Chairmans: Ignacio Lizasoain, Madrid, Spain

Manuel Rodríguez, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 

Programa

Experimental models of brain hypothermia | Francisco Campos, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Metabolic downregulation: hypothermia and ischemic preconditioning as cerebral protective mechanisms | Miguel Pérez Pinzón, Miami, USA

Beyond the cold: protective role of cold shock proteins by hypothermia induction | Sven Wellmann, Basel , Switzerland.

Brain temperature mapping by using MRI | Olli Gröhn, Kuopio, Finland.

Temperature management in human stroke | Bernd Kallmünzer, Nürnberg, Germany.

Hypothermia is a safe and reliable approach for the treatment of ischemic stroke? | Carlos Molina, Barcelona, Spain

Symposium remarks |Jaime Gállego, Barcelona, Spain