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Date:	May 17, 2012 (Thursday)
Time:	10 a.m.
Theme:	Mitochondria and Energetics (stroke, peripheral neuropathy)
Module:	Overview
Session:	Perinatal ischemia
Instructor:	Stephen Back, Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neuroscience section), OHSU
Objectives:	This session will present the clinical features of perinatal ischemia and how the injury and response differ from ischemia in the adult
Study questions:	What is 'periventricular leukomalacia'(PVL)? Why are oligodendrocytes implicated in PVL? Does perinatal white matter injury result from hypoxia-ischemia?

Readings:	Back et al. Neurotherapeutics, 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print] Volpe, Lancet Neurol 8, 110-124, 2009.
Video:	http://www.ohsu.edu/edcomm/flash/flash_player.php?params=4%60/sch/neus/626-051712.flv%60vod&width=640&height=480&title=NESU%20626%2C%205/17/12