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Updated
16 August 2010
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  Monday
13
| Opening Ceremony |
8.30-10.00
/ Monday 13 |
 Michel REYNAUD, ISBRA 2010
Organizer |
 Toshikazu SAITO, ISBRA President |
 Michel LEJOYEUX, SFA President |
 Roselyne BACHELOT-NARQUIN,
French Minister of Health, or her Representative |
 Kenneth WARREN, National
Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
| Symposia |
10.30-12.00
/ Monday 13 |
| 14A
- Prevention |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| Prevention
of alcohol related problems: Between science, ideology and politics |
 Alain RIGAUD, France
(Co-chair) |
 Hélène
SIMONEAU, Canada - Alcochoix+: A program on managing alcohol use |
 Tiziana CODENOTTI, Belgium -
Alcohol policies from an NGO’s perspective: EUROCARE - The
european alcohol policy alliance |
 Maria
RENSTROM, Sweden - Process leading up to the EU alcohol strategy and
the global alcohol strategy. Focus on how science was conducted in
parallel to the policy process |
 Michel CRAPLET,
France (Co-chair) - Prevention of alcohol related problems at
risk of ideology and politics |
| 14C
- Prevention |
Room
B |
Alcohol
policy development: From evidence to action
Joint ISBRA-WHO session |
 Susumu HIGUCHI, Japan (Co-chair) |
 Thomas BABOR, USA
- Effectiveness of strategies and interventions to reduce
alcohol-related harm: An update |
 Daniel CHISHOLM, Switzerland -
Economics of alcohol control |
 Ann HOPE,
Ireland - A roadmap for implementation of effective
action on reducing harmful use of alcohol |
 Vladimir POZNYAK, Switzerland
(Co-chair) - WHO global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol: A
call for global action |
| 4C
- Determinants of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
C |
| Experimental
laboratory models in alcohol research: Translating from the lab to the
clinic |
 Abigail ROSE, United Kingdom
(Co-chair and Discussant) |
 Lara RAY, USA (Co-chair) -
Laboratory phenotypes for alcoholism as predictors of alcohol use and
treatment response |
 Matt FIELD, United Kingdom -
Manipulation of inhibitory control processes influences drinking
behaviour |
 James MACKILLOP, USA -
Understanding impulsivity and alcohol misuse via delayed reward
discounting |
 James MURPHY, USA - Modeling
response to brief alcohol interventions using a behavioral economic
measure of reinforcement value |
| 6A
- Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome/Development |
Room
D |
| Behavioral
and neurochemical effects of alcohol on the developing brain |
 Ricardo M.
PAUTASSI, Argentina (Co-chair) |
 Alexandre MEDINA, USA -
Improvement of SRF function in astrocytes can restore neuronal
plasticity in a model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders |
 Rosana CAMARINI, Brazil
(Co-chair) - Differential behavioral response to ethanol in adolescent
mice: Implication for the role of cAMP-responsive element binding
factor (CREB) and BDNF |
 Elena VARLINSKAYA, USA -
Endogenous opioid systems and the social consequences of ethanol in
adolescence |
 María PASCUAL, Spain
- Vulnerability of adolescence in ethanol-induced stimulation of the
mesolimbic dopamine response |
| 13A
- Physiology CNS |
Room
E |
| Stopped
at the gate: Modulation of information flow into the cerebellum by
alcohol |
 Lia FORTI, Italy (Co-chair) -
Activation of cerebellar inhibitory loops: Evidence for novel granule
cell-Golgi cell contacts in the granular layer |
 Fernando VALENZUELA,
USA (Co-chair) - Ethanol excites cerebellar Golgi cells: Role
of Na+/K+ ATPase
inhibition |
 Erik DE SCHUTTER, Japan -
Computational modeling of the mechanisms of ethanol effects on
cerebellar neurons |
 Chi-Ming HUANG, USA - Discharge
patterns of cerebellar Golgi cells and granule cells in the
unrestrained rat before and after ethanol |
 Mario CARTA, France
(Discussant) |
| 1A
- Animal Behavior |
Room
F |
| Transitions
to excessive alcohol consumption: Animal models |
 Selena BARTLETT, USA -
Modulation of ethanol intake in rats |
 Nicholas GILPIN, USA -
Extending the utility of alcohol vapor dependence procedures |
 Valentina VENGELIENE, Germany
(Co-chair) - Compulsive alcohol drinking in rodents |
 John C. CRABBE, USA (Co-chair)
- Mice drinking in the dark: Selective breeding for excessive alcohol |
| Poster Session |
12.00-13.00
/ Monday 13 |
| Symposia |
13.00-14.30
/ Monday 13 |
| 8A
- Health Services |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| Care
devices for alcohol problems. What could be the best device? |
 Benoît FLEURY, France
(Co-chair) |
 Ioannis MOUZAS, Greece - Care
devices for alcoholic patients in Southern Europe |
 Gerard M. SCHIPPERS, The
Netherlands - Care devices for alcoholic patients in Northern Europe |
 François PAILLE,
France (Co-chair) - Evolution of care device for alcoholic patients in
France |
 Michel LANDRY, Canada - Care
devices for alcoholic patients in North America. What could be the best
device? |
| 5B
- Epidemiology |
Room
B |
| Women’s
alcohol consumption and risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies |
 Sharon WILSNACK, USA (Co-chair
and Discussant) |
 Per NILSEN, Sweden - A
systematic review of studies investigating predictors for drinking
during pregnancy |
 Tatiana BALACHOVA, USA
(Co-chair) - Women’s alcohol consumption and risk for
alcohol-exposed pregnancies: Developing strategy for FASD prevention in
Russia |
 Janna MALMSTEN, Sweden - The
epidemiology of alcohol use prior to and during pregnancy in Sweden |
 So Hee LEE, Republic of Korea -
Alcohol use during pregnancy and related risk factors in Korea |
| 7A
- Genetics |
Room
C |
| Role
of epigenetics in alcoholism vulnerability: Novel therapeutic targets |
 Antonio NORONHA, USA (Co-chair) |
 Mickael NAASSILA, France
(Co-chair) - Histone deacetylase inhibitor prevents operant ethanol
self-administration in dependent and nondependent rats, ethanol relapse
and the induction of ethanol-induced locomotor sensitization in mice |
 Georgy BAKALKIN, Sweden -
Alcohol-induced shift in epigenetic mechanism: DNA demethylation in a
single nucleosome may underlie prodynorphin upregulation in human
alcoholics |
 Carles SANCHIS-SEGURA, Spain -
Epigenetic mechanisms in drug addiction and its therapeutics: Focus on
histone acetylation |
 Rajesh MIRANDA, USA - An
ethanol-sensitive micro-RNA (miRNA) within an epigenetically programmed
fetal growth-control locus prevents fetal neural stem cell maturation;
a possible mechanism for ethanol neuroteratology |
| 6B
- Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome/Development |
Room
D |
Biomarkers
of fetal ethanol exposure and fetal ethanol effects
INSERM-NIAAA
