| Poster Programme | ||
| Presenting Author Names | Paper Title | Poster Board No. |
| Dr Sooraj Baijnath | Understanding the brain's molecular physiology using mass spectrometry imaging | P1 |
| Mrs Charné Botha | Metformin is unable to reverse the depressive-like behaviour of non-diabetic, adolescent FSL rats. | P2 |
| Dr Anja de Lange | EXAMINING CELL MORPHOLOGY, VIABILITY AND INFLAMMATORY ACTIVATION IN HUMAN CORTICAL ORGANOTYPIC BRAIN SLICE CULTURES TREATED WITH CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS | P3 |
| Miss Christine Dignon | Autism, a state of perpetual brain inflammation? Using a Valproic acid-induced rat model to investigate neuroinflammation in microglia. | P4 |
| Ms Chelsi Fortuin | Does sexual violence alter social behaviour via a maladaptive HPA – axis? | P5 |
| Miss Emily Ruth Higgitt | A spatiotemporal characterisation of the neuroimmune response to cryptococcal infection. | P6 |
| Mr Maahir Kauchali | The neuroimmune response to cryptococcal infection | P7 |
| Miss Sagel Kundieko | Investigating gene expression differences in acute and organotypic mouse brain slices as models for studying the brain | P8 |
| Miss Sagel Kundieko | Investigating the effects of neuroinflammation on network excitability in neurocysticercosis | P9 |
| Hilaire Lufuluabu Kanda | Clinical profile of epileptic children with family background of epilepsy and hypothesis of genetic inheritance patterns of epilepsy in Kinshasa | P10 |
| Dr Illke Malungo | Cholinergic, catecholaminergic, serotonergic, and orexinergic neuronal populations in the brain of the lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi) | P11 |
| Mx Johanné Marais | Ibogaine upregulates TRPV1 cation channel expression in rat prefrontal cortical tissue lysate | P12 |
| Dr Zama Msibi | The Long-Term Effects of Gold Nanoparticles as Gene Vectors in a 6-hydroxydopamine-Induced Parkinsonian Rat Model | P13 |
| Mr Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots | isiXhosa translation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) shows satisfactory psychometric properties for the measurement of depressive symptoms | P14 |
| DR JOHN A. OLANREWAJU | Characterization of Adult Pink1/Parkin/ Shaggy mutants of Drosophila exposed to antioxidants as a potential Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease | P15 |
| Dr Oladiran Olateju | Effect of Simvastatin against alcohol-induced damage on the somatosensory barrels of adolescent mice was barrel–specific | P16 |
| Dr Sylvester Omoruyi | Amaryllidaceae plant species protect SH-SY5Y cells from MPP+-induced toxicity in an in vitro Parkinson’s disease model | P17 |
| Dr Gerda Venter | Anatomical investigation of the transverse dural venous sinuses | P18 |
| Miss Kimberley Williams | An explorative study on neuroimmune markers, electroencephalography frequency and the cognitive P300 in psychotic disorders | P19 |
| Mrs Abigail Abraham | Therapeutic Roles of Flavonoid and Saponin-rich extracts of Buccholzia coriacea seeds in Scopolamine-Induced Memory Impairment in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats | P20 |
| Mr Maxwell Blesdel Adassi | Malvaviscus arboreus Dill. Ex Cav. leaves aqueous lyophilisate exerts antiepileptogenic properties via modulation of neuroinflammation, GABAergic neurotransmission and oxidative stress | P21 |
| Miss Kehinde Adeniji | Intracerebroventricular Streptozotocin-Induced Brain Insulin Resistance: Memory Deficits, CA1 Hippocampal Damage and Effects of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum in Adult Male Wistar Rats. | P22 |
| Mr Olaolu Joseph Ajiboye | Rat model of Epilepsy: Assessing the remedial role of Andrographis paniculata on the Prefrontal Cortex. | P23 |
| Miss Zuha Ajlan | The effect of two modalities of sleep disruption on immunity in healthy young female participants | P24 |
| MD Hugues ALEBONA LOKILO | Cerebral Hemorrhage in neonates in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | P25 |
| Md Hugues ALEBONA LOKILO | Stress factors and perceived stress in medical students at the end of the curriculum at University of Kinshasa from 2016-2017. | P26 |
| Md Hugues ALEBONA LOKILO | Stress factors and perceived stress in medical students at the end of the curriculum at University of Kinshasa from 2016-2017. | P27 |
| Dr Olaitan Asuquo | HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA (AIDAN) FRUIT ON THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS OF ADULT MALE WISTAR RATS | P28 |
| Dr Adedamola Bayo-olugbami | Vitamin D3 alleviates behavioural phenotypes by modulating oxido-inflammatory pathway, cholinergic neurotransmission and parvalbumin interneuron in a rat model of schizophrenia | P29 |
| Miss Vensuya Bisetty | Morphology and morphometry of the insula: A magnetic resonance imaging-based study | P30 |
| Prof. Sunday Bisong | Neuroprotective effect of aqueous stem extract of Costus afer against ethanol-induced neuronal degeneration in mice: Role of oxido-inflammatory pathway | P31 |
| Dr Lauren Blake | Subcortical volumes, frontal cortical thickness, and neuroinflammation in schizophrenia and methamphetamine-induced psychosis: a magnetic resonance imaging and cytokine study | P32 |
| Ass Prof Guy Bumoko | serum 8,12-Isoprostane marker of oxidative damage and cognition deficits in children with konzo, an upper motor neuron disease | P33 |
