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17th International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa logo_Amn

Marrakesh-Morocco
April, 17-20, 2025

Sunday, April 20, 2025

09:00 – 11:00 | Symposia: Session 7

· SP 22 (Room1): “The Brain, Environment and Nutraceuticals; Combating Neurodegeneration through Neuroprotection”
Organizer: Abel N. Agbon (Nigeria)

· SP 23 (Room2): “Epidemiology, Physiopathological and Therapeutic Aspects of Multiple Sclerosis: An Emerging Disease In Africa”
Organizers: Fatiha Chigr & Samir Ahboucha (Morocco)

· SP 24 (Room3): “Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders by Potential Bioactive Compounds”
Organizer: Olfa Masmoudi & Taoufik Ghrairi (Tunisia)

· SP 25 (Room4): ISN sponsored UM5 School Alumni symposium
Organizer: Nouria Lakhdar-Ghazal (Morocco)

11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break,

11:15 – 12:00 | Plenary Lecture 6:

“How do we sleep?”

Speaker: William Wisden (UK)

sponsored keynote

12:00 –12h30 Special Lecture

“Are there really non-psychedelic psychedelics? A comparison of lisuride and LSD”

Speaker: Scott Thompson (USA)

11:00 – 11:15 | Lunch + Posters session 3

14:00 – 14:45 | Plenary lecture 7

“African Neuroscience and Human Development Strategies”

Speaker: Wail Benjelloun (Morocco)

Special Keynote

15:00 – 17:00 | Symposia: session 8 & Oral presentations: Session 9

· SP 26 (Room 1): “Recent Advances At The Interface Of Neuroscience And AI (NeuroAI)”
Organizer: Sricanth Ramaswamy (UK) & Jie Mei (Austria)

· SP 27 (Room 2): “Advancing Neuroscience Education in Africa through Capacity Building”
Organizers: Sharon Juliano (USA)

SP 28 (Room 3): “The Brain Research International Data Governance & Exchange (BRIDGE): African perspectives”

Organizer: Amadi Ihunwo (South Africa)

Room 4 / Session 9 / Topic: “Neurobiological Impacts of Environmental, Genetic, and Nutritional Factors on Brain Structure and Function.”
Chair of the session: Toluwalope AJONIJEBU, Northwest University South Africa

Time Slot	Speaker	Title of the Oral Communication
15:00- 15:10	Elmehdi HAMOUDA (China)	The impact of Preterm Birth on Gyri and Sulci' Structural and Functional Connectivity
15:10 -15:20	Hanane IBEN DAOUDI (Morocco)	Dissociating sensory-discriminative and affective-emotional pain processing in the mediodorsal thalamus
15:20 -15:30	Ihsane AIT MANSOUR (Morocco)	Preventive effects of environmental enrichment on behavioral impairment and morphological alterations of the midcingulate cortex in aggressive socially isolated mice
15:30 -15:40	Olanrewaju FATOLA (Nigeria)	Neuroanatomical adaptations in the ocular and visual systems of African tree squirrels, crucial for their arboreal lifestyle.
15:40- 15:50	Oumaima MOUTAYB (Morocco)	Morphological alterations of the pyramidal cells in the anterior cingulate cortex in Monosodium Iodoacetate-Induced Osteoarthritis in Mice
15:50 -16:00	Chiara MUSILLO (Italy)	Protective effects of prenatal Omega-3 supplementation on brain and behavioral changes in mouse offspring exposed to a maternal high-fat diet
16:00- 16:10	Edoardo PISA (Italy)	Brain-specific and time-dependent KCNQ1 knockout leads to cognitive and metabolic alterations in mice
16:10 -16:20	Mohamed Amine ZKIM (France)	Role of the glucose transporter GLUT3 in neuronal energy metabolism and somatosensory cortex cognitive functions
16:20 -16:30	Toluwalope AJONIJEBU (South Africa)	Increased activation of glucagon-like peptide-1 signaling mediates maternal high-fat induced oxidative...
16:30- 15:40	Kaltoum BOUTAHAR (Morocco)	Anxiety, depression and diet in adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Rabat city-Morocco.
16:40 -16:50	Fatima Ezzahra KACIMI (Morocco)	Impact of Vitamin A Modulation on Biochemical and Behavioral Abnormalities in a Valproic Acid-Induced Autism Model in Wistar Rat offspring
16:50 – 17:10	General Discussion

17:15 _ | Closing Ceremony

17:45 | SONA General Assembly