Pier Vincenzo Piazza
CEO Aelis Farma, Bordeaux

Chairman: Patrizia Porcu, Italy

Rajita Sinha, USA
Steroid hormones, neurosteroids, craving and addiction relapse risk in humans
Monique Vallee, France
Pregnenolone and cannabis addiction: a new endogenous regulatory mechanism and therapeutic potential
Erin S. Calipari, USA
Cues play a critical role in estrous cycle-dependent cocaine reinforcement
Patrizia Porcu, Italy
Hormonal contraceptives and reward-related behavior in female rats

Chairman: Marco Diana, Italy

Elisabetta Gerace,Italy
Metaplastic effects of ethanol on AMPA receptors in immature and mature hippocampal slices
Cristiano Chiamulera, Italy
Metaplastic modulation of sucrose-seeking renewal and instrumental memory reconsolidation
Laia Alegre-Zurano, Spain
Increased anandamide levels mitigate cocaine-seeking behaviour during withdrawal
Lea Tochon, France
Nicotinic mutant mice for the CHRNA5 gene show alcohol overconsumption but opposite emotional profiles: preclinical support for Cloninger typology of alcohol use disorder
Fabio Lugoboni, Italy
Addiction of high dose of benzodiazepine: Verona detox approach with flumazenil
Colleen Sara Peterson, Canada
Effects of maternal consumption of cannabis edibles on offspring VTA dopamine neuron electrical properties and cocaine-seeking behaviour

Chairman: Noelle Anastasio, USA
Co-chair: Umberto Spampinato, France

Noelle Anastasio, USA
Interrogations into AMPAkines for opioid use disorder
John Neumaier, USA
Impact of opioid tolerance and withdrawal on gene expression in striatal microglia
Nazzareno Cannella, Italy
Efficacy of the panopioid agonist cebranopadol on heroin self-administration and seeking in rodent models of vulnerability to opioid use disorder
Umberto Spampinato, France
The central serotonin2B receptor: control of mesocorticolimbic dopamine system and therapeutic implications for cocaine addiction

Chairman: Judith Homberg, The Netherlands
Co-chair: Kathryn Cunningham, USA

Judith Homberg, The Netherlands
The role of the median and dorsal raphe nuclei in the transition from regular to compulsive cocaine intake
Lucia Caffino, Italy
From regular to compulsive cocaine intake in serotonin transporter knockout rats: the glutamatergic synapse
Kathryn Cunningham, USA
Agonists and Positive Allosteric Modulators of the 5-HT_2CR and 5-HT_2AR for Substance Use Disorders
Magdalena Zaniewska, Poland
The role of the 5-HT2c receptor in nicotine withdrawal symptoms
Giuseppe Di Giovanni, Malta
The role of the 5-HT2c receptor in nicotine addiction: focus on the habenula/VTA circuitry

Chairman: Eric Augier, Sweden
Co-chair: Claudia Marchetti, Italy

Liana Fattore, Italy
Impact of early life stress and social enrichment on the brain reward system of male and female rats
Rafał Ryguła, Poland
Trait sensitivity to performance feedback determines the trajectory of alcohol addiction in rats
Daniela Iezzi, France
In-utero exposure to cannabidiol disrupts select early-life behaviors in a sex-specific manner 
Claudia Marchetti, Italy
The cellular mechanisms of the anti-craving effects of social interaction 
Lauren Reynolds, France
Adolescent nicotine exposure shapes adult dopamine circuitry and behavior

Chairman: Hui-Chen Lu, USA
Co-chair: Miriam Melis, Italy

Tiziana Rubino, Italy
Cannabis and adolescence: a dangerous relationship for brain maturation
Erik Keimpema, Austria
Adverse effects of THC on neuronal metabolism during postnatal development
Miguel Lujan, USA
Prenatal THC exposure promotes aberrant reward seeking, exacerbated dopaminergic encoding of reward-predictive cues and transcriptomic alterations in the midbrain of adult rats
Matthew Hill, Canada
The neurodevelopmental impacts of maternal cannabis vapour exposure

Chairman: Miriam Melis, Italy

Nimrod Bernat, Israel
Distinct properties in ventral pallidum projection neuron subtypes
Maria Ciscato, France
The rewarding properties of low-dose nicotine are blunted by the interpeduncular nucleus
Hana Ujcikova, Czech Republic
The dose-dependent effects of multifunctional enkephalin analogs on the protein composition of rat spleen lymphocytes, cortex, and hippocampus: comparison with changes induced by morphine 
Arthur Godino, USA
Transcriptional control of nucleus accumbens neuronal excitability by retinoiod X receptor alpha tunes sensitivity to drug rewards 
Anna Brancato, Italy
Adolescent binge-like alcohol exposure alters social coping in rats: evidence of a rescue role for cannabidiol 

Chairman: Joseph Cheer, USA

Serena Di Martino, Italy
Effects of adolescent THC exposure in neurodevelopmental models of psychopathology 
Stephanie Borgland, Canada
Perinatal oral cannabis exposure influences metabolic and outcomes in adult offspring exposed to a high fat diet
Carla Cannizzaro, Italy
In-Utero THC increases vulnerability to cognitive impairment in the adolescent progeny. Is CDB a rescue strategy?
Joseph Cheer, USA
Midbrain astrocytic CB1 receptors are master regulators of reward evoked dopamine release

What the young researchers of the Foundation tell us about drug abuse

Chairman: Mariaelvina Sala
Co-chair: Tiziana Rubino

Francesca Mottarlini
Developmental exposure to cocaine as a risk factor for vulnerability to psychiatric disorders: unraveling the underlying neuroplastic molecular mechanisms in preclinical models
Nicholas Pintori
Effect of synthetic cannabinoid vaping in adolescent male and female rats: neurobiological sequelae in adulthood and effect of the environmental enrichment
Carolina Giulia Ferroni
The pharmacotherapeutic properties of LSD in a mouse model of alcohol use disorder (AUD)
Marcello Serra
Evaluation of the reversible cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil as pharmacological therapy to counteract amphetamine-induced addictive behaviours and neurobiological alterations
Antonia Manduca
Detrimental effects of maternal cannabis use: exploring emerging strategies for treating sex-dependent behavioral and neurobiological consequences in the offspring