14:00-17:00
Arrival and check-in
17:00-17:15
Welcome from Co-Chairs
Marco Venniro, Sam Golden, Daniele Caprioli, Valeria Carola, Valentina Ferretti, Carlo Cifani
17:15-18:15
EBPS Power Hour:
Leslie Ramsey (National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA) & Kimberlei Richardson (Howard University College of Medicine, USA)
The 2022 EBPS Workshop Power Hour is an optional informal dynamic and interactive gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women and under-represented minorities face in science and support the professional growth of women and under-represented minorities in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
18:15-19:00
Mentor-Mentee Meeting
19:00-21:00
Welcome Reception (snacks and beverages provided)
8:30-9:30
Keynote Lecture 1
Camilla Bellone (Universite de Geneve, Switzerland)
Neuronal circuits underlying social motivation
9:30-11:00
SESSION 1: The importance of social behavior in addiction neuroscience
Discussion Leaders: Yavin Shaham (National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA), Marco Venniro (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
Bernard Johnson (Wake Forest University, USA)
Influence of social status on cocaine self-administration, dopamine and kappa receptor availability in female and male Cynomolgus monkeys
Christelle Baunez (Institute of Neurosciences Timone, Marseille, France)
Modeling the social context during drug intake in the rat: role of the subthalamic nucleus as neurobiological substrate
Michael Bardo (University of Kentucky)
Peer-elicited drug seeking
Irene Perini (Linkoping University, Sweden)
Probing human social behavior in experimental settings
11:00-11:30
Coffee break and snacks
11:30-13:00
SESSION 2: Affiliate social reward and social play in rats
Discussion Leader: Viviana Trezza (Roma 3 University, Italy)
Marijke Achterberg (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Pathways to play: Effects of DA-neuron activation on the expression of and motivation for social play
Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Neural correlates of prosocial behavior in rats
Alexa H. Veenema (Michigan State University, USA)
Neural circuitry of social play: involvement of oxytocin and vasopressin
Gerald Zernig (Innsbruck University, Austria)
Conditioned place preference for dyadic social interaction in rats and mice: findings and caveats
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
SESSION 3: Affiliative social reward in mice and voles
Discussion Leader: Camilla Bellone (Universite de Geneve, Switzerland)
Francesco Papaleo (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
Cortico-cortical transfer of socially derived information gates emotion discrimination
Leslie Ramsey (National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA)
In search of prefrontal cortical neuronal ensembles that encode volitional social interaction in mice
Ann Clemens (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Neural circuits of kinship behaviour
Zoe Donaldson (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Prolonged partner separation erodes transcriptional signatures of pair bonding in prairie voles
16:00-16:30
Coffee break and snacks
16:30-17:30
Keynote Lecture 2
Nora Volkow (National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA)
Social determinants of drug use and addiction
17:30-19:00
Poster Session 1 (odd numbers)
19:30-24:00
Gala Dinner at “Palazzo Brancaccio”
8:30-9:30
Keynote Lecture 3
Alon Chen (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
A paradigm shift in mouse phenotyping to bridge the translational gap in psychiatry
9:30-11:00
SESSION 4: Aggression as a social reinforcer in rodents
Discussion Leaders: Klaus Miczek (Tuft University, USA), Sam Golden (Washington University, USA)
Emily Newman (Harvard University, USA)
An amygdala Crh+ cell activity signature for attack initiation
Valeria Carola (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Exposure to a threatening social environment at an early age induces permanent behavioral and neurodevelopmental alterations
Christian Broberger (Stockholm University, Sweden)
A phenotype-dimorphic center for aggressive behaviour in the mouse hypothalamus
Aki Takahashi (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Neural circuit for aggressive arousal induced by provocation in male mouse
11:00-11:15
Coffee break and snacks
11:15-12:15
SESSION 5: Data Blitz for student 1
