Program

Saturday, June 7, 2025

	Hall I	Main Hall
9:00 - 16:00	5th Symposium on Nutrition for the Ageing Brain
16:00 - 16:30		Opening Ceremony
16:30 - 17:30		Keynote Lecture 1 Shubha Tole
17:30 - 19:00		ALBA Network-IBRO Keynote: Building resilience to sustain EDI efforts in neuroscience
19:00 - 21:00	Welcome Cocktail

	Hall I	Main Hall
9:00 - 16:00	5th Symposium on Nutrition for the Ageing Brain
16:00 - 16:30		Opening Ceremony
16:30 - 17:30		Keynote Lecture 1 Shubha Tole
17:30 - 19:00		ALBA Network-IBRO Keynote: Building resilience to sustain EDI efforts in neuroscience
19:00 - 21:00	Welcome Cocktail

	Hall I
9:00 - 16:00	5th Symposium on Nutrition for the Ageing Brain
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 19:00
19:00 - 21:00	Welcome Cocktail

	Main Hall
9:00 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30	Opening Ceremony
16:30 - 17:30	Keynote Lecture 1 Shubha Tole
17:30 - 19:00	ALBA Network-IBRO Keynote: Building resilience to sustain EDI efforts in neuroscience
19:00 - 21:00	Welcome Cocktail

Sunday, June 8, 2025

	Main Hall	Hall I	Hall II	Hall III	Hall IV	Athina Hall	Poster Area
8:30 - 19:30							Poster Session 1: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 01: Perinatal psychiatry meets immunology: From mechanisms to therapeutic frontiers	Symposium 02: The intricate and charming cooperation between glial cells and neurons in neurodegeneration	Symposium 03: Derangement in endocannabinoid trajectories during neurodevelopment: new targets, new perspectives	Symposium 04: Signalling at the neuronal membrane: role of receptor cross-talk and extracellular environment	Symposium 05: The Peripheral Nervous System as a dynamic window to central pain mechanisms	Symposium 06: d-Serine amino acids at the heart of brain circuitries: What is going on?
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 07: Preclinical dissection of psychedelic mechanisms of action in anxiety -and depression- like behaviors	Symposium 08: Neurobiological mechanisms of excessive consumption of natural and drug rewards	Symposium 09: Neuroendocrine mechanisms and neuromodulation in non-traditional model species: monkeys, songbirds, zebrafish, and dromedary camels	Symposium 10: Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in neuroscience: Addressing challenges, complexities, and overlooked factors	Symposium 11: Exploring the intersection of stress, fear, and emotion regulation: molecular, neural and behavioral insights	Symposium 12: Proteostasis-regulating mechanisms at the cellular and organismal levels
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 01: Navigating Stress, Gender, and Cultural diversities: Building Inclusive Careers in Neuroscience	Special Event 02: Teaching session: EMN-Online master presentation	Special Event 03: From Vision to Reality: Direct real time imaging biological events in real time and augmented by machine learning analysis
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 13: Lifetime stress and brain pathology in cognitive disorders and dementia: from target identification to novel pharmacological strategies	Symposium 14: Microglia and drugs of abuse: Structural, functional, and behavioral implications	Symposium 15: Unravelling the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders for better pharmacological treatments	Symposium 16: What’s new on cerebral processing of multisensory input: From self-motion perception to action	Symposium 17: What’s new from the bench: Classical and novel ion signaling pathways in the central nervous system	Symposium 18: Neural Control of Eating Behavior: From Brain Circuits to Innovative Therapies for Obesity and Eating Disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 2 Margaret M. McCarthy
18:30 - 19:30						Workshop: Map train your brain & Stay fit for life!