| Professor Show-Li Chen | Breast Carcinoma Amplified Sequence 2 Regulates PSD95 Splicing and Ameliorates the AD-like Phenotype Seen in APP Transgenic Mouse | P34 |
| Mr Jean Philipp Djientcheu Tientcheu | Antidiabetic and neuroprotective activity of aqueous extract mixture of Sclerocarya birrea, Nauclea latifolia and Piper longum in fructose/streptozotocin-induced memory impairment | P35 |
| Miss Alice Efuntayo | Simvastatin significantly prevented the onset of alcohol–induced peripheral neuropathy in the adolescent mouse | P36 |
| Dr Adaze Enogieru | Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activity of aqueous Rosmarinus officinalis extract on lead acetate-induced cerebellar toxicity in Wistar rats | P37 |
| Dr Hicham Farsi | First night effect on sleep in Dromedary Camel | P38 |
| Ms Roxanne Hattingh | Investigating developmental changes in human pyramidal neuron morphology | P39 |
| Dr Olayemi Ijomone | Manganese and Iron Influence on Toxicities and Locomotor Dysfunction in NRXN/NLGN Loss-of-Function C. elegans. | P40 |
| Dr. Lydia Ior | Evaluation of neuroprotective effect of Terminalia macroptera on rotenone induced Parkinson’s disease in mice | P41 |
| Medical doctor Gisele Kandosi Odoum | Impact of chronological age on cognition in school age children with sickle cell disease | P42 |
| Jean Marie Kashama Wa Kashama Daniel Okitundu Luwa | Clinical features of onchocerciasis associated with epilepsy in children and adults in an onchocerciasis endemic area / DR of Congo | P43 |
| Mr. Christopher Musembi Makau | INHIBITION OF NAV1.7 AND NAV1.8 DECREASES PAIN RELATED BEHAVIOUR IN SPEKE’S HINGE-BACK TORTOISE (KINIXYS SPEKII) | P44 |
| Miss Patience Mamali | Assessing synapto-pathology in a Valproic acid Sprague-Dawley rat model of autism, a special focus on PSD-95 and VGLUT1 | P45 |
| Dr Justin Mbusa Kombi | MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION OF SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WITH ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA | P46 |
| Dr. Fany Messanvi | Role of the neuropeptide galanin on the prefrontal and hippocampal circuits that modulate impulse control and attention in rat. | P47 |
| Dr Mohammed El Mehdi M'HANI | Possible circadian origin of the rumination rhythm in the goat (Capra hircus) | P48 |
| Dr Mustapha Shehu Muhammad | INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL VARIANTION ON MURINE MODELS OF DEPRESSION AND THE MODULATORY ROLE OF N-ACETYL CYSTEINE | P49 |
| Miss Ntando Ndinisa | The Effect of Migratory Behaviour on the Expression of Neurotrophins and Proliferative markers in the Teleost Brain | P50 |
| Mr Elvis Mbiydzenyuy Ngala | The Sexual Defeat Model: A Model of Sexual Aggression in Sprague-Dawley Rats | P51 |
| Mr Afoluwajuwonlo Obaoye | Paradoxical Sleep Deprivation-Induced Medial Prefrontal Cortex Increased NTF-α, IL-1β, Lipid Peroxidation is Mitigated with Gut Microbiota Augmentation in the Rat | P52 |
| Ms Demi Oddes | Qualitative, neurochemical and quantitative assessment of white matter neurons in the Sprague Dawley rat. | P53 |
| Dr Oritoke Okeowo | Methyl Jasmonate: A Phytomedicine With Adaptogenic Properties | P54 |
| Dr Bukola Omotoso | Non-Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries Secondary to Traumatic Brain Injury: A Single-Center Study | P55 |
| Mr Oyetola Oyebanjo | Anti-Amnesic Potentials of Adenopus Breviflorus Fruit Extract in Scopolamine-Induced Memory Impairment in Wistar Rats | P56 |
| Dr Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo | Neutrophil- lymphocyte ratio as a predictive marker of severity and outcome among young acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients in Ghana | P57 |
| Mr Rademene Oria | Curcumin ameliorates cobalt-induced memory impairment and oxidative stress by suppressing microgliosis, proinflammatory cytokine release and up-regulating Nrf2 immunoexpression | P58 |
| Dr Chinna Orish | Monodora Myristica protects against oxidative stress in the Drosophila Melanogaster model of lead-induced neurotoxicity. | P59 |
| Mr Oyetola Oyebanjo | Anti-amnesic potentials of the ethanol extract of Adenopus breviflorus fruit in scopolamine-induced memory impairment in wistar rats. | P60 |
| Mr Oyetola Oyebanjo | ANTI-AMNESIC POTENTIALS OF THE ETHANOL EXTRACT OF Adenopus breviflorus FRUIT IN SCOPOLAMINE-INDUCED MEMORY IMPAIRMENT IN WISTAR RATS. | P61 |
| Mr Oluyinka Oyeniji | Ethical issues arising from neuroscience in Africa | P62 |
| Mr Marcel Rappetti | Cellular organisation of the olfactory bulb in the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) | P63 |
| Mrs Asmau Shehu | Immunohistochemical Distribution of Glia in the Optic Tectum of the Juvenile, Subadult and Adult Male Japanese Quail (Curtonix Japonica) | P64 |
| Dr Jordan Swiegers | Regeneration of reticulospinal neurons is associated with recovery of spontaneous locomotion in salamanders. | P65 |
| Prof Uduak Umana | In-silico guided phenolics of Tetrapleura tetraptera fruit abates, ischemic stroke-induced neuro-cognitive, neurochemical and histopathological alterations in adult male Wistar rats. | P66 |
| Dr Ifukibot Usende | Early Maternal Deprivation induced regional damage of fast spiking GABAminergic interneurons and glia activation: Ameliorative Role of Ficus benjamina | P67 |
| Dr Eberechi Wogu | A labelled Clinical dataset of Nigerian brain | P68 |