SNC'19 Programme

Friday, 20 September 2019


8:00	Opening of the SNC'19 \| Hall I, 8:00—8:30

8:30	Symposium \| Hall I, 8:30—10:30 Molecular basis of neurodegeneration
	RNA-protein complexes and complications in ALS and FTD Boris Rogelj
	Vizualization of amyloid pores and characterization of down-stream processes Eva Žerovnik
	Astroglial TDP-43 inclusions reduce β-adrenergic cAMP signaling and dysregulate metabolism Nina Vardjan
	Involvement of FUS in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and fronto-temporal dementia: insights into pathophysiological mechanisms and treatment Luc Dupuis

10:30	Coffee break \| Poster exhibition area, 10:30—11:00

11:00	Symposium \| Hall I, 11:00—13:00 Psychopathological dimensions of mental illnesses: substance use, dual diagnosis and consequences
	Towards a psychopathology specific to substance use disorder Icro Maremmani
	Psychopharmacology in heroin use disorder/dual disorder patients during methadone maintenance Angelo G.I. Maremmani
	New psychoactive substances and dual disorders Rok Tavčar
	Dual diagnosis and suicide Mercedes Lovrečič
	Trends in prescription of neuropsychopharmacological dementia related treatment in Slovenia from 2008 to 2018 Marjetka Jelenc

13:15	Plenary talk \| Hall I, 13:15—14:00 Sleep research and sleep medicine: what comes next? Claudio L.A. Bassetti

14:00	Lunch \| Poster exhibition area, 14:00—15:00

15:00	Poster session 1

16:00	Plenary talk \| Hall I, 16:00—16:45 Characterizing neuro-behavioral geometry embedding via neuropharmacology, transcriptomics & clinical neuroimaging Alan Anticevic

17:00	Coffee break \| Poster exhibition area, 17:00—17:30

17:30	Plenary talk \| Hall I, 17:30—18:15 Lifestyle is the medicine. What is the spoon? David L. Katz

18:15	Neuroscience & Society Dialogue \| Hall I, 18:15—19:15 Conversation with Dr. David L. Katz with questions from the audience

20:00	Welcome Reception and Social \| Slamič Café, 20:00—0:00

Saturday, 21 September 2019


8:30	Symposium \| Hall I, 8:30—10:30 Behavioral and neurochemical effects of old and new psychoactive drugs
	Short- and long-term nicotine withdrawal effects on behaviour and rewarding properties of 3,4methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in zebrafish Luisa Ponzoni
	Mechanisms and neurostransmitter systems involved in the neurotoxic effects of MDMA administration during adolescence Giulia Costa
	Similarities and differences in neuropharmacology of two compounds representing indoleamine and N-benzylphenethylamine (NBOMe) hallucinogens Krystyna Gołembiowska
	Differential adaptive properties of mesolimbic and mesocortical dopamine transmission to taste stimuli, neuroinflammatory effects and behavioral correlates after repeated exposure to the Synthetic Cannabinoid JWH-018 Nicholas Pintori

10:30	Coffee break \| Poster exhibition area, 10:30—11:00

11:00	Symposium \| Hall I, 11:00—13:00 Identifying brain correlates of cognitive and emotional resilience
	Neuronal correlates of reserve capacity against the adverse effect of Alzheimer’s disease on memory performance Julia Neitzel
	Neural correlates of self- and socially-initiated forms of emotion regulation Satja Mulej Bratec
	Beyond visual processing speed decrease in aging Adriana Lucía Ruiz Rizzo
	Identification of resilient cortical areas using ECoG in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy Mario E. Archila-Melendez

	Symposium \| Hall II, —13:00 Human neurophysiology: science and clinical practice
	Babinski sign of clinical neurology and human neurophysiology of the upper motor neuron Milan R. Dimitrijević
	Effect of bedrest and hypoxia on sleep architecture and respiration during sleep Leja Dolenc Grošelj
	Clinical characteristics of AChR seropositive myasthenia gravis patients with normal single fibre EMG Mateja Baruca
	Blink reflex and beyond… Markus Kofler

