Final Program
Friday October 2, 2009 | 11:00-12:00 | OPENING CEREMONY |
| 12:00-13:00 | PLENARY LECTURE - Alexej Verkhratsky (UK): Chemical transmission in neuronal-glial circuitry |
| 15:30-17:30 | S1 - MYELIN PROTEINS AND LIPIDS IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
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| | S2 - NEW INSIGHTS ON THE ROLE OF ADULT-BORN NEURONS, FROM MOLECULAR TO FUNCTIONAL STUDIES
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| 17:30-19:30 | S3 - PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS AND BASIS FOR THERAPY IN INHERITED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES
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| | S4 - PROLIFERATION AND FATE OF NEURAL STEM CELLS IN THE NORMAL AND DISEASED BRAIN
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| | S5 - A SYSTEM-BASED APPROACH FOR THE STUDY OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE IN THE CONTEXT OF DRUG DISCOVERY
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Saturday October 3, 2009 | 08:30-10:30 | S6 - FROM BRAIN ISCHEMIA TO AMYLOID-BETA TOXICITY
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| | S7 - HUMAN BALANCE AND ORIENTATION UNDER STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS: INTEGRATION OF VISUAL, PROPRIOCEPTIVE AND GRAVITO-INERTIAL INPUTS
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| | S8 - ROLE OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM IN PSYCHIATRIC AND EATING DISORDERS
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| | S9 - EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN NEURONAL PLASTICITY AND DISEASE
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| 11:00-12:00 | PLENARY LECTURE - Asla Pitkanen (Finland): Molecular basis for tissue remodeling during epileptogenesis: Role of extracellular proteinases |
| 12:00-14:30 | ROUND TABLE I - FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN ITALY: HOW RESEARCH FULFILLS THE MISSION OF CHARITIES AND FOUNDATIONS |
| 14:30-16:30 | S10 - CHOLESTEROL IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: NEW INSIGHTS
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| | S11 - PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL SYNCHRONIZATION BY GABA
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| | S12 - RECENT ADVANCES IN MOOD DISORDERS: BASIC AND CLINICAL ASPECTS
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| | S13 - JNK STRESS KINASES IN THE BRAIN: WHEN PEACEFUL CITIZENS TURN INTO KILLERS
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| 16:30-18:30 | S14 - HOMOCYSTEINE METABOLISM AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
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| | S15 - NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ALTERATIONS LEADING TO EPILEPSY
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| | S16 - STRESS AND NEUROPLASTICITY. FROM THE GLUTAMATE SYNAPSE TO BEHAVIOR
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| | S17 - TRANSDUCTIONAL AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS IN BRAIN ISCHEMIA: NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR DISEASE MODIFYING DRUGS
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Sunday October 4, 2009 | 08:30-10:30 | S18 - HUMAN PERIPHERAL MARKERS TO INVESTIGATE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
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| | S19 - NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS TO THE NEUROSCIENCES
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| | S20 - THE PARIETAL AND FRONTAL CORTEX: A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK FOR COGNITIVE-MOTOR FUNCTIONS
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| | S21 - SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY: FROM PLASMAMEMBRANE RECEPTORS TO CYTOSKELETON
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| 11:00-12:00 | PLENARY LECTURE - Moses Chao (USA): Neurotrophins and neurodegenerative diseases |
| 12:00-14:30 | ROUND TABLE II – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS |
| 14:30-16:30 | S22 - ASTROGLIA IN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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| | S23 - NEUROSTEROIDS IN BRAIN FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION
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| | S24 - INSIGHTS INTO CLOSTRIDIAL NEUROTOXINS MECHANISM OF ACTION
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| | S25 - FROM NEURONAL SPECIFICATION TO AXON PATHFINDING: THE ASSEMBLY OF THE CEREBELLAR CORTICAL CIRCUITRY
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| 16:30-18:30 | S26 - REACTIVE GLIOSIS: MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS TO LIMIT NEURAL DEGENERATION AND PROMOTE REPAIR
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| | S27 - GABA AND ITS RECEPTORS: FROM CENTRAL TOWARDS PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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| | S28 - ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND (EDC) EXPOSURE AND CNS DEVELOPMENT
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| | S29 - ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS AND ABNORMALITIES OF CORTICAL PROJECTION AND LOCAL CIRCUITRY NEURONS
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| 18:30 | SINS Member Assembly |
| 20:30 | ROUND TABLE – USO, ABUSO E DIPENDENZA DI “DROGHE” LEGALI E ILLEGALI: COSA DICE LA SCIENZA |
Monday October 5, 2009 | 08:30-10:30 | S30 - ESTROGEN SIGNALING IN BRAIN AND NEUROINFLAMMATORY CELLS
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| | S31 - IMAGING OF BRAIN FUNCTION BY IN VIVO TWO-PHOTON MICROSCOPY
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| | S32 - A MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO NEUROECONOMICS: THE CONTRIBUTION OF HUMAN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
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| 11:00-12:00 | PLENARY LECTURE - Demetrius M. Maraganore (USA): Pathways to complexity: a genomic pathways approach to predict, prevent and halt brain disorders |
| 12:00-14:30 | ROUND TABLE III – WHAT’S UP FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS: THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH |
| 14:30-15-30 | PLENARY LECTURE - Maria Concetta Morrone (Italy): Space-Time in the brain |
| 15.30-16.30 | CLOSING REMARKS |
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