scientific programme
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Monday, 23 June 2014
S-07
SYMPOSIUM
15:00–17:00
Ballroom B
Track: Basic
Topic: Schizophrenia (A)
Allosteric modulators of metabotropic
glutamate receptors (mGlu) as novel tools
for the treatment of CNS disorders
Chair:
Andrzej Pilc, Poland
Co-Chair: P. Jeffrey Conn, USA
S-07-001
Therapeutic implications of diverse modes
of efficacy and stimulus bias of allosteric
modulators of mGlu receptors
P. Jeffrey Conn, USA
S-07-002
Design, synthesis and evaluation of Novel
Group II Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor
Allosteric Modulators in rodent models of
CNS disorders
Nicholas D. P. Cosford, USA
R. Dhanya, S. Sidique, R. Dahl, M. S. D’Souza,
S. Semenova, A. Der-Avakian, P. J. Conn, D. J.
Sheffler, A. Markou
S-07-003
The antipsychotic activity of allosteric vs.
orthosteric agonists of mGlu4 receptors
Andrzej Pilc, Poland
J. Wieronska, F. Acher, D. Doller
S-07-004
Metabotropic glutamate and GABA recep-
tors in fragile X syndrome
David R. Hampson, Canada
Learning Objectives:
Glutamate has long been
implicated in the aetiologies of brain disor-
ders. This symposium is an update on drug
development targeting the glutamate systems
of the brain.
S-08
SYMPOSIUM
15:00–17:00
Ballroom C
Track: Translational
Topic: Anxiety disorders (A)
Obsessive-compulsive and related disor-
ders: A translational approach
Chair:
Dan Stein, South Africa
Co-Chair: Anthony Grace, USA
S-08-001
Coherence between orbitofrontal cortex and
nucleus accumbens reflects OCD-like persis-
tent avoidance
Anthony Grace, USA
T. Banasikowski, C. McCracken, T. Sesia, G.
Quirk, J. Rodriguez-Romaguera
S-08-002
The streptococcal model of obsessive-com-
pulsive and related disorders
Daphna Joel, Israel
D. Lotan, L. Brimberg, M. Cunningham
S-08-003
Current perspectives on compulsivity
Trevor Robbins, United Kingdom
S-08-004
Clinical advances in obsessive-compulsive
and related disorders
Dan Stein, South Africa
Learning Objectives:
This symposium gives
an update on our understanding of the cause
and treatment of obsessive-compulsive and
related disorders.
