Programme

Conference program DAY 1 (Friday, 18th November 2022)

3rd International conference on cognitive reserve in dementia and other disorders (ResDem 2022)

 

09.00-09.15

Opening ceremony

Robert Perneczky, LMU Munich

 

 

09.15-10.00

Opening presentation: A new framework for reserve and resilience

Yaakov Stern, Columbia University New York

 

 

Session 1. Brain networks and reserve

Chair: Timothy Rittman, University of Cambridge

10.00-10.20

Brain structure-function relationships

Timothy Rittman, University of Cambridge

10.20-10.40

Residual markers of reserve and resting-state functional MRI activity

Ersin Ersözlü, LMU Munich

10.40-11.00

Brain networks modulate tau spreading and symptom onset in Alzheimer's disease

Nicolai Franzmeier, LMU Munich

11.00-11.20

Connectivity analyses in frontotemporal dementia

Enrico Premi, University of Brescia

11.20-11.40

Functional brain age as a marker of cognitive reserve

Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, LMU Munich

 

 

Session 2. Data blitz session

11.40-12.20

Selected from best abstract submissions

 

 

12.20-13.50

Lunch break

 

 

Session 3. Basic science and neuropathology

Chair: Tim Bartels, Dementia Research Institute, University College London

13.50-14.10

Cortisol, stress and cognitive decline in mice and humans

Chinedu Udeh-Momoh, Imperial College London

14.10-14.30

Toxicity of soluble protein aggregates

Suman De, University of Sheffield

14.30-14.50

Caffein and physical activity in mouse models

Oliver Wirths, University of Göttingen

14.50-15.10

Differential brain region specific GCase dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

Tim Bartels, University College London

15.10-15.30

The CFAS population-representative approach to defining the neuropathology of dementia

Stephen Wharton, University of Sheffield

 

 

15.30-16.30

Coffee break and poster session

 

Session 4. Tau imaging and non-Alzheimer’s disease dementias  

Chair: Maura Malpetti, University of Cambridge

16.30-16.50

Motor signs and cognitive decline in the GENFI cohort

Sonja Schönecker, LMU Munich

16.50-17.10

Synaptic PET in frontotemporal dementia and related disorders

Maura Malpetti, University of Cambridge

17.10-17.30

18F-PI-2620 binding in dopaminergic pathways in four-repeat tauopathies

Johannes Gnörich, LMU Munich

17.30-17.50

Myelin of fiber tract connections as predictors of tau

Michael Ewers, LMU Munich

17.50-18.10

Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease: the PACOS Study

Roberto Monastero, University of Palermo

 

Closure Day 1

 

 

 

19.30-22.00

Speakers’ dinner

Spatenhaus an der Oper

 

Conference program DAY 2 (Saturday, 19th November 2022)

3rd International conference on cognitive reserve in dementia and other disorders (ResDem 2022)

 

08.30-08.35

Welcome

Robert Perneczky, LMU Munich

 

 

Session 5. Special topic: Inflammation and neurodegeneration

Chair: Paul Edison, Imperial College London

08.35-08.55

Diet, inflammation and dementia risk

Babak Hooshmand, Karolinska Institute Stockholm

08.55-09.15

Astrocyte reactivity in models of Alzheimer’s disease

Magdalena Sastre, Imperial College London

09.15-09.35

Connectivity-based spread of microglial activation

Mirlind Zaganjori, LMU Munich

09.35-09.55

Astroglial imaging in early Alzheimer’s disease

Paul Edison, Imperial College London

09.55-10.15

Astrocyte activation and metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease

Simon Bell, University of Sheffield

 

Session 6. Roundtable: Do we need new definitions of “dementia” and “reserve”?

Chair: Robert Perneczky, LMU Munich

10.15-10.55

Panellists:

Yaakov Stern, Columbia University New York

Michael Ewers, LMU Munich

Amos Korczyn, Tel Aviv University

Arfan Ikram, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

Eider Arenaza-Urquijo, Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center

 

 

10.55-11.25

Coffee break

 

 

Session 7. Lifestyles and interventions

Chair: Gael Chetelat, University of Caen, INSERM 1237

11.25-11.45

Structural MRI connectivity and diet in the DELCODE study

Adriana Ruiz Rizzo, University of Jena

11.45-12.05

Depressive symptoms, meditation and reserve in aging populations

Gael Chetelat, University of Caen, INSERM 1237

12.05-12.25

Biomarkers and multi-modal lifestyle interventions: The FINGER study

Alina Solomon, University of Eastern Finland

12.25-12.45

Sex-specific effects of physical activity on brain health

Julie Gonneaud, University of Caen, INSERM 1237

12.45-13.05

Midlife CAIDE score and brain macrostructural changes: the PREVENT study

Li Su, University of Sheffield

 

 

13.05-14.05

Lunch break

 

 

Session 8. Population-based studies  

Chair: Fiona Matthews, Newcastle University

14.05-14.25

Does cognitive reserve continue to influence trajectories post diagnosis

Fiona Matthews, Newcastle University

14.25-14.45

Gene-environment studies and resilience

Arfan Ikram, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

14.45-15.05

Alzheimer’s biomarkers and depression during the COVID19 pandemic

Eider Arenaza-Urquijo, Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center

15.05-15.25

Can depressive symptoms contribute to the diagnosis of dementia?

Panagiotis Alexopoulos, University of Patras

15.25-15.45

Blood biomarkers and subjective complaints in the ESTHER cohort

Laura Perna, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry Munich

 

 

15.45-16.00

Closing words and awards presentation

Robert Perneczky, LMU Munich

 

 

Conference closure