Discussion Leaders: Ingrid Reverte (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Clarissa Catale (IBENS, École Normale Supérieure, France)
Maria Bove (University of Foggia, Italy)
N-acetylcysteine reduces repetitive behaviours and neuroinflammation in a mouse model of ketamine-induced Autism Spectrum Disorders-like symptoms
Maria Giulia Coccia (University of Milan, Italy)
Prosocial and selfish choices depend on cortico-amygdala reciprocal connections
Cody Lis (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
A role for the OFC in the flexibility of social vs drug choice
Ginevra D’Ottavio (Sapienza University of Rome)
Evidence for heroin-induced social isolation in the rat
Francesca Mottarlini (University of Milan, Italy)
Activity-based anorexia alters cortical and hippocampal structural plasticity during adolescence: effects on cognition
Joel Raymond (University of Sydney, Australia)
Exploring parameters influencing social motivation in rats using behavioural economics and social operant conditioning
12:15-12:45
Lunch
12:45-13:15
Poster Session 2 (even numbers)
13:15-14:15
SESSION 6: Data Blitz for student 2
Discussion Leaders: Ingrid Reverte (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Clarissa Catale (IBENS, École Normale Supérieure, France)
Yair Shemesh (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Territorial aggression is mediated via two parallel neuropeptide pathways
Antonino Casile (University of Camerino, Italy)
A new animal model of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD): sexual differences in behavior and brain activity
Kimberly Papastrat (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
Olfaction drives socio-sensory buffering of drug choice
Henriette Nyberg (Oslo University, Norway)
Prenatal opioid exposure and social play behavior
Bree Humburg (University of Kentucky, USA)
A social peer renews cocaine seeking: a potential role of oxytocin
Jackson Ham (University of Lethbridge, Canada)
I choose you: rats show partner preferences in social play
14:15-15:15
Keynote Lecture 4
Lique Coolen (Kent State University, USA)
Sexual reward experiences influence drug seeking behavior
15:15-16:45
SESSION 7: Technologies to advance the study of complex social behavior
Discussion Leader: Ofer Yizhar (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Ann Kennedy (Northwestern University, USA)
Hypothalamic correlates of internal motivational states in interacting mice
Cornelius Gross (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Italy)
Experience-dependent remodeling of an innate social fear circuit
Mightex Systems - Catherine Thomas & Francisco Rodrigues
Multi-region cellular resolution imaging and optogenetics during social behaviours with the Mightex OASIS Implant
Inscopix - Fabrizio Sitzia
Miniscope imaging during free behavior with the Inscopix Platform
16:45-17:00
Coffee Break
17:00-18:00
Keynote Lecture 5
Ofer Yizhar (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Representation of social information and autism-associated dysfunction in the mouse prefrontal cortex
18:00-19:00
Departure
When preparing your poster, please remember that its maximum size is 80 x 120 cm (width x height). Note that the orientation is portrait, not landscape.
Posters with an odd number will be presented during Poster Session 1 (Saturday, 25 June, 17:30-19:00). Posters with an even number will be presented during Poster Session 2 (Sunday, 26 June, 12:45-13:15).
P.1 Alice Abbondanza, Prague, Czech Republic
Deletion of beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in striatal interneurons inhibit striatal activity and control striatal-dependent behaviors
P.2 Inês Amaral, Innsbruck, Austria
Molecular candidates in the nucleus accumbens shell involved in the protective effect of social interaction when available as an alternative to cocaine
P.3 Augusto Anesio, São Paulo, Brazil
Selective inhibition of nucleus acumbens neuronal ensembles potentiates cocaine seeking after forced abstinence
P.4 Coral Aronovici, Tel Aviv, Israel
Neuronal ensembles of alcohol memories express a unique transcriptional fingerprint
P.5 Lucy Babicola, Rome, Italy
Intergenerational transmission of mother-pups bond interference and psychopathological consequences: the role of paternal experience
P.6 Francis Bambico, St. John's, Canada
Cannabidiolic acid methyl ester (HU-580) reverses MK-801-induced social and behavioural deficits
P.7 Margherita Barbetti, Parma, Italy
