Programme
Day 1 - Monday, 1 September 2008
| 0800-0900 | Registration of participants |
| 0900-0920 | Conference Opening Ceremony Welcome Address Chairman, Organizing Committee Opening Address Guest-of-Honour |
Session 1: Ageing and Dementia
| 0920-0955 | Isoprostanes and related compounds in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
Jason Morrow Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, USA |
| 0955-1030 | AB(1-42)-Mediated Oxidative Stress in Brain of Subjects with Alzheimer.s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Insights
into the Progression of This Dementing Disorder from Redox Proteomics Allan Butterfield University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA |
| 1030-1105 | Knowledge-based screening for neuroactive compounds from Traditional Chinese medicine Nancy Ip Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 1105-1125 | Coffee break |
| 1125-1200 | Biochemical mechanisms of neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease David Small Biochemical mechanisms of neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease |
| 1200-1235 | Novel insight into the role of tau in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinsonism Jurgen Gotz Brain and Mind Research Institute, Sydney, Australia |
| 1235-1310 | Role of testosterone and gonadotropins on beta amyloid metabolism in AD Ralph Martins Edith Cowan University |
| 1310-1430 | Lunch Break |
Session 2: Molecular Basis of Neural Disorders
| 1430-1505 | Brain circuitry and epistatic gene mechanisms of psychosis - dopamine and beyond Tan Hao-Yang National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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| 1505-1540 | Molecular mechanisms of antipsychotics Yong Sik Kim Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea |
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| 1540-1600 | Coffee Break | |
| 1600-1635 | Ligand-dependent interactions of the 5-HT2A receptor Mitradas Panicker Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India |
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| 1635-1710 | Impact of stress on cells and synapses in the amygdala: implications for anxiety disorders Sumantra Chatterji Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India |