SNC'15 Programme

Friday, 15 May 2015


8:00	Registration \| Second Foyer, 8:00—19:00

8:30	Young Neuroscientists Forum Ljubljana '15 \| Kosovel Hall, 8:30—12:30

13:00	Opening of the SNC'15 \| Kosovel Hall, 13:00—13:30

13:30	AOŽ Memorial lecture \| Kosovel Hall, 13:30—14:30 The tricks neurons use to express their genes: jumping genes, zero-length exons and RNA loops Jernej Ule

14:30	Symposium \| Kosovel Hall, 14:30—16:30 Neuroeconomy Chair: Sergeja Slapničar, Grega Repovš
	Neuroeconomics and management control Sergeja Slapničar
	Cognitive control and the path to better economic decision making Grega Repovš
	Dopamine and decision making Robb Rutledge
	EEG investigations on the management control problem Philip Eskenazi

16:30	Coffee break \| Second Foyer, 16:30—17:00

17:00	Symposium \| Kosovel Hall, 17:00—19:00 Neural responses and functional effects of dance on cognitive, emotional and motor performance Chair: Maja Bresjanac
	The neural basis of dance and dance partnering Steven Brown
	Cognitive interactions in perceiving, performing and learning dance Bettina Bläsing
	Neural responses underlying dance imagery induced by music Maja Bresjanac
	Enhanced functional outcomes in older adults who dance regularly Rado Pišot

19:00	Welcome reception \| Second Foyer, 19:00—21:00

Saturday, 16 May 2015


8:00	Registration \| Second Foyer, 8:00—19:00

8:30	Symposium \| E1,2 Hall, 8:30—10:30 Cell's protein quality system and neurodegeneration Chair: Eva Žerovnik
	Autophagy, p62/SQSTM1 and ALS-FTLD Alice Goode
	ALS- and FTLD-associated hexanucleotide repeat expansion mutation in C9orf72 Boris Rogelj
	Modifications of FUS and implications in ALS and FTD Simona Darovic
	Mutual chaperoning by amyloid forming proteins/peptides Eva Žerovnik

10:30	Coffee break \| Second Foyer, 10:30—11:00

11:00	Plenary talk \| Kosovel Hall, 11:00—12:00 Psychedelic drugs in science and medicine Robin Carhart-Harris

12:00	Cellular neuroscience A

	Clinical neuroscience A

	Cognitive neuroscience A

	Molecular neuroscience A

	Systems neuroscience A

13:30	Plenary talk \| E1,2 Hall, 13:30—14:30 Autoimmune encephalitis and epilepsy – from synapse to symptoms Sukhvir Wright

14:30	Symposium \| E1,2 Hall, 14:30—16:30 Autoimmunity, encephalitis and epilepsy - another Procrustes bed? Chair: David Neubauer
	Autoimmune encephalitis and antibodies against neuronal cell antigens Sanja Stopinšek
	Severe form of autoimmune encephalitis in two children Mirjana Perkovič Benedik
	Autoimmunity and epilepsy in childhood Natalija Krajnc
	Can FIRES be a part of this story? Neli Bizjak

16:30	Coffee break \| Second Foyer, 16:30—17:00

17:00	Symposium \| E1,2 Hall, 17:00—19:00 Nerve stimulation: From basic research to clinic Chair: Janez Rozman, Polona Pečlin
	General overview of nerve stimulation: From past to future Winfried Mayr
	Implantable nerve interfaces developed in Slovenia and their use in research and clinical applications Janez Rozman
	Twenty-nine year stimulation of the common peroneal nerve: A case report Polona Pečlin
	Neuromodulation in the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunctions Adolf Lukanović
	Our experience with vagal stimulation for heart rate control Matej Podbregar
	Compound action potentials in an isolated rat sciatic nerve elicited with specific current stimulating pulses when exposed to anesthetic bupivacaine Monika C. Žužek

19:00	Neuroscience & Society Dialogue - Scientific Exploration of Brain on Drugs: Prizes and Pitfalls \| Kosovel Hall, 19:00—21:00

21:00	Social evening \| Slamič Café, 21:00—0:00

Sunday, 17 May 2015


9:00	Registration \| Second Foyer, 9:00—16:30

9:30	Symposium \| Kosovel Hall, 9:30—11:30 Biomarkers of epileptogenesis, pharmacogenomics and functional brain connectivity in epilepsy Chair: Bogdan Lorber
	Imaging epileptogenesis Matthias Koepp
	Graph-theoretical analysis of language networks in temporal lobe epilepsy David Gosar
	Pharmacogenomics of drug resistance in epilepsy Andreja Avberšek

11:30	Coffee break \| Second Foyer, 11:30—12:00

12:00	Molecular neuroscience B

	Cellular neuroscience B

	Clinical neuroscience B

	Cognitive neuroscience B

	Systems neuroscience B

13:30	Symposium \| Kosovel Hall, 13:30—15:30 Multimodal imaging in diagnostics of preclinical stages of neurodegenerative disorders Chair: Zvezdan Pirtošek, Milica Gregorič Kramberger
	The overall design of the study, clinical and CSF data Milica Gregorič Kramberger
	Neuropsychological markers of mild cognitive impairment Simon Brezovar
	Can electrophysiological responses to AX-CPT task differentiate between early stages of neurodegenerative disorders? Jure Bon
	Altered white matter microstructure in mild cognitive impairment and Parkinson's disease Indre Pileckyte
	Resting state functional connectivity in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Parkinson’s disease Anka Slana
	Metabolic biomarkers in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Parkinson's disease Petra Tomše

