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