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Wednesday, 24 January 2024
HUNDOC
Thursday, 25 January 2024
08:30 - 18:30 REGISTRATION
09:30 - 09:40 OPENING REMARKS
09:40 - 10:00 PLENARY LECTURE: THE HUNGARIAN NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY 30 YEARS AGO.
László Lénárd
Emeritus professor, Institute of Physiology, Pécs University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
10:00 - 12:00 Symposium I. Neuroscience and Philosophy
CHAIRS:
János Boros (Professor, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development, University of Pécs, Pécs)
György Buzsáki (Professor, Neuroscience Institute, School of Medicine, New York University, New York)
10:00 - 10:25 WAYS TO THINK ABOUT THE BRAIN: EMERGENCE OF COGNITION FROM ACTION
György Buzsáki PhD
Professor, Neuroscience Institute, New York University, School of Medicine, NY
10:25 - 10:50 WHAT NEUROBIOLOGY TEACHES US ABOUT MORALITY
Patricia Churchland
Professor, University of California, San Diego
10:50 - 11:15 WHAT DOES A THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS NEED TO EXPLAIN
Christof Koch, PhD
Meritorious Investigator, Allen Institute, Seattle;
Chief Scientist, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, Santa Monica
11:15 - 11:40 OUR FOUR REALMS OF EXISTENCE
Joseph LeDoux
Director, The Emotional Brain Institute, NYU;
Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, NYU;
Professor of Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Langone
11:40 - 11:50 THE MIND IN THE BRAIN FROM INSIDE OUT
Reflections on György Buzsáki, The Brain from inside out, Oxford University Press, 2019.
János Boros
Professor, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Education and Regional Development, University of Pécs, Pécs
11:50 - 12:00 Discussion
12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
12:00 - 14:00 POSTER SESSION I.
14:00 - 15:45 Symposium II. Preclinical examination of autism spectrum disorder
CHAIRS:
Kristóf László (Associate Professor, Institute of Physiology, Medical School and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs, Pécs)
Attila Tóth (Senior Lecturer, Institute of Physiology, Medical School and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs, Pécs)
14:00 - 14:25 A FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORK APPROACH TO STUDY VALPROIC ACID CAUSED AUTISM IN RODENTS AND THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE MODEL SPECIES IN AUTISM RESEARCH
Gergely Zachar
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
14:25 - 14:50 FUNCTIONAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS OF STRIATAL NEURONS IN THE AUTISM-RELATED MODEL
Jan Bakos
Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava;
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences
14:50 - 15:15 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MICROBIOME
Kitti Mintál
Institute of Physiology, Medical School, University of Pécs;
Medical and Engineering Multidisciplinary Cellular Bioimpedance Research Group, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs
15:15 - 15:40 THE INTRAAMYDALOID OXYTOCIN AMELIORATES SOME AUTISTIC-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN VALPROATE-INDUCED AUTISM RODENT MODEL
Kristóf László
Institute of Physiology, University of Pécs, Medical School, Pécs, Hungary;
Neuropeptides, cognition, animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders research group, Institute of Physiology, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;
Neuroscience Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
15:45 - 16:15 COFFEE BREAK
16:15 - 17:45 Symposium III. Molecular Biology of Stress Disorders
CHAIR:
Zsuzsanna Tóth (Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest)
16:15 - 16:40 DOPAMINE AND STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS: TRANSLATION FROM STUDIES IN NEONATES TO SEARCHING THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN ANIMAL MODELS
Daniela Jezova
Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
16:40 - 17:05 BRAIN AREA-SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN EFFECTS OF EARLY LIFE ADVERSITY AND CHRONIC VARIABLE MILD STRESS IN THE THREE HIT MODEL OF DEPRESSION
Balázs Gaszner
Department of Anatomy and Research Group for Mood Disorders, Center for Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Pécs
17:05 - 17:30 NEUROMODULATORS IN STRESS DISORDERS: EMERGENCE OF PROLACTIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE
Zsuzsanna E. Tóth
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
17:30 - 17:45 STRESS RELATED METABOLIC CHANGES, IMPLICATION IN STRESS DISORDERS
Dániel Kuti
Laboratory of Molecular Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, HUN-REN, Budapest, Hungary
17:45 - 18:30 PLENARY LECTURE: EVOLUTION OF THALAMOCORTICAL DEVELOPMENT
Zoltán Molnár
Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
19:15 - 23:00 GALA DINNER (Medical School Aula, University of Pécs)
Friday, 26 January 2024
08:30 - 17:45 REGISTRATION
08:50 - 09:00 OPENING REMARKS
09:00 - 09:45 PLENARY LECTURE: TRANSLATION FROM MAN TO ANIMAL IN MIGRAINE - Buzsáki Lecture
Jes Olesen (Brain Prize in 2021)
Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
09:45 - 11:15 Symposium IV. Functional investigations in human brain sample
Co-organized by HCEMM Nonprofit Kft.
