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Prof. Dr. Barbara Mroczko

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Department of Biochemical Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Interests: neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation; neurodegenerative diseases; neurodevelopmental disorders; tumor markers; specific proteins
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Prof. Dr. Yukihiro Ohno

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Department of Pharmacology Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan
Interests: astrocytes; neuron–glia interaction; synaptic release; monoamine neurons; Parkinson’s disease; epilepsy; schizophrenia; mood disorders
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Prof. Dr. Yohei Okada

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Department of Neurology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
Interests: embryonic stem cells; induced pluripotent stem cells; neural stem cells; neural development; disease specific iPSCs; neurodegenerative diseases; motor neuron diseases

Prof. Dr. Kenjiro Ono

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Department of Neurology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
Interests: neurology; dementia; Alzheimer’s disease; Lewy body diseases; amyloid, oligomer; protein aggregation
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Dr. Toshiyuki Oshitari

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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
Interests: diabetic retinopathy; neuronal cell death; neurovascular units; axonal degeneration; glial changes; vascular abnormalities; neuroprotection; regeneration; optic coherence tomography; visual function
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Prof. Dr. Robert P. Ostrowski

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Department of Experimental and Clinical Neuropathology, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: cerebral ischemia; neuroprotection; hyperbaric oxygen; preconditioning; proteasomes; glioblastoma

Prof. Dr. Saak Victor Ovsepian

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Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich London, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
Interests: cholinergic neuron diseases; Alzheimer’s and dementia; neuron
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Prof. Dr. Maria Anttonietta Panaro

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Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: inflammation; microglia; astrocytes; neurodegeneration; Parkinson's disease; neuroinflammation; immune system; brain; inflammatory bowel diseases
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Prof. Dr. Michele Papa

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Laboratory of Neuronal Networks Morphology and System Biology, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania ‘‘Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: neuroinflammation; astrocytes; synaptic plasticity; nerve growth factor; vagus nerve stimulation
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Prof. Dr. Jae H. Park

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Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Interests: cell death

Prof. Dr. Massimo Pasqualetti

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Unit of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Interests: memory; hippocampal; autism

Dr. Jordi Pérez-Tur

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Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia-CSIC, Unidad de Genética Molecular, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Interests: LRRK2 gene; Parkinson; PARK8-linked Parkinson's disease
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Prof. Dr. Giovanni Perini

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Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Interests: neuroblastoma

Prof. Dr. Graziano Pinna

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Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Interests: psychiatric disorders; animal models; neurosteroids; PTSD; depression; drug discovery

Dr. Christina Piperi

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Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece
Interests: neuroinflammation; neuro-oncology; neurodegeneration; epigenetics; histone modifications; signal transduction; transcription factors
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Dr. Anna Pittaluga

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Department of Pharmacy, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Interests: transmitter release and its Auto and heteroregulation through presynaptic receptors; glutamate ionotropic and metabotropic receptors; receptor-receptor interaction and functional cross talk; neuroinflammation

Prof. Dr. Aurel Popa-Wagner

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1. Department of Neurology, Chair of Vascular Neurology and Dementia, University Hospital Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
2. Center for Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania
Interests: genomics; proteomics; brain; epilepsy; aging; neurogenesis; stroke; behavior
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Prof. Dr. D. Samba Reddy

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Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA
Interests: GABA; IPSC; tonic currents; benzodiazepines, neurosteroids, epilepsy; sleep; brain injury; organophosphates; sex differences
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Prof. Dr. Gal Richter-Levin

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Department of Psychology, Sagol Department of Neurobiology, The Integrated Brain And Behavior Research Center (IBBRC), University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
Interests: behavioral neuroscience; neurobiology of stress and trauma-related psychopathologies; stress; PTSD; mood disorders; animal models of psychopathologies
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Prof. Dr. Paola Rocca

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Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
Interests: psychiatric research
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Prof. Dr. Mart Saarma

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Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 5D, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Interests: neurotrophic factors; growth factor signaling; cell death; neurodegeneration; animal models; Parkinson’s disease
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Prof. Dr. Akiyoshi Saitoh

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Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
Interests: neuropharmacology; neuropsychopharmacology; opioid; anxiety; depression; reward; fear; antidepressant; anxiolytics; animal model
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Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Sancesario

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Dipartimento di Medicina dei Sistemi, Università di Roma 2 Tor Vergata, 00133 Roma, Italy
Interests: Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson disease; dystonia, movement disorders; neuropathology, proteinopathy; oligomers; lipids in neurodegenerative diseases
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Prof. Dr. Frank Schmitz

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Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Germany
Interests: retina; ribbon synapses; synaptic ribbon; active zone; synaptic signaling in photoreceptor ribbon synapses
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Prof. Dr. Menahem Segal

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Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Herzl St 234, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
Interests: electrophysiology; cultured neurons; memory; neuromodulation
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Prof. Dr. Seiji Shioda

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Department of Functional Morphology, Shonan University of Medical Sciences, 16-48 Kamishinano, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0806, Japan
Interests: VIP; PACAP; neuroprotection; neurogenesis
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Dr. Denis N. Silachev

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1. Laboratory of Biochemistry of Motor Systems, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
2. Laboratory Stem Cells Technology, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Interests: extracellular vesicles; cerebral ischemia; stroke; brain trauma; mitochondrial traffic; neuroprotection; ischemic preconditioning; autophagy; aging; intercellular communication
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Prof. Dr. Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis

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Institute of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Division of Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre Alexander Fleming, 16672 Vari, Attika, Greece
Interests: mechanisms of associative and nonassciative learning and memory; Drosophila and mouse models of intelectual disability; neurological and psychiatric conditions
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Prof. Dr. Sandro Sonnino

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Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milano, 20054 Segrate, MI, Italy
Interests: gangliosides; Parkinson’s disease; mebrane organization; complex lipids; sphingosine; ceramide
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Dr. Magdalena Sowa-Kućma

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Department of Human Physiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszów University, Kopisto 2a, 35-310 Rzeszow, Poland
Interests: antidepressants; glutamate receptors; epigenetics; depression; animal models of depression; oxidative stress; neuroinflammation
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