Arrival in Erice - After dinner reception at the marsala room (San Rocco)
Saturday 25, April
Welcome
09:00-09:20 - Welcome by the Director of The International School of Ethology, Stefano Parmigiani (University of Parma, IT)
09:20-09:40 - Introduction to the Conference by one of the directors
Session 1 - Neurobiology, neuroplasticity and mental health
09:40-10:30 - Alessandro Sale (C.N.R. Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa, Italy)
: Physical exercise and visual cortex plasticity: active training for amblyopia recovery
10:30-10:50 - coffee break
10:50-11:40 - Daniela Caporossi (Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie Umane e della Salute, Università di Roma "Foro Italico", Italy)
: Exercise in the evolution of human neurobiology
11:40-12:30 - Francesca Cirulli (Center for Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health,Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy)
: Healthy body - healthy mind? Joining physical exercise and mental health in a neurobiological perspective
12:30-14:30 - Lunch break
14:40-15:30 - Matteo Vandoni (Laboratory of Adapted Motor Activity, University of Pavia, Italy)
: Affective responses during exercise: a way to a healthier and active lifestyle?
15:30-16:20 - Valentina Bianco (Cognitive Processes Electrophysiology Lab, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy)
: Effects of motor experience on anticipatory brain functions
16:20-16:40 - Coffee break
16:40-17:30 - Martin Brüne (LWL University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, Germany)
: Somatic consequences of chronic psychological stress: the case of borderline personality disorder
17:30-19:00 - Short communications
Sunday 26, April
From 8 Am till 14:00 pm Excursion
Session #2. Sport, Medicine and Physical exercise
15:00-16:00 - Posters presentation
16:00-16:50 - Antonio Frizziero (University-Hospital of Padova, Italy)
: The role of posture in rehabilitation
16:50-17:20 - Cosimo Costantino (Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy)
: Functional overload of the muscle tendon
17:20-18:10 - Domenico Gualtieri (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy)
: The Truth of numbers. The Journey around a world of numbers: a football experience
Monday 27, April
Session #3. Psychobiology of sports: stress, hormones and psychology
09:00-09:50 - Alicia Salvador (Departamento de Psicobiología, University of Valencia, Spain)
: Sex differences in competitive behavior
09:50-10:40 - Ignacio Torres Aleman (Department of Functional and Systems Neuroscience, Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain)
: The multiple beneficial actions of exercise in the brain involve hormones with multiple actions in the brain
10:40-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-11:25 - Davide Ponzi (University of Parma,Unit of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy)
: Psychobiology of sports competition
11:30-11:55 - Mirko Pesce (Department of Psychological Sciences Humanities and Territory, Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy)
: Emotions, Immunity and Sport: insights into psychobiological profile
12:00-12:55 - Irene La Fratta (Department of Psychological Sciences Humanities and Territory, Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy)
: Challenge Sport: where the stress and anger encounter the endocrine and immune systems
13:00-15:00 - Lunch break
Session #4. Life span and physical activity
15:00-15:50 - Georg Kuhn (Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology,University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
: Epidemiology, physical fitness early in life and its effect on brain diseases later in life
15:50-16:40 - Marcello Maggio (Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Università di Parma, Italy)
: Physical activity and aging
16:40-17:00 - Coffee break
17:00-17:50 - Stefano Parmigiani (Università di Parma, Italy)
: Darwinian Medicine and physical activity