15:30	Plenary talk \| Kosovel Hall, 15:30—16:30 Human Brain Project: implications for neurology Richard Frackowiak

16:30	Closing of the SNC'15 \| Kosovel Hall, 16:30—16:45

Poster session

Saturday, 16 May 2015


12:00	Cellular neuroscience A
CEL.01	Adrenergic receptor stimulation leads to distinct intracellular cAMP and Ca2+ dynamics in single rat astrocytes Anemari Horvat
CEL.03	Time-dependent regulation of membrane fusion, vesicular release and Ca2+ signalling by cholesterol in electrically excitable and non-excitable cells Boštjan Rituper
CEL.05	Hypothermia does not reverse cellular responses in infection-sensitised hypoxic-ischemic neonatal brain injury Damjan Osredkar

12:00	Clinical neuroscience A
CLI.01	A pilot research of dance movement and social aspects of application of Argentine tango in the population of deaf people Andreja Podlogar, Blaž Bertoncelj
CLI.03	Correlation between postural balance and clinical scores in patients with Parkinson's disease David Medved, Aljaž Merčun
CLI.05	Subchronic treatment with LEK-8829 for the determination of its antipsychotic properties Sanja Bogićević
CLI.07	The vulnerability of the structural connectome to stroke in older adults Rok Berlot

12:00	Cognitive neuroscience A
COG.01	Monetary incentive vs. social pressure: a neuroscientific investigation Mina Godec
COG.03	Stimulus modality and task difficulty in a 3-stimulus Oddball: an fMRI study Aljaž Sluga
COG.05	Visual deficits in dyslexia Amanda Saksida
COG.07	Sources of difficulty in dance style acquisition Dayana Hristova
COG.09	Neural correlates of emotional and task-similar distraction of spatial working memory Grega Repovš
COG.11	The balance between proactive and reactive cognitive control in relation to personality traits in healthy young subjects Sebastijan Veselič
COG.13	Heart rate variability during experiencing audio and video stimulation Andrej Vovk

12:00	Molecular neuroscience A
MOL.01	GAP43 and CASP3 increase after onset of stroke in mouse Dunja Gorup
MOL.03	The association of rs13212041 polymorphism in 5-HT1B receptor gene and akathisia in haloperidol-treated patients with schizophrenia Mirko Grubor
MOL.05	Structural species of c9orf72 expanded repeat DNA Anja Kovanda
MOL.07	Chronic oral D-galactose treatment affects cognitive performance in rats Marina Zarić
MOL.09	10 years of ibogaine research in Slovenia Roman Paškulin

12:00	Systems neuroscience A
SYS.01	The relationship between parasympathetic modulation two minutes after exercise and early heart rate recovery Aljoša Danieli
SYS.03	Synaptotagmin VII and SYNCRIP (Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonuclear Protein Q1) distribution and co-localization study in the adult rat brain Larisa Tratnjek
SYS.05	Learning and motor performances after repetitive traumatic brain injury in the mouse Jelena Rajič
SYS.07	Prenatal stress affects behavior of adult male mice Monika Ogrizek

Sunday, 17 May 2015


12:00	Cellular neuroscience B
CEL.02	Extracellular S100B internalization and positive trafficking vesicles by astrocytes culture Fabiana Galland
CEL.04	Mechanisms of TDP-43 propagation between cells in ALS patients Ana Bajc Česnik

12:00	Clinical neuroscience B
CLI.02	EEG mu rhythm power oscillations and decrease in thalamus size in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Teja Maležič
CLI.04	Cognitive functioning and temperament in infants with and without neurological problems Maja Gaspari
CLI.06	A simple and cost-effective q EEG evaluation shows marked differences between early Alzheimer’s disease patients and controls Bruna Pikš
CLI.08	The impact of upper motor neuron degeneration on respiration in wakefulness and sleep in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Judita Jeran

12:00	Cognitive neuroscience B
COG.02	Neural substrates of imagery of different activities Vida Ana Politakis
COG.04	At the junction of the oldest and newest media Blaž Bertoncelj
COG.06	fMRI correlates of visuospatial working memory capacity Anka Slana
COG.08	Neurofeedback and anxiety level reduction in young athletes Anastasia V. Kovaleva
COG.10	Effects of visual stimuli characteristics to the information processing in children with autism – outline of a study Elena Cesnaite
COG.12	The effect of personal prayer on resting heart rate variability Breda Podjaveršek
COG.14	The role of medial prefrontal cortex in uncertainty-based decision making in rats Nace Mikuš

12:00	Molecular neuroscience B
MOL.02	Stress affects survival of adrenal gland stem cells through leptin in Sprague Dawley rats Marta Balog
MOL.04	Variant repeats as genetic modifiers of DM1- a case report Jovan Pešović
MOL.06	Superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in rat brain cortex after stress exposure Ivan Pavlović
MOL.08	Repeated low-dose progesterone treatment modulates expression of apoptotic elements within Akt and Erk signalling pathways in subcellular specific manner in rat hippocampus following chronic cerebral hypoperfusion Miloš Stanojlović
MOL.10	Studies of the oxidative status in the brain of the hSOD1G93A ALS rat Stefan Stamenković

12:00	Systems neuroscience B
SYS.02	Social isolation stress during puberty affects behavior in adult mice Jasmina Kerčmar
SYS.04	Effects of pioglitazone on the cortical neurodegeneration and neuronal loss following the lateral fluid percussion brain injury in the rat Kristina Pilipović
SYS.06	2015 Brain Awareness Week in Osijek, Croatia Ana Bardak