27th ECNP Congress - Monday 20 October 2014


PL.03: Plenary lecture

  PL.03.01: René Hen - USA Harnessing hippocampal neurogenesis to improve cognition and mood  

PL.04: Plenary lecture

  PL.04.01: Arturas Petronis - Canada Epigenetics as a potential mechanism for intervention  

E.04: Educational update session: EPA educational update - Alcohol and suicidal risk

  E.04.02: Philip Gorwood - France Factors explaining suicidal behaviour and mortality in alcohol dependence  
  E.04.03: Gustavo Turecki - Canada Alcohol and suicidal risk: the epigenetic insight  

E.05: Educational update session: Refining designs of early drug trials to speed up decisions and registration

  E.05.01: J.M.A. Van Gerven - The Netherlands Innovative tools for 'proof-of-pharmacological-concept' studies  
  E.05.02: William Z. Potter - USA Making better early go/no-go decisions in drug development progress in the NIMH FAST-FAIL programme  

S.13: Symposium: Personalised treatment of major depression

  S.13.02: Brenda W.J.H. Penninx - The Netherlands Clinical and biological predictors of long-term course of major depressive disorder  
  S.13.03: Catherine Harmer - United Kingdom Early change in emotional processing as a predictor of treatment outcome with antidepressants or psychotherapy  
  S.13.04: Henricus G. Ruhe - The Netherlands fMRI markers for the prediction of short- and long-term outcome in major depressive disorder  

S.14: Symposium: New European pharma research initiatives

  S.14.01: Elisabetta Vaudano - Belgium IMI: Opportunities for researchers from IMI to Horizon 2020  
  S.14.02: Will Spooren - Switzerland EU-AIMS: A trans-dimensional approach for enhancing our understanding of autism spectrum disorders  
  S.14.04: Jonathan Rabinowitz - Israel NewMeds: data sharing and new medications for depression and schizophrenia  

S.15: Symposium: Dysfunctional GABAergic networks in psychiatric disorders

    S.15.01: Imre Vida - Germany Functional consequences of GABAergic deficits: altered inhibition and oscillatory patterns in limbic networks  
  S.15.02: Rainer Rupprecht, M.D. - Germany Modulation of GABA-A receptor function for the treatment of anxiety disorders  
  S.15.03: Boldizsár Czéh - Hungary GABAergic dysfunctions in animal models for mood disorders  

S.16: Symposium: Anatomical diversity and functional differences in the dopaminergic and serotonergic system

    S.16.01: Christopher Lowry - USA Topographically organised serotonergic systems in the dorsal raphe play diverse roles in anxiety and depression  
    S.16.02: Mark Ungless - United Kingdom Dopamine neuron subgroups in the dorsal raphe and ventral tegmental area exhibit distinct synaptic adaptations in response to social isolation and drugs of abuse  
  S.16.03: Miriam Melis - Italy Subgroups of midbrain dopamine neurons exhibit discrete expression of endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity  
    S.16.04: Michael Van der Kooij - Switzerland Projection-specific roles of mesolimbic dopamine neurons: a focus on social competition and anxiety  

S.17: Symposium: TNM symposium – Unmet needs in paediatric psychopharmacology

    S.17.01: Antonio M. Persico - Italy Translational paediatric pharmacology  
  S.17.03: Benedetto Vitiello, M.D. - USA Should we expect smaller effect sizes in paediatric clinical trials?  
  S.17.04: Josefina Castro-Fornieles - Spain Pragmatic outcome assessment in clinical trials with children  

S.18: Symposium: New treatment strategies for schizophrenia

  S.18.01: Lieuwe de Haan - The Netherlands Low-dose and time-limited antipsychotic treatment strategies in schizophrenia  
  S.18.03: Robert W. Buchanan - USA Glutamatergic agents for the treatment of schizophrenia  
  S.18.04: Michael Davidson - Israel Nicotine receptor agonist treatment in schizophrenia  

S.19: Symposium: Biomarkers in bipolar disorder

  S.19.02: Iria Grande - Spain Neurotrophins, brain interconnectivity and neuronal survival in bipolar disorder  
  S.19.04: Colm McDonald - Ireland Neuroimaging deviations in bipolar disorder: genetic liability and structural disconnectivity  

S.20: Symposium: Adult neurogenesis in anxiety and mood disorders

  S.20.01: Djoher Nora Abrous - France Stress and adult hippocampal neurogenesis  

CD.04: Career development session:

Getting funded: European Research Council Starting Grant
  Christof Kuhstoß - Germany