research program |
 Feng ZHOU, USA (Co-chair) |
 Vincent SAPIN, France - Limits
of conventional alcohol biomarkers in cord blood at term: A
fetal-maternal population-based study |
 Sridevi BALARAMAN, USA -
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for fetal alcohol exposure |
 Daniel SAVAGE, USA (Co-chair) -
Effects of moderate drinking during pregnancy on placental gene and
protein expression |
 Bruno GONZALEZ, France -
Prenatal alcohol exposure affects the development of the brain
microvascular system: Involvement of the VEGF system |
| 1C
- Animal Behavior |
Room
E |
| Ethanol
sensitization: Thirty years of research into its mechanisms and
contributions to alcohol use disorders |
 Isabel QUADROS, USA (Chair) |
 Maria Lucia O. SOUZA-FORMIGONI,
Brazil - Individual differences on sensitization to ethanol’s
stimulant effects: Neurobiological factors associated with
vulnerability or resilience |
 Raúl PASTOR, Spain -
Role of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) in behavioral
sensitization to ethanol |
 Robert SWIFT, USA -
Ethanol’s stimulant effects and sensitization in humans:
Clinical relevance |
 Tamara PHILLIPS, USA
(Discussant) |
| 1B
- Animal Behavior |
Room
F |
| Emerging
novel mechanisms of alcohol reinforcement and dependence |
 Friedbert WEISS, USA (Co-chair)
- Behavioral and functional evidence of mGlu2/3 and mGlu5 metabotropic
glutamate receptor (mGluR) dysregulation as a factor in the transition
to drug and alcohol dependence: Implications for the treatment target
potential of mGluRs |
 Andrew LAWRENCE, Australia
(Co-chair) - mGlu5 receptor interactions with other GPCRS: Relevance to
alcohol-seeking |
 Ivan DIAMOND, USA - A unique
reversible ALDH2 inhibitor prevents alcohol drinking and relapse
through a novel mechanism of action regulating dopamine homeostasis |
 Sheketha HAUSER, USA -
Biological basis of EtOH-seeking in alcohol-preferring (P) rats: Novel
systems and neuropeptides |
| Symposia |
14.30-16.00
/ Monday 13 |
| 8B
- Health Services |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| Alcohol
problems in the workplace |
 Benoît FLEURY, France
(Chair) |
 Valentina FORASTIERI,
Switzerland - Preventing alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace:
Evidence-based successful programmes. ILO work in the field of alcohol
and drug abuse at the workplace |
 Claudine GILLET, France -
Addictions and work: The interest of professional recommendations
validated by the French High Authority of Health |
 Fatma BOUVET DE LA MAISONNEUVE,
France - Active women and alcohol |
 Franck DROUIN, France - An
example of French and Russian cooperation on prevention of alcohol
related risk inside companies |
| 19F
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
B |
| Addressing
the full spectrum of alcohol and other drug problems in primary care |
 Robert HUEBNER, USA (Co-chair) |
 Constance WEISNER, USA
(Co-chair) - Integrating primary care with alcohol and drug treatment
in a continuing care model: Outcomes and cost impact |
 Richard SAITZ, USA -
Effectiveness of chronic care management for alcohol and drug
dependence: Addiction health evaluation and disease management (AHEAD)
trial results |
 Gallus BISCHOF, Germany -
Stepped-care intervention for alcohol problems: A cost-effective
approach for brief interventions in primary care? |
 A. Thomas MCLELLAN, USA - New
directions in drug policy: President Obama’s national demand
reduction priorities |
| 7H
- Genetics |
Room
C |
| Changes
in gene expression and genetic risk factors in alcohol dependence |
 Mary-Anne ENOCH, USA (Co-chair)
- Chronic alcohol and cocaine exposure in the human brain: Effects on
expression of stress response genes |
 Peter R. DODD, Australia -
Connection failure: Genotype-phenotype interactions at the alcoholic
synapse |
 Ulrich PREUSS, Germany -
Genetic and behavioral risk factors for suicidal behaviour in alcohol
dependence |
 Henry KRANZLER, USA (Co-chair)
- Genetic moderation of adverse childhood events and risk of depression
and substance dependence |
| 6C
- Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome/Development |
Room
D |
| Fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): From molecules to man |
 Michael CHARNESS, USA
(Chair) - Characterization of an alcohol binding site on the L1
neural cell adhesion molecule |
 Jennifer THOMAS, USA - Choline
as a treatment for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders |
 Kathleen SULIK, USA - Magnetic
resonance imaging-based analyses of a fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
mouse model |
 Andrzej URBANIK, Poland -
Impact of alcohol on the central nervous system in children prenatally
exposed to alcohol: Magnetic resonance examination |
| 12B
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| Ethanol
and acetaldehyde metabolism: Central and peripheral effects |
 Etienne QUERTEMONT, Belgium
(Chair) |
 Zachary RODD, USA - What is the
basis of ethanol reinforcement: Ethanol, acetaldehyde, salsolinol, or
all? |
 Marco DIANA, Italy - Ethanol,
acetaldehyde and dopamine neurons |
 Lutske TAMPIER, Chile -
Acetaldehyde protects against alcoholism but it also plays a role in
the development of tolerance and dependence |
 Mostofa JAMAL, Japan - Acute
alcohol effects and a role for acetaldehyde in memory in mice |
 Cindy EHLERS, USA - Association
and linkage studies of ADH in Native and Mexican Americans |
| 9A
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
F |
| Pathways
to alcohol binding sites at atomic resolution |
 Adron HARRIS, USA (Co-chair) |
 Pierre-Jean CORRINGER, France -
Atomic structure and allosteric regulation of bacterial
channel-receptors from the cys-loop family |
 Erik LINDAHL, Sweden - Study by
molecular dynamics simulations of Cys-loop potentiating effect: Binding
of ethanol on glycine receptor stabilizes the open conformation |
 Paul SLESINGER, USA - Structure
to function: A discrete alcohol pocket discovered in a potassium channel |
 James TRUDELL, USA (Co-chair) -
Convergence among models, structures, and functional studies |
| Poster Session |
16.30-18.00
/ Monday 13 |
| Welcome Cocktail Party at CAP 15 |
18.00-19.30
/ Monday 13 |
  Tuesday
14
| Keynote Lectures |
8.30-10.00
/ Tuesday 14 |
 Tamara
PHILLIPS, Portland, USA |
| Genes and gene
networks in alcohol and drug use disorders: Insights from animal
models |
 Kenneth
KENDLER, Richmond, USA |
| The genetic
epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol use disorders |
| Symposia |
10.30-12.00
/ Tuesday 14 |
| 3D
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| Alcohol
and human aggression: Recent research trends |
 Philippe ARVERS, France -
