecticut State University for over 20 years and is currently the Full Professor in the Department of Biology where she teaches Genetics and Medical Genetics and directs a research laboratory in cancer biology. In 2013, she was awarded a patent by the US Patent Office for a novel cancer treatment for the brain cancer, glioblastoma.

Her research interest includes genetics and cancer biology.

Dr. Pant received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Agra University, Agra, India. His postdoctoral studies were conducted on the mechanisms of electron and ion transport in model membrane systems at the Department of Biophysics at Michigan State University. He joined the Laboratory of Neurobiology in the NIMH as a senior staff fellow in 1974 with Dr. Ichiji Tasaki where he studied the function of the axonal cytoskeleton in the squid giant axon. In 1979 he moved to the NIAAA extending his studies on the neuronal cytoskeleton and the effects of alcohol on its regulation. Dr. Pant moved to the NINDS, Laboratory of Neurochemistry in 1987 where he is presently chief of the section on Cytoskeleton Regulation. His laboratory is studying the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeleton proteins by post-translational modification, including the role of kinase cascades in normal brain and during neurodegeneration.

The major focus of this laboratory has been to study the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeletal proteins regulation by phosphorylation and neurodegeneration. In a normal physiological state, cytoskeletal proteins are phosphorylated extensively in the axonal compartment of a mature neuron. Although all the substrates, kinases, phosphatases and their regulators are synthesized in neuronal cell bodies, little or no cytoskeletal protein phosphorylation has been detected in the cell body compartment. Under a variety of neuropathological conditions, however, such as ALS, Alzheimers Disease, or Picks disease, hyperphosphorylation of these molecules has been found in abnormal aggregates within cell bodies, usually correlated with massive neuronal cell death. The mechanisms underlying these profound compartmental shifts in neuronal phosphorylation are not well understood.The normal physiological processes within neurons are controlled by signal transduction mechanisms that regulate the balance between protein kinase and protein phosphatase activities. We have shown that the most abundant and extensively phosphorylated motifs in the c-terminal domains (lys-ser-pro-, or KSP) are primarily phosphorylated by proline directed kinases, cdk5 and MAP kinases. Moreover, we have demonstrated that this phosphorylation is due to activation of the signal transduction cascade. Recently, we have focussed on the other part of this regulation, the protein phosphatases. The other project is to study the expression, regulation and role of neuronal Cdk5 in nerve cell function.Cdk5 is a unique multifunctional kinase. Unlike other cyclin-dependent kinases, it is expressed predominantly in post-mitotic neurons, its activity modulated by association with nervous system-specific propeins. Since its identification and characterization in our laboratory, we have been intensively studying its mechanisms of regulation and its role in nerve cell function.

Awojoyogbe O. Bamidele has B.Sc (1986), M.Sc (1991) and obtained Ph.D (1997) from Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria in collaboration with the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics, University and ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. He won the 2003 Young African Mathematician Medal Award by African Mathematical Union at AMU-ICMS. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and has served at various academic and administrative levels within the university.

computational magnetic resonance imaging and theranostic of brain tumors

Benjamin Chitambira completed his BSc Physiotherapy Honours degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1995. He also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership from the Open University in the UK in 2014. With over 19 years’ experience as a neuro-physiotherapist, he has been carrying out research on optokinetic chart stimulation as a clinical specialist physiotherapist in the Richard Stevens Stroke Unit for over 8 tears.With over 9 papers published in peer reviewed journals, he has been a peer reviewer for reputable journals and now serves as an editorial board member of peer reviewed journals.

Background: This presentation aims to describe optokinetic chart stimulation and its evolution as a recovery focused neurorehabilitation intervention. Stroke, traumatic brain injuries and critical care polyneuropathy and or myopathy can cause severe disability. Methods: The optokinetic chart is made of laminated A4 paper. It consists of repeated bundles of the colours of the rainbow. The chart is placed 20 centimetres in front of a patient’s face. It is moved from side to side atapproximately one cycle per second for 3 minutes. This is followed bymoving the chart up and down for 3 minutes and then forwards and backwards for another 3 minutes. Results: The first task was to identify which strokes benefited most from the intervention. A case seriespublished in 2011 identified that strokes not involving simultaneous infarcts or haemorrhages of parietal and temporal lobes recovered movements. A case control series published in 2014 demonstrated statistically significant upper limb recovery (P<0.05). The author has been pilot-testing to see if these differences are reproducible under randomized controlled trial conditions. First set of comparable results point to the potential of a future full trial achieving an all and none principle of the ideal scientific experiment. Preliminary efficacy has also been demonstrated in difficult to rehabilitate traumatic brain injuries and critical care polyneuropathies and or myopathies. Conclusion: Optokinetic chart stimulation shows promise as a novel recovery focused neurorehabilitation intervention. Further research with fully powered studies is required to provide evidence for its inclusion in future guidelines.

Dr. Badgaiyan received training in psychiatry and cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University, University of Pittsburgh and University of Oregon. His research is focused on the study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control the human brain functions. He developed the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique to detect, map, and measure neurotransmitters released acutely in the human brain during task performance. Using this technique he studies dopaminergic control of human cognition and behavior. He is also interested in learning the nature of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission in different psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. He is particularly interested in the brain mechanisms that control conscious experiences at cortical and subcortical levels. His research is funded by NIMH, NINDS, VA, and various research foundations. Currently he is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neuromodulation scholar at University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. He is also the Director of Laboratory of Advanced Radiochemistry and the Laboratory of Molecular and Functional Imaging.

His research focuses on the study of brain mechanisms that are responsible for abnormal behavioral, cognitive and emotional processing. He uses a novel dynamic molecular imaging technique (that he recently developed), to detect changes in the brain neurochemistry. He also uses cutting edge functional MRI techniques to study psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. He is primarily interested in understanding the behavioral and cognitive effects of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission. His research is funded by the grants from National Institutes of Health and Veteran’s Administration.

Paria Arfa-Fatollahkhani is a medical intern of Iran University of Medical Sciences. Her enthusiasm to progress was intensified in the fields of neurology and neuroscience.

Short-term and long-term effects of treadmill training on the balance, functional capacity and quality of life in patients with Parkinson disease- A randomized clinical trial

Prof. Wang Rongfu has completed his Ph.D in Pharmacology from Toulouse Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III), Toulouse, France in 1995. He received many awards and honors. Currently he is working as a Professor& Director, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University Health Science Center & Peking University First Hospital.

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Abbas Alnaji had his Board degree of Neurosurgery from University of Baghdad and the consultant from Iraqi ministry of health 2015. Interested in the biological bases of medic-surgical pathologies in his field. Took share as a speaker in more than 30 world events and conferences.

