Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium - July 4-5, 2008 - Click HERE for meeting information, abstract and registration forms
- Mission
Statement
- The Peripheral
Nerve Society is an international organization of physicians and
scientists working together to develop and provide the best treatments
for people who have peripheral nerve diseases. This goal is realized
by cooperation - supporting research, training scientists and healthcare
professionals, setting standards of care, creating new treatments,
and facilitating clinical trials.
The Peripheral
Nerve Society
The
Peripheral Nerve Society was founded in 1994, having evolved from
two groups of academic investigators interested in understanding
the basic biology and function of the peripheral nervous system -
the nature of nerve injury and repair. These groups met periodically
in closed meetings to discuss advances in this understanding and
how this knowledge might be applied to care for patients with genetic,
traumatic, toxic, or metabolic nerve disease. The interests of our
members encompass all aspects of the peripheral nervous system, both
clinical and scientific, and range from electrophysiologic tools
for diagnosis to molecular mechanisms of disease and nerve fiber
regeneration. The Society is incorporated, and open to general membership
by those interested in the peripheral nervous system and its diseases. DOWNLOAD application for PNS MEMBERSHIP. Complete the application form and fax to the Executive Secretary.
Journal
of the Peripheral Nervous System
The Journal
of the Peripheral Nervous System is
the official journal of the Peripheral Nerve Society and the
Quantitative Sensory Testing Society, and publishes original
research reports, reviews, letters, and news covering every
topic of scientific and clinical relevance to the peripheral
nervous system. All manuscripts are subject to peer review
by members of the Editorial Board or other experts chosen by
them. It is copyrighted by the PNS and published four times
a year by Blackwell Sciences, Inc. (ISSN 1085-9489). The Index
Factor is 2.6. All articles are available on-line.
- International
Inflammatory Neuropathy Corsortium
- The INC is a Standing
Committee of the PNS with scheduled meetings and specific goals for
education, treatment and research of the inflammatory neuropathies. See
this link for more information.
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- Teaching
Course in Clinical Neurophysiology
- The British Society
for Clinical Neurophysiology is pleased to announce the 7th Triennial
Teaching Course in Clinical Neurophysiology, Wadham College, Oxford.The
international faculty brings together a field of knowledgeable and
enthusiastic clinicians and scientists from the UK, Europe, Japan
and the USA. The course is residential and will consist of lectures,
practical demonstrations, case discussions, debates and a quiz. The
course is intended for clinical neurophysiologists in training and
those requiring an update on current practice, neurologists, clinical
physiologists and clinical scientists. A full range of neurophysiological
topics will be covered in 9 half-day symposia. More information is
available at www.BSCN-wadham-2008.org.uk .
- Guidelines
for Management of Neuropathy
- The Peripheral
Nerve Society has recently published three guidelines on the management
of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, on
multifocal motor neuropathy and on paraprotein-associated demyelinating
neuropathy in the Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. These
guidelines are available as pdf documents via the links below.
Guideline
for management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
(CIDP)
Guideline for
management of multifocal motor neuropathy
Guideline for
management of paraprotein-associated demyelinating neuropathy
Guidance for preparation
of additional management guidelines
- Cochrane
Neuromuscular Disease Group
The Cochrane
Neuromuscular Disease Group (link is http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cochranenmd)
is part of the Cochrane Collaboration, an international
organisation that aims to help people make well informed
decisions about healthcare
by preparing systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare
interventions. We have responsibility for reviewing the
effectiveness of treatments
for neuromuscular diseases, including disorders of the
peripheral nervous system, muscle, neuromuscular junction
and lower motor
neuron and welcome offers to contribute to this task.
Archived
Digital Images of Sensory Receptors
Emeritus Professor
R.K. Winkelmann has made available on this web site the many images
of sensory receptors that have been scattered in the literature. The
images summarize his distinguished career and are provided with brief
comments by the author and his colleagues.
When using
the
images
make
reference to: Winkelmann RK (2005).
Archived digital images of sensory receptors. J Peripher Nerv Syst
(2005) 10:206. View
the images at http://pns.ucsd.edu/Winkelmann.images
Pain
and the PNS
Pain is arguably
the most important problem in medicine. It is certainly the major reason
that patients seek medical treatment. The peripheral nervous system is
critically involved in acute and chronic pain conditions. Patients with
painful neuropathy should access the Links
for Patients page to learn more about this problem and to contact
neurologists who specialize in treating neuropathy.
Support
the Educational Activities of the PNS
The PNS supports
the education and training of junior neurologists and scientists by
providing
stipends for attending our biennial scientific meetings. If you would
like to support this important activity of the PNS, please contact
the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society. Credit
card donations can be made directly to the Society via the secure PayPal
web site accessed by clicking the button below. If you are donating for
one of the new PNS Fellowships, please email us to let us know which
individual you are supporting. Emails should go to Amber Millen (amillen@ucsd.edu).
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