Alcohol use and violence suffering or acting in France: The VAMM1
epidemiological survey |
 Laurent BEGUE, France
(Chair) - An explanation of intoxicated aggression: The
intentionality bias |
 Cheryl CHERPITEL, USA - Alcohol
and violence-related injuries: Findings from cross-national emergency
department data |
 Baptiste SUBRA, France -
Alcohol and aggression: Automatic effects of alcohol cues on aggressive
behaviors |
 Joel SWENDSEN, France -
Violence and alcohol: Potential roles of pre-existing antisocial
personality and behavior disorders |
| 3C
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
B |
| Alcohol
and hepatocarcinogenesis |
 Helmut K. SEITZ, Germany
(Chair) |
 Philip BROOKS, USA - The role
of acetaldehyde-DNA adducts in alcohol mediated carcinogenesis |
 Sebastian MUELLER, Germany -
Oxidative stress major mechanisms in alcohol mediated
hepatocarcinogenesis |
 Felix STICKEL, Switzerland -
Alcohol epigenetics and cancer |
 Xiang-Dong WANG, USA -
Interaction between alcohol and retinoids in hepatocellular cancer |
| 7D
- Genetics |
Room
C |
| Identifying
genes affecting alcoholism using different strategies |
 Nick MARTIN, Australia
(Chair) - Genomewide Association Study of
quantitative alcohol phenotypes in community-ascertained families |
 Joel GELERNTER, USA -
Genomewide studies of alcohol dependence |
 Howard EDENBERG, USA -
Identifying genes affecting alcoholism in the COGA sample |
 Hugh GURLING, United Kingdom -
Mapping of susceptibility genes explaining the comorbidity between the
alcohol dependence syndrome and bipolar affective disorder |
 Kenneth KENDLER, USA -
Genome-wide association analyses in the Irish affected sib pair study
of alcohol dependence |
| 4B
- Determinants of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
D |
| Models
of risk for drinking and problems in adolescents and young adults |
 Marc SCHUCKIT, USA (Co-chair) -
Testing an LR-based model of AUDs in three adolescent samples |
 Sawitri ASSANANGKORNCHAI,
Thailand - Social contextual influences on underage drinking among Thai
adolescents |
 Ulrich ZIMMERMANN, Germany -
What laboratory stress response in young adults tells us about
stress-induced drinking in real life |
 Victor HESSELBROCK, USA
(Co-chair) - A
prospective evaluation of alcohol use patterns and problems from the
Hartford prospective study |
| 12A
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| The
role of neuropeptide systems in alcohol dependence |
 Thomas KASH, USA (Co-chair) -
Kappa opioid receptor modulation of inhibitory transmission in the bed
nucleus of the stria terminalis |
 Marisa ROBERTO, USA (Co-chair)
- The role of neuropeptides on ethanol action in amygdalar GABAergic
synapses: Which are pro and which are con? |
 Roberto CICCOCIOPPO, Italy -
Central amygdala nociceptin/orphain FQ neurotransmission, stress and
alcohol abuse |
 Emilio MERLO PICH, Italy -
Pharmacological fMRI to study the role of neuropeptides on extended
amygdala activation in rodents: Focus on the corticotropin releasing
factor and the orexin/hypocretin systems |
 Jesse SCHANK, USA - Neurokinin
1 receptor (NK1R) antagonism a novel target for treatment of alcoholism
|
| 10A
- Pathology: Human/Animal |
Room
F |
| Alcoholic
liver disease: Clinical approach in 2010 |
 Philippe MATHURIN, France
(Chair) |
 Christopher P. DAY, United
Kingdom - Susceptibility to ALD: Where are we? |
 Tim MORGAN, USA - Natural
history of alcoholic liver disease: From normal liver to cirrhosis,
decompensated cirrhosis and death |
 Michael R. LUCEY, USA -
Pharmacological management of ALD: Where are we and where are we going? |
 Georges-Philippe PAGEAUX,
France - Transplantation for alcoholic cirrhosis. Who and
when? |
| Poster Session |
12.00-13.00
/ Tuesday 14 |
| Symposia |
13.00-14.30
/ Tuesday 14 |
| 5A
- Epidemiology |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
Alcoholic
liver disease - Public health approach
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant of
Inserm - Institut
thématique santé publique |
 Bertrand NALPAS, France
(Chair) |
 Mats RAMSTEDT, Sweden - Alcohol
consumption and liver cirrhosis mortality - The population level link |
 Róza ADANY, Hungary
- Composition of surrogate alcohols consumed in Hungary, Russia and
Estonia |
 Jurgen T. REHM, Canada - The
economic consequences of alcoholic liver disease |
 Victor DE LEDINGHEN, France -
Assessment of liver fibrosis in alcoholic liver disease: Non-invasive
methods or liver biopsy? |
| 3B
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
B |
| Noninvasive
screening for alcoholic liver cirrhosis by transient elastography |
 Michel BEAUGRAND, France
(Co-chair) - Noninvasive diagnosis of cirrhosis by fibroscan:
Principles and major experiences |
 Sebastian MUELLER, Germany
(Co-chair) - Potential interferences with transient elastography: Can
the liver become stiffer in the absence of cirrhosis? |
 Didier SAMUEL, France -
Complications of liver cirrhosis: Does transient elastography improves
the risk assessment? |
 Andreas ERHARDT, Germany -
Transient elastography versus conventional serum markers and imaging:
What is the better test for liver cirrhosis? |
| 7F
- Genetics |
Room
C |
| Convergent
functional genomics of genome-wide association data for alcoholism:
Comprehensive identification of candidate genes, pathways and mechanisms |
 Marcella RIETSCHEL, Germany
(Co-chair) - Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence |
 Gunter SCHUMANN, United Kingdom
- Identification of genes associated with alcohol consumption |
 Rainer SPANAGEL, Germany
(Co-chair) - Reverse genetic approaches for the functional validation
of candidate genes for alcohol consumption and dependence |
 Christina BARR, USA -
Genome-wide identification of epigenetic markers of early stress in
Primate brain – Relevance to G x E interactions |
| 4G
- Determinants of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
D |
| Novel
applications for human lab studies with alcohol administration |
 Joop VAN GERVEN, The
Netherlands - The central nervous system effects of alcohol in
different populations, using a novel spreadsheet-based ethanol clamping
paradigm |
 Ulrich ZIMMERMANN,
Germany (Co-chair) -
Intra-session variability of blood alcohol concentration during
computer-assisted self-infusion of ethanol (CASE): A new measure
reflecting alcohol apperception? |
 Vijay RAMCHANDANI, USA
(Co-chair) - Recent drinking history predicts intravenous alcohol
self-administration in social drinkers |
 Sean O'CONNOR, USA -
Alcohol-dependent subjects employ computer-assisted self-infusion of
ethanol to achieve high levels of brain exposure |
 Harriet DE WIT, USA
(Discussant) |
| 12H
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| Gender/sex
