Time: 13:30-17:35, May 16, 2018 (Wednesday); Place: Air 1, 10^th Floor

Chair

Dr. Derick H. Lindquist, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. George E. Barreto, Professor, The Pontifical Xavierian University, Colombia

13:30-13:35

Chair’s Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Micro-network in an Odor Sensing Unit of the Ant: Putative Mechanism in Difference Detection Among Multi-component Odors
Dr. Mamiko Ozaki, Professor, Kobe University, Japan

14:00-14:25

Title: The N-end Rule Pathway in Autophagic Proteolysis
Dr. Yong Tae Kwon, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Director, Protein Metabolism Medical Research Center, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, South Korea

14:25-14:50

Title: Altered Neuroimmune Function Impedes Synaptic Plasticity and Diminishes Long-term Memory in Adolescent Rats Exposed to Ethanol during Early Postnatal Life
Dr. Derick H. Lindquist, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: A New Adult Neurogenesis-Modulating Pathway as a Possible Anti-alzheimer’s disease Therapeutic Track 
Dr. Bruno Vincent, Neuroscientist, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Thailand

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Interections between the Serotoinergic Neurotransmitter System and the Ionotropic GABA Receptors in Lower Vertebrate Retina-An Immunocytochemical Study
Dr. Liliya A. Vitanova, Professor, Department of Physiology, Medical University, Bulgaria

15:55-16:20

Title: Estrogenic Compounds and Glial Cells
Dr. George E. Barreto, Professor, The Pontifical Xavierian University, Colombia

16:20-16:45

Title: Grape Seed Extract and Swim Exercise: Improvement in Neuronal Population of the CA1 Subfield of Hippocampus is Associated with Reduced Oxidative Stress
Dr. S. Asha Devi, Professor, Laboratory of Gerontology, Department of Zoology, Bangalore University, India

16:45-17:10

Title: MicroRNA as a Potential Biomarker for METH Addiction
Dr. Heh-In Im, Principal Investigator, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), South Korea

17:10-17:35

Title: In Vivo Enhancement of the Cholinergic Septo-Hippocampal Axis: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Therapy
Dr. Graham Barrett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

Time: 13:30-17:35, May 16, 2018 (Wednesday); Place: Air 2, 10^th Floor

Chair

Dr. Florence Levy, Head, Child and Family East, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia

Dr. Kwoon Y. Wong, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair’s Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Sleep Deprivation in the ICU
Dr. Kimberly A. Hardin, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep University of California, Davis, USA

14:00-14:25

Title: Cerebral Dominance, Pre-reading and Attention in Preschool Children
Dr. Florence Levy, Head, Child and Family East, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia

14:25-14:50

Title: The Benefits of using Advanced EEG Methods for Assessing Executive and Attentional Functions
Dr. Philippe Boulinguez, Professor, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France

14:50-15:15

Title: Spatiotemporal Neural Network Dynamics for Processing Emotional Expressions
Dr. Wataru Sato, Associate Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: A Novel GABA-based Pharmacological Therapy for Blindness
Dr. Kwoon Y. Wong, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: The Neural Processing of Sentences in Bilinguals: An fMRI Study of Portuguese-English Bilinguals Reading Comprehension Effects on Brain Activation
Dr. Leda Maria Braga Tomitch, Full Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

16:20-16:45

Title: Syncope: Deciphering the Unknown with Special Emphasis on Cardivascular Aspect
Dr. Syed Raza, Consultant Cardiologist and Physician, Awali Hospital, Bahrain

16:45-17:10

Title: Modulation of Mind-wandering by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Mindfulness Meditation
Dr. Michio Nomura, Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Title: Review of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Concept. New Rationales Diagnostic Proposal for these Terms
Dr. Roberto L. Ventura, Chief, Neurology Department, Asociación Española del Uruguay, Uruguay

Time: 08:30-09:50, May 18, 2018 (Friday);  Place: Air 2, 10^th Floor

Chair

Dr. Brian C. Dobson, Scientist, Performance Edge Systems, New Zealand

08:30-08:35

Chair’s Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: Ketogenic Diet in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Adel Mahmoud, Senior Consultant Pediatric Neurology, King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Saudi Arabia

09:00-09:25

Title: Brain-gut Interaction - A Novel Hypothesis Developed to Explain the Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Dr. Brian C. Dobson, Scientist, Performance Edge Systems, New Zealand

09:25-09:50

Title: The Movement Perspective is the Foundation for The Waldon Approach - A Sensory-motor Intervention for Children with ASD
Dr. Walter Solomon, Director, The Waldon Center, Israel

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break