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XII International Symposium On PD (3 May 1997) Thanks to Dr. A. Lang, Co-Editor-In-Chief of the journal Movement Disorders, I have the printed abstracts from the XII International Symposium on Parkinson's Disease, held at London, England, 23-26 March 1997. In 3 long days, some 537 reports of recent research, in 41 broad subject categories, were presented to attendees. That is far too many to review here, or even to list individual titles, so we must compromise. First, a word about the organization of this huge scientific meeting: One purpose of such meetings is to let researchers from the world over exchange and discuss in person with their colleagues, recent results that have not yet been reviewed and published in the regular archival journals. The presentations are oral, only very loosely screened, and announced by "poster" containing an abstract. The reports in each broad subject category are given simultaneously in as many separate rooms as needed, so that each attendee may pick only the ones of most interest to him. Meanwhile, the institutional addresses of other authors are made available, for possible future correspondence or visits. The abstract collection is published as Supplement 1 to Volume 12 of Movement Disorders, in a book of about 150 pages that appeared with the April 1997 issue. To respect both space and copyright limitations, I'll furnish a list of titles in any ONE of the subject categories listed below, only to those who specificaly request it. In cases of unusual interest, I may also furnish a brief review to let people decide if they want to pursue the subject further in their local library. For those having access, Movement Disorders is listed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE and several other places. SUBJECT Nos. SUBJECT Nos. Aetiology 001-011 Multisystem Atrophies 262-268 Cell Death 012-033 Natural Medications 269-270 Clinical Neurophys. 034-070 Neuropathology 271-282 Educational Videos 071-072 Pathogenesis 283-291 Environmental Factors 073-076 Prog. Supranuc. Palsy 292-300 Epidemiology 077-096 Therapeutics 301-328 Genetics 097-109 DOPS and Noradrenaline 329-335 Molecular Biology 110-113 Neuroimaging 336-342 Neurochemistry 114-132 Animal Models 343-355 Neuroprotection 133-155 Clinical 356-402 Neurotrophins 156-160 Treatment Complications 403-423 Neurotoxins 161-174 Neuropharmacology 424-468 Tissue Culture 175-177 Neuropsychiatry 469-484 Assessment Methodology 178-196 Neurosurgery 485-505 Autonomic Nervous Syst 197-207 Rehab and Physiotherapy 506-517 Cortico-Basal Disease 208-210 Enzymes, Regeneration 518-519 Dementia 211-232 Excitatory Amino Acids 520-528 Dopaminergic Agonists 233-249 Orthostatic, Neuroprot. 526-528 Drug-Induced Pk'snism 250-252 Entacapone E1=E5 DOPA-Responsive Dyston 253-255 Selegiline Benefits S1-S5 History of Parkinson's 256-261 Cheers, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks CA 91403