Peripheral inhibition of FAAH activity prevents social stress-induced increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines and social avoidance behavior in male rats
P.8 Emilie Bartsoen, Leuven, Belgium
Exploratory analysis of rat ultrasonic vocalizations emitted during the acoustic startle response test
P.9 Federica Benvenuti, Camerino, Italy
Effect of early social isolation on alcohol-related behaviors in alcohol-preferring msP and non-preferring Wistar rats
P.10 Paula Bianchi, São Paulo, Brazil
Inactivation of basolateral amygdala neuronal ensembles impairs the context-induced reinstatement of ethanol seeking
P.11 Joeri Bordes, Munich, Germany
Automatically annotated motion tracking identifies a distinct social behavioral profile following chronic social defeat stress
P.12 Catarina Borges, Montreal, Canada
The effect of chemogenetic inhibition of the pPVT on food deprivation-induced relapse to heroin seeking after punishment-imposed abstinence, in male and female rats
P.13 Anna Maria Borruto, Mannheim, Germany
Thalamic inputs to the central amygdala mediate pain-related anxiety in female mice
P.14 Valeria Buzzelli, Rome, Italy
Effects of cannabidiol on autistic-like traits in a genetic model of autism based on FMR1 deletion in rats
P.15 Clarissa Catale, Paris, France
Early life social stress causes sex- and region-dependent dopaminergic changes that are prevented by minocycline
P.16 Ilenia Ceccarelli, Rome, Italy
From Skinner box to daily life: clinical translational validity of sign-tracker phenotype
P.17 Magdalena Chrószcz, Kraków, Poland
Rewarding effects of interactions with siblings across adolescence in mice
P.18 Lorenzo Ciano, Genoa, Italy
Synaptic alterations in the auditory cortex and hippocampus underlie social deficits in the synapsin II knockout mouse
P.19 María Teresa Colomina, Tarragona, Spain
Prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure alters social behavior in mice depending on APOE genotype and sex
P.20 Laisa De Siqueira Umpierrez, Sydney, Australia
Cannabis extract alone and in combination with cannabidiol reduces relapse to methamphetamine and locomotor sensitization
P.21 Livia Di Crescenzo, Leuven, Belgium
Lack of the autism candidate gene Reelin in somatostatin inhibitory cortical neurons leads to altered developmental trajectories in mouse pups: a pilot study
P.22 Tamara Diamanti, Rome, Italy
Characterization of sociability traits during development in the R451C Neuroligin3 monogenic mouse of autism
P.23 Carolyn Doty, Baltimore, USA
Cerebellum activity mediates social craving
P.24 Rita El Azali, Guelph, Canada
The effects of punishment contingency on oral morphine consumption in male and female rats
P.25 Noa Eren, Rehovot, Israel
Complex behavioral phenotyping in groups of ASD-like mice reveals modulation of behavior by the social environment
P.26 Nicholas Everett, Camperdown, Australia
A novel pharmacotherapy for increasing preference for social reward over intravenous methamphetamine in female rats
P.27 Cristiane Favoretto, São Paulo, Brazil
Impacts of maternal separation stress on ethanol intake, CB1 expression and neuronal activation levels in adolescent mice
P.28 Rebecca Figge, Cologne, Germany
Antagonistic control of social interaction by leptin receptor-expressing and neurotensin-expressing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus
P.29 Valeria Gigli, Rome, Italy
COVID-19 consequences on motivational functioning: an ecological and laboratory study
P.30 Macarena González Portilla, Valencia, Spain
Attenuating effects of oleoylethanolamide on cocaine-induced place preference in socially defeated mice: comparing acute and subchronic treatment
P.31 Guilherme Horta, Mainz, Germany
The K63 deubiquitinase CYLD modulates autism-like behaviors in mice
P.32 Azka Khan, Rome, Italy
Role of microglia in reconsolidation-resistant fear memories
P.33 Elmira Khatamsaz, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
Role of default mode network in social dysfunction
P.34 Tod Kippin, Santa Barbara, USA
Associations between mother-offspring social behavior and cocaine responsiveness in adulthood
P.35 Sara Kroll, Zurich, Switzerland
Associations between the endocannabinoid system and drug craving in chronic cocaine users
P.36 Filippo La Greca, Milan, Italy
Dissecting the neural bases behind observational learning of complex social behaviors
P.37 Luisa Lo Iacono, Rome, Italy
