FENS Forum 2024

Welcome

We are pleased to present an outstanding selection of articles curated specifically for The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2024opens in new tab/window. Highlighting the most recent developments and fresh viewpoints, this carefully chosen collection has been assembled to support the 10 Session Groups opens in new tab/windowin the FENS 2024 programme, and the wider neuroscience community. In order to make it simpler to locate all the pertinent research on a particular topic in one location, we listed the collections based on Topics for each sessionopens in new tab/window. We enthusiastically encourage you to peruse the FENS 2024 Topics Collection and learn more about the fascinating developments influencing the future of neuroscience research.

FENS 2024 Themes and Topics Collection

A. Development and Stem Cells

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  Rehabilitation facilitates functional improvement following intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells in the chronic phase of cerebral ischemia in ratsopens in new tab/window

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  BMSCs attenuate radiation-induced brain injury induced hippocampal neuronal apoptosis through a PI3K/Akt/Bax/Bcl-2 signaling pathwayopens in new tab/window

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  Intranasal administration of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell exosomes alleviates Parkinson's diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  Human Placenta Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation Reducing Cellular Apoptosis in Hypoxic-Ischemic Neonatal Rats by Down-Regulating Semaphorin 3A/Neuropilin-1opens in new tab/window

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  Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells mediate microglia activation and improve anxiety-like behavior in MIA-induced offspring of schizophrenic ratsopens in new tab/window

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  Intestinal epithelial stem cell transplants as a novel therapy for cerebrovascular strokeopens in new tab/window

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  Stem cell-conditioned medium is a promising treatment for Alzheimer's disease.opens in new tab/window

B. Neurons and Glia: Intrinsic Properties, Cell Biology and Cell Types

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  SARS-CoV-2 induces inflammation and intracranial infection through the olfactory epithelium-olfactory bulb pathway in non-human primatesopens in new tab/window

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  Oxytocin-receptor-expressing neurons in the lateral parabrachial nucleus activate widespread brain regions predominantly involved in fluid satiationopens in new tab/window

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  Microglia-dependent excessive synaptic pruning leads to cortical underconnectivity and behavioral abnormality following chronic social defeat stress in miceopens in new tab/window

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  Tonic noradrenergic input to neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus mediates food intake in male miceopens in new tab/window

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  Early life exposure to chronic unpredictable stress induces anxiety-like behaviors and increases the excitability of cerebellar neurons in zebrafishopens in new tab/window

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  Modeling enteric glia development, physiology and disease using human pluripotent stem cellsopens in new tab/window

C. Cell-Cell communication and Plasticity

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  Limbic system plasticity after electroacupuncture intervention in knee osteoarthritis ratsopens in new tab/window

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  The role of neuroglial cells communication in ischemic strokeopens in new tab/window

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  Depressive-like behavior and impaired synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex as later consequences of prenatal hypoxic-ischemic insult in ratsopens in new tab/window

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  Genotype determining aerobic exercise capacity associates with behavioral plasticity in middle-aged ratsopens in new tab/window

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  Schedule-induced alcohol intake during adolescence sex dependently impairs hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial memoryopens in new tab/window

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  Fear conditioning and extinction distinctively alter bidirectional synaptic plasticity within the amygdala of an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorderopens in new tab/window

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  Remembering and forgetting in sleep: Selective synaptic plasticity during sleep driven by scaling factors Homer1a and Arcopens in new tab/window

D. Sensory and Motor Systems

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  Spatio-temporal modulation of cortical activity during motor deadaptation depends on the feedback of task-related erroropens in new tab/window

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  CX3CR1 mediates motor dysfunction in mice through 5-HTR2aopens in new tab/window

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  Protective effects of EVs/exosomes derived from permanently growing human MSC on primary murine ALS motor neuronsopens in new tab/window

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  Effects of soluble TREM2 on motor progression in Parkinson’s diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  Involvement of primary somatosensory cortex in motor learning and task executionopens in new tab/window