differences in alcohol-related behaviors and neuronal injury: A
graduate student perspective |
 Tracy BUTLER, USA (Co-chair) -
Sex-dependent hippocampal injury: Adenosine receptor antagonism during
ethanol withdrawal |
 Frédéric
LALLEMAND, Belgium - The influence of chronic nicotine administration
on behavioural and neurochemical parameters in male and female rats
after repeated binge drinking exposure |
 Jessica WEAFER, USA (Co-chair)
- Response conflict as an environmental determinant of gender
differences in sensitivity to alcohol impairment |
 Sandra KUNTSCHE, Switzerland -
Are housewives really desperate? The relevance of societal factors in
the association between social roles and alcohol use among mothers |
| 9I
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
F |
| "Trapping
the fats" in alcoholic liver injury: Role of impaired lipid droplet
trafficking and metabolism |
 Carol CASEY, USA (Co-chair) |
 Tobias WALTHER, Germany - The
many phases of fat: Cell biology of lipid droplets |
 Benita MCVICKER, USA - Use of
WIF-B cells to examine alcohol-induced alterations in lipid droplet
trafficking: Potential mechanisms and role in hepatocellular damage |
 Mark MCNIVEN, USA (Co-chair) -
Alcohol-induced impairments in hepatocellular Rab content and function:
Role in impaired lipid droplet trafficking after ethanol administration |
 Zhanxiang ZHOU, USA - Zinc
supplementation: Role in decreasing lipid droplet stores and reversing
alcohol-induced steatosis in mice |
| Symposia |
14.30-16.00
/ Tuesday 14 |
| 14B
- Prevention |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| Using
specific approaches in early identification and brief interventions for
specific populations |
 Philippe MICHAUD, France
(Co-chair) |
 Eileen F.S. KANER, United
Kingdom
(Co-chair) |
 Arlene FINK, USA - The
Alcohol-related problems survey (ARPS) online: Results of an evaluation
study on US older adults’ acceptance of online alcohol
screening and education |
 Claude LEJEUNE, France -
Written advice for pregnant women who drink through a "prevention
touch-screen": Acceptability and feasibility in an obstetrical
consultation of a public hospital |
 Dorothée LECALLIER,
France - Development of alcohol (and other drugs)-related risk
adolescents by school nurses and doctors in secondary school of
Parisian Region, using DEP-ADO questionnaire and brief motivational
interventions |
| 10D
- Pathology: Human/Animal |
Room
B |
| Mechanisms
of alcohol on carcinogenesis and tumor progression |
 Helmut K. SEITZ, Germany
(Co-chair) - Mechanisms of tumorgenesis associated with alcohol
consumption |
 Mikko SALASPURO, Finland -
Microbial acetaldehyde formation as a cumulative carcinogen in
alcohol-mediated digestive tract cancers |
 Dipak SARKAR, USA - Increased
susceptibility to prostate cancers in fetal alcohol exposed offspring:
Role of the neuroendocrine-immune axis |
 Gary MEADOWS, USA (Co-chair) -
Alcohol consumption: A double edged sword with regard to melanoma
metastasis and progression |
| 9C
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
C |
| Epigenetic
basis of alcoholic organ damage |
 Shivendra SHUKLA, USA (Chair) |
 Min YOU, USA - SIRT1 signaling
in alcoholic fatty liver |
 Annayya AROOR, USA -
Phosphorylation, methylation and acetylation of histone H3 by ethanol:
Characteristics and mechanisms |
 Wataru UKAI, Japan -
Alcohol induced neurogenetic dysfunction: Roles of transcription
factors and epigenetic regulation |
 Michele
RAMSAY, South Africa - Alcohol induced epigenetic effects on imprinted
genes in human sperm DNA: Implications for fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders |
| 4A
- Determinants of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
D |
| Individual
and contextual influences on the development of drinking during
adolescence and emerging adulthood |
 Fulton CREWS, USA (Co-chair and
Discussant) |
 Helene WHITE, USA (Co-chair) -
The association between heavy drinking and changes in impulsivity among
adolescent males |
 Kenneth
SHER, USA - Dual trajectories of neuroticism and impulsivity in
emerging and young adulthood: Relation to course of drinking and
psychological distress |
 Reinout
WIERS, The Netherlands - Assessing and changing cognitive motivational
processes in adolescent and emerging adult alcohol misuse |
 Rutger
ENGELS, The Netherlands - The booze, the bar and the others: Studies of
peer influences on alcohol use during emerging adulthood |
| 12G
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| Neural
effects of alcohol interactions with cannabinoids and endocannabinoids |
 David LOVINGER, USA (Chair) |
 Giuseppe TALANI, Italy -
Ethanol actions on GABAergic transmission in the basolateral amygdala:
Interaction with the endocannabinoid system |
 Paul SCHWEITZER, USA -
Physiological interactions of alcohol and cannabinoids on inhibitory
transmission in the central amygdala |
 Jose Antonio LOPEZ-MORENO,
Spain - Cannabinoid receptor activation during alcohol abstinence: From
neuropharmacology and behavior to neurogenesis in the adult rat brain,
and beyond |
 Basalingappa HUNGUND, USA -
Differences in the components of the striatal endocannabinoid signaling
system during voluntary alcohol consumption in sP and sNP rats |
| 11B
- Pharmacokinetics &
Metabolism |
Room
F |
| Acetate
and brain energy metabolism |
 Ting-Kai LI, USA (Co-chair) |
 Sam ZAKHARI, USA (Co-chair) -
Alcohol metabolism by hepatic and extrahepatic tissues |
 Sergey ZIMATKIN, Belarus -
Acetate-dependent mechanisms of inborn tolerance to alcohol |
 Richard VEECH, USA - The
utilization of acetate by brain decreases phosphorylation potential and
redox states compatible with the opening of the mitochondrial
permiability transition pore |
 Graeme MASON, USA - Acetate
transport and utilization in the brain: Characterization and ability to
change |
| Poster Session |
16.30-18.00
/ Tuesday 14 |
| Merck
Serono Satellite Symposium |
16.30-18.00
/ Tuesday 14 |
|
| Acamprosate: |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| From
research on neuroprotection to clinical evidence |
 Chairmen: Michel
LEJOYEUX, France, Michel REYNAUD, France, Barbara MASON, USA,
Philippe
LEHERT, France |
 Introduction: Michel
REYNAUD |
 Philippe DE WITTE, Belgium -
The neuroprotective effects of acamprosate |
 Barbara MASON, USA - Evaluation
of craving and sleep in a human laboratory study of acamprosate,
naltrexone and placebo in alcohol dependent volunteers |
 Wim VAN DEN BRINK, The
Netherlands - Role of motivation and compliance in the pharmacological
treatment of alcohol dependence |
 Michel LEJOYEUX, France -
Alcohol use disorders and depression: Results from individual patient
