Research Seminars

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Research Seminars gather a small number (20 to 100) of well-established and preferably young investigators to address scientific topics in depth and help break new ground. Research Seminars take place over two days in easy-to-reach European cities. They are scientific Seminars involving recently published work and research in progress. Participation is fully supported by the budget granted by the ERS.

Sensational developments in the airways: The role of afferent hyper and hypo function in respiratory disease

Sensation from the airways is responsible for the majority of symptoms experienced by patients. In particular, overactivity and hypofunction of the afferent nervous system within the lung needs a urgent reappraisal which can only be brought about by the interaction of basic scientists, transitional medicine and clinicians. The symposium's aim is to enhance the European wide profile of airway sensory dysfunction.

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Airway inflammation, hyperresponsiveness and hypersensitivity P.J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)
Recent advances in neurobiology of airway sensation B. Canning (Baltimore, Md, United States of America)
The vagus nerve M. Belvisi (London, United Kingdom)
Regulation and population genetics of TRP channels M. Valverde (Barcelona, Spain)
Cellular and biochimical evidence of pathobiology in hypersensitiviy L. McGarvey (Belfast, Ireland)
Effects of menthol nasal challenges on cough - insight from animal and human studies J. Plevkova (Bratislava, Slovakia)
The genetics of sensation J. Smith (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Lessons from pain S. McMahon (London, United Kingdom)
Lessons from asthma: diversity of clinical syndrome in cough and wheeze L. Heany (Belfast, Ireland)
Debate "the best way to measure sensory function in man" E. Millqvist (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Questionnaire and Counting J. Smith (Manchester, United Kingdom)