 17th
International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa Marrakesh-Morocco April, 17-20, 2025 |
Friday, April 18,
2025
09:00 – 11:00 | Symposia:
Session 3
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SP7 (Room1): “An update on
the pathophysiology of the non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease”
Organizer:
Abdelhamid
Benazzouz (France)
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SP8 (Room2): “Molecular Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Toxicity in
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Translational Medicine and the Role of
Natural
Antidotes”.
Organizer: Chinna
Orish (Nigeria)
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SP9 (Room3): “Early life stress, Sex differences, and Maternal
influences: Insights into Brain and Behavioral Disorders”
Organizer:
Fatiha
Chigr (Morocco)
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SP10 (Room4): “The neurobiology of animals' adaptations to harsh African
biotopes”
Organizer: Khalid El Allali (Morocco)
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee
Break 
11:15 – 12:00 | Plenary Lecture 2:
“Neuro-adaptation
to the desert biotope: An overview on the recent data of camel and goat”
Speaker: Khalid El Allali (Morocco
|
12:00 – 12:30 | James Kimani Lecture Session
|
 |
Lecture giving by: Inès El Bini-Dhouib (Tunisia)
“Impact
of the traditional medicine in Cameroon”
15:00 – 17:00 | Symposia:
Session 4
·
SP11(Room1): “Natural Products Research, Characterization and
Therapeutic Role”.
Organizer: Martha Davilla-Garcia
(USA)
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SP12 (Room2): “Brain Pathologies - Neuron and Glia Diversity in
Regeneration”.
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SP13 (Room3): “Emerging regenerative medicine for CNS repair”.
Organizers: Fatiha Nothias
& Afsaneh
Gaillard (France)
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SP14 (Room4): “The signaling system of the neuropeptide relaxin 3/rxfp3
in cognitive and pain processes”.
Organizers: Monica Navarro &
Olucha
Bordonau (Spain).
17:30 – 18:00 Coffee Break
17:15 – 19:15 | Oral Presentations:
Sessions 3, 4, 5
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Room 1 /
Session 3. Topic: “Neuroprotection and Neurobiological Disruption in
Neurodegenerative
Diseases”
Chair of the session: Samir Ahboucha, FPK, USMS,
Khouribga,
Morocco
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Time Slot |
Speaker |
Title of
the Oral Communication |
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17:15 -17:25 |
Adejoke Elizabeth
Memudu (Nigeria) |
Protective Effects of Lutein-20 Against Cadmium-Induced
Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation in the Prefrontal Cortex and
Hippocampus of Adult Male Wistar Rats |
|
17:25 -17:35 |
El Hafedh El Mouhab
(Mauritania) |
Parkinson's Disease in Mauritania: Epidemiological
Profile and contribution to the genetic analysis ( the G2019S mutation). |
|
17:35 -17:45 |
Flora Stephano |
Potential Neuroprotective Agents from Plants-Derived
Natural Products: A Case Study of Parkinson’s Disease in Drosophila and
in silico models |
|
17:45 -17:55 |
Hiba Midouane
(Morocco) |
In Silico Modeling of LRRK2 G2019S Protein-Protein
Interactions in Parkinson's disease: A Machine Learning Approach |
|
17:55 -18:05 |
Kaoutar Aalilouch |
Neonatal microglia enhance aged opc differentiation via
autophagy, and metformin restores differentiation capacity in aged
opcs: insights from a mouse co-culture model |
|
18:05 -18:15 |
Oussama Duieb (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. |
|
18:15 -18:25 |
Raphael Takyi |
Longitudinal brain aging after stroke: a marker for
neurodegeneration and its relevance for motor outcome |
|
18:25 -18:35 |
Rebecca Casterton |
Investigating neuronal cell cycle re-entry in C9ORF72
frontotemporal dementia |
|
18:35 -19:45 |
Samir Ahboucha |
Neurosteroids and Brain Injuries: Are they protective or
deleterious? |
|
19:45 -19:55 |
Omowumi
Femi-Akinlosotu (Nigeria) |
Synaptic neuroplasticity of the hippocampus and
cerebellar cortex of rat brains exposed to lead neurotoxicity |
|
19:55 |
General Discussion |
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Room 2 / Session 4. Topic: “Neuropharmacology and Traditional
Ethnobotanical Agents in Modulating Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders.
