Head of the program committee of the conference, Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnologies of Pirogov University, General Director of FGBU “Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology” FMBA of Russia, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vsevolod Belousov noted the main objective of the conference: to bring together on one platform representatives of both fundamental neurosciences and various clinical areas.

Within the framework of the conference much was said about the importance of interdisciplinary approach in the study of approaches to the treatment of diseases of the nervous system.

“It has recently become known that a number of psychiatric syndromes and diseases have an autoimmune component, which has been considered the domain of neurologists all their lives,” Vsevolod Belousov emphasized.

Dr. Nikolay Shamalov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Neurosciences and Neurotechnologies, Director of the Institute of Cerebrovascular Pathology and Stroke, FGBU “FCMN” FMBA of Russia, spoke about the use of new reperfusion methods for the treatment of patients with ischemic stroke.

Dr. Sergey Burd, Professor of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics of the Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, presented a paper on the diagnosis and management of patients with epilepsy.

Dr. Dmitry Skvortsov, Professor of the Department of Medical Rehabilitation at the Institute of Neurosciences and Neurotechnologies, MD, presented a paper on effective restoration of motor functions in patients after traumas and strokes.