MicroRNA-34 is involved in chronic social defeat-induced vulnerability to mood disorders and cardiac mitochondrial dysfunctions
P.38 Samantha Malone, Lexington, USA
Peer-induced remifentanil seeking in male and female rats
P.39 Camilla Mancini, Camerino, Italy
Investigating the effects of a stable attachment figure in an unstable maternal environment: the role of oxytocin
P.40 Claudia Marchetti, Rome, Italy
Effect of social choice-induced voluntary abstinence on incubation of methamphetamine craving and related expression of AMPA receptor in nucleus accumbens core
P.41 Allison McDonald, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alcohol use despite negative consequences: Identifying associated brain circuits & behavioural patterns
P.42 Martina Montanari, Rome, Italy
A potential pathophysiological role of neuroinflammation in the ventral striatum of the R451C-Nlgn3 mouse model of autism
P.43 Leonardo Nardi, Mainz, Germany
Neuroanatomical mapping of functional activation during social interaction in a model for idiopathicautism spectrum disorder (ASD) at adulthood
P.44 Virginia Papagni, Rome, Italy
MicroRNA-34 as possible mediator for acquisition of Avoidance after Chronic Social Defeat
P.45 Alice Passeri, Rome, Italy
The long-lasting effects of attachment bond alteration: the role of oxytocin
P.46 Nicholas Pintori, Verona, Italy
Synergistic effect of social living, Environmental Enrichment and fluoxetine association in inhibiting sucrose-seeking renewal in mice
P.47 Alessandro Piva, Verona, Italy
Brief environmental enrichment stimulation increases contextual-induced sucrose-seeking at renewal and memory reconsolidation in rats
P.48 Alessandro Rava, Rome, Italy
Characterization of the endocannabinoid system in a genetic model of autism based on FMR1 deletion in rats
P.49 Marina Reguilón Romero, Valencia, Spain
Voluntary pre-exposure to exercise during adolescence prevents the increase in ethanol consumption induced by social defeat in stress-susceptible adult mice
P.50 Diego Ruiz Sobremazas, Almería, Spain
Effects of prenatal Particulate Matter <10nm exposure on rats: analysis of pre- and post-weaning social behavior
P.51 Alexia Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Context-induced reinstatement of ethanol in C57BL/6 mice
P.52 Martino Schettino, Rome, Italy
The acute effects of intrusive thinking on neurotransmission within anterior cingulate cortex in pathological and non-pathological worriers: A 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy an ecological momentary assessment study
P.53 Jakob Shaykin, Lexington, USA
Social isolation combined with adolescent voluntary ethanol exposure increases subsequent addiction vulnerability
P.54 Olesya Shevchouk, Göteborg, Sweden
Mapping the domains of social behaviour regulated by GLP-1 signaling
P.55 Anita Sikic, Guelph, Canada
The non-discrimination between cigarette smoke extract and nicotine in rats
P.56 Fernando Silva, São Paulo, Brazil
The association between impulsive behavior and voluntary ethanol intake
P.57 Franziska Stoller, Biberach an der Riß, Germany
Manipulating a brain circuit associated with sociability by a two-recombinase-system
P.58 Akseli Surakka, Mannheim, Germany
Axonal oxytocin release in the paraventricular thalamus impairs social memory in female rats
P.59 Karen Szumlinski, Santa Barbara, USA
The ontogeny of alcohol-induced negative affect in C57BL/6J mice
P.60 Valeria Tarmati, Rome, Italy
Role of the anterior and posterior Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus on Sign-Tracking in inbred C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice
P.61 Elena Tiddens, Brighton, United Kingdom
The effect of volitional social interaction and naltrexone in an animal model for gambling disorder
P.62 Cassandre Vielle, Marseille, France
How the presence of a peer modulates drug intake: a key role of vocal communication mediated by the activity of the subthalamic nucleus in rats
P.63 Lucie Vignal, Marseille, France
Reversing escalated cocaine intake with social contact and optogenetic modulation of the subthalamic nucleus
P.64 Markus Wöhr, Leuven, Belgium
Multifaceted behavioral alterations and obesity in Myt1l haploinsufficient mice: implications for autism spectrum disorder
P.65 Alicia Zumbusch, Montreal, Canada
Chronic pain leaves motivation intact for two forms of sucrose reward
P.66 Valeria Carola, Rome, Italy
Telomere length is altered in early-life social stressed individuals during cocaine withdrawal