Illnesses treated symptomatically had got causes! categorizing them as of not known etiology is for a while! One of the main pillars to disclose these causes is the clinical trial treatment CTT; it may exceed the other means, where it works when they are depleted. CTT has its civilization to be applied. It is the link among philosophy, clinical practice and applied sciences. Starts by looking for the truth, maintained by the perseverance and end by the smart perception. A wise man once said ‘’ the admiration prevents from increment’’ this is the philosophy. It refers to the satisfaction in what if we are on, will stop further discovery of diseases causation. The route is paved with difficulties, so needs insistence. Results of CTT are the meticulous harvest of each step of the route. For that, in my career, by applying the above three basis, I can say, good gain was obtained through; chronic low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, MRI signs had been satisfactorily knew their reality. and several others will be discussed in more reality in near future, the ignition for that was the clinical trials.

Founding Member (2007) and Prime Vice-President of the Romanian Society for Neurorehabilitation (RoSNeRa) - affiliated to WFNR. Founding Member and Prime Vice-President of the Romanian Spinal Cord Society (RoSCoS) - affiliated to ISCoS) and ESCIF. Member of the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS, since 2000), World Federation for Neurorehabiliation (WFNR, since 2008), Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica (EMN, since European Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (since 2014), International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (since 2016), and in many Romanian Scientific Societies. Coordinator of the Romanian team in 5 international projects, participant in 4 national projects. He participated to the educational project "eleanSCI.org", launched by ISCoS in 2012.

Actively implied in national educational prophylactic interventions, aimed to prevent severe central nervous lesions (TBI and SCI ─ http://www.worldsciday.org/romania_avs.html “Prevention of SCI AV for General Public 00:15 secs”). Co-author of 2 patent certificates (appointed by the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Marks, OSIM), 9 books, and over 60 published papers. Fluently in English and French.

Yingxu Wang is professor of cognitive informatics, brain science and denotational mathematics. He is President of International Institute of Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICIC). He is Fellows of BCS, ICIC, WIF, and Senior Members of IEEE and ACM. He has held visiting professor positions at Oxford University (’95), Stanford University (‘08|’16), UC Berkeley (‘08), and MIT (‘12). He is the initiator of fields of cognitive informatics, denotational mathematics, abstract intelligence (aI), neural circuit theory, formal brain models, cognitive robots and cognitive machine learning. He is a top 2.5% scholar worldwide and top 10 at UCalgary according to Research Gate’s statistics

Neuroinformatics, neurology, neural signaling systems, spike frequency modulation, SFM, cognitive informatics, mathematical models, neural networks, cognitive system, cognitive robots, brain-machine interface

Biography DR. MANUEL VELASCO STUDIES: HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE: Liceo Francisco de Miranda, Los Teques, Venezuela, 1962 UNIVERSITY: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 1968 POSTGRADE STUDIES: Intern IN Medicina Interna (CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY), Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., USA. Fellowship IN Medicina Interna (CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., USA Julio 1972 – Diciembre 1974. DOCTORATE IN MEDICAL SCIENCES: Universidad Nacional del Zulia, Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela, 1979. POSITIONS: Jefe de Catedra de Farmacología, Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001-2003 Jefe de Departamento de Ciencias Fisiologicas, Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001-2003 Coordinador General, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 2002-2004 Director, Unidad de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, desde 1976 Director, Unidad de Hipertensión, Hospital Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, desde 1985. Director, Unidad de Farmacología Clinica Cardiovascular y Respiratoria, Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, desde 2002

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Methodology in Radioisotopes, Advance course of Biostathistics, Medical course in Radioisotopes, Advance course of clinical pharmacology.

Kenneth Blum is widely designated as Father of Psychiatric Genetics because of the of the DRD2 gene and its correlation with various psychiatric disorders including the “Reward Defi ciency Syndrome” (RDS) which term he has coined. He is also known as the “Father of Neuro- Nutrient Therapy “ for his discovery of successful nutrient therapy for RDS. He holds numerous domestic and foreign patents and is co-founder and Chairman & CSO of LifeGen Inc. He is a former Full Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; Volunteer Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida and Adjunct Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont. He currently serves as Neuroscience advisor for Dominion Diagnostics., LLC North Kingstown, Rhode island, Malibu Beach Recovery Center, Malibu Beach California, and is the Scientifi c Director of PATH Foundation NY, New York. He is an honorary Faculty of IIOAB, India. He has been recently appointed Chief Scientifi c Offi cer(CSO) of G&G Holistic Addiction Treatment Centers in North Miami Beach Florida. To his credit he has over 400 publications in peer reviewed journals, 14 books and has received many awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Institute of Holistic Addiction Studies.

neuropsychopharmacology,genetics,genetics of alcoholism, neuropsychiatry,pharmacogenetics and Blum's research has been recognized through numerous awards.

January 2003 – July 2005. Currently forming part of a professional training period at the General Sleep Disorders Unit in service of the Clinical Neurophysiology of the Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, in which I was in charge of evaluating patients with various sleep disorders particularly; apnoea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, REM nightmares, night-terrors, sleep paralysis, nocturnal epilepsy (55 of these patients suffer from chronic insomnia and are part of my research project), hypersomnia (2 publications) with the evaluation of more than 500 patients a year and 150 night polysomnographies a year.( Technical handling, recording and analysis). The technical handling and analysis of Multimodal evoked potentials (somatosensory, visual electroretinogram and trunk audiometry). While working at the Clinical Neurophysiology Service at the Toledo Hospital Complex I undertook a three-month July 2005- JULY de 2015, 10 YEARS professional experience in the Neurophysiology Clinic in the Private Medical Centre Virgen de la Caridad, in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain which works in conjunction with the Social Security hospitals, (Santa Maria del Rosell Hospital, Naval Hospital in Cartagena, and los Arcos Hospital in Santiago de la Ribera). During the last seven years in this Centre my work related to: 9 EEG. electroencephalography /week 45 EMG. electromyography/ week 1-2 PEAT evoked potential / week 20 PSGN polysomnography /week. Professional experience: Experience in the analysis of- electroencephalography ( young children and adults) and also: -polysomnography (System Medelec Profile y Medelec Synergy- Oxford. Keypoint Medtronic System (EMG). -Electromyography - Practical experience with analysis system PUM and sensory and motor conduction and also in electromyography. Medelec Synergy and Keypoint .-Oxford.

Neurology, Seminars of Neurology, Research Techniques in Neurology, Neurobiology of sleep, Physiology of excitable membranes, Inter-functional relation between the nervous and immune system.

