logo Sona17th International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africalogo_Amn
Marrakesh-Morocco
April, 17-20, 2025

Oral session 4: April 18, 2025 17h15-19h15 (Room 2)

Topic: Neuropharmacology and Traditional Ethnobotanical Agents in Modulating Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders
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Time Slot Speaker’s full name Affiliation Title of the Oral Communication
1 17:15 - 17:25 Nicolas GUYON ESPCI Paris, PSL University, France Manipulating endogenous nicotinic receptors and associated behaviors with photoactivatable agonists
2 17:25 - 17:35 Nikolaos PITSIKAS Department of Pharmacology,Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindazole counteract social withdrawal and cognition deficits induced by blockade of the NMDA receptor in the rat.
3 17:35 - 17:45 Tamuno-olobo JOHNBULL Faculty of Basic Med Sc, College of Health Science, Niger Delta University, Nigeria. Assessment of the Ameliorating Potential Effect of Parsonsia straminea(R.Br.) F.Muell. Stem Bark Extract on Some Behavioural Disorders Induced by Cannabis Sativa L. Chanvre Cultivé (Fr), Hemp (En) Extract in Murine Model
4 17:45 - 17:55 Hanane EL FATIMI Higher Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, MohammedVI University of Health and Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco A Novel Benzodiazepine Derivative: Exploring Anxiolytic-like effect and potential side effect
5 17:55 - 18:05 Ifeoma felicia CHUKWUMA  Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria Bioassay-guided Identification of Potential Alzheimer?s Disease Therapeutic Agents from Kaempferol-Enriched Fraction of Aframomum melegueta Seeds using in Vitro and Chemoinformatics Approaches
6 18:05 - 18:15 Isaac blessed MENSAH Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana Evaluating the Potential of Stigmasterol as a Scaffold for Novel Antidepressants
7 18:15 - 18:25 Samuel ONASANWO Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Impact of Ocimum gratissimum-supplemented diet on scopolamine-induced Alzheimer’s disease-like memory impairment in Swiss mice
8 18:25 - 18:35 Soumia ED-DAY  Biology & Health Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Neuroprotective effects of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi on streptozotocin-induced Alzheimer’s disease-like symptoms in rats
9 18:35 - 18:45 Stève brunel NGOUFACK KENFACK University of DSCHANG, Foto Dschang, Cameroon Preventive effect of Graptophyllum grandulosum on Conditioned place preference-induced nicotine addiction on pubescent adolescent rats
10 18:45 - 18:55 Nonmarmbaye RENAUD Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ati, Ati, Chad Protective effect of Leptadenia hastata (Pers.) Decne (Asclepediaceae) in a mouse model ofmonosodium glutamate-induced neurotoxicity
  19:00 General Discussion