REVIEW LECTURES:
Chronobiology, history and basic mechanisms
Cellular basis and morphology of biological clocks
Chronogenes and their regulation
Circadian gene expression
Fundamentals of mammalian circadian rhythms
Development of circadian rhythms
Biological rhythms in plants
Circadian oscillators and cell cycle clocks
Use of radiotelemetry in chronopharmacologic research
Chronobiology of safty pharmacology
Masking effects and circadian rhythms, entrainment, Aschoff’s rules
Chronoepidemiology
Chronobiology and nutrition
Chronobiology of the immune system
Chronobiology of psychiatric diseases
Chronopharmacokinetics
Chronopharmacology of pain
Rhythms in endocrinology and neuroendocrinology, aging and biological rhythms
Chronopharmacology/-chronotoxicology of anticancer agents and chronotherapy
Chronopharmacological aspects of bronchial asthma
Chronopharmacology of angina pectoris and hypertension
Sleep apnea, sleep disorders
Shift work, accidents
Internal desynchronisation
Jet-lag
PRACTICAL APPROACHES:
Telemetry, actography, ABPM (24-h blood pressure measurement), temperature measurement, grip strength, peak flow, sleep lab ect.
Data evaluation and analysis
Place: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Maybachstr. 14, 68169 Mannheim
From: 28.7. – 1.8.2014
Information/Registration: Internet: www.chronopharmacology.de
e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. V. Bromundt (Universität Basel); Prof. M. Cutolo (University Genova, Italy); Prof. L. Edmunds (SUNY New York); Prof. G. Fleiβner (Universität Frankfurt); Dr. G. Fleiβner (Universität Frankfurt); Dr. S. Gorbey (Universität Heidelberg); Prof. B. Lemmer (Universität Heidelberg); Prof. F. Lévi (INSERM, Villejuif, France); Prof. R. Manfredini (University Ferrara, Italy), Prof. H. Oster (Universität Lübeck); Prof. A. Reinberg (Chronobiology Unit, Rothschild Fondation, Paris); Dr. J. Ripperger (Université Fribourg, Switzerland); J. Schmitt (Theresienkrankenhaus Mannheim); Prof. M-H. Smolensky (University of Texas at Austin); Dr. M. Soloviev (Incyte Corporation, Wilmington, USA); Prof. Y. Touitou (Chronobiology Unit, Rothschild Fondation, Paris); Prof. E. Wagner (Universität Freiburg).
Director of the Course
Prof. Dr.med. Dr.h.c. B. Lemmer