Programme
All times are mentioned in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
27 September 2021
PSYCHIATRY
Welcome and Introduction of the workshop
Arjan Blokland and Gunter Kenis
Opening lecture:
Why aren't psychopharmacologists as successful as cardiologists in drug discovery?
A brief survey of the past, present and future of psychotropic drug discovery
Brian Leonard (Galway)
Depression-Microbiome-Brain-Gut-Axis
Gerard Clarke (Cork)
Early Life Stress-What We Have Learned from Animal Models
Siobhain O’Mahony (Cork)
Relation between stress and Schizophrenia
Kiki Sidiropoulou (Heraklion)
Stress-induced brain changes
Nuno Sousa (Braga)
Q&A with all the speakers of the day
Break
Interactive parallel sessions
Psychobiotics for the Treatment of Depression: Defining the therapeutic targets in the microbiome-gut-brain axis
Moderators: Gerard Clarke and Siobhain O’Mahony (Cork)
Can animal models define the critical effects of stress in the etiology of schizophrenia?
Moderator: Kiki Sidiropoulou (Heraklion)
Can drugs reverse the stress-induced brain connectivity after stress? animal models define the critical effects of stress in the etiology of schizophrenia?
Moderator: Nuno Sousa (Braga)
Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Brian Leonard (Galway)
28 September 2021
REWARD
Reward – Brain network
Ana João Rodrigues (Braga)
Mapping motivational impairments onto reinforcement learning systems in the brain: examples from schizophrenia
Dennis Hernaus (Maastricht)
Cannabinoids and reward: lessons from intracranial self-stimulation studies
George Panagis (Heraklion)
Q&A with all the speakers of the day
Break
Interactive parallel sessions
Reinforcement learning: a transdiagnostic symptom mechanism?
Moderator: Dennis Hernaus (Maastricht)
Microbial regulation of eating behavior/reward: A neurobiological perspective
Moderator: Harriet Schellekens (Cork)
The addictive potential of classical drugs and novel psychoactive substances
Moderator: Eef Theunissen (Maastricht)
Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Nuno Sousa (Braga)
29 September 2021
PSYCHEDELICS
Psychedelic Medicine-Translating lab findings into therapeutic applications
Kim Kuypers (Maastricht)
Acute and long‐term effects of the ‘new kids on the block’ (novel psychoactive substances) on physiological and behavioral parameters/receptor profiles
Tomas Palenicek (NIMH, Czech Republic)
Psychedelics and their potential clinical applications
David Erritzoe (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Q&A with all the speakers of the day
Break
Interactive parallel sessions
Psychotropic drugs and the gut microbiome
Moderator: Gerard Clarke (Cork)
MDMA: neurotoxin of promising therapeutic aid?
Moderator: Kim Kuypers (Maastricht)
Drugs of abuse or medicines? Therapists or shamans?
Moderator: Tomas Palenicek (NIMH, Czech Republic)
Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Arjan Blokland (Maastricht)
30 September 2021
AGING & COGNITION
Changing network in aging
Ana Coelho (Braga)
“Novel” pharmacological treatments for cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease: of shares and cares
Jos Prickaerts (Maastricht)
Aging and Cognition
Cleanthe Spanaki (Heraklion)
Q&A with all the speakers of the day
Break
Interactive parallel sessions
What options doe we have to improve cognitive performance at old age?
Moderator: Arjan Blokland (Maastricht)
What is causing AD: amyloid, tau, or just neurodegeneration
Moderator: Tim Vanmierlo (Hasselt)
Healthy aging and the microbiome
Moderators: Gerard Clarke and Harriet Schellekens (Cork)
Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Gunter Kenis (Maastricht)
Concluding remarks
Drugs and the Brain
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2021-09-27
2021-09-30
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