Chair of the session: Nikolaos
Pitsikas, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
|
Time Slot |
Speaker |
Title of the Oral Communication |
|
17:15 -17:25 |
Nicolas Guyon (France) |
Manipulating endogenous nicotinic receptors and
associated behaviors with photoactivatable agonists |
|
17:25 -17:35 |
Nikolaos Pitsikas (Greece) |
The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindazole
counteracts social withdrawal and cognition deficits induced by the
blockade of the NMDA receptor in the rat. |
|
17:35 -17:45 |
Tamuno-Olobo Johnbull (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. |
|
17:45 -17:55 |
Hanane El Fatimi (Morocco) |
A Novel Benzodiazepine Derivative: Exploring
Anxiolytic-like effect and potential side effect. |
|
18:05 -18:15 |
Ifeoma Felicia Chukwuma (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. |
|
18:15-18:25 |
Isaac Blessed Mensah (Ghana) |
Evaluating the Potential of Stigmasterol as a Scaffold
for Novel Antidepressants |
|
18:25 -18:35 |
Samuel Onasanwo (Nigeria) |
Impact of Ocimum gratissimum-supplemented diet on
scopolamine-induced Alzheimer’s disease-like memory impairment in Swiss
mice. |
|
18:35 -18:45 |
Soumia Ed-Day |
Neuroprotective effects of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi
on streptozotocin-induced Alzheimer’s disease-like symptoms in rats. |
|
18:55 -19:05 |
Stève Brunel Ngoufack Kenfack (Cameroon) |
Preventive effect of Graptophyllum grandulosum on
Conditioned place preference-induced nicotine addiction on pubescent
adolescent rats |
|
19:05 -19:15 |
Nonmarmbaye Renaud (Chad) |
Protective effect of Leptadenia hastata (Pers.) Decne
(Asclepediaceae) in a mouse model of monosodium glutamate-induced
neurotoxicity |
|
19:15 |
General Discussion |
|
·
Room
3 / Session 5. Topic: “Neurobiological and Psychosocial Impacts of Stress,
Trauma, and Therapeutic Interventions”
Chair of the
session: Hassan
Ainani, Mohamed VI University Benguerir
|
Time Slot |
Speaker |
Title of the Oral Communication |
|
17:15 -17:25 |
Matthias Ertl |
Vestibular perceptual training enhances vestibular
perception, posture, and gait in older adults |
|
17:25 -17:35 |
Hassan Ainani |
Potential role of Piezo1 in mechanical responses of
neurons and glial cells in dorsal root ganglia |
|
17:35 -17:45 |
Dominique Hyacinthe Hatho Towo (Canada) |
Contribution of blood pressure and blood-brain barrier to
vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder in mice |
|
17:45 -17:55 |
Elie
Franck Djimeli Fofie |
The contribution and effect of psycho-mental health care
in trauma management at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala |
|
18:05 -18:15 |
Farhanah Sallie |
Effect of chronic ketamine administration on
neurobehavior and neuro-transmitter expression in a rodent model of
ACTH-induced HPA-axis dysfunction |
|
18:15 -18:25 |
Hidaayah Jimoh-Abdulghaffaar (Nigeria) |
Aspirin as a modifier of epigenetic responses: DNA
methylation changes in a social instability stress model of depression
in female wistar rats |
|
18:25 -18:35 |
Kamal Kaoutar |
Prevalence of anxiety and depression among Moroccan type
2 diabetes: Association with HbA1c levels by sex. |
|
18:35 -18:45 |
Yassine Bentefour |
Effects of early-life stress on reproductive behavior in
female mice |
|
18:45 -19:55 |
Atakorah Amaniampong Osei |
The effects of Probiotics on the brain histo-morphology
of stress-induced depressed mice |
|
19:55 -19:05 |
Hamza Tahiri |
Evaluation of the anxiolytic potential of passionflower,
valerian and lemon balm on physiological parameters and neurobehavioral
effects in mice subjected to stress |
|
19:05 |
General Discussion |
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19:15 | AMN General Assembly