Detailed programme

Symposium I
GUT FEELINGS: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DURING STRESS
Chair: Dóra Zelena (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary)

The realization of the brain-gut Interactions with corticotropin-releasing factor and glucocorticoids
Ludmila Filaretova (Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russia)

Chronic stress-induced changes in colon microbiome and its effect on behavior
Dániel Kuti (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)

Multi-system metabolic reprogramming as a candidate driver for increased vulnerability to psychopathologies in male mice
Tamás Kozicz (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States)

Posttraumatic stress disorder and metabolic dysfunction
Dóra Zelena (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary; University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary)

Symposium II
NEW PHARMACOLOGICAL TARGETS TO INHIBIT NEUROINFLAMMATION
Chairs: Mária Deli (Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary) and Zsuzsanna Helyes (University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary)

Attenuated CSF-1R signalling drives cerebrovascular pathology
Matthew Campbell (Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)

Role of neuroinflammation and cytokine signalling in a translational mouse model of complex regional pain syndrome
Zsuzsanna Helyes (University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary)

Modulation of neuronal and vascular responses by microglia
Ádám Dénes (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary)

Blood-brain barrier protection as a pharmacological target in systemic and neuroinflammation
Fruzsina Walter, Mária Deli (Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary)

Symposium III
CELLULAR AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
Chair: István Adorján (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)

Cellular biomarkers of autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia
István Adorján (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)

Novel bioinformatics approaches and transcriptomic investigations of schizophrenia at single nucleus resolution
Konstantin Khodosevich (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Diversity in origin and migration of interneurons and their contribution to disease pathology
Zdravko Petanjek (University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

Investigation of de novo mutations in schizophrenia by induced pluripotent stem cell based disease modeling and CRISPR genome editing
János Réthelyi (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)

Symposium IV
CIRCUITS AND COMPUTATIONS IN PRECLINICAL SPECIES: THE NEXT VISTA TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BRAIN
Chair: Dániel Hillier (Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)

Driving adult cortical plasticity and perceptual learning in primates
Wim Vanduffel (Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)

Mesoscopic deep-brain mapping of multimodal stimulus selectivities in cats
Domonkos Horváth (Visual Systems Neuroscience Group, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)

Hidden topographies of horizontal connections in the visual cortex
Mohit Srivastava (University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary)

Comparative brain imaging reveals analogous and divergent patterns of species- and face-sensitivity in humans and dogs
Nóra Bunford (Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)

Probing cholinergic mechanisms of alertness, temporal attention and visual short-term memory in a primate pharmacological model of cognitive decline
István Hernádi (University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary)