Topic: Neuroprotection and Neurobiological Disruption in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Chair of the session:

	Time Slot	Speaker’s full name	Affiliation	Title of the Oral Communication
1	17:15 - 17:25	Adejoke Elizabeth MEMUDU	Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences Edo State University ; Uzairue, Nigeria	Protective Effects of Lutein-20 Against Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation in the Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus of Adult Male Wistar Rats
2	17:25 - 17:35	El hafedh EL MOUHAB	Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nouakchott, Mauritanie	Parkinson's Disease in Mauritania: Epidemiological Profile and contribution to the genetic analysis ( the G2019S mutation).
3	17:35 - 17:45	Flora STEPHANO	College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Potential Neuroprotective Agents from Plants -Derived Natural Products: A case Study of Parkinson?s Disease in Drosophila and insilico models
4	17:45 - 17:55	Hiba MIDOUANE	Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco	In Silico Modeling of LRRK2 G2019S Protein-Protein Interactions in Parkinson's disease: A Machine Learning Approach
5	18:55 - 18:05	Kaoutar AALILOUCH	Agronomic and Veterinary Institute Hassan II, Morocco. 2 University of California San Francisco, USA.	Neonatal microglia enhance aged opc differentiation via autophagy, and metformin restores differentiation capacity in aged opcs: insights from a mouse co-culture model
6	18:05 - 18:15	Oussama DUIEB	Laboratory of BHNNBU, Faculty of Science Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco	Systematic review of the effect of environmental enrichment on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) activity for mitigating behavioral manifestations in an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) model.
7	18:15 - 18:25	Raphael TAKYI	Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris, INSERM U1266, F-75014, Paris, France.	Longitudinal brain ageing after stroke: a marker for neurodegeneration and its relevance for motor outcome
8	18:25 - 18:35	Rebecca CASTERTON	UK dementia Research INstitute, King's College London, UK	Investigating neuronal cell cycle re-entry in C9ORF72 frontotemporal dementia
9	18:35 - 19:45	Samir AHBOUCHA	Université Sultan Moulay Slimane (USMS), Faculté Polydisciplinaire Khouribga	Neurosteroids and Brain Injuries: Are they protective or deleterious?
10	19:45 - 19:55	Omowumi FEMI-AKINLOSOTU	College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. Nigeria	Synaptic neuroplasticity of the hippocampus and cerebellar cortex of rat brains exposed to lead neurotoxicity
	19:00-19:15	General Discussion