Dr. Pant received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Agra University, Agra, India. His postdoctoral studies were conducted on the mechanisms of electron and ion transport in model membrane systems at the Department of Biophysics at Michigan State University. He joined the Laboratory of Neurobiology in the NIMH as a senior staff fellow in 1974 with Dr. Ichiji Tasaki where he studied the function of the axonal cytoskeleton in the squid giant axon. In 1979 he moved to the NIAAA extending his studies on the neuronal cytoskeleton and the effects of alcohol on its regulation. Dr. Pant moved to the NINDS, Laboratory of Neurochemistry in 1987 where he is presently chief of the section on Cytoskeleton Regulation. His laboratory is studying the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeleton proteins by post-translational modification, including the role of kinase cascades in normal brain and during neurodegeneration

The major focus of this laboratory has been to study the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeletal proteins regulation by phosphorylation and neurodegeneration. In a normal physiological state, cytoskeletal proteins are phosphorylated extensively in the axonal compartment of a mature neuron. Although all the substrates, kinases, phosphatases and their regulators are synthesized in neuronal cell bodies, little or no cytoskeletal protein phosphorylation has been detected in the cell body compartment. Under a variety of neuropathological conditions, however, such as ALS, Alzheimers Disease, or Picks disease, hyperphosphorylation of these molecules has been found in abnormal aggregates within cell bodies, usually correlated with massive neuronal cell death. The mechanisms underlying these profound compartmental shifts in neuronal phosphorylation are not well understood.The normal physiological processes within neurons are controlled by signal transduction mechanisms that regulate the balance between protein kinase and protein phosphatase activities. We have shown that the most abundant and extensively phosphorylated motifs in the c-terminal domains (lys-ser-pro-, or KSP) are primarily phosphorylated by proline directed kinases, cdk5 and MAP kinases. Moreover, we have demonstrated that this phosphorylation is due to activation of the signal transduction cascade. Recently, we have focussed on the other part of this regulation, the protein phosphatases. The other project is to study the expression, regulation and role of neuronal Cdk5 in nerve cell function.Cdk5 is a unique multifunctional kinase. Unlike other cyclin-dependent kinases, it is expressed predominantly in post-mitotic neurons, its activity modulated by association with nervous system-specific propeins. Since its identification and characterization in our laboratory, we have been intensively studying its mechanisms of regulation and its role in nerve cell function.

Dr. Mohan received his Bachelor of Science (HONS) degree in Pharmacology from University of Hertfordshire, England, UK in 2002. During this time, Dr. Mohan was awarded a research scholarship to study and perform research in the USA. During his one-year research scholarship, Dr. Mohan worked on understanding genes responsible for antibiotic resistance in ocean samples collected from the South Pole.After graduating with his B.Sc., Dr. Mohan had a short stint in big pharma., with Pfizer Inc., focusing his research efforts on sexual health and urology discovery. After Pfizer, Dr. Mohan returned to the USA after being accepted onto a Ph.D. program in Biomedical Science in the Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology, College of Medicine at Oklahoma State Univ. After publishing his work on opioid neuropharmacology and graduating with his Ph.D. in 2008 Dr. Mohan accepted a postdoctoral assistant position at the Univ. of Iowa. During his time in Iowa, Dr. Mohan concentrated on gaining valuable experience pertaining clinical pain, focusing on postoperative pain and discovery of novel targets to alleviate acute pain following surgery.Dr. Mohan served as the President for the North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) from 2013 – 2014. Dr. Mohan is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, American Heart Association and the International Society for Neuroimmunology. Dr. Mohan has taught and mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate students during his research career. Dr. Mohan is currently a Advisory Board Member for the Sia Brain Awareness Foundation and a peer-reviewer for the J. of Pain Research and on the editorial board of the J. Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Mohan is also a coalition member for Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership (CCSAPP) here in Huntington, WV.

Dr. Mohan’s current research focus is on understanding the exposure of neurotoxic substances during development and how they affect neural plasticity and neurovascular of the brain.

Giuseppe Scalabrino studied at the School of Medicine of the University of Milan and received his M.D. degree magna cum laude in 1968. He has held a number of academic positions in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan. He was Associate Professor of General Pathology between 1971 and 1985; full Professor of General Pathology from 1986 till 2014. He has been invited speaker in various conferences, mainly dealing with the role of polyamines in oncology and subsequently with the cobalamin (vitamin B12) neurotrophism. Among his numerous honors, he received the International Award "Roentgen" from Italian Accademia dei Lincei in Rome for oncological research in 1983. He is author of more than 100 scientific papers and reviewer of numerous International Journals. Dr. Scalabrino's studies of cobalamin neurotrophism have been mentioned and reviewed in 12 american textbooks of neurology, biochemistry, hematology, and vitaminology

From many years, Dr. Scalabrino is usually reviewer for many international journals in the field of neurobiology, oncology, and molecular biology.

Dr. Nagaraj Pushparaj is the Director & Chief Consultant at PMN Physiotherapy Speciaality Pranikha Sports Medicine Pain Relief Centre and he is currently working as a consultant Neuro Science & Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Neuro Developmental Therapist at Be Well Hospitals.

Physiotherapy, Neuro Science & Sports Medicine and Neuro Rehabilitation.

born on April 12, 1959 in Pilsum (East Friesland); 1979-1986 Medical studies at the Medical University of Hanover; 1988 Promotion (magna cum laude) with the theme "Investigations of electrophysiological, biochemical and psychometric parameters in hepatic encephalopathy "; 1990-1993 assistant physician at the psychiatric clinic, University of Göttingen; 1997 Specialist physician for psychiatry and neurology, since also lead the working group "Molecular Neurobiology" of the Psychiatric Clinic, University Goettingen. Since 1999 he has been the Clinical Director of the Psychiatric Clinic. 2001 Acquisition of the Additional description Psychotherapie / Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. 2002 Habilitation, since then: Extraordinariat (C3 professorship) for psychiatry and psychotherapy; Deputy. Clinic Director & Ltd. Oberarzt, Head of the Polyclinic & Institute's Institute, FriedrichAlexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg; Head of the Research Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, clinic with polyclinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy, Friedrich-AlexanderUniversität Erlangen-Nuremberg

Molecular Neurobiology,psychiatry and psychotherapy.

• 2017 to continue Lancet Commissioner for LMIC • 2014 to continue member of Teaching Course Committee, World Federation of Neurology (WFN). • 2014 – 2016 member of Scientific Committee of European Academy of Neurology (EAN). • 2013-2014 Rector of University of Medicine, Tirana • 2010 to continue Faculty in CONy Congresses • 2010-2013 Health National Contact Point, European Commission, CORDIS Fp7 programme • 2003 to continue: reviewer of European Journal of Neurology, Clinical Epidemiology, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy, Patients and Reference, British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, BMJ Case Reports, etc. • February 2003 – 2011 – Trainer of European Academy of Epilepsy. • 2000 to continue: Member of editing board of OA Publishing London, WebMed Central Brain Editor, Confinia Cephalalgica, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; Contributer in Cochrane MS; Albanian Medical Journal, Albanian Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Medicine, Tirana, • 1998-2007 - President of Albanian Society of Neurology (ASN). • 1997 to continue - Head of the University Service of Neurology (UHC Mother Teresa, Tirana). • 1981 to continue - Lecturer: Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Department. University of Tirana (University of Medicine since January 2013).

