Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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ERS Romain Pauwels Research Award Ceremony (supported by GlaxoSmithKline) followed by the Hot Topic "The nerves are back!"

Hot topics
Chairs: S. Bonini (Rome, Italy), M. Lommatzsch (Rostock, Germany)
Aims: This session will inform the audience about the crucial role of airway nerves in the pathophysiology of asthma and COPD and provide an update on recent exciting pharmacological developments to treat neuronal dysfunction in these diseases.

Romain Pauwels Research Award Introduction P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
The crucial role of airway nerves in asthma and COPD P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Targeting neuropetides: from antiemetics to bronchodilators? G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)