data meta analysis of the acamprosate controlled studies
|
 Pascal PERNEY, France - Effect
of acamprosate on sleeping disorders during a 24 week follow-up after
alcohol withdrawal
|
 Conclusion: Michel
LEJOYEUX |
  Wednesday
15
| Keynote Lectures |
8.30-10.00
/ Wednesday 15 |
 Pier
Vincenzo PIAZZA, Bordeaux,
France |
| Transition to
addiction: Drugs or individuals? |
 Susumu
HIGUCHI, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Alcoholics with
inactive aldehyde dehydrogenase-2: What can we learn? |
| Symposia |
10.30-12.00
/ Wednesday 15 |
| 2B
- Brain Imaging |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
Alcoholism’s
damaging effect on the brain: Insights from international neuroimaging
projects
INSERM-NIAAA research program |
 Michel REYNAUD, France
(Co-chair) |
 Jean-Luc MARTINOT, France -
Brain imaging techniques and their contribution for studies on
alcoholism’s damaging effects |
 Sandra CHANRAUD, USA -
Heterogeneity of brain dysmorphology in human alcoholism: US-France
collaborative project |
 Edith SULLIVAN, USA (Co-chair)
- Neural systems, circuitry, and function: Effects of alcoholism |
 Adolf PFEFFERBAUM, USA -
Insights from human and animal neuroimaging studies of alcoholism |
| 10C
- Pathology: Human/Animal |
Room
B |
| Pathophysiological
mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease |
 Sophie LOTERSZTAJN, France
(Co-chair) |
 Antoine HADENGUE, Switzerland -
From bench to bedside: Is the road trickier in alcoholic liver disease? |
 Bin GAO, USA - Molecular
mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease: Roles of cytokines |
 Ramon BATALLER, Spain -
Molecular mechanisms of liver fibrosis |
 George KUNOS, USA (Co-chair) -
Targeting peripheral CB1 cannabinoid receptors for the treatment of
alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| 3E
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
C |
| Binge
alcohol consumption in humans and rodents: Current research findings |
 Theodora DUKA, United Kingdom
(Co-chair) - Cognitive and emotional processes in binge and non binge
drinkers |
 Peter SYAPIN, USA (Co-chair) -
Cognitive and functional brain effects of binge drinking in humans and
intermittent oral binge alcohol effects in adolescent rats |
 Iain MCGREGOR, Australia -
Studies of adolescent binge drinking and its consequences using the
beer model in rats |
 Moriah STRONG, USA - Binge
drinking experience in adolescent mice: Implications for adult alcohol
abuse |
| 9B
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
D |
Brain
stress systems, extended amygdala and the neurobiology of alcoholism
INSERM-NIAAA research program |
 Brigitte KIEFFER, France
(Co-chair) |
 George KOOB, USA (Co-chair) -
Extended amygdala neurocircuitry in alcoholism |
 Robert MESSING, USA -
Regulation of neuropeptide signalling by PKC isozymes in the amygdala |
 Julie LE MERRER, France -
Genetic regulations by drugs of abuse: A unique gene collection in the
extended amygdala |
 Candice CONTET, USA - Ethanol
dependence through the genetic lens: Focus on genes mediating excessive
alcohol intake in the mouse |
| 12J
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| GABA-A
receptor subunit selectivity in alcohol action: Focus on δ
subunit |
 Ronald ALKANA, USA (Co-chair) |
 Martin WALLNER, USA (Co-chair)
- High sensitivity to gaboxadol and ethanol of δ
subunit-containing
GABA(A) receptors |
 Jing LIANG, USA -
Ethanol-induced GABAR plasticity in rat hippocampus: Rapid
down-regulation of α4/δ subtypes |
 Daya PERKINS, USA - Changing
the structure of extracellular domain loop 2 in glycine and GABA-A
receptors markedly alters ethanol sensitivity and suggests mechanisms
of ethanol action |
 Giovanni BIGGIO, Italy -
Regulation of α4/δ GABAA receptors in the
hippocampus of
socially isolated mice exposed to voluntary ethanol consumption |
| 19A
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
F |
| Symposium
honoring Helena Stibler: The CDT story |
 Boris TABAKOFF, USA (Chair) |
 Stefan BORG, Sweden - The
discovery of carbohydrate deficient transferring-the first years |
 Anders HELANDER, Sweden - The
standardization of CDT as an alcohol use marker (performance and
pitfalls) |
 John WHITFIELD, Australia - The
Australian experience with CDT |
 Raymond ANTON, USA - Past,
current, and future clinical and research use of CDT |
| Poster Session |
12.00-13.00
/ Wednesday 15 |
| Symposia |
13.00-14.30
/ Wednesday 15 |
| 4H
- Determinants of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
| Alcohol
and cannabis use disorder: Recent epidemiological, clinical and genetic
data to advance our understanding of addictions |
 Amine BENYAMINA, France
(Co-chair) |
 Hilde PAPE, Norway - Alcohol
and cannabis: Two of a kind? Alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents |
 Lisa BLECHA, France - Alcohol
and cannabis dependence: Chronology, neurobiology and genes |
 Mary Jeanne KREEK, USA
(Co-chair) - Human genetic variants of the CB1, FAAH and mu opioid
receptor gene: Implications for alcoholism and opioid-cannabinoid
interactions |
| 9D
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
B |
| Novel
molecules and mechanisms in alcoholic and non-alcoholic cirrhosis:
Commonalities and differences |
 Devanshi SETH, Australia
(Chair) - Role of secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP 1) in alcoholic liver
cirrhosis |
 Soichi KOJIMA, Japan -
Induction of transglutaminase 2 during the pathogenesis of both
alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
 Anna Mae DIEHL, USA - Hedgehog
pathway activation and pathogenesis of cirrhosis in alcoholic and
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
 Anna GUKOVSKAYA, USA -
Lysosomal dysfunction and impaired autophagy in alcoholic pancreatitis |
 Katja BREITKOPF, Germany -
Impact of the Smad-1/5/8 TGF-β pathway on liver damage and
hepatic
regeneration |
| 3F
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
C |
| Hangover
and other residual alcohol effects: Predictors and consequences |
 Jonathan HOWLAND, USA
(Co-chair) - Hangover sensitivity predicts residual alcohol effects on
attention reaction time |
 Damaris ROHSENOW, USA
(Co-chair)
- Hangover sensitivity in college does not predict transition to
post-college drinking |
 Chris STREETER, USA -
Compensatory recruitment of prefrontal cortex during correct responses
in a continuous performance task during a hangover condition compared
to a placebo condition |
 John MCGEARY, USA - Genetic
variation associates with hangover the morning after drinking to
intoxication: Analyses of alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphisms |
 Joris VERSTER, The Netherlands
(Discussant) |
