Call For Abstracts

26th Annual PSG Symposium on Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of

Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders

Friday, May 11, 2012, 8:00am-1:00pm, Irving, Texas

 

Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts:  Friday, January 20, 2012

     Late Breaking Research Deadline:  Friday, February 24, 2012

Call for Abstracts Form: CLICK HERE

The Parkinson Study Group (PSG), in collaboration with the Huntington Study Group (HSG), Dystonia Study Group (DSG), Myoclonus Study Group (MSG), Tourette Syndrome Study Group (TSSG), Cooperative Ataxia Group (CAG), and Tremor Research Group (TRG), will present the 26th Annual Symposium on Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders on Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Four Seasons Resort, in Irving, Texas.  The peer-reviewed program includes both platform and poster presentations. Abstracts will be published in the April 2012 issue of Movement Disorders and must not have been published previously. Authors will be asked to disclose relationships with funding sources and manufacturers of commercial products discussed in the presentation.  Authors need not be associated with the study groups.  There is no registration fee for attending the Symposium. An award will be given to the best PD and the Other Movement Disorders abstracts presented either in platform or poster format.  Limited financial support may be available to support travel and hotel costs for attendance of those individuals within 5 years of completing training, and whose abstract submissions are accepted for poster or platform presentation.  Special consideration will be given to residents and fellows.  Deadline for submission of regular abstracts is Friday, January 20, 2012.

 

Late Breaking Research Abstracts: Authors whose data from research analyses were not available until after the regular abstract deadline are invited to submit an abstract.  The abstract should represent original work not previously published and should be of scientific or public interest.  The Symposium Committee will accept a limited number of abstracts for platform or poster presentation as late breaking research. Late breaking research abstracts must be submitted by Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5:00 pm ET. 

Electronic submission is required.   Please send to Roseanna Battista roseanna.battista@chet.rochester.edu.  For questions please call Roseanna Battista at (585) 275-1642.