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Friday 16 March 2012
 

09:00 - 09:05
Baie des Anges I



 Opening words by Mark J. Millan, France, chair ECNP Workshop Committee

 

S.01
09:05 - 14:30
Baie des Anges I
Symposium
Molecular neuropsychopharmacology

chair: Mark J. Millan, United Kingdom
chair: David Nutt, United Kingdom

09:05 - 09:45Micro-RNA and psychiatric disorders
Sophie Mouillet-Richard, France
 
09:45 - 10:25Analysis of whole genome biomarker expression in blood and brain; peripheral biomarkers in psychiatric disorders
Marquis Vawter, United States
 
10:25 - 10:55Break

 
10:55 - 12:35Presentations by 5 young scientists

 
10:55 - 11:15Recruitment of the mTOR complex 1 by 5-HT6 receptors: potential role in the cognitive deficits of schizophrenia (P.1.008)
junior speaker: Julie Meffre, France
 
11:15 - 11:35Protein kinase C inhibition rescues manic-like behaviour and impairment of hippocampal cell proliferation induced by sleep deprivation (P.1.012)
junior speaker: Erika Abrial, France
 
11:35 - 11:55Selective methylation of brain derived neurotrophic factor gene promoter in bipolar disorder: differences between patients and controls (P.1.015)
junior speaker: Beatrice Benatti, Italy
 
11:55 - 12:15Sub-chronic phencyclidine alters GABAergic gene expression in rat frontal cortex: focus on tonic inhibition and its relevance to cognition (P.1.026)
junior speaker: James Glasper, United Kingdom
 
12:15 - 12:35Deep brain stimulation increases dopamine, serotonin and noradrenaline in the prefrontal cortex (P.1.001)
junior speaker: Addy van Dijk, Netherlands
 
12:35 - 13:05General discussion

 
 Lunch

 

S.02
14:30 - 18:30
Baie des Anges I
Symposium
Behavioural pharmacology

chair: Martien Kas, Netherlands
chair: Astrid C.E. Linthorst, United Kingdom

14:30 - 15:10Optogenetics in behaviour
Karl Deisseroth, United States
 
15:10 - 15:50Neuropeptide S and anxiety
David A. Slattery, Germany
 
15:50 - 16:20Break

 
16:20 - 18:00Presentations by 5 young scientists

 
16:20 - 16:40Alterations in nociceptive responding and prefrontal chemokine expression in a rat model of depression: effects of chronic amitriptyline (P.2.007)
junior speaker: Nikita Burke, Ireland
 
16:40 - 17:00Inhibition of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase cascade in corticolimbic structures: possible target to erase fear memories (P.2.003)
junior speaker: Milly Kritman, Israel
 
17:00 - 17:20Housing conditions affect memory performance and drug efficacy in the rat (P.2.020)
junior speaker: Sven Akkerman, Netherlands
 
17:20 - 17:40Differential effects of central oxytocin on social versus cued fear (P.2.001)
junior speaker: Toth, Iulia, Germany
 
17:40 - 18:00A novel rodent model of affective state-induced memory bias for psychiatry research and CNS drug safety (P.2.004)
junior speaker: Sarah Stuart, United Kingdom
 
18:00 - 18:30General discussion

 
P.01
18:30 - 20:30
Baie des Anges II
Poster sessions
Poster session 1