CHAIRS:
Viktor Szegedi (Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Szeged, Szeged)
Gábor Molnár (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Szeged, Szeged)
09:45 - 10:05 DIFFERENCES IN ACTIONS OF NMDA RECEPTOR MEDIATED NEOCORTICAL ASTROCYTE-NEURON COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MICE AND HUMANS
Balázs Pál
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary;
Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
10:05 - 10:30 FROM VIRAL INJECTION TO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND IMAGING WITHIN 24 HOURS USING SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS
Albert Gidon
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charite, NeuroCure, Germany
10:30 - 10:50 ROLE OF EXCITATORY AND INHIBITORY CIRCUITS IN THE GENERATION OF SYNCHRONIES EMERGING IN THE HUMAN NEOCORTEX, IN VITRO
Lucia Wittner
Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
10:50 - 11:15 MODULATION OF GIANT DEPOLARIZING POTENTIALS (GDPS) IN HUMAN LARGE BASKET CELLS BY NOREPINEPHRINE AND ACETYLCHOLINE
Dirk Feldmeyer
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
11:15 - 11:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:45 - 13:15 Symposium V. Information processing in the early visual system; retina and retinorecipient brain centers
CHAIRS:
Béla Völgyi (Professor, Institute of Biology, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs)
Ildikó Telkes (Institute of Physiology, Medical School and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Pécs, Pécs)
Tamás Kovács-Öller (Research Fellow, Institute of Biology, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs)
11:45 - 11:50 Introduction
11:50 - 12:10 THE DARK SIDE OF VISION: DETECTION OF SINGLE PHOTONS FROM THE RETINA TO PERCEPTION
Petri Ala-Laurila
Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
12:10 - 12:30 RETINAL GANGLION CELL DIVERSITY IN HUMANS AND NON-HUMAN PRIMATES
Ulrike Grünert
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, Save Sight Institute, Sydney, Australia
12:30 - 12:50 GANGLION CELL GAP JUNCTIONS SUBSERVE THE DETECTION OF APPROACH MOTION IN THE RETINA.
Gergely Szarka
Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;
Department of Neurobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary;
Center for Neuroscience, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
12:50 - 13:10 PHYSIOLOGY OF STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD AFFERENT VISUAL PATHWAYS IN PRIMATES
Paul R. Martin
Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, Save Sight Institute, Sydney, Australia
13:15 - 15:15 LUNCH BREAK
13:15 - 15:15 POSTER SESSION II.
15:30 - 17:00 Symposium VI. Neuropeptides in Health and Disease
CHAIRS:
Krisztina Csabafi (Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi School of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged)
Zsolt Bagosi (Associate Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi School of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged)
15:30 - 15:50 UNRAVELING THE COMPLEXITY: THE MULTIFACETED SIGNIFICANCE OF CRF AND UROCORTINS IN STRESS AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Tamás Kozicz
Professor, Department of Clinical Genomics, MayoClinic, Rochester, MN, USA
15:50 - 16:10 UROCORTINS MODULATE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR THROUGH DIFFERENT CRF RECEPTORS AND PATHWAYS
Zsolt Bagosi
Associate Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
16:10 - 16:30 KISSPEPTINS ACTIVATE THE HYPOTHALAMUS-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS AND INDUCE ANXIETY
Krisztina Csabafi
Department of Pathophysiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
16:30 - 16:45 THE ROLE OF OBESTATIN IN DEPRESSION-LIKE BEHAVIOR IN MICE
Júlia Szakács
Department of Pathophysiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
16:45 - 17:00 OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN PRIMARY SENSORY NEURONS: UNVEILING HOW OXYTOCIN AND ITS RECEPTOR CONTRIBUTE TO THE SENSORY PROCESSING AND THE MODULATION OF PAIN
Gyöngyi Kis
Department of Physiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged and Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
17:00 - 17:45 PLENARY LECTURE: THE CENTRAL AMYGDALA AS A MOTIVATIONAL HUB: PAVING THE WAY FOR PERSONALIZED THERAPIES IN BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
Ewelina Knapska
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Emotions Neurobiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
17:45 - 18:00 POSTER AWARDS, CONCLUDING REMARKS