18th NATIONAL CONGRESS
OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY
FOR NEUROSCIENCE
SINS2019
PERUGIA, SEPTEMBER 26-29, 2019 HOTEL GIÒ – PERUGIA CENTRO CONGRESSI
Welcome
As President of the Organizing Committee and under the aegis of the Scientific Committee, I am pleased to inform you that the next National Congress of the Italian Society for Neuroscience will take place in Perugia from 26 to 29 September 2019.
This edition of the conference will be organized in collaboration with the University of Perugia and will attract basic and clinical researchers, both national and international, carrying out research in the field of neuroscience.
The conference, clearly oriented to multidisciplinary contents, will be articulated in Symposia proposed by researchers and selected by the Scientific Committee and in Plenary Lectures held by italian and international researchers.
Prof. Paolo Calabresi
President of the Congress
NEWS
NEWS
TOPICS
The congress will address the following main topics and themes
Aging, neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease
Autism and related disorders
Brain ischemia
Cognition and behavior
Development
Epilepsy and Hyperexcitability
Glial cells in physiology and pathology
Migraine and pain
Muscle and motor neuron disorders
Neurobiology of psychiatric disorders
Neuroendocrinology and neuroimmunology
Neuroimaging application and development
Neuronal circuits, neurophysiology and optogenetic approaches
Neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity
Neurotransmission and signal transduction
Novel methods and technology in neuroscience
Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
Recovery mechanisms after neuronal damage
Sensory systems
Sociality and emotions
USEFUL INFORMATIONS
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
ACCOMODATIONS
CONGRESS REGISTRATION
STUDENTS & CfU
BEST POSTERS AWARDS
CONFIRMED LECTURERS
Eric R. Kandel, Columbia University, USA
Lucio Annunziato, University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy
Emiliana Borrelli, University of California, USA
Laura Cancedda, IIT Central Research Laboratories, Italy
Eero Castrén, University of Helsinki, Finland
Takao Hensch, Harvard University, USA
Dimitri M. Kullmann, University College London, UK
Adriana Maggi, University of Milan, Italy
Miguel Ângelo Laporta Nicolelis, Duke University, USA
Michal Schwartz, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
SECRETARIATS AND COORDINATION
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