Neurology

Dr. Umeton is Research Associate at the Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, investigating the neural computations underlying visual perception and stereopsis. Dr. Umeton received her PhD and postgraduate studies from University of Calabria, Italy, but has gain extensive research experience working for Newcastle University (UK), Calgary University (CA) and Universidad Complutence de Madrid (ES) .

Neural computations underlying visual perception and stereopsis

Babak Kateb is a neuroscientist with more than 20 years of research experience. His research has been focused on introduction of advance diagnostics and therapeutics into clinical neuroscience in order to rapidly identify and introduce game changing technologies to treat neurological disorders such as brain cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other brain and spinal disorders. He did his educational training at TUSOM, USC, did his research fellowship at USC-keck School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery and also studied VLSI system design at USC Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ming Hsieh Institute. Babak established the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) while doing his research fellowship 15 years ago at USC. Currently, he is the founding chairman of the board of directors & CEO Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), President and Scientific Director of the Brain Mapping Foundation and Director of National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics; the center is focused on integration of nanotechnology, cellular therapeutics/stem cell, medical device and imaging; he is also a director of Brain Technology and Innovation Park and CEO of Smart Microscopy Inc.

Clinical Neuroscience, Brain cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Brain stimulation

Max Leone is a professional speaker, coach and author who has been involved in the personal growth field for more than ten years. He studied with some of the greatest masters in the field, such as Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Neale Walsh, Anthony Robbins, Eckhart Tolle. Max studied NLP with the founder Richard Bandler, with whom he became a Certified Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic-Programming. He qualified and studied extensively a variety of disciplines such as Translation Analysis, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), The Sylva Method, Hypnosis, DHE (Designing human Engineering) and other techniques he uses with individuals and groups. He has been interviewed on radio stations, such as New York Coaching Common Radio, 103.2, Radio Dublin, and his work has been featured in magazines and newspapers, among which are Positive Life, The Irish Times, New Thoughts Magazines, to mention some. Max is the author of "Daily Tips for Success & Fulfilment”.

Neuro Linguistic Programming, Brain

Kim Baden-Kristensen is the CEO and Co-founder of Brain+, which specializes in digital therapeutics for brain rehabilitation and remediation, specifically for the recovery of impaired cognitive functions due to injury or disease. It’s award winning Brain+ apps are being clinically tested in Parkinson’s disease, Major depressive disorder and Traumatic brain injury patients, and is being used by Danish national team athletes to enhance cognitive performance. Brain+ is also working on pre-symptomatic detection of Alzheimer’s disease in collaboration with leading European universities, providers, and patient organizations.

Cognitive Disorders, Brain Disorders

Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, The Saunders Family Chair and Professor of Neurology, received an M.D. from the Milan University School of Medicine and a Ph.D. from the University of Milan. He is currently the Director of the NIH funded Mount Sinai Center on the Promotion of Cognitive and Psychological Resilience and the Chief of the Brain Institute Center of Excellence for Novel Approaches to Neurodiagnostics and Neurotherapeutics. He is also a Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience, and of Geriatrics and Adult Development. Dr. Pasinetti is the recipient of several academic awards including the prestigious Zenith and Temple awards from the Alzheimer's Association. Most recently, Dr. Pasinetti was awarded ''The Faculty Council Award'' for academic excellence at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and "The Charles Dana Alliance for Brain Research Award" from Dana Foundation, recognizing productivity and worldwide leadership in his field of expertise, which further emphasizes his standing as an academic role model.

Alzheimer's Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Diabetes Genomics Memory Obesity Parkinson's Disease

Dr.Jera KRUJA is a Member of Scientific Committee at European Academy of Neurology and Professor of Neurology at Mother Theresa University Hospital Center. Since 2014 she is (European representative) at Teaching Course Committee, World Federation of Neurology. During 2013-2014 she is a Rector of University of Medicine, Tirana and Member of editing board of OA Publishing London, WebMed Central Brain Editor, Albanian Medical Journal, Bulletin of Medical Sciences, University of Medicine, Tirana. She worked at Health National Contact Point, European Commission, CORDIS Fp7 programme(2010-2013). From 2003, she is a reviewer of European Journal of Neurology, Clinical Epidemiology, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy. She is a Trainer of European Academy of Epilepsy since February 2003. She is the President of Albanian Society of Neurology (ASN) during 1998-2007.

Neurology, Neuroradiology, Epidemiology

Pant received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Agra University, Agra, India. His postdoctoral studies were conducted on the mechanisms of electron and ion transport in model membrane systems at the Department of Biophysics at Michigan State University. He joined the Laboratory of Neurobiology in the NIMH as a senior staff fellow in 1974 with Dr. Ichiji Tasaki where he studied the function of the axonal cytoskeleton in the squid giant axon. In 1979 he moved to the NIAAA extending his studies on the neuronal cytoskeleton and the effects of alcohol on its regulation. Dr. Pant moved to the NINDS, Laboratory of Neurochemistry in 1987 where he is presently chief of the section on Cytoskeleton Regulation. His laboratory is studying the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeleton proteins by post-translational modification, including the role of kinase cascades in normal brain and during neurodegeneration.

Parkinsion’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases

Alberto E. Musto, M.D. Ph.D. FAES, is a physician-scientist and medical educator of the Department of Pathology and Anatomy and Department of Neurolgoy of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia, USA. Dr. Musto’s scientific goal is to identify a potential biomarker and preventive therapies for epilepsy. Currently, his research is focusing in the cellular and molecular mechanisms of inmune-inflammatory process that contribute to the development of aberrant neuronal networks after brain injuries. He has been studied the role of pro-inflammatory mediators in experimental models of epilepsy using in vivo recordings of neural activities from chronically implanted microelectrodes in the brain and its correlations with neural damage, microglia cells and dendritic spines modifications using histological and biochemical approaches. He has been involved actively in medical education and neuroscience research in Universidad de Buenos Aires, and Universidad Austral, Argentina and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA supported by CONICET, Argentina and NIH, USA. Dr. Musto received board certifications in both neurology and radiology, completed postgraduate studies in medical education, and management in health systems in Argentina. He completed a doctoral thesis in neurobiology and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroprotection in USA

Epilepsy, Neurology, Neuroradiology, Epidemiology

Radu Mutihac is Chair of Medical Physics Section, University of Bucharest, and works in Neuroscience, Signal Processing, Microelectronics, and Artificial Intelligence. As postdoc/research associate/visiting professor/full professor he run his research at the University of Bucharest, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Italy), Ecole Polytechnique (France), Institut Henri Poincare (France), KU Leuven (Belgium). Data mining and exploratory analysis of neuroimaging time series were addressed during two Fulbright Grants in Neuroscience (Yale University and University of New Mexico). His research in fused biomedical imaging modalities was carried out at the Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, MD, USA. Prof. R. Mutihac is member of the ISMRM, ESMRMB, OHBM, Romanian US Alumni Association, and fellow of Signal Processing and Neural Networks Society IEEE, as well as referee for several journals of the Institute of Physics (London, UK), Neural Networks (Elsevier), IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, and evaluator/expert for the ISMRM, OHBM, ARACIS, CNCSIS, UEFISCDI, The Romanian – U.S. Fulbright Commission. and the European Commission (FP7, H2020). He published over 100 scientific papers, 12 monographs, and contributed with chapters in other 10 text books. He contributed to more than 150 scientific meetings with posters and oral presentations, seminars, invited and plenary lectures, as well as acting as organizer, chairman, and keynote speaker

Neuroscience, Signal Processing, Microelectronics, and Artificial Intelligence

Birendra Kumar Bista is one of the first neurologists of Nepal. He has been pioneering in field of neuroscience in Nepal and established the first neuroscience center of eastern Nepal. Through years the work of this neuroscience center has been recognized home and abroad. He shows keen interest in medical management and providing state of art services to this impoverished region of Nepal. Recently he added the first stroke center of Nepal. He firmly believes in continuous updated education and its implementation in hospital practices.

Neurology, Stroke, Blood pressure

He is the director of Stroke Research and a Professor at University of Minnesota.

Stroke

Head of Department of Neurology. Neurologist, devoted to pediatric neurology since 1993, with interest in epileptology, specially in its clinical profile.

Epileptology, Pediatric Neurology.

Prof. Francesco Signorelli is an Italian board certified neurosurgeon. He was trained in neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Naples, Italy.

Neuro-oncology; Neurosurgery

Academic graduation - Doctor of medicine graduated from Monastir Medicine Faculty Jul 2002 - Specialist of Neurology Sept 2002 - Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology University Hospital of Monastir and the Medicine Faculty of Monastir 2003 - Associate Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology University Hospital of Monastir and the Medicine Faculty of Monastir 2010 - Specialized master of epileptology graduated from Sfax University Nov 2008 Clinical competence - Hospital practitioner specialized in general neurology: competence in the care of the neurological diseases with particular competence in the care of the neuro-degenerative and neuromuscular diseases - Competence in clinical electrophysiology: practice of EMG and EEG since 2000 - Competence in the treatment with toxine botulinique patients affected by cervical dystonia: facial hemispasm and of blepharospasms since 2010 Others competences * Teaching Experience • Teaching neurology at Monastir Medicine Faculty since 2003 • Teaching neurology at Monastir Pharmacy Faculty since 2005 • Teaching neurology at Monastir College of Health’ Technicians since 2010 • Teaching neurology at Monastir High School of Nurses since 2010 *Clinical Trials Experience : participation to 7 phase III international multi centric studies *Directions of 14 doctoral theses and memoirs of the end of studies

Neurology

He joined the neuropsychiatry residency at Ain shams university Cairo, Egypt from 2001 till 2003, finished his MD in neurology and got his doctorate by 2008. He have been assigned as lecturer of neurology and his main concern was in the field of NEUROVASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. He finished his fellowship in interventional neurology at ZURICH University, Switzerland as F.I.N.R. by 2013. Now he is an Assistant clinical professor of neurology, GMU University and GMC hospital, Ajman, united Arab of emirates (UAE) SINCE 2010. He have publications in many journals as OPEN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING (OJMI), The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, the European Journal of Neurology, Neurology of India. He is an editor in chief at NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Stroke, Epilepsy Managment

Clinical & basic science trained neurologist with neuromuscular/rare/orphan disease fellowships and therapeutics development expertise in Neurology, Cardiology and Rare Disease applications.

Neuromuscular

He is the Vice Chair of Neurology Department. He is associate professor of Neurology & Radiology Department at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. With him comes around 15 years of experience in the field of Neurology.

Neurology & Radiology

Jerzy Leszek is a full time professor of psychiatry at the Medical University in Wroclaw , Poland ,vice –director of the Psychiatry Department and head of Alzheimer’s Disease Lab. He is author and co-author more than 210 papers (especially from old age psychiatry), some chapters to the books published in reputed Polish and international journals and serving as an editorial board member of several journals .He is Scientific Editor and co-author of first Polish academic handbook on Alzheimer’s disease and seven another academic handbooks from psychogeriatry , member a lot of scientific associations eg founder and president of Lower Silesian Association of Alzheimer’s Families, first of its kind in Poland and Former Member of Board of Directions of International Psychogeriatric Association and President of Polish Psychogeriatric Association.

Neurodegeneration processes/Alzheimer’s disease Therapy of dementia disorders in the light of new technologies :nanotechnology, proteomics, metabolomics, genomic medicine, personalized therapy Molecular base of neurodegenerative disorders Rehabilitation and physical activity of dementia disorders

Hsien-Yuan Lane is presently working as Professor and Chief in the Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. He completed his Ph.D in 2000 from National Defense Medical College, Taipei. He received many honors. He is also an Editorial Board Member for many journals. He published many articles and many books. He acts as a invited Speaker for International Symposiums.

Schizophrenia, NMDA, Psychopharmacology, Social cognition, Neurocognition, Genomics, Neuropsychopharmacology,Pharmacogenomics,Psychiatric genetics, Cognitive neuroscience

Karyn Casey is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work combines running a multidisciplinary private practice, a teaching appointment at the University of the Witwatersrand, and delivering a range of training workshops for ICU staff, care facilities and fellow rehabilitation professionals. Karyn also works within a community- based brain injury rehabilitation program. She is a presenter at a number of workshops and keynote addresses at local and international conferences on the subject of swallowing disorders. She has also participated in a number of international conferences on neurological rehabilitation and dysphagia, including the annual European Society on Swallowing Disorders and the United Kingdom Swallowing Research Group Meeting held annually in London. Most recently, she presented at the World Congress for Neurological Rehabilitation held in Istanbul in 2014. Karyn is a member of the World Healthy Ageing Congress 2015 Scientific Committee, where she heads the Allied Health and Mutlidisciplinary Portfolio. She is also a leading researcher of the MYSTROKE initiative, which is the national coordinating body to develop and coordinate stroke guidelines for South Africa, on behalf of the South African Stroke Society. Her primary clinical interests are in the areas of adults with a range of neurogenic disorders of speech, language and swallowing. She has a specialist involvement in the rehabilitation of dysphagia, and research interests in the relationship between cognition and dysphagia in dementia, as well as Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and dementia. Karyn is the only advanced VitalStim® Speech-Language Pathologist practitioner in South Africa. Having completed her primary training in the USA in 2008 and her advanced training in 2010, she provides VitalStim® therapy to a number of patients within her private practice. Her fellow colleagues within her practice are also VitalStim® certified. The practice currently treats in excess of 200 patients using VitalStim® every quarter. Karyn serves as a mentor for a number of VitalStim® practitioners in South Africa. Karyn Casey represents the South African Speech-Language and Hearing Association as an advisor on their joint panel with South Africa's major private healthcare provider (Discovery Health). Karyn is also a reviewer for a number of scientific journals. She is currently the President of the South African Neurological Rehabilitation Association and is the President of the Local Organising Committee for the World Congress of Neurological Rehabilitation to be held in Cape Town in 2020.

