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The two sides of Parkinson's disease will be the focus of 2010 Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience to be held at The University of Western Australia when one of the State's most respected experts in Parkinson's disease and a patient will give presentations.

Functional neurosurgeon to the WA Neurosurgical Service and Professor at UWA's School of Surgery, Professor Christopher Lind will talk about the techniques and outcomes of neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease brain-structures.

Tara Preston will discuss deep brain stimulation from a patient's point of view.

Professor Lind's research focus is on functional neurosurgery which encompasses surgery for movement disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders and pain.  His approach is to collaborate with experienced researchers in the allied fields of neurology, neuropsychiatry, pain management, basic and applied neuroscience and neuro-imaging to develop surgical therapies and use surgical approaches to enable improved understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease.

After their presentations there will be two three-minute thesis competitions.  One for neuroscience honours and PhD students, with prizes of $500 and $200, and the other for postdoctoral and senior researchers.

WHAT: 2010 Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience

WHEN: Friday 3 September, 2.30pm - 5.00pm

WHERE: MCS Lecture Theatre, Molecular and Chemical Sciences Building, UWA, (Hackett Entrance 2, Car-park 6)

RSVP: [email protected] Monday 23 August

Media references

Assistant Professor Lindy Fitzgerald (School of Animal Biology)  (+61 8)  6488 2353
Janine MacDonald (UWA Public Affairs)  (+61 8)  6488 5563  /  (+61 4) 32 637 716