| 2A
- Brain Imaging |
Room
D |
| Advances
in alcohol brain imaging: The use of BOLD fMRI and PET to better
understand reward learning, treatment response, medications development
and genetic diversity |
 Andreas HEINZ, Germany -
Imaging of neurobiological correlates of learning dysfunction in
alcoholism |
 Sabine VOLLSTADT-KLEIN, Germany
- Cue-reactivity in alcohol-dependence and social drinking |
 Hugh MYRICK, USA - Imaging and
alcoholism: From cue-induced activation to therapeutic interventions |
 Kent HUTCHISON, USA - Alcohol
dependence: Neuroimaging phenotypes and genome wide arrays |
 Raymond ANTON, USA (Discussant)
|
| 12D
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| The
"aperitif" hypothesis of alcohol consumption |
 Paula HOFFMAN, USA (Co-chair) -
Genetical genomic determinants of alcohol consumption by rats |
 David MOORMAN, USA - A
prominent role of the orexin/hypocretin system in alcohol preference
and consumption |
 Sarah LEIBOWITZ, USA - Alcohol
intake and orexigenic peptides |
 Suzanne DICKSON, Sweden
(Co-chair) - The central ghrelin signalling system in alcohol and food
reward |
 Thomas HILLEMACHER, Germany -
Leptin, craving and CAG trinucleotide repeats of the androgen receptor |
| 19B
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
F |
| Translational
approach to novel medications development for the treatment of alcohol
dependence |
 John LITTLETON, USA - Novel
NMDA receptor modulators as neuroprotective anti-relapse agents |
 Markus HEILIG, USA - Imaging
based surrogate markers as translational tools in medications
development for alcoholism |
 Dennis RASMUSSEN, USA -
Translational approach to development of noradrenergic agents for
treatment of alcohol dependence |
 Barbara MASON, USA - Human
laboratory and clinical trial evidence for gabapentin treatment of
alcohol dependence |
 George KOOB, USA (Chair) -
Theoretical framework for a rosetta stone approach to medications
development for alcoholism |
| Symposia |
14.30-16.00
/ Wednesday 15 |
| 19K
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
Liver
diseases, alcohol abuse and addictions combined management: A new
French model of collaboration to eradicate hepatitis C virus
Supported by an unrestricted
educational grant of Roche SAS |
 Valérie CANVA,
France - Long-term impact of alcohol consumption on hepatitis C-related
morbidity and mortality: A modelling approach in France underlying
absolute necessity for hepatologist and addictologist to work in close
collaboration |
 Pascal MELIN, France -
Management of psychiatric disorders and addictive behaviors in patients
with viral hepatitis C in France: Current clinical practices, impact on
disease management and perspectives |
 Eve GELSI, France - Treatment
of chronic hepatitis C virus in heavy drinkers: Is it possible? |
 Victor DE LEDINGHEN, France
(Chair) - Impact of non-invasive evaluation of liver fibrosis on HCV
screening and management in street-based outreach for drug users |
| 9E
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
B |
| Novel
modulators of alcoholic liver injury: From stem cells to epigenetics |
 Hide TSUKAMOTO, USA (Co-chair) |
 Raj LAKSHMAN, USA (Co-chair) -
Roles of PGC-1 transcriptional co-activators in alcoholic liver injury |
 Sophie LOTERSZTAJN, France -
Role of Kupffer cells in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease |
 Keigo MACHIDA, USA -
TLR4-dependent Nanog+ cancer stem cells exhibit defective
TGF-β signaling in alcoholic liver injury |
 José M. MATO, Spain
- Understanding Best: Lipotropic activity of methionine |
| 3H
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
C |
| Alcohol
consumption, HIV infection, and cardiovascular disease |
 Matthew FREIBERG, USA
(Co-chair) - Past and hazardous alcohol consumption, alcohol abuse and
dependence and the risk of incident cardiovascular diseases |
 Jeffrey SAMET, USA (Co-chair) -
HIV, Hepatitis C co-infection and levels of inflammatory biomarkers
typically associated with CVD risk |
 M. Patrizia CARRIERI, France -
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in HIV-infected
patients receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART): Results from the
ANRS CO8 APROCO-COPILOTE cohort |
 Kendall BRYANT, USA
(Discussant) |
| 10B
- Pathology: Human/Animal |
Room
D |
| Alcohol
and neuroinflammation |
 Antonio NORONHA, USA (Co-chair) |
 Clive HARPER, Australia -
Structural changes in the human brain related to alcohol dependence
– Are there inflammatory mechanisms? |
 Fulton T. CREWS, USA - Alcohol
induction of proinflammatory genes causes neurodegeneration: Key roles
of NFkB transcription and oxidative stress |
 Yuri PERSIDSKY, USA -
Inflammatory responses caused by alcohol brain endothelial cells and
astrocytes: Role in neurodegeneration |
 Consuelo GUERRI, Spain
(Co-chair) - Role of TLR4 receptors on ethanol-induced
neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration |
| 12C
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| Medications
development: Contributions of rodent models of alcohol drinking |
 Ting-Kai LI, USA (Co-chair and
Discussant) |
 Janice FROEHLICH, USA
(Co-chair) - Medications development: Relevance and advantage of rodent
models of alcohol drinking |
 Anh Dzung LE, Canada -
Co-morbidity of alcohol and nicotine: Alterations in responses to
naltrexone and varenicline |
 Giancarlo COLOMBO, Italy -
Reduction of alcohol self-administration by the positive allosteric
modulators of the GABA(B) receptor in alcohol-preferring rats |
 Lina YAO, USA - A novel ALDH2
Inhibitor based on ancient Chinese medicine is highly effective in
preventing alcoholism-related increases in accumbens dopamine,
suppressing drinking and preventing craving and relapse even when
alcohol is not offered (no acetaldehyde) |
| 19J
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
F |
| The
role of cue-reactivity and extinction in the treatment of alcohol
addiction |
 Reinout WIERS, The Netherlands
(Co-chair) - Re-training attentional bias and approach bias for alcohol
in alcoholic patients |
 Anders HAMMARBERG, Sweden - The
effect of acamprosate on alcohol-priming induced craving |
 Falk KIEFER, Germany (Co-chair)
- Effect of cue-exposure based training on fMRI cue-reactivity in
alcohol-dependent subjects |
 Wendy OOTEMAN, USA - Predicting
the effect of naltrexone and acamprosate on cue-induced craving in
alcohol-dependent patients using genetic indicators |
| Poster Session |
16.30-18.00
/ Wednesday 15 |
  Thursday
16
| Keynote Lectures |
8.30-10.00
/ Thursday 16 |
 Michel
LEJOYEUX, Paris, France |
| Alcohol addiction
and behavioral dependence |
 Karl
MANN, Heidelberg, Germany |
| What about biology?