Neurology

John Grandy has been a physician assistant in urgent care, psychiatry, and internal medicine for almost 10 years. Prior to this he completed a M.S. in neurophysiology and molecular immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute, in Buffalo, New York. He has published several peer reviewed medical articles and book chapters on many topics including Alzheimer disease and consciousness. He is the originator of the proposal of the very first neurogenetic model to account for human consciousness.

Alzheimer disease,Neurogenetics Consciousness studies, Genetic-linked neurodevelopmental disorders, Addiction and the neurogenetic pathways involving the ∆FosB transcription factor

Wutian Wu has received his medical degree in Sun YatSen University of Medical Sciences, Guangdong, China in 1975 and a Master Degree in Neuroanatomy in the same institute in 1981. He was a clinician and later a teacher for medical students for more 10 years in Mainland China and went to US for his oversea study and work. Prof. Wu received his PhD degree in Neuroscience in 1991 and continued to work in Eastern Virginia Medical School till 1996. Prof Wu joined the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong in Jan. 1996 as an assistant professor, promoted to associate professor in 1997 and professor in 2008. Prof Wu ’s research is well recognized. His contributions include: 1 A total of over 100 original peer review articles with more than 2000 citations received; 2 Initiation of 14 active international and local collaborative studies with a few of outstanding research groups Centers; 3 A total of 29 research grants 23 as principal investigator and 6 as coinvestigator with total of over HK 20 millions awarded; 4 More than 40 invited lectures, visiting professorship

1. Gene expression changes of motoneurons after axonal injury and their potential roles in neuronal degeneration and regeneration. 2. Experimental studies on surgical treatment of avulsed spinal nerve roots in brachial plexus injury. 3. Potential treatments for spinal cord injury. 4. Research in other areas: A) to explore the potential use of neural stem cells in replacing died neurons due to CNS injury or disorder. B) to investigate a possible application of nano-materials in neuronal injury. C) to investigate new drugs for the treatment of neural degenerative disease.

WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Neurology,Psychiatry,Stroke

Dr. Ghulam Rasool Mashori is working as Professor & Director, in Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women, Pakistan. Dr Mashori completed PhD from the Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1994. He has successfully completed many Short & Long Courses/Trainings in Management Sciences. He holds number of experiences in the Area of Quality Control & Research at NIH, Islamabad, Pakistan, also worked as Deputy D.G. (Pharmacolvigilance), in Drugs Control Organization, Ministry of Health. He has been Director, Central Drugs Laboratory, Ministry of Health Government of Pakistan. He has been teaching/ supervising M.Phil & PhD fellows in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center Karachi Pakistan. Mr. Mashori has been keenly involved in Research Work and is playing Supervisory Role at MPhil & PhD levels. He holds Managerial & Administrative experiences with very reputed Organizations. Dr. Mashori also worked as Director National Institute of Management (NIPA). He has been efficiently involved in delivering talks on International Forums. He delivered talks in USA & Europe in various conferences till the end of 2017. He has published more than 30 research papers in reputed Journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of reputed Journals.

ACE inhibitors

Dr Tommasin completed her PhD studies at the Physics department of Sapienza University of Rome in 2010 and since then has worked as postodoctoral fellow in Italy and Israel focusing on topic of neuroscientific and astronomical interest. Her main abilities include analysis of data, signals and images, and estimation of semi-analytical models. At the moment she works with the neuroradiology group of Sapienza University and investigates the role of neuroplasticity in disability progression of neurodegenerative disorders, such as multiple sclerosis .

Neurodegenerative disorders,Multiple Sclerosis.

She is among the few super specialists who have been internationally trained in the field of Paediatric Neurology. She has completed her Fellowship in Paediatric Neurology and Epilepsy from Maharashtra University Health Sciences at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. She has had a brief stint at the University College London Hospital, a premier academic institution cum hospital in the UK. She has been trained in Paediatric Neurology at Birmingham Children's Hospital where she successfully completed her International Fellowship in Paediatric Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurorehabilitation. To complement her advanced training in Paediatric Neurology she has completed many prestigious International courses like British Paediatric Epilepsy Training Course, British Paediatric Movement disorder Training Course in UK. She has also been trained for Ketogenic diet for drug resistant childhood epilepsies at the Asian Institute of Ketogenic Diet. She has many accolades to her name which complements her meticulous and explicate personality. She was honoured by International Bursary from European Paediatric Neurology Society with an opportunity to attend one of the prestigious courses in Paediatric Neuromuscular disorder and Neonatal Neurology at Budapest in Hungary. She was invited to attend the valuable Movement Disorder International Winter School Course by Movement Disorder International society at Catania in Italy. As a feather in her cap she was invited as a Chief Guest in World Congress of Anatomist held in Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences in Karnataka.

She is a recipient of MRCPCH UK, an internationally acclaimed medical qualification. Her research interest is in complex paediatric epilepsies, ketogenic diet and paediatric movement disorder.

BSc Major in Biology, Far Eastern University – Manila, Philippines. Doctor of Medicine (MD), Far Eastern University – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation - Manila, Philippines.Nine months Neuro-Rehabilitation training {6 months intensive fellowship course in Neurological Rehabilitation at Chaim Sheba Medical Center with Prof. Ohry, Prof. G. Zeilig and Dr. H. Weingarden, Tel-Aviv University, school of Medicine, Israel. Followed by 3 months clinical training in the neurological departments at the same center}.MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences - Southampton University– UK {Thesis Title: An Investigation into the Orthotic Effects of Odstock Drop Foot Stimulator (ODFS) When Used on Uneven Ground} supervised by Prof. Jane Burridge, Southampton Gen. Hosp. & Prof. Ian Swain, Salisbury District Hospital. 9 month clinical training certificate on Injection therapy for pain and orthopedic disorders conducted by British society of orthopedic Medicine- Prof. Richard Ellis. Salisbury-UK, Palestinian Board Certification (PHD) in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), Jerusalem- Palestine.

Rehabilitation,

José Antonio Gómez Rodríguez is a graduate in Psychopedagogy from the Universidad del Atlántico in Colombia, he developed a Master's degree in Human and Multidisciplinary Behavior at the University of Buffalo, USA. He studied doctoral studies in social research at the Catholic University of Argentina and the I.S.A. of Havana - Cuba. He currently develops studies and research in psychology at the National Open and Distance University of Colombia being the founder of the research group Neurounad2000 that specializes in the search of experimental psychotherapeutic processes related to neurosciences.