13:15	Plenary talk \| Hall I, 13:15—14:00 Genetics and ALS - where are we now? Ammar Al-Chalabi

14:00	Lunch \| Poster exhibition area, 14:00—15:00

15:00	Poster Session 2

16:00	AOŽ Memorial lecture \| Hall I, 16:00—16:45 How are advances in neuroimaging helping us understand the human brain Richard S. Frackowiak

17:00	Best Poster Award and Closing of the SNC'19 \| Hall I, 17:00—17:30

Poster session

Friday, 20 September 2019


15:00	Poster session 1
CEL.01	Dynamic mapping of receptive fields of an insect reveals anisotropic hyperacute vision Peter Atanackov
CLI.01	Continuous levodopa- carbidopa gel recovers motor cortex plasticity in advanced Parkinson’s disease Kaja Kolmančič
COG.01	Cognitive Control Challenge Task – new rules Vida Ana Politakis
COG.03	Representations of position in spatial working memory Nina Purg
MET.01	Insights and guidelines for biomedical data filtering Aleksij Kraljič
MET.03	Methodological shortcomings of studying the effects of music on heart rate variability Maja Derlink
MOL.01	Sex differences in PACAP in paraventricular nucleus of human brain: study of major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder Zala Slabe
MOL.03	Basic characteristics of dopamine transport into rat glial astrocytes Mojca Kržan
MOL.05	C-terminal Y526 phosphorylation afflicts aggregation dynamics of endogenous and mutated FUS Helena Motaln
MOL.07	Identification of dipeptide repeat proteins interactome by proximity-dependent labeling Anja Pucer Janež
MOL.09	Canine cognitive dysfunction – the dog's counterpart of Alzheimer's disease Sonja Prpar Mihevc
MOL.11	Does progesterone exert antioxidative effect in the hippocampus of hypoperfused rats? Ivana Guševac Stojanović
MOL.13	The characterization of DNA sequence containing G4C2 repeats Karmen Žbogar
OTH.01	The influence of age on morphological and neurochemical characteristics of trigeminal neurons innervating gingiva in rats Uroš Kovačič
OTH.03	Lay public view of neuroscience and science based brain health recommendations in Slovenia Alina Holnthaner, Nastja Tomat

Saturday, 21 September 2019


15:00	Poster Session 2
CEL.02	The involvement of eIF2- signaling in plasma induced stress granule formation Urša Čerček
COG.02	Electrophysiological correlates of ordering information in working memory Andraž Matkovič
MET.02	Quantification of brainstem GABA levels in Parkinson’s disease: a feasibility MEGA-PRESS study Gasper Zupan
MOL.02	Mild prenatal stress can alter olfactory preference and odour sensitivity in adult male mice Neža Grgurevič
MOL.04	Wnt signalling effectors are targeted in astrocytoma Nives Pećina-Šlaus
MOL.06	Identification of RNA targets of the Prader-Willi locus snoRNAs Janja Božič
MOL.08	Hexanuleotide repeats of CCCCGG RNA transcript from C9orf72 gene mutation bind RNA binding proteins Mirjana Malnar
MOL.10	Combined administration of an A2A receptor antagonist and a 5-HT1A/1B receptor agonist reverses neuroinflammation in the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson’s disease Giulia Costa
MOL.12	Differential expression of circular RNAs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Ana Dolinar
MOL.14	Is ALS-associated annexin A11 imported into the nucleus via transportin 1? Valentina Novak
MOL.15	Epigenetics of suicide in Slovenia Katarina Kouter
OTH.02	Primary sensory neurons innervating gingiva or dental pulp in rats differ in expression of Nav1.8 Uroš Kovačič
SYS.01	Emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in dopamine-denervated rats treated with amphetamine: relevance to neurocircuitries involved in drug-mediated reward Nicola Simola
SYS.02	Early postnatal maternal separation stress promotes hippocampus modifications in adult BALB/c mice Maša Čater
SYS.03	Estradiol aggravates levodopa-induced dyskinesia in hemiparkinsonian rats Kaja Kolmančič