Contributions towards a personalized treatment of alcoholism |
| Symposia |
10.30-12.00
/ Thursday 16 |
| 19G
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
Reduced
drinking as an alternative treatment goal
Supported by an
unrestricted educational grant of Lundbeck |
 Karl MANN, Germany (Co-chair) |
 Mark B. SOBELL, USA - A
historical overview of controlled drinking: Fiddling while Rome burns |
 Henri-Jean AUBIN, France
(Co-chair) - Black or white alcohol outcomes in Europe |
 Mark WILLENBRING, USA - What is
the disorder? What is the outcome? Thoughts on goals and outcomes for
treating heavy drinking |
 Ting-Kai LI, USA (Discussant) |
| 15B
- Psychiatric Comorbidity |
Room
B |
| Alcohol
and neuropsychiatric disorders |
 Yousef TIZABI, USA (Co-chair) -
Alcohol and depression: Role of biogenic amines and neurotrophic factors |
 Subhash PANDEY, USA (Co-chair)
- The co-morbidity of anxiety and alcoholism: A perspective from
epigenetic studies |
 Toshikazu SAITO, Japan - Stem
cell regulation as a new treatment strategy for alcoholism and other
psychiatric disorders |
 Dai-Jin KIM, Republic of Korea
-
Alcohol and
cognition |
| 10E
- Pathology: Human/Animal |
Room
C |
| Impact
of altered methylation in cytokine signaling and proteasome function in
alcohol and viral-mediated diseases |
 Kusum KHARBANDA, USA (Co-chair) |
 Natalia OSNA, USA (Co-chair) -
Impaired methylation reactions suppress MHC Class I-restricted antigen
presentation by modulation of proteasome function and interferon
γ
signaling |
 Shirish BARVE, USA - Role of
S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) mediated epigenetic modifications in the
dysregulated TNF expression induced by alcohol |
 Patricia MOLINA, USA - Chronic
alcohol and SIV infection; enhanced proteasome-mediated loss of muscle
mass |
 Fawzia
BARDAG-GORCE, USA - Ethanol-induced proteasome inhibition is associated
with changes in methylation: Effects of S-adenosylmethionine |
| 9K
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
D |
| Alcohol
and organelle dysfunction: Using organelle-focused studies to determine
alcohol’s mechanism of action |
 Shannon BAILEY, USA - Use of
proteomics to elucidate alcohol-mediated alterations to the
mitochondrial proteome in alcoholic liver disease |
 María del Pilar
MARIN, Spain - Chronic alcohol alters the structure and function of
Golgi complex in nervous cells |
 Alan CAHILL, USA - The
detrimental impact of chronic ethanol feeding on the structure and
function of the hepatic mitoribosome |
 Joseph SISSON, USA (Chair) -
Direct effects of alcohol on the function of isolated airway cilia |
 Elizabeth J. KOVACS,
USA (Discussant) |
| 12F
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| Desensitization
of ligand-gated ion channels: A contributor to molecular tolerance to
alcohol exposure? |
 Alex DOPICO, USA (Co-chair) |
 David LOVINGER, USA (Co-chair)
- Desensitization involvement in opposing ethanol effects on
AMPA/glutamate and 5-HT3 receptors |
 Toshio NARAHASHI, USA -
Significance of ethanol modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors |
 Neil HARRISON, USA - Alcohol
and GABA-A receptors in the CNS |
 László
KOLES, Hungary - Desensitization of excitatory amino acid and P2X
receptor currents by ethanol and trichloroethanol |
| 19D
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
F |
| Implementation
and outcomes of brief interventions in medical centers conducted in
England, Poland, and the United States: Drinking, quality of life, and
cost effectiveness |
 Jacek MOSKALEWICZ, USA
(Co-chair) |
 Colin DRUMMOND, United Kingdom
- Implementing screening and brief intervention in emergency
departments in England |
 Eileen F.S. KANER, United
Kingdom -
Screening and brief alcohol intervention in routine primary care in the
UK: SIPS trial outcomes at six months |
 Peter MONTI, USA (Co-chair) -
Six and twelve month outcomes of brief alcohol interventions in trauma
and emergency departments |
 Nancy BARNETT, USA (Discussant)
|
| Poster Session |
12.00-13.00
/ Thursday 16 |
| Symposia |
13.00-14.30
/ Thursday 16 |
| 19E
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
Cocaine
and alcohol addiction: Clinical aspects and therapeutic approaches of
dual alcohol and cocaine abuse and dependence
Supported by an unrestricted
educational grant of Schering-Plough France |
 Olivier COTTENCIN, France -
Clinical aspects of cocaine and alcohol addiction |
 Daniele ZULLINO, Switzerland -
Does topiramate target the core mechanism of addiction? The cocaine and
alcohol experiences |
 Laurent KARILA, France (Chair)
- Pharmacotherapies of dual alcohol and cocaine abuse and dependence |
 Kathleen CARROLL, USA -
Psychotherapies for comorbid alcohol and cocaine use |
| 15A
- Psychiatric Comorbidity |
Room
B |
| Comorbidity
of mood disorders and alcohol dependence: Course and treatment |
 Margaret GRIFFIN, USA (Co-chair) |
 Anabel MARTINEZ-ARAN, Spain -
Cognitive impairment in bipolar patients with and without prior history
of alcohol use |
 Roger WEISS, USA (Co-chair) -
Integrated group therapy for patients with bipolar disorder and
substance dependence |
 Franz MOGGI, Switzerland -
Depressive symptoms as a predictor of alcohol relapse after residential
alcohol use disorder treatment programs |
 Conor K. FARREN, Ireland - A
2-year follow up of alcoholics with depression and bipolar disorder
following an integrated inpatient treatment program |
| 9H
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
C |
| Epigenetics,
development and alcohol |
 Ulrike HEBERLEIN, USA -
Happyhour, a Ste20 family kinase, implicates EGFR signaling in
ethanol-induced behaviors |
 Joseph NAPOLI, USA - Ethanol
elevates physiological all-trans-retinoic acid levels in select loci
through altering retinoid metabolism in multiple loci: A potential
mechanism of ethanol toxicity |
 Abraham FAINSOD, Israel -
Ethanol induces embryonic malformations by competing for retinaldehyde
dehydrogenase activity during vertebrate gastrulation |
 Kornel SCHUEBEL, USA
(Discussant) |
| 9G
- Molecular/Cell Biology |
Room
D |
| Molecular
mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease |
 Hélène
ROUACH, France (Co-chair) |
 Hide TSUKAMOTO, USA -
Synergistic steatohepatitis caused by obesity and alcohol |
 Laura NAGY, USA - Ethanol and
signal transduction: Regulation of cytokine production by Kupffer cells |
 José C.