Neuroscience: brain behavior in the face of grief in the adulthood as psychopharmacological support. • Isometries • Cultors' discourse on the traditions of the ancient great Magdalena • Popular culture in the fourth decade of the 20th century . • Research from school .

She worked with clients with a range of issues including PTSD, depression, anxiety, OCD, Schizophrenia, Special needs children, workplace stress, anger management, parenting education and supports for adult children with suicidal attempts. She incorporated strategies from 12 step recovery programs and encourage her clients to take personal responsibility for their choices and actions while “letting go of the outcome.” She saw adults, high school students, and older adolescents dealing with issues such as bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, trauma and grief. Her educational background includes Master in Psychology from University of Punjab and 2 years Diploma in Clinical Psychology from Gulf Institute of Modern Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. Her extensive knowledge of principles, methods and procedures for diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions has proved her as a valuable asset for her clients and organization.

Depression, Anxiety, Panic, Stress, Anger, Addiction And Relationship Issues.

I graduated from Cornell Law School, worked for 28 years as an attorney, and was on the faculty of the University of Louisville for 10 years. Following my diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 2002 at 41 years old, I focused my efforts on finding out what I could do to slow the progression of the disease then pass that information, passion, discipline and positivity to as many people as possible. Now, I am healthier than I have ever been (even with Parkinson’s disease). I have presented at over 100 Symposiums across the United States and internationally.

Parkinsons

Tran Thi Hanh got MPH qualification from Mahidol University after 10 years working in a district hospital in Cantho City. Her researches in hospital nursing management, nurse education, and traffic accidents were published in journals. Graduated from Mahidol University for her Dr.PH in nursing, she becomes the pioneer in that field in Vietnam and interesting in post-stroke care. She desires to improve the quality of post-stroke care in the city and to initiate education for public health nursing in Vietnam.

To define the factors related to needs patients and their caregivers in post-stroke care of in Can Tho City

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants, including Health and Medical Research Fund, reference number: 02130726. Health and Medical Research Fund, reference number: 01120376. National Natural Science Foundation of China, reference number: 81371460. General Research Fund, reference number: 474513. General Research Fund, reference number: 473712. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Structural and functional MRI correlates of Poststroke Depression.

Born in Urbino (PU), Italy, in 1955, is married with Maria Chiara and, has one daughter, Ginevra. Degree in Medicine and Surgery, University of Modena, 1980, board on Radiology, University of Modena in 1984, board on Neurology, University of Siena in 1994. He Patented the device, “Axial Loader” and development of neuroradiological imaging techniques known as” Axial Loaded - Computed Tomography - AL-CT “ and “ Axial Loaded Magnetic Resonance - AL-MR “for the in vivo biomechanical study of the spine in 1992. At present is Senior Radiologist at the Radiology Service, Ospedale S. Giovanni – EOC Bellinzona, Switzerland. He has published as Author and co-author many scientifi c publications, abstracts and reports in national and international journals. He also collaborated on several chapters on international treaties of Neuroradiology. Main interests are “Diagnostic and Spinal non-vascular Interventional Neuroradiology, with special reference to CT and MRI, “ Biomedical applications of Virtual Reality,” Biomechanics of the spine and joints. “ He is Ordinary Member of the Italian Association of Neuroradiology – AINR,- Full Member of theEuropean Society of Neuroradiology – ESNR

Spinal non-vascular Interventional Neuroradiology, CT,MRI

Prof. Dr. Radu Mutihac is Chair of Medical Physics Section, University of Bucharest, and works in Neuroscience, Signal Processing, Microelectronics, and Artificial Intelligence. As postdoc/research associate/visiting professor/full professor he run his research at the University of Bucharest, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Italy), Ecole Polytechnique (France), Institut Henri Poincare (France), KU Leuven (Belgium). Data mining and exploratory analysis of neuroimaging time series were addressed during two Fulbright Grants in Neuroscience (Yale University and University of New Mexico). His research in fused biomedical imaging modalities was carried out at the Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Health, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, MD, USA. Prof. R. Mutihac is member of the ISMRM, ESMRMB, OHBM, Romanian US Alumni Association, and fellow of Signal Processing and Neural Networks Society IEEE, as well as referee for several journals of the Institute of Physics (London, UK), Neural Networks (Elsevier), IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, and evaluator/expert for the ISMRM, OHBM, ARACIS, CNCSIS, UEFISCDI, The Romanian – U.S. Fulbright Commission. and the European Commission (FP7, H2020). He published over 100 scientific papers, 12 monographs, and contributed with chapters in other 10 text books. He contributed to more than 150 scientific meetings with posters and oral presentations, seminars, invited and plenary lectures, as well as acting as organizer, chairman, and keynote speaker.

Dr. Radu Mutihac's main research fields have been Neuroscience, Signal Processing, Microelectronics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Yacov Rofé is a professor of psychology and former chair of the Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. He taught for the Department of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and was a visiting professor at Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey.In recent years, Rofé’s scientific work has focused on the development of a new theory of psychopathology, which challenges the validity of traditional theories of behavioral disorders. Rofé wrote a book entitled The Rationality of Psychological Disorders, published by Kluwer in 2000. He has since published four subsequent articles supporting his Rational-Choice Theory of Neurosis (RCTN). 2016). Rofé has completed a new book, entitled Schizophrenia, Criminal Insanity and Neurosis: The Intuitive Rational-Choice Theory of Madness, which demonstrates that medical models reached their esteemed scientific level because of the weaknesses of psychological theories, primarily psychoanalysis, rather than because of the strength of their data. It shows that the new theory can explain the development and treatment of all above behavioral disorders, including schizophrenia, better than rival theories. Distinguished researchers, including Professor Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize Winner in economics, acknowledged the merits of this book. In his letter to the editors, Aumann noted, "Rofé's theory, revolutionary as it is, fits well into the framework of economics, game theory and evaluation."

Critique of psychopathology theories and developing alternative models,Critique of fear theories and new conditioning models,Development of an integrative theory of therapeutic intervention,Affiliation in stressful situations,Repressive and unconscious processes

He is presently an Associate professor at the Chair of Neurosurgery of State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova. He has done International fellow in neurosurgery, brain vascular microanastomosis and EC-IC bypass training at Stroke and Brain Center of Aizawa Hospital, Prof. Shigeiaki Kobayashi, Department of Neurosurgery, Shinshu University Hospital, Prof. Kazuhiro Hongo, Matsumoto, Japan on June 09- July 10, 2009 .Since 2003, he is a Member of World Federation of Neurosurgeons. He has around 25 List of publications and congress reports. On April 04- June 30, 2012, he did AANS International Visiting Fellowship under Dr. Robert F. Spetzler's observation, Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

• Cranial base microsurgery. Minimal invasive "keyhole" surgery. • Microsurgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms and cerebral cerebral malformations. • Microsurgery of pituitary tumors by transphenoidal approach • Cranial base microsurgery, microsurgery of cerebral and spinal cord tumors.