	Main Hall	Hall I
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 01: Perinatal psychiatry meets immunology: From mechanisms to therapeutic frontiers	Symposium 02: The intricate and charming cooperation between glial cells and neurons in neurodegeneration
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 07: Preclinical dissection of psychedelic mechanisms of action in anxiety -and depression- like behaviors	Symposium 08: Neurobiological mechanisms of excessive consumption of natural and drug rewards
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 01: Navigating Stress, Gender, and Cultural diversities: Building Inclusive Careers in Neuroscience	Special Event 02: Teaching session: EMN-Online master presentation
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 13: Lifetime stress and brain pathology in cognitive disorders and dementia: from target identification to novel pharmacological strategies	Symposium 14: Microglia and drugs of abuse: Structural, functional, and behavioral implications
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 2 Margaret M. McCarthy
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall II	Hall III
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 03: Derangement in endocannabinoid trajectories during neurodevelopment: new targets, new perspectives	Symposium 04: Signalling at the neuronal membrane: role of receptor cross-talk and extracellular environment
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 09: Neuroendocrine mechanisms and neuromodulation in non-traditional model species: monkeys, songbirds, zebrafish, and dromedary camels	Symposium 10: Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in neuroscience: Addressing challenges, complexities, and overlooked factors
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 03: From Vision to Reality: Direct real time imaging biological events in real time and augmented by machine learning analysis
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 15: Unravelling the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders for better pharmacological treatments	Symposium 16: What’s new on cerebral processing of multisensory input: From self-motion perception to action
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall IV	Athina Hall
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 05: The Peripheral Nervous System as a dynamic window to central pain mechanisms	Symposium 06: d-Serine amino acids at the heart of brain circuitries: What is going on?
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 11: Exploring the intersection of stress, fear, and emotion regulation: molecular, neural and behavioral insights	Symposium 12: Proteostasis-regulating mechanisms at the cellular and organismal levels
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 17: What’s new from the bench: Classical and novel ion signaling pathways in the central nervous system	Symposium 18: Neural Control of Eating Behavior: From Brain Circuits to Innovative Therapies for Obesity and Eating Disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30		Workshop: Map train your brain & Stay fit for life!

	Poster Area
8:30 - 19:30	Poster Session 1: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Main Hall
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 01: Perinatal psychiatry meets immunology: From mechanisms to therapeutic frontiers
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 07: Preclinical dissection of psychedelic mechanisms of action in anxiety -and depression- like behaviors
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 01: Navigating Stress, Gender, and Cultural diversities: Building Inclusive Careers in Neuroscience
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 13: Lifetime stress and brain pathology in cognitive disorders and dementia: from target identification to novel pharmacological strategies
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 2 Margaret M. McCarthy
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall I
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 02: The intricate and charming cooperation between glial cells and neurons in neurodegeneration
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 08: Neurobiological mechanisms of excessive consumption of natural and drug rewards
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 02: Teaching session: EMN-Online master presentation
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 14: Microglia and drugs of abuse: Structural, functional, and behavioral implications
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall II
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 03: Derangement in endocannabinoid trajectories during neurodevelopment: new targets, new perspectives
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 09: Neuroendocrine mechanisms and neuromodulation in non-traditional model species: monkeys, songbirds, zebrafish, and dromedary camels
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 03: From Vision to Reality: Direct real time imaging biological events in real time and augmented by machine learning analysis
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 15: Unravelling the molecular mechanisms involved in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders for better pharmacological treatments
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall III
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 04: Signalling at the neuronal membrane: role of receptor cross-talk and extracellular environment
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 10: Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in neuroscience: Addressing challenges, complexities, and overlooked factors
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 16: What’s new on cerebral processing of multisensory input: From self-motion perception to action
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall IV
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 05: The Peripheral Nervous System as a dynamic window to central pain mechanisms
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 11: Exploring the intersection of stress, fear, and emotion regulation: molecular, neural and behavioral insights
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 17: What’s new from the bench: Classical and novel ion signaling pathways in the central nervous system
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Athina Hall
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 06: d-Serine amino acids at the heart of brain circuitries: What is going on?
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 12: Proteostasis-regulating mechanisms at the cellular and organismal levels
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 18: Neural Control of Eating Behavior: From Brain Circuits to Innovative Therapies for Obesity and Eating Disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30	Workshop: Map train your brain & Stay fit for life!

