Chair: TBA

This symposium will discuss new therapeutic approaches targeting microglia in neuroinflammatory-brain disorders. It is hoped the symposium serves to stimulate collaborations and synergies amongst its participants to promote discoveries in the filed of neuroinflammation.

The FGF/FGFR system in the microglial activation caused by neuroinflammatory brain disorders
Dr. Emanuela Esposito, University of Messina, Italy

Role of the microglia cells in models of nociplastic pain
Dr. Livio Luongo, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy

Glia reactivity and neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration: From cellular changes to possible therapeutic approaches
Dr. Caterina Scuderi, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy

ADAM10 at the crossroad of synaptic failure and inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Elena Marcello, University of Milan, Italy