Joint meeting for French and Italian Neuroscience Societies

This meeting is organized by Miriam Melis (University of Cagliari, Italy) and Marcello Solinas (University of Poitiers, Inserm U1074, France) as a satellite of the FENS Forum 2026, to be held in Barcelona.

 

Scientific program:

 

10:00-10:10 Welcome by Marcello Solinas (France) and Miriam Melis (Italy)

 

10:10-11:25 SINS- SdN Symposium 1, Neurodevelopmental Processes and Cognitive Challenges

Speakers:

S1.1: Neurodevelopment and brain disorders – Simona Lodato (Milan, Italy)

S1.2: Neurobiology of Social Cognition – Francesco Papaleo (Genoa, Italy)

S1.3: Brain mechanisms of social influences on craving and health-related decision-making – Leonie Koban (Lyon, France)

 

11:25-11:55 Keynote lecture

A cannabinoid view on brain functions – Giovanni Marsicano (Bordeaux, France)

 

11:55-12:40 SdN- SINS Symposium 2, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Behavior and Decision-Making

Speakers:

S2.1: Dopamine and Decision-Making Processes – Philippe Faure (Paris, France)

S2.2: From Stress Reactivity to Dysfunction: Neurobiological Mechanisms and Translational Insights – Patrizia Campolongo (Rome, Italy)

S2.3: Neurobiology of pain and associated psychiatric disorders – Ipeck Yalcin (Strasbourg, France)

 

12:40-12:50 Concluding remarks

13:00-14:00 Lunch

 

This event received the patronage of the French and the Italian Neuroscience Societies.

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Practical information

Place

Barcelona, Spain