	Poster Area
8:30 - 19:30	Poster Session 1: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

Monday, June 9, 2025

	Main Hall	Hall I	Hall II	Hall III	Hall IV	Athina Hall	Poster Area
8:30 - 18:15							Poster Session 2: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 19: Practical translational approaches to improve women's mental health	Symposium 20: Myelin pathophysiology and repair mechanisms in multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases	Symposium 21: Peripheral biomarkers and protein aggregation in the prodromal phase of neurodegeneration	Symposium 22: Perturbations of Serotoninergic Circuitry: From Brain Development to Adult Behavior	Symposium 23: Rethinking the role of the external globus pallidus in basal ganglia functions	Symposium 24: When neuronal firing fails: Epilepsy and its neurobiological consequences
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 25: The role of the hippocampus in normal and pathological cognitive aging	Symposium 26: Challenges and benefits in promoting adult neurogenesis and central myelination: State of the art with natural compounds and chemically-designed small molecules	Symposium 27: Neurobiology of stress across the lifespan: From resilience to transmission	Symposium 28: Neural correlates of perceptual decision-making	Symposium 29: More than neurons: key roles of glial cells in CNS and PNS	Symposium 30: Deciphering functional specificity of the cannabinoid type 1 receptor in the brain: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 04: How should the neuroscience community deal with pressure to reduce the use of animals in research?	Special Event 05: Improving the role of Community Pharmacists to deliver advanced pharmaceutical care in neuropsychiatric disorders through innovative educational programs		Special Event 07: European Journal of Neuroscience Workshop
14:00 - 16:45			Special Event 06: Workshop on open-source tools for behavioral quantification
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 31: Neuroactive steroids and mental health: Widespread impact on cognition, neuroprotection, and neuropsychiatric disorders	Symposium 32: Endocannabinoid signaling dysregulation in CNS-related disorders		Symposium 33: Oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain: new roles and functions in health and pathology	Symposium 34: The social wrap: do we need oligodendrocytes and myelin for social behaviour?	Symposium 35: Mitochondrial homeostasis in neuronal physiology
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 3 Giovanni Marsicano
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Main Hall	Hall I
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 19: Practical translational approaches to improve women's mental health	Symposium 20: Myelin pathophysiology and repair mechanisms in multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 25: The role of the hippocampus in normal and pathological cognitive aging	Symposium 26: Challenges and benefits in promoting adult neurogenesis and central myelination: State of the art with natural compounds and chemically-designed small molecules
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 04: How should the neuroscience community deal with pressure to reduce the use of animals in research?	Special Event 05: Improving the role of Community Pharmacists to deliver advanced pharmaceutical care in neuropsychiatric disorders through innovative educational programs
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 31: Neuroactive steroids and mental health: Widespread impact on cognition, neuroprotection, and neuropsychiatric disorders	Symposium 32: Endocannabinoid signaling dysregulation in CNS-related disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 3 Giovanni Marsicano
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Hall II	Hall III
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 21: Peripheral biomarkers and protein aggregation in the prodromal phase of neurodegeneration	Symposium 22: Perturbations of Serotoninergic Circuitry: From Brain Development to Adult Behavior
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 27: Neurobiology of stress across the lifespan: From resilience to transmission	Symposium 28: Neural correlates of perceptual decision-making
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00		Special Event 07: European Journal of Neuroscience Workshop
14:00 - 16:45	Special Event 06: Workshop on open-source tools for behavioral quantification
15:00 - 16:45		Symposium 33: Oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain: new roles and functions in health and pathology
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Hall IV	Athina Hall
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 23: Rethinking the role of the external globus pallidus in basal ganglia functions	Symposium 24: When neuronal firing fails: Epilepsy and its neurobiological consequences
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 29: More than neurons: key roles of glial cells in CNS and PNS	Symposium 30: Deciphering functional specificity of the cannabinoid type 1 receptor in the brain: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 34: The social wrap: do we need oligodendrocytes and myelin for social behaviour?	Symposium 35: Mitochondrial homeostasis in neuronal physiology
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Poster Area
8:30 - 18:15	Poster Session 2: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Main Hall
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 19: Practical translational approaches to improve women's mental health
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 25: The role of the hippocampus in normal and pathological cognitive aging
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 04: How should the neuroscience community deal with pressure to reduce the use of animals in research?
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 31: Neuroactive steroids and mental health: Widespread impact on cognition, neuroprotection, and neuropsychiatric disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 3 Giovanni Marsicano
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Hall I
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 20: Myelin pathophysiology and repair mechanisms in multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 26: Challenges and benefits in promoting adult neurogenesis and central myelination: State of the art with natural compounds and chemically-designed small molecules
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 05: Improving the role of Community Pharmacists to deliver advanced pharmaceutical care in neuropsychiatric disorders through innovative educational programs
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 32: Endocannabinoid signaling dysregulation in CNS-related disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Hall II
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 21: Peripheral biomarkers and protein aggregation in the prodromal phase of neurodegeneration
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 27: Neurobiology of stress across the lifespan: From resilience to transmission
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
14:00 - 16:45	Special Event 06: Workshop on open-source tools for behavioral quantification
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Hall III
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 22: Perturbations of Serotoninergic Circuitry: From Brain Development to Adult Behavior
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 28: Neural correlates of perceptual decision-making
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 07: European Journal of Neuroscience Workshop
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 33: Oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain: new roles and functions in health and pathology
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Hall IV
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 23: Rethinking the role of the external globus pallidus in basal ganglia functions
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 29: More than neurons: key roles of glial cells in CNS and PNS
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 34: The social wrap: do we need oligodendrocytes and myelin for social behaviour?
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Athina Hall
8:30 - 18:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 24: When neuronal firing fails: Epilepsy and its neurobiological consequences
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 30: Deciphering functional specificity of the cannabinoid type 1 receptor in the brain: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 35: Mitochondrial homeostasis in neuronal physiology
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

