Session 3: CNS Drug Discovery & Development

Session Chair: Dr. Amardeep Kumar, Senior Registrar, Mental health, Central Northern Adelaide Health Services (CNAHS), Adelaide, Australia
Co-Chair: Dr. Yuqing Li, Associate Professor Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET) Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Title: Myoblast Transplantation: A Potential Treatment for Several Recessive Muscular Dystrophies
Dr. Jacques P. Tremblay, Unit¨¦ de G¨¦n¨¦tique Humaine, Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universit¨¦ Laval, Canada

Title: S111- a Post Absorption/metabolism TCM Drug, Its Anti-depression Effect and a Transcriptomic Study
Dr. William Jia, Associate Professor, Brain Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada

Title: Serendipitous Clinical Observation and It's Implication for the Development of Innovative CNS Drugs
Dr. Amardeep Kumar, Senior Registrar, Mental health, Central Northern Adelaide Health Services (CNAHS), Adelaide, Australia

Title: Discovery and Development of Myostatin Inhibitors to Prevent Muscle Atrophy Caused by Neuromuscular Disorders
Dr. Kunihiro Tsuchida, Division for Therapies against Intractable Diseases,Institute for Comprehensive Medical Sciences (ICMS), Fujita Health University, Japan
Title: Prokineticin Signaling: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Neuroblastoma
Dr. Elly SW Ngan, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, China

Title: Spine Disc Degeneration and Regeneration Animal Model Using Fluoroscope Guidance and Smart Hydrogel
Dr. Hee-Jeong Im Sampen, Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, USA

Title: Pathophysiology and Experimental Therapeutics of Dystonia
Dr. Yuqing Li, Associate Professor Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics (CNET) Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Title: Auditory Noise Improves Cognitive Performance in ADHD Children: Neurocomputational Modeling of Dopamine and Implication for Treatment
Dr. Sverker Sikstrom, Lund University Cognitive Science (LUCS), Sweden
Title: Therapeutic Approach in Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Beka Solomon, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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