FERNANDEZ-CHECA, Spain - StAR expression and peroxidized cardiolipin in
alcohol-induced liver injury |
 Michèle GARLATTI,
France (Co-chair) - ATF4 and the integrated stress response are induced
by ethanol and cytochrome P450 2E1 in human hepatocytes |
| 12I
- Pharmacology CNS |
Room
E |
| Role
of glutamate in alcohol dependence and drinking |
 David N. STEPHENS, United
Kingdom (Co-chair) |
 Howard C. BECKER, USA
(Co-chair) - Effects of chronic intermittent ethanol exposure and
drinking on extracellular glutamate levels in the accumbens of C57BL/6J
mice |
 Friedbert WEISS, USA - Effects
of mGLu2/3 and mGlu5 manipulation on ethanol seeking and reinforcement:
Modification by history of ethanol dependence |
 Wolfgang SOMMER, Germany
(Co-chair) - Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in medial prefrontal
cortex and hippocampus of ethanol dependent rats during intoxication,
withdrawal and protracted abstinencese disorders |
 Dieter J. MEYERHOFF, USA -
Metabolite levels by magnetic resonance spectroscopy during abstinence
from alcohol: Focus on glutamate |
| 19L
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
F |
Guidelines
for alcohol pharmacotherapy trials: Hot topics in study design and
methods
INSERM-NIAAA research program |
 Margaret M. MURRAY, USA (Chair) |
 Karl BROICH, Germany -
Requirements on clinical trials for the treatment of alcohol dependence
– A European regulatory perspective |
 Daniel FALK, USA - Percentage
of subjects with no heavy drinking days: Evaluation as an efficacy
endpoint for alcohol clinical trials |
 Bankole JOHNSON, USA -
Innovative analytic methods of person-centered data for alcohol
treatment research |
 Raye LITTEN, USA - New
strategies and approaches to improve alcohol clinical trials and inform
regulatory guidance |
| Symposia |
14.30-16.00
/ Thursday 16 |
| 15C
- Psychiatric Comorbidity |
Room
A - Simultaneous translation |
Bipolar
disorders and alcoholism: Clinical, genetic and therapeutic approaches
Supported by an unrestricted
educational grant of Sanofi-Aventis France |
 Pierre Michel LLORCA, France
(Co-chair) |
 Jean Pierre LEPINE, France
(Co-chair and Discussant) |
 Icro MAREMMANI, Italy - Bipolar
disorders and affective temperaments in alcoholic patients |
 Philip GORWOOD, France -
Genetics of addictive behaviours in the community |
 Ihsan SALLOUM, USA -
Therapeutic approaches for bipolar disorder with comorbid alcoholism |
| 3I
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
B |
| Neurobehavioral
systems underlying alcohol-related emotional and cognitive dysregulation |
 Sara Jo NIXON, USA (Chair) |
 Xavier NOEL, Belgium -
Difficulties encountered to regulate alcohol intake reflect the
interaction between cognitive biases and prepotent response inhibition
deficits |
 Hélène
BEAUNIEUX, France - Alcoholism and structural abnormalities in the
frontal cortex: Contribution to metamemory and decision making
impairments |
 Marlene OSCAR-BERMAN, USA -
Alcoholism, emotion, and brain reward circuitry |
 Marsha BATES, USA - Family
history, vulnerability mechanisms, and emotional dysregulation |
| 10G
- Pathology: Human/Animal |
Room
C |
| Molecular
mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease: Roles of endocytosis, PARP,
TGF-β |
 Bin GAO, USA (Co-chair) |
 Carol CASEY, USA - The role of
impaired receptor-mediated endocytosis in the development of alcoholic
liver injury |
 Pal PACHER, USA (Co-chair) -
Role of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in hepatic inflammation and
fibrosis |
 Steven DOOLEY, Germany -
TGF-β enhances adverse alcohol effects and hepatocellular
damage |
 Won-Il JEONG, Republic of Korea
- Role of natural killer cells/TGF-β in alcoholic liver
fibrosis |
| 3A
- Consequences of alcohol
consumption in humans |
Room
D |
| Alcohol
and damages on skeletal muscles and bones |
 Françoise J. BEAUGE,
France (Chair) |
 Thomas VARY, USA - Altered
protein metabolism contributes to striated muscle damage following
alcohol abuse |
 Emilio GONZALEZ-REIMERS, Spain
- Clinical and prognostic value of lean and fat mass in alcoholics |
 Delphine MAUREL, France -
Alcohol consumption: A risky behaviour for bone health |
 Peter MALIK, Austria - The
course of several markers of bone metabolism over 8 weeks of abstinence
in young male alcoholics |
| 18A
- Training/Education Methods |
Room
E |
| The
science of dissemination: Which physician training strategies make a
difference? |
 Margaret M. MURRAY, USA - Using
dissemination science to increase physician identification and
treatment of alcohol problems |
 Larissa TSVETKOVA, Russia -
Brief intervention and FASD training for physicians: Results of a
randomized trial |
 Kevin RUDEEN, USA (Chair) -
Training center prevention effectiveness for fetal alcohol spectrum
disorder interventions for health care providers in a midwest region of
the United States |
 Antoni GUAL, Spain - The role
of motivation in the success of dissemination strategies |
 John SAUNDERS, Australia
(Discussant) |
| 19I
- Treatment/Recovery |
Room
F |
| Screening
and brief intervention: Current challenges regarding efficacy and
implementation |
 Richard SAITZ, USA (Chair and
Discussant) |
 John CUNNINGHAM, Canada - What
would it take to show a population level impact of electronic
structured brief interventions for drinking problems? |
 Jean-Bernard DAEPPEN,
Switzerland - Efficacy of brief motivational intervention at army
conscription to address alcohol use and related problems: A randomized
controlled trial |
 Gail D'ONOFRIO, USA - Brief
intervention for hazardous and harmful drinkers in the ED |
 Katharine BRADLEY, USA -
Effects of the proportion screening positive on a performance measure
for brief alcohol intervention |
 J. Paul SEALE, USA -
Implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention in US Primary
Care Residency Programs - Lessons learned |
| Poster Session |
16.30-18.00
/ Thursday 16 |
|
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