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  Inflammation of some visceral sensory systems and autonomic dysfunction in cardiovascular diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  More than meets the eye: The role of sensory dimensions in psychedelic brain dynamics, experience, and therapeuticsopens in new tab/window

E. Cognition and Behaviour

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  Clinical and cortical trajectories in non-fluent primary progressive aphasia and Alzheimer’s disease: A role for emotion processingopens in new tab/window

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  The ‘L-factor’: Language as a transdiagnostic dimension in psychopathologyopens in new tab/window

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  Social cognition in idiopathic generalised epilepsiesopens in new tab/window

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  Creatine supplementation research fails to support the theoretical basis for an effect on cognition: Evidence from a systematic reviewopens in new tab/window

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  Neuroanatomical markers of social cognition in neglected adolescentsopens in new tab/window

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  The effects of stress across the lifespan on the brain, cognition and mental health: A UK biobank studyopens in new tab/window

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  Heterogeneity of social cognition between visual perspective-taking and theory of mind in the temporo-parietal junctionopens in new tab/window

F. Internal States and Homeostasis

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  Mitochondrial homeostasis regulation: A promising therapeutic target for Parkinson's diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  A TNF-α inhibitor abolishes sepsis-induced cognitive impairment in mice by modulating acetylcholine and nitric oxide homeostasis, BDNF release, and neuroinflammationopens in new tab/window

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  Labelfree mapping and profiling of altered lipid homeostasis in the rat hippocampus after traumatic stress: Role of oxidative homeostasisopens in new tab/window

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  Chronic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis disruption alters glutamate homeostasis and neural responses to stress in male C57Bl6/N miceopens in new tab/window

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  Developmental regulation of zinc homeostasis in differentiating oligodendrocytesopens in new tab/window

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  Brain cholesterol homeostasis and its association with neurodegenerative diseasesopens in new tab/window

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  Homeostasis of serine enantiomers is disrupted in the post-mortem caudate putamen and cerebrospinal fluid of living Parkinson's disease patientsopens in new tab/window

G. Disorders of the Nervous System

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  CNS pharmacology of NKCC1 inhibitorsopens in new tab/window

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  Machine learning applications on neuroimaging for diagnosis and prognosis of epilepsy: A reviewopens in new tab/window

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  Clinical and imaging evidence of brain-first and body-first Parkinson's diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  Exosomes derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells promote remyelination and reduce neuroinflammation in the demyelinating central nervous systemopens in new tab/window

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  Soluble TREM2: Innocent bystander or active player in neurological diseases?opens in new tab/window

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  Co-expression patterns of microglia markers Iba1, TMEM119 and P2RY12 in Alzheimer's diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  Urolithin A promotes mitophagy and suppresses NLRP3 inflammasome activation in lipopolysaccharide-induced BV2 microglial cells and MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease modelopens in new tab/window

H. Circuit Dynamics and Oscillations

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  The association between overnight recognition accuracy and slow oscillation-spindle coupling is moderated by BDNF Val66Metopens in new tab/window

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  Ketamine supresses REM sleep and markedly increases EEG gamma oscillations in the Wistar Kyoto rat model of treatment-resistant depressionopens in new tab/window

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  REM sleep promotes bidirectional plasticity in developing visual cortex in vivoopens in new tab/window

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  Loss of sleep when it is needed most – Consequences of persistent developmental sleep disruption: A scoping review of rodent modelsopens in new tab/window

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  High emotional reactivity is associated with activation of a molecularly distinct hippocampal-amygdala circuit modulated by the glucocorticoid receptoropens in new tab/window

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  Impact of stress on inhibitory neuronal circuits, our tribute to Bruce McEwenopens in new tab/window

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  An automated platform for Assessing Working Memory and prefrontal circuit functionopens in new tab/window

I. Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience

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  Unsupervised learning of mid-level visual representationsopens in new tab/window

