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Biennial Meeting of the Neurotoxicity Society
Mercure Hotel Rio Vermelho
Salvador Bahia Brazil
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
09/09/2024 X-NTS Meeting
08:00 – 09:00 – Registration (credentials)
09:00-10:00 – Opening Lecture: ● Rita Raisman-Vozari (Paris Brain Institute, University of
Sorbonne, France) - How serendipity remains a powerful tool in the discovery of
neuroprotective drugs.
10:00-10:30- Coffee Break
10:30- 11:00 – Tribute to Arne Schousboe - Marta Antonelli
11:00- 12:30 - Symposium I –Mechanisms on Neurotoxicity I. Chair: Marta Antonelli
● Thaís Antonia Alves Fernandes (University of São Paulo-RP, Brazil) - Neuroprotective
effect against aggregation of phosphorylated tau protein from non-antibiotic
tetracyclines derivatives in primary culture of cortical neurons
● Jordi Duran (University of Chile, Chile) – Glycogen-induced neurotoxicity.
● Marta Antonelli (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) -Longitudinal study of the effect
of gestational stress on the newborn and its subsequent neurodevelopment.
12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch break
14:00 – 16:30 – Symposium II – Mechanisms on Neurotoxicity II. Chair: Pablo Caviedes
● Karen Renata Herculano Matos Oliveira (Federal University of Pará, Brazil) -
Neurocognitive impacts of severe malaria: mechanism of action and preclinical
evaluation of bioactive compounds.
● Andrea Paula Lima (University of Chile, Chile) - Role of endoplasmic reticulum-mediated
calcium signaling in the toxicity of Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid-beta peptide
oligomers.10
● Pablo Caviedes (University of Chile, Chile) - P21 Activated kinase (PAK) as a
therapeutical target in Down syndrome neuronal dysfunction: Effect on cell process
formation and emission.
● Patrícia Fernanda Schuck (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Galactose
neurotoxicity in galactosemia experimental models.
16:30 – 17:00 – Coffee Break
17:00 – Welcome Cocktail
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08:30- 10:00 - Symposium III –Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection I. Chair: Gustavo Ferreira
● Francisco Guimarães (University of São Paulo-RP, Brazil) – Cannabidiol in Psychosis.
● Glauce Crivelaro do Nascimento (University of São Paulo, Brazil) – Anti-nociceptive
effects of non-antibiotic derivatives of demeclocycline and doxycycline against formalin-
induced pain stimulation.
● Gustavo Ferreira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – “Not so” neuroprotective
effect of carnosine.
10:00-10:30- Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:30 – Symposium IV – Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection II. Chair: Victor Diogenes
A.l da Silva
● Andrea Paula Lima (University of Chile, Chile) - The detrimental role of calcium signaling
in Alzheimer’ disease amyloid pathology.
● Henning Ulrich (University of São Paulo, Brazil) - Purinergic signaling in neurotoxin-
induced dopaminergic degeneration.
● Victor Diogenes (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) - Molecular mechanisms in
Parkinson’s disease and potential use of flavonoid rutin.
12: 30 – 14:00 – Lunch break
14:00 – 16:30 – Symposium V- Control of Neuroinflammation in Brain Diseases - Chair: Elaine
Del Bel
● Bianca Andretto de Mattos (University of São Paulo-RP, Brazil) - The physiological
antioxidant uric acid and the non-antibiotic derivative of oxytetracycline, DOT, reduce
pathological tau abnormalities induced by low-level oxidative injuries.
● Rommy Von Bernhardi Montgomery (University San Sebastian, Chile) - Microglial cell11
regulation changes in aging and neurodegenerative disease.
● Alexandre Amaral (University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) - Protective role of PPAR
activation on D-2-hydroxyglutaric acid neurotoxicity in vivo.
● Elaine Del-Bel (University of São Paulo-RP, Brazil) - Cannabidiol and Cannabigerol limit
L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia when given separately or in combination to
hemiparkinsonian rats.
16:30 – 17:00 – Coffee Break
17:00 – 19:00 – Poster Session
11/09/2024 X-NTS Meeting
08:30- 10:00 - Symposium VI -Neuron glia interaction in health and disease. Chair: Silvia Costa
● Silvia Oliveira Bravo (Biological Research Institute Clemente Estable, Uruguay) Synthetic
chalcones to prevent white matter disease.
● Patricia Cassina (University de la Republica, Uruguay) - Glial reactivity and mitochondrial
modulation in chronic pain.
● Coral Sanfeliu (Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, Spain) - High prenatal
levels of epoxyeicosatrienoic acids protect against developmental neurotoxicity and
neurodegenerative injuries.
10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 – Closing Conference: Moacir Wajner (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil) - Organic acid neurotoxicity and the pathogenesis of organic acidemias.
12:30 – 13:00 – Final Information, Prizes and Closing Remarks
13:00 – 14:00 – Closing Lunch.
