Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 11:30-13:00 Hall F2 Platform Session Basic Sciences III.

The article presents information about abstracts of various papers that will be discussed at the Platform Session of the 6th European Congress on Epileptology that will be held on June 2, 2004. One of the papers that will be discussed is "Differential Activation of CDK5 in Subfields of Hippocampal Sclerosis," by A. Sen. Cyclin dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) is important in many aspects of neurodevelopment, neuronal function and neurodegeneration. Recent animal work has shown that cdk5 activation can specifically induce hippocampal CAl cell death. Other papers that will be discussed are "Proliferation of Neural Progenitors in Human Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Does It Really Mean Neurogenesis?" by M. Lerner-Natoli and "The Design and Synthesis of Dihydrouracil Analogues As Potential Anti-Epileptogenic Agents," by K.E. Tiedje and D.F. Weaver.