12th INTERNATIONAL MEETING
STEROIDS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
February 24-27, 2024
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF STEROIDOGENESIS AND
STEROID EFFECTS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Saturday February 24 - Torino
Organizers: Garcia-Segura L.M. (Spain), Melcangi R.C. (Italy)
Rainer Rupprecht (Germany) TSPO as diagnostic and therapeutic target in the nervous system
Eleonora Da Pozzo (Italy) Steroidogenic traslocator protein (TSPO) and inflammation of human microglial cells
Vincent Prevot (France) Age-related loss of GnRH expression and rhythmic release in cognitive disorders: a role for minipuberty?
Thérèse Di Paolo (Canada) Effect of 5alpha-reductase inhibitors in animal models of Parkinson's disease
George Barreto (Ireland) Unraveling the mechanisms of neuroprotection by tibolone: Now and Beyond
Elisabeth Traiffort (France) The androgen receptor: An unexpected pharmacological target in the demyelinated central nervous system of females
Erika Comasco (Sweeden) Progesterone receptor modulation: effects on the brain and mood
Luis Miguel Garcia-Segura (Spain) An overview of selective estrogen receptor modulators as neuroprotectants
Jonathan Hirst (Australia) Neurosteroid analogue therapy after preterm birth and major stresses in pregnancy
Katharina Gapp (Switzerland) A novel tool to combat stress signatures in vitro and in vivo
12th INTERNATIONAL MEETING
STEROIDS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
Organizers: Giatti S. (Italy), Gotti S. (Italy), Melcangi R.C. (Italy)
Saturday February 24
SYMPOSIUM - STEROIDS AND THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS
Silvia Diviccaro (Italy) Gut-Microbes-Brain communication: focus on gut steroids in physiopathological conditions.
Marc Tetel (USA) Estrogens and the gut microbiome
Chris Lowry (USA) Microbiome-gut-brain axis signaling and PTSD: Implications for prevention and treatment
Niklas Blank (USA) The enteric nervous system relays psychological stress to intestinal inflammation
PLENARY LECTURE
Marc Claret (Spain) Multifaceted mitochondria in hypothalamic neurons
Sunday February 25
SYMPOSIUM - PLACENTAL STEROIDS AND NEURODEVELOPMENT
Anna Penn (USA) Introduction to placental steroids and neurodevelopment
Claire-Marie Vacher (USA) Novel mouse model targeting placental allopregnanolone alters neurodevelopment in a sex- and region-dependent manner
Alex Tsompanidis (UK) Sex differences in the placenta and their link to autism likelihood and neurodevelopment
Morgan Firestein (USA) Prenatal maternal steroid levels as mechanisms underlying the associations between maternal metabolic conditions and child neurodevelopment
PLENARY LECTURE
Liisa Galea (Canada) Game of Hormones: Why Sex Matters for Neuroscience
SYMPOSIUM - HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE BRAIN: A FOCUS ON RODENT MODELS
Jesse M. Lacasse (Canada) Hormonal contraceptives and the developing brain: Evidence from animal models
Patrizia Porcu (Italy) How hormonal contraceptives shape brain and behavior: evidence from rodent models
Ami P. Raval (USA) Simultaneous nicotine and oral contraceptive exposure alters brain energy metabolism and exacerbates ischemic stroke injury in female rats
Nafissa Ismail (Canada) Understanding the effects of oral contraceptives on the adolescent and adult female brain
Minisymposium - EXPLORING ENZYMATIC ABERRANCIES IN THE STEROIDOMIC TREE. IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY
Martin Hill (Czech Republic) Steroidomics in men with schizophrenia
Filip Španiel (Czech Republic) Enzymatic changes in steroidomic pathways and neuroimaging correlates in men with schizophrenia
Renáta Androvičová (Czech Republic) Sexual perception in patients with schizophrenia: links to hormonal milieu
Monday February 26
SYMPOSIUM - STRESS AND SEX EFFECTS ON COGNITION, PAIN AND RELATED-PATHOLOGIES
Debra Bangasser (USA) Early life adversity causes sex- and reinforcer-specific effects
Rebecca Shansky (USA) The influence of sex-dependent pain processing in Pavlovian fear conditioning
Christina Dalla (Greece) GPER1 receptor as a pharmacological target for depression and anxiety: rapid effects on male and female rats?
Ioannis Sotiropoulos (Greece) Chronic stress and exosomes as key players in Alzheimer’s disease progression and diagnosis
Young investigator symposium (to be defined)
SYMPOSIUM - A TRIBUTE TO MARY DALLMAN: THE ENDURING EFFECTS OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS
Victor Viau (Canada) Corticosteroid-binding globulin (SERPINA6) shapes the development and sexual dimorphism of the rat adrenal gland and liver
Claire-Dominique Walker (Canada) Glucocorticoids, early stress and emotional regulation in development
James Herman (USA) Glucocorticoid receptor signaling, stress susceptibility and stress resistance
Seema Bhatnagar (USA) Behavioral and physiological consequences of glucocorticoid receptor regulation of the sphingosine-1-phosphate 3 receptor
Minisymposium - GLUCOCORTICOID EXCESS: SHORT- AND LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES
Nikolaos P Daskalakis (USA) Dissecting the brain glucocorticoid signaling involvement in PTSD and MDD using single cell genomics
Alberto M Pereira Aria (The Netherlands) Neurocognitive and pychiatric effects in patients with Cushing's syndrome.
Elena Valassi (Spain) Long-term effects of glucocorticoids on quality of life and survival in patients with Cushing’s syndrome
Tuesday February 27
SYMPOSIUM - CIRCUIT MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SEX STEROID ACTION IN THE BRAIN
Luke Remage-Healey (USA) Cell-type specific regulation of auditory function by neuroestrogens
Susana Lima (Portugal) In the mood for sex: hormonal regulation of female sexual receptivity
Pablo Méndez (Spain) Genetic and gonadal determination of sex hormone regulation of synaptic inhibition and hippocampal function
Catherine Christian-Hinman (USA) Impacts of epilepsy on neural and pituitary circuits regulating reproductive endocrine function
PLENARY LECTURE
Charlotte Cornil (Belgium) Role of neuroestrogens in social behavior from birds to mammals
POSTER DISCUSSION
SYMPOSIUM - GENDER-AFFIRMING TREATMENT FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE: SEX, GENDER IDENTITY AND SEX HORMONES EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN
Ivanka Savic (Sweeden) Gender incongruence and body image perception
Philippa Hüpen (Germany) Brain functional correlates of gender-specific voice processing in transgender individuals in the course of gender-affirming hormonal treatment
Antonio Guillamón (Spain) Cerebral effects of gender-affirming hormone treatments in transgender individuals
Sarah Burke (The Netherlands) Brain sex and gendered brains - studies in youth with gender incongruence