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COST Action B27 Electric Neuronal Oscillations and Cognition (ENOC) MONITORING PROGRESS REPORT (23 May 2005 - 15 November 2006) Jordan Pop-Jordanov Chair of the Action. CONTENTS. I. Management report Action fact sheet Management Committee Overview activities and expenditures
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COST Action B27 Electric Neuronal Oscillations and Cognition (ENOC) MONITORING PROGRESS REPORT (23 May 2005 - 15 November 2006) Jordan Pop-Jordanov Chair of the Action J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
CONTENTS I. Management report • Action fact sheet • Management Committee • Overview activities and expenditures II. Scientific report • Results achieved • Dissemination of results • Self-evaluation J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
I. Management Report A. Action Fact Sheet • Objectives • Signatories • Participating Institutes of non-COST countries • Chair and DC Rapporteur • Working Groups J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Objective The main objective is to increase the knowledge of the electric neuronal oscillations correlated to memory and attention as the basis for neuronal regulation aimed at enhancing the human performance and health. J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Approved: EU/ESF,Brussels 15.03.2005 B27: << ELECTRIC NEURONAL OSCILLATIONS AND COGNITION >> (ENOC) Participating COST Countries: 17 Chair: MK AT, BG, HR, DK, EE, FR, DE, IT, LT, NO, PL, CS, ES, CH, TR, UK Other countries: CA, JP, NZ, RU, US Economic Dimension: € 24 Million Duration: 4 years J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Chair: Prof. Jordan Pop-Jordanov (MK) Vice Chair: Prof. John Gruzelier (UK) DC Rapporteur: Prof. Hans Stodkilde-Jorgensen (DK) J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Working Groups • WG 1 "Theoretical Considerations" • WG 2 "Diagnostics and Treatment" • WG 3 " Experimental Studies“ J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
B. Management Committee Members: 29+5 Profile:multidisciplinary Meetings: First − Brussels, May 05 Second − Istanbul, Sept. 05 Third – Skopje, May 06 Forth – Swansea, Sept. 06 J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
C. Overview Activity and Expenditures • Meetings • STSM • Workshops • General Support Grants • Schools • Others J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
II. Scientific report A. Results achievedWG1: Theoretical Considerations • EEG signal analysis (16 teams/8 countries) Extended and newly developed methods and codes • Chaos synchronization (9/5) Improved models for description of neural dynamics J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
WG2: Diagnostics and Treatment Advancedmethods of biofeedback, neuro-feedback and qEEG for research and clinical treatment of: • ADHD (13/6) • Other cognition-related disorders (11/9) J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
WG3: Experimental Studies Improvements of knowledge on:memory, attention, perception and executive functions (17/13) Approaches: local, cellular network and systems Tools: EEG, ERP, single cell recordings, local field potentials, neurochemistry, and event‑related desynchronisation/synchronisation J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Interactions between WGs New models ADHD EEG Signal Analysis Other Chaos Synchronization Better diagnostics and treatment Experimental Studies on Human Cognition EEG Database New evidence ▬ collaboration; ▬data mining; ▬expected outputs J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Involving Young Scientists • Members in most WG teams • Active participation in WG meetings • STSM (5) • Co-authors in publications J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
B. Dissemination of Results Action-related Publications Multi-country 15 (8 in Int. J.) Multi-team 43 (27) Single-team 104 (45) J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Conferences and Workshops Istanbul, Sept. 2005, Parallel WGs Meetings (29 presentations) Skopje, May 2006, WGs Joint Seminar (13) Swansea, Sept. 2006, Joint WGs Meeting* (21) * In conjunction with European Society for Applied Neuroscience (SAN) J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
www.manu.edu.mk/costb27 J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Scientific and Technical Cooperation Emerged research project granted by other sources (FP6, Foundations, Governments): • Joint projects 7 • Individual projects 9 J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Transfer of Results • Models and softwares – packed in the open source MATLAB library (AT, MK, TR) • Web based data banks (FR, LT) • Evaluation criteria transferred to other clinics and academia (EE, RU, UK) • A new open access journal (PL) • Exhibitions (UK) • Press and electronic media (all) J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
C. Self-evaluation • Main Successes • Increased number of participating COST • countries and non-COST institutions J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Main Successes (cont.) • Joint international financed research projects • Increasing number of STSM • Intensive participation of young scientists • Assistance with the foundation of SAN J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Drawbacks • Week inter-WGs cooperation • Insufficient translational research • Relatively small number of multi-country publications J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
A Generalized Statement COST is not only an acronym, it is also a synonym for cost-effective J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006
Acknowledgement COST B27 Management Committee highly appreciates the valuable contributions of Prof. Mihail Pascu, former Domain Scientific Officer, towards establishing and developing of the Action. J. Pop-Jordanov, COST DC BMBS Meeting, Brussels, Dec. 2006