17th International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa Marrakesh-Morocco April, 17-20, 2025

Title: Environmental toxins and brain alterations: from mild cognitive effects to severe consequences on neuronal cell death
Organizer: Samir AHBOUCHA
FPK, USMS, P.B :145, code postal 25000 Khouribga, Morocco
email: s.ahboucha@usms.ma

Abstract:

Chronic exposure to environmental toxins represents a high threat to humans by inducing biological damage including brain alterations that cause significant cognitive decline and lifestyle of a large population in Africa and worldwide. Examples of these multiple toxins include toxic nutriments, pesticides or heavy metals contained in several products to which humans are daily exposed. These toxins may cause a range of alterations from subtitle effects on metabolism, neurotransmission, inflammation to more severe effects that lead to neuronal cell death. The symposium will address the consequence of dietary cyanogens that causes the Konzo disease in Africa, the effect of pesticides that belong to either pyrethroids such as lambda cyhalotrin or the organophosphates such as the Malathion and glyphosate on specific neurobehavioral and biochemical effects in adults and during development. The symposium will also shed light on examples of the consequences of metal neurotoxicity such as lead, aluminum and other metals on neurodegeneration. Overall, the symposium will shed light on how environmental toxins affect brain function, and will discuss, in addition to obvious prevention strategies, new therapeutic aspects that may help alleviate their consequence on brain function.

Speakers

Number	Speaker	e-mail	Title of  the communication
SP20_1	Desire TSHALA KATUMBAY	tshalad@ohsu.edu	Nutritional Neurotoxic Disease (Lathyrism, Cassavism) in Changing Climates.
SP20_2	Assmaa TALI	asmaa.tali@yahoo.com	Neurotoxic Effects of Lambda-Cyhalothrin: Behavioural Alterations and Protein Interaction Insights.
SP20_3	Laila BERROUG	berrouglaila@gmail.com	Sex-dependt effects of developmental exposure to Malathion on behavior and brain biochemistry
SP20_4	Hammou ANARGHOU	h.anarghou@gmail.com	Chronic Glyphosate Exposure Associated with Neurobehavioral and Cognitive Impairments
SP20_5	Abdeljalil EL GOT	abdeljalil.elgot@uhp.ac.ma	The hallmark of Docosahexaenoic acid against the Manganese intoxication in mice: links with Parkinsonism