ESCI Council: Paula Macedo
Invited Organizer(s): Silvia Conde, Luisa Pinto
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Thursday, 4 June 

08.30-10.00 Session 1.1  Psychedelics in Depression: Friend or Foe?
Chair: Luísa Pinto (Minho, Portugal)
Chair: Rita Teodoro (Lisbon, Portugal)

08.30-09.00 Beyond trials in psychedelic medicine: ethics, implementation and equity Albino Oliveira Maia (Lisbon, Portugal)

09.00-09.30 Targeting Adult Hippocampal Cytogenesis: Psilocybin's Role in Depression Therapy Luisa Pinto (Portugal)

09.30-09.45 Carotid body ablation improved non-motor dysfunction in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease Ines Almeida

09.45-10.00 Linking metabolic state to sweet taste perception: influence of food reward sensitivity Gabriela Ribeiro

10.00-11.00 Coffee-break & Poster Session (Group A)

11.00-12.30 Session 1.2  Synaptic Dysfunction Across Brain Aging, Metabolic Disease and Alzheimer’s Pathology
Chair: Silvia V. Conde (Lisbon, Portugal)
Chair: Cláudia Almeida (Lisboa, Portugal)

11.00-11.30 Brain regional susceptibility to neurodegenerative disorders Tiago Gil

11.30-12.00 Endosomal Trafficking as a Convergent Driver of Circuit-Specific Synaptic Failure in Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Cláudia Almeida (Lisbon, Portugal)

12.00-12.15 Gut–Retina Crosstalk: The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Diabetic Retinopathy Rita Machado

12.15-12.30 Early neuroprotective responses to obesity: a hippocampus–visual cortex comparison Beatriz Caramelo

13.30-14.30 Lunch & Poster Session (Group B)

14.30-16.00 Session 1.3 Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Neuroscience: Opportunities and Limitations
Chair: Silvia V. Conde (Lisbon, Portugal)
Chair: Luísa Pinto (Minho, Portugal)

14.30-15.00 Advancing neuroimaging with artificial intelligence Patricia Figueiredo

15.00-15.30 Beyond P Values and Black Boxes: Critical Thinking in the Age of Big Data Nuno Morais

15.30-15.45 The Role of Neurourbanism in Spatial Orientation: Effects of Optimized Urban Scenarios on Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment Ines Ramos

17.30-18.30   Satellite Symposium: Pas Gras

19.30            Congress dinner