The Stressed Brain Workshop

We are thrilled to invite you to the first free-to-attend workshop on “The Stressed Brain”, a satellite meeting to the XIX Meeting of the Portuguese Neuroscience Society, organized in parallel to the 9th Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network.

Invited Speakers

Juan Nácher – University of Valencia, Spain

Patrizia Campolongo – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Luísa Pinto – ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal

Organizing Committee

The workshop is being organized by Paulo Pinheiro and Ana Luísa Carvalho (CNC-UC), with the collaboration of Teresa Summavielle (i3s, U. Porto) and sponsorship from the “La Caixa” Foundation through its Health Research project “microSTRESS”.

Scientific Committee

Pedro Morgado – ICVS, U. Minho

Rui Oliveira – GIMM

Ana Luísa Cardoso – CNC-UC

Cristina Marquez – CNC-UC

Scientific Program

08:45 – 9:15 Registration and welcome

Session Chair – Ana Luísa Carvalho, CNC-UC

09:15 – 09:45 Patrizia Campolongo Resilience or Susceptibility? Neurobiological Insights from a PTSD Rat Model

09:45 – 10:15 César Venero The stress of social isolation and loneliness in aging: psychobiological mechanisms and effectiveness of intervention strategies

10:15 – 10:30 Short talk by Joana Silva (ICVS) – The role of Tau in the regulation of translational stress response and its importance for brain pathology

10:30 – 10:45 Short talk by Mónica Santos (CNC-UC) – From early adversity to adolescent anxiety: MECP2 as a mediator of stress sensitivity

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break + Poster session

Session Chair – Cristina Márquez, CNC-UC

11:15 – 11:45 Luísa Pinto Psilocybin and Optogenetic Modulation of Neurogenic Circuitry in Stress-Induced Depression

11:45 – 12:15 Juan Nácher Stressing inhibition. The burden of adversity on inhibitory neurons

12:15 -12:30 Short talk by Verónica Toro (U. Foggia) – Long-term Effects of Childhood Trauma on Emotional Face Processing in Healthy
Young Adults: an ERP Study

12:30 -12:45 Short talk by Paulo Pinheiro (CNC-UC) – Chronic stress impacts synaptic function through the modulation of miR-186-5p expression

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch + Poster session

Registration extended until May 11!

Our workshop is free to attend but, for logistic reasons, you must register. Attendance is limited to 100 participants. Registration and abstract submission are now closed. You can present your work as a poster or be selected for a short talk. We cordially invite you to also participate in the 9th Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network, organized in the same venue on the afternoon of the 27th May.

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Workshop venue

“The Stressed Brain” Workshop will be held at i3s, 208 Rua Alfredo Allen, 4200-135 Porto.

You can reach the venue by Metro line D, stop at “Polo Universitário”. There is also a bus terminal in close proximity.

Location in google maps

Guidelines on writing your abstract and preparing your poster can be found in the registration form.

Workshop “The Stressed Brain”