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29th CINP World
Congress 2014
Preliminary Scientific Programme |
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
PL-03
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Plenary Lecture
09:00 – 09:45
The importance of being an endocannabinoid
Raphael Mechoulam, Israel
S-11
e
Symposium
10:00 – 12:00
Topic: Bipolar disorder (A)
Track: Clinical
The potential of high-risk studies to inform early interven-
tion in bipolar disorder
Chair:
Philip Mitchell, Australia
Co-chair: John Nurnberger, USA
Use of genetic and clinical variables for clinical interven-
tion in subjects at risk for bipolar disorder
John Nurnberger, USA
The clinical trajectory into bipolar disorder: Targeting
early intervention in high-risk youth
Anne Duffy, Canada
What interventions can be used in high risk offspring? An
evidence map of currently available therapies, and their
potential for preventing disease onset or progression
Jan Scott, United Kingdom
Using brain imaging and genetics to identify those at high
risk for bipolar disorder
Philip Mitchell, Australia
S-12
e
Symposium
10:00 – 12:00
Topic: Schizophrenia (A)
Track: Translational
Targeting the endocannabinoid system to treat psychiatric
disorders: Clinical and pre-clinical evidence
Chair:
Elizabeth Scarr, Australia
Co-chair: Brian Dean, Australia
CB1 receptor imaging provides a model for evidence-
based treatment development in post-traumatic stress
disorder
Alexander Neumeister, USA
A homeostatic role for the endocannabinoid system in
schizophrenia
F. Markus Leweke, Germany
Cannabinoid receptors in the human CNS: Changes in
psychotic disorders
Brian Dean, Australia
What do CB1 knockout mice tell us about the endocan-
nabinoid system
Elizabeth Scarr, Australia
S-13
e
Symposium
10:00 – 12:00
Topic: Depression (A)
Track: Translational
The epigenetic embedding of early life stress in humans
and animal models
Chair:
Marco Andrea Riva, Italy
Co-chair: Moshe Szyf, Canada
Epigenetic signature of life adversities in utero and long-
term consequence for mental illness
Marco Andrea Riva, Italy
Early life stress and genome wide adaptation
Moshe Szyf, Canada
Activation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor: A possible
mediator of genome-wide changes in DNA-methylation
following early trauma
Elisabeth Binder, Germany
Prenatal exposure to a natural disaster and life long health
risks
Suzanne King, Canada
S-14
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Symposium
10:00 – 12:00
Topic: Attention deficit disorders (D)
Track: Translational
Prefrontal norepinephrine in arousal and executive function
Chair:
David Morilak, USA
Co-chair: Gary Aston-Jones, USA
Functional network effects of selective LC-NE stimulation
Gary Aston-Jones, USA
Monoaminergic regulation of impulsivity and gambling-
related decision-making
Catharine Winstanley, Canada
The dual role of norepinephrine in modulating cognitive
flexibility in prefrontal cortex: Acute facilitation and
chronic stress-induced attenuation
David Morilak, USA
Noradrenergic modulation of cognitive control and atten-
tion in rodents and humans; translational implications
Trevor Robbins, United Kingdom