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  AI ethics in computational psychiatry: From the neuroscience of consciousness to the ethics of consciousnessopens in new tab/window

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  Extracting continuous sleep depth from EEG data without machine learningopens in new tab/window

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  The neurocomputational signature of decision-making for unfair offers in females under acute psychological stressopens in new tab/window

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  Experimental and computational analyses of calcium dynamics in 22q11.2 deletion model astrocytesopens in new tab/window

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  Technological and computational approaches to detect somatic mosaicism in epilepsyopens in new tab/window

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  Theoretical and methodological analysis of EEG based seizure detection and prediction: An exhaustive reviewopens in new tab/window

J. Novel Methods and Technology Development

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  MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD: Growing evidence for memory effects mediating treatment efficacyopens in new tab/window

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  Preliminary evaluation of novel Bodily Attention Task to assess the role of the brain in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity (CIPN)opens in new tab/window

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  B2 SINE RNA as a novel regulator of glucocorticoid receptor transcriptional activityopens in new tab/window

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  AutoRG: An automatized reach-to-grasp platform technology for assessing forelimb motor function, neural circuit activation, and cognition in rodentsopens in new tab/window

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  A novel method for classification of multi-class motor imagery tasks based on feature fusionopens in new tab/window

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  A review on current brain organoid technologies from a biomedical engineering perspectiveopens in new tab/window

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  A novel method to selectively elicit cold sensations without touchopens in new tab/window

Neuroscience Journal Collection

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  Addiction Neuroscienceopens in new tab/window

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  Animal Behaviouropens in new tab/window

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  Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinicalopens in new tab/window

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  Behavioural Brain Researchopens in new tab/window

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  Brain Behavior and Immunityopens in new tab/window

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  Brain Behavior and Immunity Integrativeopens in new tab/window

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  Brain Organoid and Systems Neuroscience Journalopens in new tab/window

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  Brain Researchopens in new tab/window

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  Brain Research Bulletinopens in new tab/window

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  Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Healthopens in new tab/window

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  Cortexopens in new tab/window

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  Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Researchopens in new tab/window

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  Current Opinion in Neurobiologyopens in new tab/window

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  Current Research in Neurobiologyopens in new tab/window

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  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscienceopens in new tab/window

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  Experimental Neurologyopens in new tab/window

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  Frontiers in Neuroendocrinologyopens in new tab/window

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  Glial Health Researchopens in new tab/window

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  Hormones and Behavioropens in new tab/window

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  IBRO Neuroscience Reportsopens in new tab/window

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  Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomyopens in new tab/window

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  Journal of Neuroimmunologyopens in new tab/window

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  Journal of Neuroscience Methodsopens in new tab/window

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  Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biologyopens in new tab/window

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  Mechanisms of Ageing and Developmentopens in new tab/window

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  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinologyopens in new tab/window

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  Molecular and Cellular Neuroscienceopens in new tab/window

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  Neurobiology of Diseaseopens in new tab/window

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  Neurobiology of Learning and Memoryopens in new tab/window

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  Neurobiology of Painopens in new tab/window

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  Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythmsopens in new tab/window

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  Neurobiology of Stressopens in new tab/window

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  Neurochemistry Internationalopens in new tab/window

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  NeuroImageopens in new tab/window

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  NeuroImage: Clinicalopens in new tab/window

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  Neuroimage: Reportsopens in new tab/window

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  Neuropeptidesopens in new tab/window

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  Neuropharmacologyopens in new tab/window

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  Neuropsychologiaopens in new tab/window

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  Neuroscienceopens in new tab/window

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  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviewsopens in new tab/window

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  Neuroscience Lettersopens in new tab/window

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  Neuroscience Researchopens in new tab/window

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  Peptidesopens in new tab/window

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  Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavioropens in new tab/window

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  Physiology & Behavioropens in new tab/window

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  Progress in Neurobiologyopens in new tab/window

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  Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatryopens in new tab/window

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  Steroidsopens in new tab/window

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