IX Summer School of Neuroscience • titolo Pain (il Dolore) Catania 9/15 July 2011• New pharmacological targets to treat pain now available • Trattamento dolore nuovi target Farmacologici disponibili

IX Summer School of Neuroscience • titolo Pain (il dolore) Catania 9/15 July 2011 • New pharmacological targets to treat pain now available • Trattamento del dolore nuovi target farmacologici oggi disponibili

Catania capitale - Summer School of Neuroscience giunta alla IX edizione, si svolge fino a Venerdi 15 luglio 2011 con la partecipazione di illustri specialisti del panorama internazionale e con il titolo Pain(il dolore)org dal prof. Filippo Drago, ordinario di farmacologia Catania University.

L'iniziativa nell'aula del Coro di notte ex Monastero dei Benedettini Catania

Negli ultimi anni il trattamento del dolore, nelle sue varie rappresentazioni cliniche, ha assunto sempre maggiore importanza sia a livello sanitario che a livello sociale.

Lo sviluppo recente delle Neuroscienze negli ultimi anni ha inoltre progressivamente contribuito a chiarire le basi Neuro Biologiche del dolore acuto e cronico e Nuovi Target farmacologici sono oggi disponibili per il trattamento del dolore.

A tal fine i maggiori esperti nel campo, a livello nazionale e internazionale, relazionano e discutono per migliorare il trattamento a lungo termine di questa patologia.

• Monday July 11th, 2011 • ///////
Neurobiology of chronic pain: role of glutamate Introduced and moderated by Vincenzo Perciavalle (Italy)
10-11 Glutamatergic system in the pathogenesis of chronic pain
Ferdinando Nicoletti (Italy)
11-12 Transcriptional regulation of type-2 metabotropic glutamate receptors: an
epigenetic path to novel treatments for chronic pain
Santina Chiechio (Italy)
12.00-1230 Discussion

12.30-13,30 Sponsored lecture
Grunenthal: Novelty and Innovation for the treatment of pain
Ferdinando Nicoletti; Maurizio Evangelista; Sebastiano Mercadante (Italy)

Neuropathic pain: clinical management
Introduced and moderated by Silvana Gaetani (Italy)
16-17 Assessment of neuropathic pain in primary care Maija Haanpaa (Finland)
17.00-18.00 Pharmacological strategies in the management of neuropathic pain
Giorgio Cruccu (Italy)
18.00-18.30 Discussion
18.30-19.30 Special Lecture:
Neuropathic pain: translational research and impact for patient care
Ralf Baron (Germany)

• Tuesday July 12th, 2011 • ///////
Neurobiology of pain: role of endocannabinoids
Introduced and moderated by Federico Cicirata (Italy)
10.00-11.00 Endocannabinoid signalling in pain
Vincenzo Di Marzo (Italy)
11.00-12.00 Endocannabinoids, synaptic plasticity and pain control
Silvana Gaetani (Italy)
12.00-12.30 Discussion

Acute and chronic pain: clinical management (1)
Introduced and moderated by Antonino Gullo (Italy)
16.00-17.00 Pharmacotherapy of low back pain: targeting nociceptive and neuropathic pain components Bart Morlion (Belgium)
17.00-18.00 Chronic oro-facial pain: from epidemiology to evidence-based management
Vishal R. Aggarwal (United Kingdom)
18.00-18.30 Discussion
18.30-19.30 Special Lecture:
Mechanisms of chronic visceral pain: implication for the treatment
Ashley Blackshaw (UK)


• Wednesday July 13th, 2011 • ///////

Neurobiology of pain: new molecular targets for drug discovery
Introduced and moderated by Giovanna M. Scoto (Italy)
10.00-11.00 Bv8/Prokineticins and their receptors as new targets in acute and inflammatory pain Lucia Negri (Italy)
11.00-12.00 Role of TRPV1 receptors in pain modulation
Sabatino Maione (Italy)
12.00-12.30 Discussion
12.30-13,30 Sponsored lecture by Astellas
TRPV1 in pain management: capsaicin 8% as a treatment option
Domenico Quattrone (Italy)
Acute and chronic pain: clinical management (2)
Introduced and moderated by Sabatino Maione (Italy)
15.00-16.00 Fibromyalgia syndrome: the pharmacological treatment options
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini (Italy)
16.00-17.00 Management of postoperative pain
Antonino Gullo (Italy)
17.00-18.00 Central post-stroke pain: clinical characteristics, pathophysiology and management Henriette Klit (Denmark)
18.00-18.30 Discussion
18.30-19.30 Special lecture: Pain in cancer patients: pathophysiology and treatment Sebastiano Mercadante (Italy)

• Thursday July 14th, 2011 • ///////
Migraine: neurobiology and genetics
Introduced and moderated by Salvatore Salomone (Italy)
10.00-11.00 The concept of neurogenic inflammation
Pierangelo Geppetti (Italy)
11.00-12.00 Genetics of migraine Sabina Cevoli (Italy)
12.00-12.30 Discussion
12.30-13,30 Sponsored lecture by Janssen-Cilag
Pharmacological therapies reduce the burden of migraine?
Focus on headache related disability Domenico D’Amico (Italy)

Migraine: clinical management
Introduced and moderated by Mario Zappia (Italy)
16.00-17.00 New insights into migraine: an update on functional and structural imaging findings Luisa Chiapparini (Italy)
17.00-18.00 Acute treatment of migraine: current strategies and novel pharmacological targets
Michel Lanteri-Minet (France)
18.00-18.30 Discussion
18.30-19.30 Prophylaxis of migraine: current and future therapies
Dominique Valade (France)

/////// • Friday July 15 th, 2011 • ///////
Fibromyalgia - Introduced and moderated by Eugenio Aguglia (Italy)
10.00-11.00 Etiopathogenetic mechanisms of fibromyalgia syndrome
Riccardo Torta (Italy)
11-12 Neuroendocrine and autonomic patterns in fibromyalgia syndrome
Fabiola Atzeni (Italy)
12.00-12.30 Discussion - Pain and psychiatric comorbidity
Introduced and moderated by Riccardo Torta (Italy)
16.00-17.00 Depression and pain: conceptual and treatment issues
Donatella Marazziti (Italy)
17-18 Psychiatric comorbidity & suicide risk in patients with chronic migraine
Maurizio Pompili (Italy)
18.00-18.30 Discussion
18.30-19.30 How to integrate pain treatment in psychiatric patients’care
Marijana Bras (Croatia)
19.30-19.45 Closing remarks - Filippo Drago

CATANIA 9/15 July 2011 - Summer School of Neuroscience - capital
• ex Monastero dei Benedettini • Catania - p.zza Dante 32


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