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
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CONTENTS
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Management report
A. Action fact sheet
B. Management Committee
C. Overview activities and expenditures
II. Scientific report
A. Results achieved
B. Dissemination of results
C. Self-evaluation
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I. Management Report
A. Action Fact Sheet
• Objectives
• Signatories
• Participating Institutes of non-COST countries
• Chair and DC Rapporteur
• Working Groups
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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.
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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
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Chair:
Prof. Jordan Pop-Jordanov (MK)
Vice Chair:
Prof. John Gruzelier (UK)
DC Rapporteur:
Prof. Hans Stodkilde-Jorgensen (DK)
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Working Groups
• WG 1 "Theoretical Considerations"
• WG 2 "Diagnostics and Treatment"
• WG 3 " Experimental Studies“
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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
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C. Overview Activity and Expenditures
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Meetings
STSM
Workshops
General Support Grants
Schools
Others
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II. Scientific report
A. Results achieved
WG1: 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
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WG2: Diagnostics and Treatment
Advanced methods of biofeedback, neurofeedback and qEEG for research and clinical
treatment of:
• ADHD (13/6)
• Other cognition-related disorders (11/9)
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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
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Interactions between WGs
New models
EEG Signal Analysis
ADHD
Chaos
Synchronization
Other
Better diagnostics
and treatment
Experimental
Studies on Human
Cognition
New evidence
EEG Database
▬ collaboration; ▬ data mining; ▬ expected outputs
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Involving Young Scientists
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Members in most WG teams
Active participation in WG meetings
STSM (5)
Co-authors in publications
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B. Dissemination of Results
Action-related Publications
Multi-country 15 (8 in Int. J.)
Multi-team
43 (27)
Single-team 104 (45)
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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)
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www.manu.edu.mk/costb27
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Scientific and Technical Cooperation
Emerged research project granted by other
sources (FP6, Foundations, Governments):
- Joint projects
- Individual projects
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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)
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C. Self-evaluation
Main Successes
• Increased number of participating COST
countries and non-COST institutions
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Main Successes (cont.)
• Joint international financed research projects
• Increasing number of STSM
• Intensive participation of young scientists
• Assistance with the foundation of SAN
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Drawbacks
• Week inter-WGs cooperation
• Insufficient translational research
• Relatively small number of multi-country
publications
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A Generalized Statement
COST is not only an acronym,
it is also a synonym for cost-effective
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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.
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