1. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 1 COST Action B27 Electric Neuronal Oscillations and Cognition (ENOC)MONITORING PROGRESS REPORT (23.05.2005 – 31.12.2007) Chair: Jordan Pop-Jordanov Presented by: Silvana Markovska-Simoska

2. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 2 EU/ESF, Brussels www.manu.edu.mk/costb27 www.manu.edu.mk/costb27 B27: > (ENOC) www.manu.edu.mk/costb27 www.manu.edu.mk/costb27 Chair: J. Pop-Jordanov, MK Vice Chair: J. Gruzelier, UK DC Rapporteur: H. Stodkilde-Jorgensen, DK AT, BG, HR, DK, EE, FR, DE, IE, IS, IT, LT, NO, PL, SER, SI, ES, CH, TR, UK Other countries: 7 CA, CU, JP, NZ, RU, TU, US COST Countries: 20 Economic Dimension: € 24 Million Duration: 2005-2009 WG 1: Theoretical Considerations WG 2: Diagnostics and Treatment WG 3: Experimental studies

3. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 3 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.

4. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 4 Management Committee Members: 35+8 Profile: Profile: multidisciplinary Meetings: I − Brussels, May 05 II − Istanbul, Sept. 05 III – Skopje, May 06 IV – Swansea, Sept. 06 V – Florence, March 07 VI – Göttingen, Oct. 07

5. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 5 STSM Applications 15Applications 15 Realized10Realized10 To be completed 2To be completed 2 Renounced 1Renounced 1 Postponed 1Postponed 1 Rejected 1Rejected 1

6. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 6 Results WG1: Theoretical Considerations EEG signal analysis (17 teams/8 countries)EEG signal analysis (17 teams/8 countries) Extended and newly developed methods and codes Extended and newly developed methods and codes Chaos synchronization (9/5)Chaos synchronization (9/5) Improved models for description of neural dynamics Improved models for description of neural dynamics

7. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 7 WG2: Diagnostics and Treatment Advancedmethods of biofeedback, neuro- feedback and qEEG for research and clinical treatment of: Advanced methods of biofeedback, neuro- feedback and qEEG for research and clinical treatment of: ADHD (13/6)ADHD (13/6) Other cognitive disorders (12/10)Other cognitive disorders (12/10)

8. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 8 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

9. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 9 EEG Signal Analysis Chaos Synchronization ADHD Other Experimental Studies on Human Cognition EEG Database New models New evidence Better diagnostics and treatment Interactions between WGs ▬▬▬ ▬ collaboration; ▬ data mining; ▬ expected outputs

10. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 10 Early – stage Scientists Members in all WG teamsMembers in all WG teams Active participation in WG meetingsActive participation in WG meetings STSM (10)STSM (10) Co-authors in publicationsCo-authors in publications Two MCMs (recently)Two MCMs (recently)

11. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 11 Dissemination of Results Action-related Publications Multi-country 30 (16 in Int. J.) Multi-team 88 (45) Single-team167 (71)

12. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 12 Conferences and Workshops Istanbul*, Sept. 2005, Parallel WGs Meetings (29 presentations) Skopje, May 2006, WGs Joint Seminar (23) Swansea, Sept. 2006, Joint WGs Meeting* (21) Florence, March 2007, Joint WGs Meeting (22) Göttingen, Oct. 2007, Joint WGs Meeting (35) * In conjunction with European Society for Applied Neuroscience (SAN)

13. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 13 www.manu.edu.mk/costb27

14. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 14 Scientific and Technical Cooperation Emerged research project granted by other sources (FP6, Foundations, Governments): -Joint multicountry projects 7 -Individual group projects 15

15. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 15 Transfer of Results Models and softwares – packed in the open source MATLAB library (AT, MK, TR)Models and softwares – packed in the open source MATLAB library (AT, MK, TR) Web based data banks (FR, LT)Web based data banks (FR, LT) Evaluation criteria transferred to other clinics and academia (EE, MK, RU, UK)Evaluation criteria transferred to other clinics and academia (EE, MK, RU, UK) A new open access journal (PL)A new open access journal (PL) Exhibitions (UK)Exhibitions (UK) International Monographs – Nova Biomed ScI, Springer (MK, LT)International Monographs – Nova Biomed ScI, Springer (MK, LT) Open seminars for larger scientific community (all)Open seminars for larger scientific community (all) Press and electronic media (all)Press and electronic media (all)

16. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 16 Participating COST countries and non-COST institutions 0 5 10 15 20 25 MAY '05NOV '05NOV '06NOV '07 COSTNon-COST

17. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 17 Man-power

18. COST DC BMBS Meeting, Berlin, March 2008 18 Inter-actions Cooperation Members of B27 (from MK, PL and RS) are recently nominated in MCs of other four Complementary Actions in three Domains A National Neuro-COST Committee is established (MCMs of CA from MK)