	Poster Area
8:30 - 18:15	Poster Session 2: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
14:00 - 16:45
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00	Gala Dinner

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

	Main Hall	Hall I	Hall II	Hall III	Hall IV	Athina Hall	Poster Area
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30							Poster Session 3: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 36: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): new exciting findings. Shaping the Future of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): New Findings and Perspectives	Symposium 37: Dopamine-driven maladaptive plasticity: from pathological traits to treatment targets	Symposium 38: Environmental neurotoxicity: focus on contaminants in the Mediterranean	Symposium 39: Bridging Science and Practice: Advances in PTSD Research Across Translational and Clinical Frontiers	Symposium 40: Impacts of environmental factors on the neuroendocrine regulation of biological rhythms	Symposium 41: Molecular and Circuitry Insights into Cognitive Function and Therapeutic Advances in Neurodegenerative Disorders
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 42: Neuronal and Neuroglia Metabolism in Health and Disease	Symposium 43: Developing olfaction: Cell types, circuits, and the effects of sensory experience	Symposium 44: Decoding Neurodegeneration: Insights into mechanisms and emerging therapies	Symposium 45: Advances in rTMS: targeting neuroplasticity and neural circuitry in addiction	Symposium 46: Ovarian hormones in brain plasticity, disease risk, and resilience: from single-cell multiomics to neuroimaging insights	Symposium 47: Habenular function: From neurobiology to psychiatric implications
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 08: Women’s Brain-Healthy Aging, Hellenic Initiative for Women’s Brain Health: HIWOB, MENTOR Healthy Aging Institute	Special Event 09: Getting published: An editor’s perspective
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 48: Sex differences in effects of environmental factors on indices of addiction and mental health	Symposium 49: Decoding pain: Mechanisms, modulators, and neural networks	Symposium 50: NMDA Receptors: A Classic focus with modern implications in neuropsychiatric disorders	Symposium 51: Monoamines in brain function and dysfunction: Insights into epilepsy, addiction, and neurotoxicity	Symposium 52: Unraveling ketamine's rapid antidepressant mechanisms: From neural circuits to clinical implications	Symposium 53: Metabolic individuality in brain disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 4 Panayiota Poirazi
18:30 - 19:30	MNS General Assembly

