Programme
Wednesday 23rd October, 2019
Afternoon 17.00 – 19.00
Opening Ceremony
Meeting rationale, Giacinto Bagetta, (Cosenza)
Welcome address, Gino Mirocle Crisci, Rector of University of Calabria (Cosenza)
Welcome address, Maria Luisa Panno, Head of Department of Pharmacy, Health Science and Nutrition, University of Calabria (Cosenza)
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Dr Giacomo Giovinazzo, General Manager, Department of Agriculture and Agrifood Resources, Handling Authority for PSR Calabria 2014-2020, Calabria Region
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Avv. Ezio Pizzi, President of Unionberg & of Consortium for Protection of Bergamot, Reggio Calabria
Opening Lectures
17.30-19.00
Chairpersons: Shinobu Sakurada (Sendai) / Giacinto Bagetta (Cosenza)
Hiroshi Nagase (Tsukuba) Design and synthesis of orexin receptor selective ligands and their pharmacology
Cristina Tassorelli (Pavia) at the edge of migraine therapy
Welcome Cocktail
Thursday 24th October, 2019
Morning Session 9.30-13.00
Basic Mechanisms of Pain
Chairpersons: Diana Amantea (Cosenza) / Makoto Inoue (Urbana-Champaign)
9.30 – 10.00 Stefania Ceruti (Milan) Purinergic mechanisms and glial cells
10.00 - 10.30 Oliver J Dolly (Dublin) SNAP-25 cleaving botulinum neurotoxins suppress cytokine-induced elevation of the surface content in drgs of pain transducers, TRP/V1 and /A1 channels
10.30 - 11.00 Sabatino Maione (Naples) Role of glutamate and endocannabinoids in the plastic changes associated with neuropathic pain
Coffee Break
Basic Mechanisms of Pain
Chairpersons: Luigi A Morrone (Cosenza) / Tsukasa Sakurada (Fukuoka)
11.30-12.0 Shiro Kishioka (Wakayama) Peripheral administration of alpha4-beta2 nAChR agonist ameliorates neuropathic pain elicited by type 2 diabetes mellitus in mice.
12.00 - 12.30 Kengo Hamamura (Fukuoka) Effects of continuous subcutaneous administration of bergamot essential oil in mice with partial sciatic nerve ligation
12.30 – 13.00 Alberto Chiarugi (Florence) Dexpramipexole blocks Nav1.8 sodium channels and affords analgesia in multiple nociceptive and neuropathic pain models
13.00-15.00 Lunch Break and Poster Discussion
Afternoon Session 15.00 – 18.30
Inflammation and Pain
Chairpersons: Laura Berliocchi (Catanzaro) / Kosuke Aritake (Fukuoka)
15.00 - 15.30 Hirokazu Mizoguchi (Sendai) Management of morphine-resistant inflammatory pain
15.30 – 16.00 Tomonori Kaifu (Sendai) A glycosylation enzyme ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through increasing ligand for an inhibitory C-type lectin receptor
16.00 - 16.30 Makoto Inoue (Urbana-Champaign) Neuroimmunology in inflammatory disease
Coffee Break
Histamine in Pain and Itch
Chairpersons: Patrizio Blandina (Florence) / Shinobu Sakurada (Sendai)
17.00 – 17.30 Tadaho Nakamura (Sendai) Behavioral changes related to increased brain histamine
17.30 – 18.00 Lorenzo di Cesare Mannelli (Florence) Histamine in pain modulation: a role for opioid tolerance management
18.00 – 18.30 Mariaconcetta Durante (Florence) Cross-talk between histamine H4 receptor and A3 adenosine receptor on CD4+ T cells in resolution of neuropathic pain states
Friday 25th October, 2019
Morning Session 9.30-13.00
Translational Research
Chairpersons: Alberto Chiarugi (Florence) / Hirokazu Mizoguchi (Sendai)
9.30 - 10.00 Giulia Magni (Milan) Nutraceuticals and trigeminal pain
10.00 - 10.30 Serena Boccella (Naples) Role of PEA in the hippocampal plasticity associated with neuropathic pain
10.30 – 11.00 Giovanni Appendino (Novara) Botanicals and Pain
Coffee Break
Translational Research
Chairpersons: Paolo Tonin (Kroton) / Hiroshi Nagase (Tsukuba)
11.30 – 12.00 Tatsuro Kohno (Sendai) Underlying mechanisms of acetaminophen in the spinal dorsal horn neurons
12.00 – 12.30 Francesca Guida (Naples) Oral cannabidiol prevents chronic pain and neurological dysfunctions in a mouse model of mild traumatic brain injury
12.30 – 13.00 Roberto Russo (Naples) TRPM8 modulators in pain perception
13.00-15.00 Lunch Break and Poster Discussion
Afternoon Session 15.00 – 18.30
Rehabilitation and Pain
Chairpersons: Giorgio Sandrini (Pavia)/ Shiro Kishioka (Wakayama)
15.00-15.30 Roberto De Icco (Pavia) Vagus nerve stimulation and pain suppression in migraine
15.30 – 16.00 Francesco Riganello (Kroton) Role of autonomic system in the vegetative status
16.00 - 16.30 Giorgio Sandrini (Pavia) Italian consensus conference on pain in neurorehabilitation:recommendations in dementia and disorders of consciousness
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16.30 - 17.00 Damiana Scuteri (Cosenza) Neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia: role of pain and essential oil of bergamot as a novel therapeutic
Coffee Break
Future Perspectives in Pain Research
Chairpersons: Tatsuro Kohno (Sendai) / Oliver J Dolly (Dublin)
17.30 - 18.00 Kosuke Aritake (Fukuoka) Inhibitor for hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase accelerates wound healing
18.00 – 18.30 Ernesto Fedele (Genoa) Modulation of glutamate release by presynaptic NMDA receptors as a functional model to investigate pain mechanisms
18.30 Closing Ceremony
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