He has completed M.B.B.CH in Medicine and General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt in October 2006 with Excellent Grade with honor. He has completed Masters and Doctorate in Neurosurgery (PhD), Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt. In 2017, he was a first part of European Board of Neurosurgery (EANS Diploma). He is a member of several international society which includes Middle East Spine Society, EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies), ASIT "Association of Surgeons in Training", NASS "North American Spine Society".

Endoscopic Supraorbital approach,skull base surgery

He Studied M.B.B.S at R G Kar Medical College, Calcutta, India, Studied MCh Neurosurgery at SCTIMST, Studied Neurosurgery at National Board Certification He is working as Senior Consultant and Head of department of Neurosurgery at Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah Former Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at SUT hospital pattom Former Doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital Former Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Trivandrum Former Senior Consultant and Head of Neuroscience at SUT Hospital , Pattom Former Assistant Professor at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology

Neurosurgery

Walter Bini has completed his diploma from Westminster School, Simsbury Conn. U.S.A. and got postgraduate degree from Universidad de Zaragoza, Facultad de Medicina, Zaragoza-Spain. He was Co-director of the Global Spine Unit, Seligenstadt- Germany from 2003-2009. In 2014 he was the Middle East Chairman of ISLASS. He was Head of Neurosurgery, Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital , UAQ-UAE from 2014-2016.Currently he is Consultant Neurosurgeon, Orthopedic Department, spine section of Lanzo Hospital COF, Lanzo d’Intelvi in Italy and also Visiting Consultant Neurosurgeon, Orthopedic Department of Health point Hospital in Abu Dhabi - UAE. His ongoing project includes Composite for Bio-gradable coating on transpedicular intraosseous fixation devices, MRI Spectroscopy in the Grading and Therapy Monitoring of Gliomas, Active Participant in the GLIADEL Trial (closed).

Micro-neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology including streotaxy, radiosurgery, spine surgery including less invasive techniques and neuroradiology.

Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed joined the faculty of the Anesthesiology Department at the University of Wisconsin in 2014 to provide Chronic Pain Medicine Services as part of the Interventional Pain Program. He received his medical training at Assiut University Medical School in Egypt, completed a master’s degree in Public Health, research fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, and residency in anesthesiology and pain management fellowship at University of Cincinnati. As part of the Interventional Pain Program, Dr. Abd-Elsayed evaluates patients at the Pain Clinic, and when an interventional pain treatment is appropriate, performs procedures at the Madison Surgery Center. He was the winner of the first place research award, OSA, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Presently he is he the Leading physicians of the world, America’s Best Physicians, Research featured in MED PAGE TODAY ,Third place at the MARC (senior author), Chicago, IL, USA.

Current studies include the use of opioids, genetic variations leading to different individual response to opioids, and the use of neuromodulation and peripheral nerve stimulators for the management of neuropathic pain. He also has research interests in fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and headaches.

Professor Doctor Zlatko Ercegovic is a Distinguished Fellow of New Westminster College. He is a neurosurgeon, Professor and Head of the Department of Spinal Neurosurgery at the University Clinical Center in Tuzla. He is a member of the Neurosurgical Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Neurosurgical Society, and AO Spine, EANS. Professor Doctor Ercegović graduated from the Tuzla University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in neurosurgery at the University Clinical Center in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He obtained his six-month residency training in neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo and two years at the Clinical Hospital Dubrava, University Zagreb in Croatia. Professor Doctor Ercegović received the Visiting Surgeons Fellowship from the Department of Neurosurgery of State University of New York at Buffalo and finished his three-month fellowship training in spinal neurosurgery at the Department of Spinal Neurosurgery at Kaleida Health’s Millard Filmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York. Professor Doctor Ercegović is board certified neurosurgeon by the Federal Ministry of Health of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Spinal Neurosurgery, Minimally-invasive, Neurosurgical Techniques – Endoscopic Surgery and Stereotaxy (Framed and Frameless), Cerebro-vascular Surgery Neuro-oncology Pediatric Neurosurgery Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Born in Egypt on March 24, 1953, graduated from the Medical School in 1977. Started my Neurosurgery training program in Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden in 1979. Then Moved to Japan, Shinshu University to obtain the Doctorate in Neurosurgery in 1984. Fellowship, Dept of neurosurgery Pittsburgh University , USA, 1989. Fully involvement in busy neurosurgical service, operated till more than 6000 neurosurgical patients. Special interest for pediatric neurosurgery Dedicated educator shared in writing 3 fellowship training programs in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Gulf States, involved in teaching, supervising training medical students, neurosurgical residents, and neurological science trainees. Wrote first head Trauma Protocol for MOH, SA 2013 Published over 100 manuscripts in International journals Published chapters in 7 books Editor of ”Ethics in Neurosurgery Practice” book published by Springer ( September 2014) Editor of “ Hydrocephalus- what we know and what we still don’t know” by Springer 2017 Presented over 500 talks in national and international scientific meetings. He described and named special neurological and neurosurgical condition in children which was published in Journal of Neurosurgery Described two neurosurgical procedures, for the first time. Awards 1. Life time achievement in Medicine/ Neurosurgery Award, Venous International Foundation, 2016 2. Walter Dandy Neurosurgical international Society Award, 2015 3. Saudi Neurosurgical Society Medal of appreciation 2014 4. Saud neuroscience Society Appreciation Award 2009

The long outcome of mild head trauma (in progress) The long outcome of hydrocephalus. (Finished) Wide Genome for Epilepsy (in Progress)

Abbas Alnaji had his Board degree of Neurosurgery from University of Baghdad and the consultant from Iraqi ministry of health 2015. In 2016 he became the member of editorial board for the journal of Neurology and Experimental Neural Science, by GAVIN publishers. He is also an Associate editor for Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (GJIDD).Recently he has befit the editorial board member for SciFed Orthopedics & Rheumatology Research journal and Ocular Biology journal.

He is interested in research work and has eleven papers published in the field of surgical pathology causation.Interested in the biological bases of medic-surgical pathologies in his field.

Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, MD, is a psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Richmond University Medical Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He received formal training in psychiatry, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular imaging and neuroimaging. He was awarded the prestigious BK Anand National Research Prize in India and Solomon Award of Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on the study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control human brain functions. He developed the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique (SDMIT) to detect, map, and measure neurotransmitters released acutely in the human brain during task performance. This technique is now used in laboratories all over the world. Using this technique, he studies dopaminergic control of human cognition and behavior. He is also interested in learning the nature of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission in psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. His research is funded by NIMH, NINDS, VA, and various foundations. Previously he served in the faculty of Harvard Medical School, SUNY Buffalo and University of Minnesota. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

The study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control human brain functions