Saturday, June 7, 2025

Room H
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

Room A
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 event: Building resilience to sustain EDI efforts in neuroscience
19:00 - 21:00
Welcome Cocktail


Sunday, June 8, 2025

Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
Room E
Room F
Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 01: The intricate and charming cooperation between glial cells and neurons in neurodegeneration Symposium 02: Perinatal psychiatry meets immunology: From mechanisms to therapeutic frontiers Symposium 03: The Peripheral Nervous System as a dynamic window to central pain mechanisms Symposium 04: d-Serine amino acids at the heart of brain circuitries: What is going on? Symposium 05: Derangement in endocannabinoid trajectories during neurodevelopment: new targets, new perspectives Symposium 06: Signalling at the neuronal membrane: role of receptor cross-talk and extracellular environment
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break
Poster Session 1
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: Exploring the intersection of stress, fear, and emotion regulation: molecular, neural and behavioral insights Symposium 10: Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) in neuroscience: Addressing challenges, complexities, and overlooked factors Symposium 11: Neuroendocrine mechanisms and neuromodulation in non-traditional model species: monkeys, songbirds, zebrafish, and dromedary camels 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: Monoamines in brain function and dysfunction: Insights into epilepsy, addiction, and neurotoxicity Symposium 18: Metabolic individuality in brain disorders
16:45 - 17:15
Coffee Break​
Poster Session 2
17:15 - 18:15 Keynote Lecture 2
Margaret M. McCarthy
18:15 - 19:30 MNS General Assembly



Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 1
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 2
17:15 - 18:15
18:15 - 19:30






Room F
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 06: Signalling at the neuronal membrane: role of receptor cross-talk and extracellular environment
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: Metabolic individuality in brain disorders
16:45 - 17:15
Coffee Break​
17:15 - 18:15
18:15 - 19:30

Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 1
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 2
17:15 - 18:15
18:15 - 19:30


Monday, June 9, 2025

Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
Room E
Room F
Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 19: Peripheral biomarkers and protein aggregation in the prodromal phase of neurodegeneration Symposium 20: Endocannabinoid signaling dysregulation in CNS-related disorders Symposium 21: Practical translational approaches to improve women's mental health Symposium 22: Perturbations of Serotoninergic Circuitry: From Brain Development to Adult Behavior Symposium 23: Rethink about 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​​
Poster Session 3
11:15 - 13:00 Symposium 25: The role of the hippocampus in normal and pathological cognitive aging Symposium 26: Deciphering functional specificity of the cannabinoid type 1 receptor in the brain: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications 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: Mechanisms, therapeutics, and immune insights in chronic pain
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 06: Workshop on open-source tools for behavioral quantification
15:00 - 16:45 Symposium 31: Myelin pathophysiology and repair mechanisms in multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases Symposium 32: Sex differences in effects of environmental factors on indices of addiction and mental health Symposium 33: Neuroactive steroids and mental health: Widespread impact on cognition, neuroprotection, and neuropsychiatric disorders Symposium 34: Oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain: new roles and functions in health and pathology Symposium 35: The social wrap: do we need oligodendrocytes and myelin for social behaviour? Symposium 36: Mitochondrial homeostasis in neuronal physiology
16:45 - 17:15
Coffee Break​​​
Poster Session 4
17:15 - 18:15 Keynote Lecture 3
Giovanni Marsicano
20:00 - 23:00
Gala Dinner​



Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 3
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 4
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00
Gala Dinner​




Room D
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
15:00 - 16:45 Symposium 34: 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​

Room E
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 23: Rethink about 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
15:00 - 16:45 Symposium 35: 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​

Room F
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: Mechanisms, therapeutics, and immune insights in chronic pain
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45 Symposium 36: Mitochondrial homeostasis in neuronal physiology
16:45 - 17:15
Coffee Break​​​
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00
Gala Dinner​

Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 3
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 4
17:15 - 18:15
20:00 - 23:00
Gala Dinner​


Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Room A
Room B
Room C
Room D
Room E
Room F
Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 37: Environmental neurotoxicity: focus on contaminants in the Mediterranean Symposium 38: Molecular and Circuitry Insights into Cognitive Function and Therapeutic Advances in Neurodegenerative Disorders Symposium 39: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): new exciting findings. Shaping the Future of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): New Findings and Perspectives Symposium 40: Bridging Science and Practice: Advances in PTSD Research Across Translational and Clinical Frontiers Symposium 41: Impacts of environmental factors on the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction Symposium 42: Dopamine-driven maladaptive plasticity: from pathological traits to treatment targets
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break​​​​
Poster Session 5
11:15 - 13:00 Symposium 43: Decoding Neurodegeneration: Insights into mechanisms and emerging therapies Symposium 44: Advances in rTMS: targeting neuroplasticity and neural circuitry in addiction Symposium 45: Neuronal and Neuroglia Metabolism in Health and Disease Symposium 46: Developing olfaction: Cell types, circuits, and the effects of sensory experience Symposium 47: Ovarian hormones in brain plasticity, disease risk, and resilience: from single-cell multiomics to neuroimaging insights Symposium 48: Habenular function: From neurobiology to psychiatric implications
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​
14:00 - 15:00 Special Event 07: Getting published: An editor’s perspective Special Event 08: European Journal of Neuroscience Workshop Special Event 09: Women’s Brain-Healthy Aging, Hellenic Initiative for Women’s Brain Health: HIWOB, MENTOR Healthy Aging Institute
15:00 - 16:45 Symposium 49: Regulatory mechanisms in neural stem cells: Insights into brain physiology, aging, and glioblastoma dynamics Symposium 50: NMDA Receptors: A Classic focus with modern implications in neuropsychiatric disorders Symposium 51: What’s new from the bench: Classical and novel ion signaling pathways in the central nervous system Symposium 52: Unraveling ketamine's rapid antidepressant mechanisms: From neural circuits to clinical implications Symposium 53: Decoding pain: Mechanisms, modulators, and neural networks Symposium 54: Decoding neuroinflammatory pathways: A crossroad of neural development, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
16:45 - 17:15
Coffee Break​​​​​
Poster Session 6: Posters in Presence
17:15 - 18:15 Keynote Lecture 4
Panayiota Poirazi





Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 5
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 6: Posters in Presence
17:15 - 18:15







Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 5
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:15 Poster Session 6: Posters in Presence
17:15 - 18:15


Wednesday, June 11, 2025




Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 7
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00


Room B
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 56: New insights on therapeutic interventions for the management of chronic pain and comorbidities
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break​​​​​​
11:15 - 13:00 Symposium 62: 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



Room E
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 59: Regulation of neuronal function by astroglia-enriched synaptic environment in health and disease
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break​​​​​​
11:15 - 13:00 Oral Communications 1
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

Room F
9:00 - 10:45 Symposium 60: The relaxin3 neuropeptidergic system and modulation of cognition and pain
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break​​​​​​
11:15 - 13:00 Oral Communications 2
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00

Poster Area
9:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:15 Poster Session 7
11:15 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break​​​
14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 16:00


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