	Main Hall	Hall I
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 36: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): new exciting findings. Shaping the Future of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): New Findings and Perspectives	Symposium 37: Dopamine-driven maladaptive plasticity: from pathological traits to treatment targets
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 42: Neuronal and Neuroglia Metabolism in Health and Disease	Symposium 43: Developing olfaction: Cell types, circuits, and the effects of sensory experience
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 08: Women’s Brain-Healthy Aging, Hellenic Initiative for Women’s Brain Health: HIWOB, MENTOR Healthy Aging Institute	Special Event 09: Getting published: An editor’s perspective
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 48: Sex differences in effects of environmental factors on indices of addiction and mental health	Symposium 49: Decoding pain: Mechanisms, modulators, and neural networks
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 4 Panayiota Poirazi
18:30 - 19:30	MNS General Assembly

	Hall II	Hall III
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 38: Environmental neurotoxicity: focus on contaminants in the Mediterranean	Symposium 39: Bridging Science and Practice: Advances in PTSD Research Across Translational and Clinical Frontiers
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 44: Decoding Neurodegeneration: Insights into mechanisms and emerging therapies	Symposium 45: Advances in rTMS: targeting neuroplasticity and neural circuitry in addiction
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 50: NMDA Receptors: A Classic focus with modern implications in neuropsychiatric disorders	Symposium 51: Monoamines in brain function and dysfunction: Insights into epilepsy, addiction, and neurotoxicity
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall IV	Athina Hall
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 40: Impacts of environmental factors on the neuroendocrine regulation of biological rhythms	Symposium 41: Molecular and Circuitry Insights into Cognitive Function and Therapeutic Advances in Neurodegenerative Disorders
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 46: Ovarian hormones in brain plasticity, disease risk, and resilience: from single-cell multiomics to neuroimaging insights	Symposium 47: Habenular function: From neurobiology to psychiatric implications
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 52: Unraveling ketamine's rapid antidepressant mechanisms: From neural circuits to clinical implications	Symposium 53: Metabolic individuality in brain disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Poster Area
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30	Poster Session 3: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Main Hall
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 36: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): new exciting findings. Shaping the Future of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): New Findings and Perspectives
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 42: Neuronal and Neuroglia Metabolism in Health and Disease
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 08: Women’s Brain-Healthy Aging, Hellenic Initiative for Women’s Brain Health: HIWOB, MENTOR Healthy Aging Institute
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 48: Sex differences in effects of environmental factors on indices of addiction and mental health
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture 4 Panayiota Poirazi
18:30 - 19:30	MNS General Assembly

	Hall I
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 37: Dopamine-driven maladaptive plasticity: from pathological traits to treatment targets
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 43: Developing olfaction: Cell types, circuits, and the effects of sensory experience
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Special Event 09: Getting published: An editor’s perspective
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 49: Decoding pain: Mechanisms, modulators, and neural networks
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall II
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 38: Environmental neurotoxicity: focus on contaminants in the Mediterranean
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 44: Decoding Neurodegeneration: Insights into mechanisms and emerging therapies
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 50: NMDA Receptors: A Classic focus with modern implications in neuropsychiatric disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall III
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 39: Bridging Science and Practice: Advances in PTSD Research Across Translational and Clinical Frontiers
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 45: Advances in rTMS: targeting neuroplasticity and neural circuitry in addiction
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 51: Monoamines in brain function and dysfunction: Insights into epilepsy, addiction, and neurotoxicity
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Hall IV
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 40: Impacts of environmental factors on the neuroendocrine regulation of biological rhythms
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 46: Ovarian hormones in brain plasticity, disease risk, and resilience: from single-cell multiomics to neuroimaging insights
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 52: Unraveling ketamine's rapid antidepressant mechanisms: From neural circuits to clinical implications
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Athina Hall
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 41: Molecular and Circuitry Insights into Cognitive Function and Therapeutic Advances in Neurodegenerative Disorders
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 47: Habenular function: From neurobiology to psychiatric implications
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45	Symposium 53: Metabolic individuality in brain disorders
16:45 - 17:15	Coffee Break
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

