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