	Poster Area
8:00 - 20:00	Online MNS Election
8:30 - 19:30	Poster Session 3: 10:45 - 11:15 & 16:45 - 17:15
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 18:15
18:30 - 19:30

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

	Main Hall	Hall I	Hall II	Hall III	Hall IV	Athina Hall
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 54: Regulation of neuronal function by astroglia-enriched synaptic environment in health and disease	Symposium 55: The relaxin3 neuropeptidergic system and modulation of cognition and pain	Symposium 56: Genetic and environmental influences on the developing young brain and risk for neuropsychiatric disorders: from synapse to behavior	Symposium 57: Central integration of environmental cues regulating energy and glucose metabolism	Oral Communications 1	Oral Communications 2
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 58: Challenges and Opportunities in Neuroscience in the Mediterranean area - Career Development Round Table	Symposium 59: Decoding cholinergic signals in the brain: New technologies and behavioral insights	Symposium 60: Approaches to facilitate causative therapies of neurodegenerative diseases	Symposium 61: Regulatory mechanisms in neural stem cells: Insights into brain physiology, aging, and glioblastoma dynamics	Symposium 62: Common ground and deviations in neurodegenerative diseases	Symposium 63: Mechanisms, therapeutics, and immune insights in chronic pain
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Book Presentation: A river divided George Paxinos
15:00 - 16:00	Awards & Conclusion

	Main Hall	Hall I
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 54: Regulation of neuronal function by astroglia-enriched synaptic environment in health and disease	Symposium 55: The relaxin3 neuropeptidergic system and modulation of cognition and pain
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 58: Challenges and Opportunities in Neuroscience in the Mediterranean area - Career Development Round Table	Symposium 59: Decoding cholinergic signals in the brain: New technologies and behavioral insights
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Book Presentation: A river divided George Paxinos
15:00 - 16:00	Awards & Conclusion

	Hall II	Hall III
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 56: Genetic and environmental influences on the developing young brain and risk for neuropsychiatric disorders: from synapse to behavior	Symposium 57: Central integration of environmental cues regulating energy and glucose metabolism
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 60: Approaches to facilitate causative therapies of neurodegenerative diseases	Symposium 61: Regulatory mechanisms in neural stem cells: Insights into brain physiology, aging, and glioblastoma dynamics
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

	Hall IV	Athina Hall
9:00 - 10:45	Oral Communications 1	Oral Communications 2
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 62: Common ground and deviations in neurodegenerative diseases	Symposium 63: Mechanisms, therapeutics, and immune insights in chronic pain
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

	Main Hall
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 54: Regulation of neuronal function by astroglia-enriched synaptic environment in health and disease
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 58: Challenges and Opportunities in Neuroscience in the Mediterranean area - Career Development Round Table
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Book Presentation: A river divided George Paxinos
15:00 - 16:00	Awards & Conclusion

	Hall I
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 55: The relaxin3 neuropeptidergic system and modulation of cognition and pain
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 59: Decoding cholinergic signals in the brain: New technologies and behavioral insights
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

	Hall II
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 56: Genetic and environmental influences on the developing young brain and risk for neuropsychiatric disorders: from synapse to behavior
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 60: Approaches to facilitate causative therapies of neurodegenerative diseases
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

	Hall III
9:00 - 10:45	Symposium 57: Central integration of environmental cues regulating energy and glucose metabolism
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 61: Regulatory mechanisms in neural stem cells: Insights into brain physiology, aging, and glioblastoma dynamics
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

	Hall IV
9:00 - 10:45	Oral Communications 1
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 62: Common ground and deviations in neurodegenerative diseases
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

	Athina Hall
9:00 - 10:45	Oral Communications 2
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 - 13:00	Symposium 63: Mechanisms, therapeutics, and immune insights in chronic pain
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

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